Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-25


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FLORAL HALL
BY the middle Of the forenoon on Wednesday
| Floral Hall had put on better appearance, and
was very nearly as full as last year 1t was un-
der the charge Of Superintendent Huntley and
his wife, of Mortified, and everything was nicely
arranged The show Of needleworlI was larger
than last year, and most of it was sxilfully done
| We think the people of Montpelier need waking
mp in this matter of contributing to the attrac-
tions of the fair. They certainly can do much to
make Floral Hall the place of attraction il they
set about it. We hope next year there will be
no cause of complaint against our citizens for a
seeming lack of interest
G. Hyde Foster, of Montpelier, exhibited two
pencil drawings which were very well executed.
Mrs. A. NJ. Ainsworth of Montpelier, showed a
very handsome wax cross and unique motto
Hattie L. Lane, Montpelier, several fine notices;
Misses Jennie and Ella ffeld, Barre, several ex-
cellent oil paintings, which added very much to
the attractiveness of Floral Hall Helen NJ Holden,
Waitsfield, very pretty cross; Mrs. William
Batcheder Barre, handsome ottoman; Mrs. c.
I. Summers, Montpelier, large and handsome
worsted wreath; Jennie A. Mouton Northfield
n beautiful ottoman cover in embossed woodwork;
Mrs ). j. Foster Montpelier, and Mrs L. A.
Kent, Calais exhibitions Of finely wrought otto
man covers; Anna +. Bukey, Plainfed well
worked sofa pillow. A rustic bracket by George
w. Smith, Barre, was novel and pretty. Mrs A.
o. Cummings Montpelier, had on show six spec-
mems OF pottery decoration which were very
ti,tily done; this lady also exhibited handsome
applique lambrequin. The show of quilts and
rugs was not very extensive, but comprised some
good work There was quite n display of fancy
work in the shape of cushions, tides toilet sets
etc, which were all very finely worked and
worthy of notice
Mrs Carl Smith, of Montpelier, made a fine
exhibit of fancy work in the way of "A cushion
cover made of thread, card case photo-hoder
and handsome carriage robe-the only one in
the hall. Miss Alice Smith exhibited a pretty
night dress case and handkerchief case. Miss
W. o. Standish exhibited good collection of
fancy work. Frank Avery, OF Mortified, ex-
hiblted collection of birds eggs. IL T.. Say-
ton, Montpelier, had a fine lot Of views on show
One thing in the line of rugs that was especially
worthy of notice was a yarn rug made by l.. g.
Stockwell, of Mortified. II was very pretty and
had almost the appearance of chenille A bead
lambrequin and one Of applique, by Ella Howe,
of Mortified, were very handsome Alma r.
liuntley, Mortified, exhibited very finely-made
lace set of collars and cuffs and scarf Mrs
Ransom, of the same town, exhibited silk bed
quilt that was especially worthy of note.
In the way of canned fruit bread etc, excel
lent samples were exhibited by Mrs. G. W. Smith
of Barre, and others. Mrs D. b. Wheelock of
Barre, Mrs. l., A. Kent of Calais, Bertha Rich
ardson (ten years old, Mrs. Joel Foster, Mary
J. Nichols and X. A. Luce made tempting
exhibits Of the "staf of life" Mrs. II. W.
Sowles, Barre, exhibited some very fine crab
apple jelley-that is, it looked we'll we did mt
sample it, although we wanted to. George A.
Smith and l.. A. Persons of East Montpelier f.
& Huntley of Marshfield, and David Boles of
Berlin, exhibited fine specimens of maple sugar
and honey
The iioral department was complete and be-
wderngly beautiful. Mrs William Clark, Barre,
exhibited handsome floral mound and cross in
which were eighty varieties of gerannms. Mrs
H. w. Sowles Of the same town, was on hand
with three hundred and ffty-seyen varieties Of
cut flowers besides a floral ornament and an Odd
Fellows emblem made of moss Miss Adde Sher-
Of flowers and pot-plants-some forty specimens in
AL, including handsome lantana and every va
rety Of blossoms and foliage Indeed, the Barre
ladies deserve the highest praise for the extra
efforts they made to ensure a success in the
| loral exhibit. But Montpelier was not missing
in this department. Miss Mary Lewis exhibited
Il handsome collection OF zenias. ii. w. Kemp
ton and Mrs. j. V, BabcoclS also made large con-
| tributions, which were tastily arranged in at
tractiye form by the deft fingers OF Mr. J. V.
| Babcock In this lot were as fine asters, roses,
| pansies, zenias and verbenas as we ever saw A
large mound on which was wrought cross
in white and purple yerbenas was especially
beautiful
Howe x Turner made an exhibit Of carpets
and C. NJ. Lyons establishment was represented
| by a neat set Of furniture. The Montpelier Manu-
featuring Company made a good exhibit of car
| riages, yeocipedes and sleds.
| D. l.. Fuller Il Son, Montpelier, had show
| case OF hardware aud cutlery on exhibition, with
| specimens Of paints and lead, and other goods to
be found in their store. If more of our merchants
had followed their example and taken little
pains To make an exhibition of their wares, the
attr'ctiyeness Of the hall would have been much
In the agricultural department Fred T. Beck
ley, Barre, and j. T.. benjamin, Berlin, exhibited
five immense pumpkins EACH and the latter a
flne lot OF squashes, d. G. Benjamin East Mont
pelier, good exhibit Of Snowflake potatoes and
large pumpkins; l. C. Little, wllamstown fine
samples OF the Sanford fodder corn; W. y. Rich
ardson, Barre, fifty pounds of nice maple sugar
neither bleached, drained nor clarhed-also fine
Al u..I
specimens Of oats, wheat and Hour; j. V. Bah
cock, splendid lot of tomatoes, very tempting il
appearances William Chapin, Middlesex, a bas
ket OF very large Norfolk turnps, and good
samples of carrots, onions and beets; l.. d. Hill
Fast Montpelier, trace of line seed corn, and
samples OF beans, carrots, etc. c. A. & r. H.
Bartlett, Plaindeld, peck Of turnips-fne speci
mems Jason Jelfords, Williamstown, a novelt,
in the way OF "Kohlrabi "a new species OF
vegetable, the seed OF which he received from