Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-03

Benjamin Hubbard, Piermont, two cheeses
each. In this department, the show was
small. Such year as this should have
| filled the whole concern. But the articles
we're of merit, what there was.
FRUIT.
APPLES. There are three exhibitors in
this class. Mr.. VIM. Sherpherdson shows
forty-eight varieties, fall and winter fruit,
some good specimens, especially Blue
Pearmains and Twenty-ounce. Mr.. Sherp-
herdson also shows samples of Delaware,
linton, Muscatine and Concord grapes.
j. II. Armstrong, ten varieties apples
A.W Eastman, Topsham, twenty-six vare-
Ties, of which the" Bethel" and new variety
called the " Egg" were very good; W. S
Nelson, collection of ten varieties of
grapes - Concords Delawares, Dracut,
Amber, Adirondac, Diana and Canby's
August, which last, he says,is quite hardy,
is a fine large grape of fair flavor.
VIM. Dckey also showed Concords,
Adirondacs and fine sample of Flemish
'eauy pears.
MACHINERY HALL.
The first thing one meets on entering is
the Cooley Portable Creamery, and Davis
Oscilaling Churn from the Vermont Farm
Machine Company of Bellows Falls.
They also show their Evaporation for
making A l maple sugar, and the Clean
er Horse Rake. Near the last is the
Collins Hay Tedder. OF these last we
shall make more particular mention in
some future number The other horse
rakes shown are the Bay State, made at
Winchendon, Mass. the Centennial, made
at Albany, and the Champion, place OF
manufacture not stated.
W. A. Woodward, Tunbridge, shows
vegetable cutter, in which the plate on
which the cutters are fastened runs hor-
izontally, so all the knives are in opera
ton till the whole amount of roots are
cut.
A. L. Hovey, Lower Chinatown, N.
H., shows the Eagle Corn Shelter shells
PERFECTLY and without cracking the kernel,
.hough slow in operation, Smelling but Il
single ear ut a time.
Geo. jenkins showed samples of marble
work, in four monuments of different va
rites of marblc-very good work. II. NJ.
Griffin also had some good work in head
stones, cross, etc.
Jno. 0. Hale, agent for Fairbanks, had
eight scales of various patterns.
The agent Of o, X. Woods & Co., West
Chazy, N. Y, exhibited their separator
md fauning mill, Queen of the Harvest,
which we should think with some little
change and Improvement might be used as
counterfeit detecter, it separates so Judi
cously.
FANCY GOODS DEPARTMENT.-Tb first
hing meeting the eye as one entered the
tall was the collection of millinery and
fancy goods by Mrs. c. II. Curtis, Brad
ford embracing hats, bonnets, laces, hand
kerchiels and all the toggery so fascinating
10 the female heart, but which we shall
not attempt to describe, rs we should be
sure TO make some ridiculous blunder.
Mrs, Curtis had two cases very handsome
y arranged with attractive goods, and
which added to the attractive appearance
IF the Hall.
At the left Mrs. c. S. Stevens had one
rase of fine millinery and fancy goods
lIso very attractive.
Next this was a very handsome plate
bouquet of cut flowers from Mrs. Alfred
Winship, Bradford; also clog cabin >"
with ferns, by Master E. B. Botsford.
II, P. Closson, Thetford, has bank of
flowers, foliage plants. vines, etc., embed.
ded in moss and surmounted by three clus-
tors of gladiolas, embracing about twenty
live varieties, some exquisite ones, and
which are seedlings of Mr., Blossoms rails
ing, the finest collection we have seen
this year.
next was case of dental work by DR..
o. II. Stevens, Bradford, and a box of
another kind Of dental work, l. G. ahont q
hali-bushel of old teeth. We uttered one
groan of sympathetic misery, remember
ing days that were and forceps, and pass
ed on.
Miss G. |. Nelson showed handkerchief
box of silk, painted in water colors; two
oil paintings; one II wild rose on dessert
plate, the other, Il moss rose on tile-yerv
handsome; Miss Hattie Tabor II handsome
toiletset; Miss Lii M. Hobart, a handsome
ottoman cover in tufted worsted work
Mrs Emma Wright, toilet set, green wors.
ted on white ground, very tasty; Mrs Ar.
thur Peters, thread tidy, monument Of
patient labor; Mrs. Arthur Peters. 81
bouquet of cut flowers. in which was n very
handsome collection Of roses, twined with
smllax, and fine Gala for a center niece
These named are from Bradford. as will ho
all articles not otherwise designated; Miss
Nettie d. Collins, West Topsham. en-.
broidered suit of Undertaking, very el,h
CRATE and Mrs. G. c. Doty, embroidered
night dress, also nice work; Mr.. C. IT
LathrOp, Thetford carved and inlaid oIovo
box and holder for stereoscopic views
very handsome, the box especially so
Miss Ada Berkeley, pretty toilet set. Mrs
X. X. Wilson has two sofa pillows, a toile,
set, and large waiter covered with
choice collection of cut flowers noticeable
alike Tor the great quantity and TASTY ar.
rangemcnt. Mrs. Wilson had also an eas,
chair, brown rep and worsted work-band
some; Mrs. j. X. Childs, Fairlee, shoe
case-worsted work on linen; Mrs. Joe
Morse, sofa pillow, same work, omit,
snowy Mrs. X. X. Wilson, rug spu
and worked by herself; Mrs. r. r. AID
rlch' very pretty drawn rug; Mrs. Frank
Greenongh, Newbury, an afghan in over
shot work in silk and worsted-ve,
pr;ty and striking Two panel water col
ols-one of jonquils and the other of m.
tumn leaves, wild oats and othor NIL
flowers, were very handsome. and will