Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-15
Worlds Fair at Tunbridge.

and articles excellent.
Floral hall was well filled. in fact, S
well filled with articles and people seein
them that we did not care to encounte
the jam and heat, so gave that the go by.
The first on the programme in tn
morning was the blowing match, which
was the center of considerable interest
quite crowd of farmers watching tn
match with great interest. The entrie
were: For horses, c. B. Dodge. Royalton
D. w. Roberts, Pomfret, James Shirlock
South Royalton, jackson o. Thayer
Sharon, Harvey Smith, Sharon, JAIME
Welch, Randolph; with oxen, A. P. Farm
ham. Tunbridge, D. c. Stearns, Royalton
S. Ordway, Tunbridge, j. F. Heath
Brookfeld. Harvey Smith, Sharon, Jack
son Thayer, Sharon.
A. P. Farnham was the first, using oxer
and the Tunbridge plow. The grounc
selected was quite inclined, and the soc
very tough, being witch grass, and hare
enough for four oxen. Mr.. Farnham'
success was not flattering.
d C. Stearns was next, with the B trre
pillow. He drove pair of four years
OIL IS, and they were well broken, well
driven, and did good work.
S Ordway came next, with Tunbridge
pillow; not AS good work rs Stearns.
j. +. Heath next, with Barre pillow
heavy cattle. good work.
j. NJ. Jones, Tunbridge, next, with
Nourse's l. X. L. plow. The spectators
seemed to approve the working of this
pillow the most of any yet used.
Harvey Smith, with Tunbrdge, Thorn
us Smith, with the Tunbridge; nothing to
note.
Next G.. B. Dodge started with horses
and the B,rre pow, followed by D. w.
Roberts with the Randolph plow, Welch's
Green Mountain. No. 5. Mr.. Roberts
lowed the deepest of any as yet.
Harvey Smith followed. with horses
and Tunbridge pillow, which finished the
match but Mr.Roberts plowed one /" bout "
with Nourse's l. X. L., running deeper
than before, and doing good work, but the
dirt fell from the sod back into the furrow
too much to quite suit us.
The field after blowing looked rs though
il had been done by boys, and we would
discharge any man who would make such
II piece of work on such favorable ground.
There was some good work, but enough
poor to make the good look bad. There
is too little attention paid to plows and
blowing, both at the fair and on the farm.
Without this, the very base and foundation
If all good filth, good farming is impossi-
bic. There shonld be some way devised
fprtestng plows, as we'll us The expertness
If the plowman. Now every one choose his
blow in the match, and with different
teams, of various degrees of hardness,
and holders of various degrees of ability
and lack of it, one stands poor chance
of good grounds for Il correct estimation
of the merits of any plow shown. The
more glaring faults and conspicuous mer-
its may be guessed al, but blowing
match should do and be more than that
We would go fifty miles to see good
thorough trial of pows. Shall we ever
have the occasion?
CATTLE.
In cattle the Jerseys take the lead,
thereSbcing about forty head on exhibition.
N. L. Boyden, Randolph, showed thlr-
teen head, led by the bull Meteor, y
bought of OBJ. Hadwen, Esq, of Worcester,
Mass.
j. G. Huntington, East Randolph, also
had a good bull, " Dick Wentworth"
OF other bloods the Devons, Dutch and
natives were we'll represented. The
Ayrshires had but a small show. OF
working oxen and GERS there was very
large exhibit, there being nearly or quite
one hundred Jokes on the ground
TOWN TEAMS
were on hand from Sharon, Royalton,
Tunbridge and Brookfed, ten Jokes each,
and they were good strings too. Royal
ton took the first and Brookfield the second
premiums.
SHEEP
make good show. In fine woods ID. G..
Searns, Royaton, shows seventeen head,
six classes. Mr.. Stearns' sheep are straight
lEanmonds and are said to be good; d.
W. Roberts, Pomfret, four classes, twelve
head; II. D. Ransome, Pomfret, three
classes; A. w. Farewell, Brookfeld. four
pens.
o. Bixby, Chelsea, shows grades.
j. T. Hemenway, Chelsea, four pens,
full bloods.
In course woods the number was greater
and many good sheep are on exhibition.
IL. C. Kibbie, Brookfield, has of his focks,
eighteen head. S. B. Durkee. Tunbrdge,
has several pens, and Charles Magoon,
Chelsea, Il good selection,
The show of swine was good, there
being ten pens of good stock
In poultry the display was good, being
about fifty coops of the different kinds.
There was at Tunbridge one pretty eff.
icient temperance organization. of which
DR.. Noyes, we believe of Randolph, was
president, executive committee members
and all. The matter was on this wise
On entering his fathers barn he found
that several young fellows had crawled in
on the backside and set up shop with a
five gallon keg of the ardent. The doctor
told them to get out" which they refused
to do, but he just informed them that they
couldn't run gin mill on those premises,
and catching up the key, he, with pow
erful cast, threw the keg we'll out into the
river. Curious as it may seem, the young
chaps aforesaid were mad, and one blus.
tering fellow said eff he knew who threw
it in, he would throw him after f."