Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
Orange County Fair.

however. prevented large attendance and the
society did not realize quite enough money TO pay
expenses and the premiums. Had they done so,
II would have been the exception rather than the
rule, for very few Of the fairs this fall have paid
expenses. The exhibition, particularly Of stock
and articles for floral hall, was larger than ever.
AS usual, there was Dut llttle done on tne nts'
uay beyond arranging the artic'es ior eAilIo'''on,
yet there was more STOCK upon the grounu' anu
larger attendance, imam ever oelore upon 'ne
first day. Everything was In readiness on Tues
day night for the real opening on Wednesday,
- A. N. -, a.. - .,s.,...aa q t...o a.,
anu ''o o'iVers Vi tne i'ir "n.'V'p''eu '"'so w
tendancei but in fairs, as in all other things mum
dane, "the nice laid schemes Of mice and men
s""e NV "s'S ""u s'o Los" p"' %
their hopes IL was diihcut 10 make an examine
ton Of anything outside and cannot give |
oo,,,io,o ro,,or, -, ,ho hor.o, and s,ocL Ttara
oo"p''o ''poiv VI ."' "o'''' '"' ''V'"' '"0
"oio t'''ce oh''ieeoi
TOWN TEAMS.
bradford with thirtv-one vokes Newbury with |
n'"uo'u "''' '',i JUG soN07 w.,
| Twelve yokes, ana Lyme, New Hampshire, WIN
| ten Jokes All the cattle were good and many Of
them very fine. those from bradford. as might be |
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| eNpecVeu, eNceinng' inc pes. yoAes "eie III"
doubleday the two Of L. p J. w. Bliss, one OF
| which weighed forty Ave hundred pounds and the
| other Int a shade under four thonsand J. D. &
|
| b. wilson had par which welghed four thou-
| sand four hundred, and the cattle Of J. Golden
| and A. a. O. Baldwin were very GOOD The best
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ca'.le III 'nc Ne"ourS tea'h "ere 'ie t"o yoAes
| OF 5. A. Eastman, neither OF which could be
| called eight weights" The
r,an, 40. ,,. ,,,ns,s
DISPLAY OF Hohshs
| was full except In the stallion class, OF which
| there were lint two entries J. II Peters Young
| vo.,,o,,, Me-, ,,d ,ho. ~ + d tobrsor 81
Fiv Tho borses which attracted most attention
we're the two Percheron horses imported from
| France by George Pierce Of Stanstead, Province
OF Quebec one weighing seventeen hundred and
fifty pounds and standing seventeen hands high,
and the other weighing sixteen hundred pounds.
We can only mention by name the other horses,
although they deserve more extended NOTICE
William McDougaH OF North IunOridge mad his
Young Justin, by Taggarts Abdallah, and YAM
pire, his brother. .. T.. Dlckey OF lopsham ex-
hibited three-years -old colt sixteen hands hlgh
weighing eleven hundred pounds and sired ny
Draco. Paragon, exhibited by gentleman from
Stanstead, Province Of Quebec, was sired by
ADdallah out OF Morgan mare, ana was q nhe
animal Jenkins " Smiths Richmond. D.. W.
Clevelands vermont Boy, and J N. Monkey
ked Cloud were noble horses mares were eN-
hlDited ny d. u. Maruh OF iieiin"nt' new ii'lhV,
shire' Z. H. curtis OF bfadIord, W v bahey OF
NewDury, W. "; SteVens OF torihti' Jonn 1;
McGinness OF wells RIVER, and u Dickey oil
Iopsham, all accompanied by cots. VI tne class
OF colts iour-yearsolu ana undet, many were nov no.
shuWh oh PV'N''@ - V
Robinson OF Fairlee showed a sorrel and a brown
iiambletonlan. Z; NJ. hlmoil oi haVernIll, new
Hampshire, nag MORGAN cor ine la.sest Goi'
was that OF unuermll oil rlerhloht, Whl i.
, weighed eleVeh hunufcn pounus Tue olner coits
exhibited were owned by D. Johnson son OF
Bradford, Lewis MOTIFS OF ralrlee, ana T.. !, q
j; w BLISS OF bfadiofu; lhere were rev e entire,
of gentlemens driving horses, but those exhibited
for any other county iair TO make as eredlttole
display oil horses as we saw mere
CATTLE.
9 a., n ,,-,-,,. s. 60. -. ....,,
= worth looking at, ms they had twelve beauties
One of their cows had already taken first prem
inm and so was excluded from competitIon' Ihelr
three-years-od bnll, samuel =. lllden, was
there ana was capable OF a good deal oil uSu-
iruct, me other entries o, Durhhms "IIe ny
I 6. W. Chamberin +. Worthen and II, W.
n Reyes. The four-years-old bull exhibited by Mr.
Reyes weighed over TWO Thousand pounds Two
cows and two calves :, were II, the only entries OF
DatGn stocSntnese ey IL, heyes OF SeW it
me hrst diploma on heri o. cattle was awara i
lead in Jersey stock having nine head. two of
= them imported from the Isle of Jersey A. Filey
- Of North Haverhi New Hampshire, exhibited
twelve animals, one of them a two-years-old bull.
Y The other exhibitors were Bliss of Bradford a
# heifer and bull calf NJ. T. Q1imby of West Fair
O lee, six head; j. ii. Jones OF Bradford, five head
>. H. PeteTs, heileri george a; sawyer W; I
osoorne' o. Z. otearns; ~ l., rofa' ~ , a. NUN
son ana ne9rge ~ lyer rev T., A. ~ D. ar'S oo o.
IS bradiord thtue tne ohIy enlry Oh peVons, COW
= ana cali put the cohnhttee i3uhu tie peulsre,
- nsullcient' vi naive ct.le the eTnlpl,ors Mert
,e9'He ~ Seusu - rn'i i Ia ca H.,
ana D. EDWARDS All OF NewDury' IL u sau tll'
4 display oil steers was larger tnan ever before a
this iair, oil winch the two-years-old Durhan'
owned py a. a. DIoGk oi Ne"oulS were ene V S,
atnongh those eNhlDiteu py .. johnson anu sou
=, Davis p,au,1ru, y, M hnioal anu p'oSli1 u
G. Kendrick, Newbury, were very excellent animals
r,,v ,,v,,,p,r ov surrp
,,.,..
was not rs large s tis l'hporu'' larihis 'n.eI
u, est OBSERVES put tie lew ahii'ls vNuiutou wei
r. In, % po. ~, , a' ~ u pars ~ Wey
~ H.. " &c IL" ~ ~ Tria,n I'D Sarhnr
=, oer 81 bunl, tvo ~ them varv tine In the Cot
u LA closs CbarIas Natnon ~ oranga had al,
I'd wou oi'Ss ~. Tr ur u, II H.,
w Pens anu o. w. ruo, "a ~ ~ go ha,
q a. ,,an Ebarias Wansrr ~ piarmnrt fnnr nans
1t aud b X Smith of Cornth, two pens.
ev THE SHOW OF SWINE
,a ,,o ,,oa,,o, rho oxhij,ors ,voro Z
ws ,In ,'e rairiea so,, and rins' ~ n CiImor
ce W1i.nyn Vi p"e' S SJW "nu PSI -, vi
IN OF rar'ee' Ionu SnIns, IL iesets io' n
u,nrh,on White Chester bnar IA INDIE ron
the exhibit of
al POULTRY,
not as much interest is taken in it As in other sec
u tons of the state. The show was small and no
Is, first-class at that. Perhaps 1t looked smae
e. from the comparison we made between it and til
- state fair exhibit, The few coops there wer
=" shown by c. ii Curtis OF Bradford, three coops
no John b. Hay, three cpopsi j. H. Squlres; on
ly coop; Charles Farnham, two eoopsi V. A. Doty
to cnons lanes hickey two c9ons Of geese and
Nelson OF Ryegate one coop OF China geese
Orange county ought to be able to raise larg
be quantities and good quality of
AT fhuii'
all and undoubtedly it does, but it was not exhibited
Oh The only exhibit worthy of note WAS that OF WI
l., liam Shepardson OF bradford, comprising apou
- nifty varieties.
CHI That the art OF
ny ~
m Is not quite n lost art was SHOWN Dy tine spec
ee mems offered by Mrs. M Warden, Mrs; Jo'
Morris and Miss Ruth Sanders: Taylor, the p'
", destrian, would 60 into ecs,asies over the pie
,ss made by Miss Sanders We don't see how an
art Of the Orange county ladies can help making goo
~ pies when they nave such me
ne 1870. .,,.,.,,
Tin | MAPLE soHAh
| tn sveeten them with a. il made in that county
Is ,i,o ,uaon,au. axhihital NO sa,nnas
ns nal nrr,dnnt Tha hest was that shawn by
IN & "a fhann'an of Gorin,b Int that of "A Roge,
~ ras cd Tha Ghanmans aIso exhibited some lin
ILL., honaS a. dd also Z A Manson Of pierm mt {
1 "ohoyi as "iu "'s' ~ ~ 'i""''" VI iS''"' 'i''