Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

his t0dS good display. ,.- o-
The display in culinary products near
the superintendent's office at the north
end of the hall was full and appeared to DC
of excellent quality. Miss G. ID. Kimbali
had some nice. looking bread. brown bread
and biscuit. Miss Addie Densmore, 10
years old. showed loaf of bread and
ME both of which older heads than hers
MIGHT we'll feel proud of. Mrs. VIM. NJ
Smith shows bread, brown bread and bis
cni,s. losyes of wheat bread were also
shown by Miss Sadie Kenyon, Mary Sulli-
van Mrs. Jerome Dennison and Mrs. ,.
Alien. of Brookfield; brown bread by Mrs.
LYMAN Wright; biscuits by Miss Annie
Clifford and Mrs. c. L. Reed lot
from home wheat; Miss Mary Amsden
had meat and apple pies and Mrs. Nancy
Denny had pie and coacoanut cake, while
Mrs &. f. Reed furnished dish OF nice
T. II. Newell had two large frames
filed with card photographs, showing
that he could do good work.
r. IL. Mcintosh had a large number OF
stereoscopic views on exhibition.
Mrs. Lucinda Amidon had n very pretty
autumn wreath, wooden bowl and pewter
pitcher and spoons as reminders OF olden
times. i,
A. j. Stockwell shows checker board
made from different kinds of wood, and
Ella NJ. Sylvester writing desk.
Miss c.. M. Thurston shows 9 specimens
of very pretty and tasteful spatter work ;
the set contained slipper, letter, match,
comb and watch cases, wall pocket, 2 hair
receivers and scratch-my- back"
Miss Laura Hopkins. Williamstown,
had neat cone case and basket, and Mrs.
Geo. Royce, Roxbury. shows pretty
coral baskets.
Specimens of fret saving were shown
by n. o. Townshend, Henry w. Wood,
Malyerd Howe, Frank o. Towhshend and
Eliza Dumas.
Very pretty wax work was shown by
Mrs. II. Carpenter in case. Mrs. IL N
Davis showed wax cross, and Mrs. Z. E.
Webster, Williamstown, also had hand
some cross.
Willie Boynton and John A. Moseloy
each showed a pair of decorated horns
A neat horn bracket was shown by VIM
A. Hatch.
Miss Louise King had a pretty spattei
cross.
Miss Kittie Brooks u neat carved slip
per case.
Miss Jennie A. Mouiton q pen and pen
Cling picture, showing much skill and
| taste.
NJ. f. Gregg shows large collection o
china ware, decorated, and IA vase from
the ruins of Pompeii.
Mrs. c. d. Williams shows 4 set ol
china that was very tastefully decorated.
Mrs. W. G. Clark, Brookfield, had q
fine collection of old china, and japanese
plates were shown by somebody.
| Several King Conch shells were showr
that were found ut Ponce, Port Rico, Yves
Indies, by V. N. Williams, also coral ant
basket shell and a sponge root from the
Pacific ocean.
Miss Mary G. circuit shows very
pretty full rugged vessel in glass jar, anc
the natural query is, how did it ge
through the narrow neck?
Henry Ferris shows Il scent bottle.
Handsomely decorated jars are shown
by Miss Jennie Moulton, Miss Helen Fer
ris, Minnie f. Gregg, and Mrs. w. c.
Clark, Brooklield.
Mrs. George Boyce, Roxbury, shows {
very pretty inkstand.
Mrs. Chas. Edgerton shows some unique
bas-relief pictures.
Miss Mary Densmore shows 3 pretty
specimens of worsted frames.
A feather wreath, shown by Mrs. S. i
Wellington, attracted great deal of al
miration.
Mrs. VIM. M. Smith shows handker
chief box; Marcia Amsden, a pretty cora
Bracket Mrs. Carl Richmond, mono
chromatic pictures; Miss Lillian Field,
worsted picture, very pretty, and Mis-
Helen McClearn patched sofa pattern.
Aaron Bancroft, of Montpelier, wa
+ present with his exhibition of fine bronz
work, which he considers the best materia
for cemetery purposes.
Mrs. j. G. Gallup shows a specimen c
spatter work; Mrs. VIM. NJ, Smith
cardboard cross, and Mrs. II. p. Abbott
Brookfield, a worsted picture.
A thermometer inclosed in frame, ant
shown by Ferd j. Houston, was II goo
specimen Of fret saving.
Mrs. Viola II. Henry showed prett,
: water color painting.
II. V. r. Poole exhibited braid and EN-
) broidery stamps, also engravings 70
printing that show considerable skill i
that direction.
DR.. II. II. Walling had some fine paint
ings on exhibition which he would like t
sell, as he is about to leave the state.
} +. i. Howe, of the Norwich University
G shows some excellent mechanical draw
| ings.
Henry Ferris shows an oil painting
f which might well be called " injure
innocence"
l., +. J. Houston, handsome bird hous
that gave ample evidence of an apt frt
, SAVER.
Mrs. II. M. Norris had a case of stutfe
t birds that were very beautiful and Gillette
much praise.
n Mis-. IL. V. r. Poole had couple cage
of canaries which were offered for sale.
=, Rev. Charles Covell, West Brookfielt
# exhibited bird house in the form of
church-about two by two and one ha
n feet on the ground and well proportions
n with portico and towers-all made wit
a jack knife, very ingenious piece {
e work, and attracted much attention.
Mr.. Covell is as successful in building u
4 u spiritual church as wood ones, he ougl
}. to have large salary.
# The Colorado whip, exhibited by W. ]
|, Wilder, such as is used by the rancher
|, had stock two feet long and lash abo
d eleven feet, and was three-fourths of q
8 inch in diameter at the largest place.
If Wheeler & Wilson's sewing machine
0 were represented by Messrs. Wilson ar
" Reileey, and had a crowd of people arour
1t them, admiring the various kinds of wol
d that can be done on their machines. The
}. did good business writing names f
those who wished. They have been
|, the fairs at Bethel and Morrisville, stat
}, and county, and have taken severnl order
j. at each of these places.
The New Home sewing machine, show
V by c. II. Wright, had many admire
among those who had used it.
e A Shoninger organ was shown by Mr.
D j. NJ. Dane, and attracted much attention
e In coming to the ladies' ornamental al
useful department of the fair we hope v
: fully realized our inability to do it iustic
even before we learned that the tic
e housewives of Dog River valley had fe
called upon to make GO entries of the
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