Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-10


Salter did good thing in the beet line Leonard
Emery exhibited three sorts Of potatoes-Prnce
Alberts, Early Rose and Pinkeyes-all very hand
some specimens; he also had beans and pumpkins
to show. J. f. Gay exhibited six watermelons--
very ine-the largest weighing twenty-five and
one-half pounds W. A. Farnham and j. +.
Prince made good exhibits of turnps, carrots po-
tatoes etc. N. l.. Rowell had some handsome
cabbages on show. C. c. Whitney showed six
neat Golden pumpkins and George Brown, Roy
alton, exhibited six fine squashes. There was
long line Of pumpkins on exhibition-many OF
them huge specimens, and all more or less meri-
torious.
The display Of grain and seed was larger than
usual, embracing all varieties What the com
mittee thought as to the merits OF the same will
be revealed by glance at the premium list. d.
c. Stearns, South Royalton made fine exhibit OF
wool The strings Of corn shown were all very
good indeed. A couple Of corn stalks were shown
nineteen and half feet high" some" tall !
A fine collection of brackets, and other neatly
made articles, musical instruments, sewing ma
chimes, and showcase of iewelry and silverware,
all combined to make Foral Hall an attractive
place The facilities for the display Of articles
are excellent, and everything was arranged in a
satisfactory manner by those in charge OF the
matter
Exhibits of maple sugar were made by L. p.
Ilaselton, Straford J. A. Stanley, Wasbingtoni
Fred Marks, East Bethel f Benedict, Bethel, and
). B. Jones-that oil Jones, Haselton ana Stihley
being prime article. Cheese was shown by ,. u.
Jones, Fred Marks and George Durkeei butter by
Z. ). Paine, Randolphi ana money by Cornelius
Noyes.
the SrooN'
Inc uiSp'"V VI S'oos was eN'e,,o"'' "s 70 "i""s'
.ne c''Se III " i"n"''uso "''i N"''''9 n,o"i
hioited spehuiu pairoi iat oxen, "e,sn'ns ''ree
thousand ana n''S pounuS a. l. 9"''e' sn'"e'
TWO hanusoDho p'',S vi ''e same so,'' O"N III
uon' hoA "''o" "'' s"'" soNo VI ''
oluS wen ''"'o"eu h"''n +, O'"""S' N"e'se''
eXhlolted handsome par Oh three-yea's'o'uS'
hieely matchcu' "e'sni"s wv" 'nouS'nu hi"e nun
urea anu Vhr'S po"nuS' anu sl''hs s'N iee' '"'
Mer'ill Jones shoWeu" sp'enulu p'''r vi "orNins
eh-sN-ye"rS-o'us' An'os r"r",'a"i eNnioi'eu
Roou pal, VI n'e So''S-oius' anu ., - ""'u"'''
maze an eNhlp' III '"e s'r'e i'iie' N""r'es my
made agood snow Oh t"o-yeafS-o'u steers ana '' W.
bailey hoS"''oh '''u '''huSone PAR Vi ''o s"'"e
age wei matched ana nanny, weighing Two .hou-
farhnam' hoya''oh' n'u some 'hree-s se'rs-oius on
show-a goou l'''r' l. DuINee sno"eu SUM
splendid three-Nelrs-oluS' ana L. " Leivi''' h"S'
BARNARD eNhioiteua i''husoine par o' 'ne SAME
age weighing TWO thousand seven huhureu
pounds T. b. Dodge hoyal'oh' also hau nhe
par oil three-years-olus' A. r. oater eNhip'teu
pair OF three-years-old Devon steers-very neat
Charles Woodwortl koyalton showed Il splendu
pair ot fonr-years-oIds d. T. Stearns South
Royalton, exhibited pair OF ionr-years-oius
weighing TWO thousand nine hundred ana Ten
pounds L. L. whitney showed solu par
oil iour-years-oids' ana amasa Jones eAllpited
lne-looking pair oil the same age. ~ w LOW
ury, hoSaItoh eNnp'teu yearlns p"ii' '"o
pairs OF steer caves-aii good looking cattlei also
several other head' Two neat calVes-oui' ana
heiier-were SHOWN oy W. A. rarhhaihi nc also
exhioted one yearlihg cali, apu Two t"o-years-
old heliers' benJamih tucker exhip'ted
beauty yeariihg heier' freu ADAMS anu a.
H. Colby eXhipited neat yearhng heliers' ana
George Wright did the same NJ f. Preston
showed COW and her cali; COW seven years oid,
and has given thirty-two and one-haii pounds oil
mix per uay III the hohth Oh January an ahi'haI
worth having-grade Durham. A. H. Colby and
d. W Cowdry exiipited hrstciass trained year
ling steers-as good as we noticed W. r. I'LL
lott exhibited pretty par oil yearing steers
Sllas Jones showed a COW that was siN-yeais-oid-
well hlled out-a splendid amman; ne also had
fine shorthorn bull. I'D. +. smith exhibited palr
oil fat oxen SIX years old' that were noble ANIMALS
and not to be beaten eoe'y DAY they welgh some
three thousand hve hundred pounds lhere were
several other pairs OF oxen and steers that were