Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-10-02
The Dog River Valley Fair.

The Dog River Valley Fair,
Inc slNth annual la'r Oh thls "gilcui'uI-
al society was opened on the society's
grounds in Mortified, on Tuesday, the
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weather on wednesday was nhe' anu 'he
attendance excellent, the crowd being es-
timated at from $500 to 5000 people, ano
.hor, seon wos ,.tor ,t tho oate
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1hurSu'y oPeneu oiouuS' anu o00",'on'
showers in the afternoon dampened the
crowd somewhat.
CATTLE.
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1,i's o;,,,,i, ~ Cla,k V;iI;an,s
otilel ''n' I L. No.. proo,f ',ld
''% u, any ~ I'm ~, 80. ~ Shnm,h,
,o.1 ~ Iii0 p Tosi,n Of Wo;,.f;eId ,,von
~, o' bood A. tha boad stands ,bs ,,y,
go r IA Can Wa;ta Jr rve;%b;n1 1Guo
SD o"H o Uo hos soma fine LOWS am
l,o,,nor stool. n.ir IF throe rears n,
S youms 1 weiHb 91Io ' nounds0bandsoma
,ronI bri,, s7ears r
$500 no,,o,, ,y;n;os,o, sho,,
h.nJsoSe Jersey bnll' two Years old II,
i"a ,bo ,,,arls ~ r;oh ,,,;,Lino stooL Al
H,o1 ioal,'n Iva;,sfaid .hn,ys a bandson,,
'aou 80 t,, ha;fars of hi, braad ma :.
Iii o.lr fonr onJ one.b.lf month
oId ,-or,, iorae vb;rh shows crouding
There was - fair show If naive nm,
,.,adn o,,,lo son,o vow, 600, I'D som.
80 sb,Iw;nr onr n,rt;o3l,r ,,ar;,
d wv I'LL, shous b.ndsnn,o or,d.
Dovnns
SHEEP.
OF fine woods Henry Jones and w. f.
Dunsmore show some fair lambs: G., Z
Fisk, Brookfeld, two pens, which are
darker, and have more the characteristics
OF the breed All .lieso sneeP are .i'iu II
soon at other fairs.
In long woods r. Harper, Mortified.
and George Denney show each one pep.
and Alfred ,Joslyn shows six grade ew,
lambs, and three grade bucks, weighing
from 100 to 275 pounds each; l.. W.
Blanchurd. pen of grades.
nc. Kibbe, Brooklield, shows three
pens. and George w. Flagy, four pens OF
Cotswods; John Heath, one pen of same.
Swine made small show, there being
only four pens.
In working oxen and mich COWS, the
show though small. was good. C. A.
Tracy of Mortified had handsome pair
of fat oxen, which took the blue ribbon.
In farm machinery the show was no,
lorue-a Ruckeve and Champion mower
the Mudgelt hay tedder, and, for the frs
time in Vermont, we saw IA grain drill, tn,
Empire. by whom entered we did no,
learn.
OR dairy products the show was fair in
4uahti'y anu qu;t'i.J' anu Vi niaple s"S"'
of canned fruit there were several en-
tries and only one entry of hone7-three
boxes.
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hoH'Es'
The show of horses is both large and
GOOD, the largest ever had in this society
j. b. Wells of Randolph showed fine
three years old Hambetonian colt, worthy
the first premium, which we believe he
took.
If. NJ Scott, Braintree, showed stock
horse of the Joslyn stock, with several o.
his colts, which attracted much attention
and general praise Hank Morris showed
a fine horse of the same stock.
Henry Newton, West Randolph, shows
a promising three years old stallion.
Mr.. Bradshaw of Berlin showed brood
mare and colt of extra promise-a fine
colt.
Of oentlemen's drivers the committee
considered the show as above the average
and first premium was taken bv ]. G
Loomis, Braintree, on four wears ole
peldinp, and Eph. Thayer of West Ran
dolph second. The excellence of III,
whole made further awards difficult,
FLORAL HALL.
On entcrino the hall the first exhihi
met is one of cofins and Baskets. of vari
ons patterns and richness of finish. It i
necessary to draw the line somewhere
and we shoplJ saw. draw it Mt coffins an,
NOT admit cornses
Mr.. Cobleipb shows sash. blinds an,
doors: A. c. Smith a handsome Itch
road wagon: ], S. Patrick. Gouldsyille.
handsome secretary in ash, black walnu
and Green rem. John A. Perry. Williams
town, black ash extension table of re
w W Holden shows chairs of yarion
patterns. which comprises most of the ar
irles in this line.
Of grains the disnlav is GOOD. especiall,
in corn, of which we noted tbirtv.fy
traces some of which we would have hee,
gl,d to notice hnt The article, are markp
IN numbers only. so it is impossible to d.
50.
The disnlav Of VEGETABLES was laroe an,
exceIent psnecallv in onions. of whic
there we're ten lots
There were fourteen lots of potatoes. c
which tho Snowflake and Extra Early Yer
mont were the finest in onr ewes. An ex
hibitor nj Bethel had as level n head "a on
often finds on an exhibitors shoulders
for he out on his show of potatoes severa
boiled ones. which had burst their Jackets
and showed drv and mealv
Here is n handsome collection Of veo
etahles which we would like IN notice
Hano if if there il anvtbino cnlcnl,ted +
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