Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25

some good rag carPetlhs, An" . NJ
r..-,u,;rcs showed several nice RUGS Mrs.
ru,ma Wheeler of East Montpelier had
."n r seryiceable looking husk mats.
The display of gentlemens se'ri' was
sre Two warm and nice looking ones
wero shown by Mrs. Lewis Keith oil Barre
Alma B. Huntly, Mortified and Mrs "m'
clark also had some very nice ones
Mis- Mary NJ. Keith had very snow
aakey and light wool shawl. i
Specimens of yarn and gentlemen
.oots mittens and ladies hose were shown
hr Mrs Emma Hollister, f. Montpelier
Mrs d. NJ. Bean. Mortified. Mrs. Israel
Avery. N,rthdsld, Mrs. Israel Holden
Waitsfield, Mrs. Lewis Keith, Barre Mrs
Joel Hersey, Williamstown and Mrs. En-
lily Wheeler. ,
A warm looking pair Of gents drawers
was shown BY Mrs. E. F. Willard, Barre
Mrs. Lucy Barnard of Waitstield had a
pair of dog-skin and a pair of buck'sKin
gloves that looked very nicely.
Coming to the products OF the held o. ~
Little. Williamstown, had hill oil the
Sanford sweet corn that showed five large
stalks and five fully developed ears from
one kernel. The large pumpkins ana
squashes, mammoth cabbages and hne
looking traces OF seed corn, specimen peckS
of beets. carrots, potatoes, onions oeans'
oats. = heat, rye, herds grass. &C., were
presented by several exhibitors.
E. E. Andrews had large pyramid oil
apples containing great many varieties
also a vase of "Andrews Favorites "a
very fine apple; Ii. II. Hollister had a
peck of nice looking apples, but A.
Townshend just beat them all for SIZE
Denison Dewey had seventeen large APP
pies from tree but three-foarths of an
inch in diameter.
A sample loaf of rye and corn bread
was shown, made by twelve years Old
Mary j. Nichols of Barre. L. A. Pear
sons showed. side by side, peck of Lost
Nation wheat, sample Of the flour and
nice looking loaf of bread. Mrs. L. A.
Kent. Mrs. D. B. Wbeelock and Mrs. Joel
Foster also had loaves of bread fit for any
one.
The product of the maple tree was
shown in several forms and in rs many
different grades. Some very white sugar
and nice looking syrup was that shown by
l. A. Prarsons who does not put in but
"keeps out" to produce sugar nearly as
white as snow. +. G. Huntley, Marsh
field. showed some grained sugar; David
Bolles, Berlin. some very white sugar as
did Geo w. Smith of Barre. Very nice
colorless syrup was shown by George A.
Smith and Fred Beckley.
Mrs. Geo. w. Smith showed maple
syrup. crab apple syrup, raspberry syrup.
crab apple preserves and some boiled cider
which had not begun 10 turn gray al
twenty-five years Of age.
Mrs. A. w. Sowles had four jars nice
crab apple jelly.
j. N. Ketchum and D. B. Wheelocb
Barre, showed some fine grapes. W.
concluded Mr.. Wheelock had got his box
within too easy reach of the public.
Frank L. Avery, Mortified, had a cast
of birds eggs, and Geo. c. Willard pai
of white mice.
MISCELLANEOUS.
D.. l.. Fuller & Son nude a large ant
attractive display of their goods, compris
ing general assortment of cutlery, files
hardware. builders tools, paints, oils, var
nishes and the like. They also had Of
exhibition their Sanborn churn and butte
worker.
David Boles, Berlin, ha case witt
several fine specimens of home made cut
lery.
The Montpelier Manufacturing Co. haC
samples of their baby carriages, sleds ant
velocipedes.
F. C. Gilman showed very fine sleigh
Messrs. Howe & Turner. Montpelier
had very good display of carpetings
which were SO arranged as to present
very attractive appearance.
c. M. Lyon, Montpelier, had nice ant
pretty chamber suite.
In the outside exhibit j. w. Bailey ha,
a farm wagon. Smith, Whitcomb g. Cook
Barre, had four of their North American
plows for fat land or side hill. Barrow
e. Peck, Montpelier, had wheelbarrow
a steel swivel plow-good shape,-an
three Randolph plows; they also Shove
an evaporation and butter packages. M
D. Willard had the Yankee horse rake.
j. G. e. F. B. Joslyn. Waitsfield shove
the champion dog power, in working orde