Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-15

GENERAL REMARKS
Good music was furnished for the fair by the
South Royaton and Thetford bands There were
three contestants for the band prize and Ely band
took third place.
The crowd was very orderly and we saw very
little rowdyism The people all seemed good.
natured, and If any little unpeasantness occurred
it was quickly settled. No serious accidents oc-
all, the affair was most successful one. In max
ing our tour Of the grounds we found that there
was q large show OF fine
many particularly noteworthy herds being pres
emit n L. Boyden OF Randolph, J. f. Hemen-
way of Chelsea, and John Huntington OF East
Randolph were the principal exhibitors of Jer.
Ayrshire stock. Quite large number of the
handsome Devons could be seen ID. W. Cow
dry OF South Royalton showed some very fine
calves OF this breed The celebrated Dutch stock
owned by W. A. Farnham and j. W. Bailey OF
Royalton was here, and we must say that the
more we examine this stock the better we like 1t.
The owners are white men In every respect, aud
glad to give information about their herds. One
Of these cows gave excellent milk, as we can tes-
tify Durham stock and Grade stock were very
numerous and we cannot specify, as 1t was nearly
all first-class.
The show OF sheep was very good The prin
cipal exhibitors were D c. Stearns of Royalton,
d. IT.
D. W. Roberts OF Pomfret, Merinos, and good
ones too IL o Smith OF Pomiret showed the
favorite SouthdowDs, that all like. Charles Ma
COON of Orange and Orcntt Bixby of Chelsea were
the largest exhibitors of Grade coarse-wool sheep
H. c. Kibbee Of Brookfeld and S. b. Durkee OF
Tunbridge the largest and best full-blood long
wool sheep.
The show OF poultry was large, nearly sixty
coops being entered II. Q. Kibbee of Brookfield
had seven coops of good birds including pair Of
handsome turkeys Carrier, Fan Tail, and rum-
bier pigeons were shown by Prince Bros, OF East
Randolph, that were good. Among the other
things we noticed large hawk In one coop and
a pair of pretty white rabbits in another The
hawk captured the head OF one OF the pigeons
that we're placed near him, on Thursday morning.
The show Of
was not very large, still 1t was made up in quail
ity what 1t lacked in quantity. The most note
worthy specimens were u fine breeding SOW and
pigs owned by A c. Jones of Tunbrdge. Those
owned by II. C. Kibbee OF Brookfeld were very
good The show in
MACHINERY HALL
was small, only a few things being entered We
noticed a pretty carriage and some good drag
| rakes made by G. II. Hackett of North Tunbrdge.
The La Dow harrow, entered by George +. Nut
ting of Randolph and the tanning mill, Bonanza,
manufactured by q. w. 4 c. W. Pease, were the
articles that attracted the most attention.
FLORAL HALL
| was full to overhowing so much so that 1t would
be difficult to do justice to the different articles
| there In short report. The fine paintings by
| Miss Carrie DOVE Of STAFFORD included like
| ness of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, that very well
| executed Near by were two nice drawn drugs
| made by Mrs. Clark Chamberlin OF Barnard The
west end OF the hall was devoted to ladies' work,
| and the entries were numerous that II would
| be hard To describe them The pillow shams
| made by Mrs. Morgan OF Randolph the jewel
case by Mrs. julius Rice of Randolph, and the
air castles made by Martha and Mary Flanders ol
| Chelsea, we cannot pass without noticing. Bed
| quilts were very numerous One shown by Mary
| A. Willis OF Chelsea contained twenty-six hun.
| dred and seventy pieces no two alike one
| by Mrs. Laura Shaw, an old lady eighty year,
| old, contained two thousand pieces; one by Mrs
| Charles Woodwork OF South Royaton contained
| twelve thousand six hundred and seventy-two
pieces and there were others we would like t.
mention, The display OF apples was large and
| would have been larger II there had been room u
show them. Garden vegetables were numerous
aud large. Butter, cheese and honey OF tempting
quality could be seen. We must not forget u
mention, last but not least, the fine show OF wool
and wooden goods, yarns etc, shown by the Gay
| Bros, Of Tunbridse.