Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

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milton.
1t was considered worthy of printing by |
the Montreal papers. rs matter of public |
interest, that John George asked questions
at certain exhibits in the main building. |
This building was filled with an excellent
collection of manufactured articles of
every description; the most costly of furs
rivaled the richest laces in attention of the
gazer. Works of art treated largely OF
subjects we rarely see here but dear to the
Catholic religion; affairs rich in gilt and
ornament; groups in wax, some nearly or
quite life size, of Christ on the cross, the
descent from the cross, and the prepare
ton of the body for burial met one with its
ghastly wounds and palid waxness. The
virgin mother and child, in their different
positions and treatment of subject, now in
simple raiment and now decked in rich
satins and tinsel crown, were often met,
and would strike the attention of the Yam
kee visitor as something never seen in our
more realistic Protestant land.
In fancy work the amount was endless
and the variety infinite, and in some of
the finer articles, as laces and embroidery,
far surprising what one sees here, denot-
ing life devoted to the work. Then there
were the bedquilts, spreads, etc., etc,
which looked natural enough, and Cana
dian women are rs foolish as ours, for we
saw one bedquilt made up Or six.sided
pieces each piece of which measured but
half an inch on the side.
In iron work we noted new and good
thing-a solid shank spade, and also
patent strap shovel. made by rockingham
Is Workman, Montreal. This building
was crowded so that it was only by rare
good luck or hard pushing one could get
to see much. And such pushing and ell
bowling we never saw. One could hardly
help the impression being forced upon
them that the average Canadian, especial
lily French-speaking Canadians, were more
thoroughly selfish and less careful for the
comfort and rights of others than the av-
erage Yankee. We have been in greater
jams, but. rs before said, never in such
crowdng, and this was the most plainly
shown by women and girls.
Another characteristic of the crowd was
its quetness. In Yankee crowd on such
an occasion, you will always find a class
of young rowdies who seem to fancy they
are not having much of good time unless
they are staggering about arm-in arm,
and yelling something or other at the TOP
Of their voices, like a pack of savages
You hear here absolutely nothing of the
kind, and the propretors of shows anc
refreshment stands show comparative
degree of quiet. The crowds carry Oh
their conversation in louder tone thar
ours, and must do so of necessity, for all
are talking ut once with tongues, arms
fingers, head, body, all in animated yes.
ticulation. Ia this, as in all else of the
fair or city, it must be remembered that
three quarters of the people speak French
and that all official notices are printed
both in French and English, but in the
crowd hearing English was. the rare ex.
ception. 1t seems to us Il pity that when
England conquered Canada from France
it did not conquer the language and re.
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been much further advanced lin material
prosperity.
In manufactured articles the name o.
maker and exhibitor are given, but in al
products, stock, grain, roots, butter
cheese, ETC., ETC., no names are given, bu
a card bearing Group -, Section -
Glass -. No. -, is placed so tn,
stranger, reporter, and possibly the Judges
can have no possible clue to who the eX
hibiter is.
Machinery hall was comparativel,
meagre in its proportions and exhibit
Two nail machinee-one for cut and on
for finishing horse nals-attraced mos
attention.
, In agricultural hall we much admire
: the show. Here are no specifications hoy
) much man must bring-no " best pee
beets, best half bushel wheat, best hal
/ peck peas" but a single exhibit wuult
show from six to ten bushels of wheat
} and we should Judge there .were a hun
bred bags Of wheat, while oats, peas, bar
2 ley and beans were shown in simla
quantities; potatoes by the barrel, flax
seed by the bag-we should judge tweut
bushels in all Of the various kinds buck
, wheat in as great quantity; smalle
) seeds, especially beet, in peck bags Al
t the grains were of most excellent quality
Of vegetables the display was of equa
3 magnitude and excellence, and especial
WAS much space and attention given t
t beets. The English have always give
5 greater care and space to root cutur
than we have done, and we did not gathe
from what we saw or heard that it wa
g expected to make sugar from bects to an
2 extent at present.
STOCK
4 The show of stock was simply superI
Of cattle, the great display was, of cours,
of Durhams; and a fine show it was, an
must have numbered several hundre
| animals.
/ The Ayrshires came next in point ,
g numbers and excellence, as is BETTING fc
!, the cheese product for which Canada ha
0 such an exalted reputation, and were q
r fine stock as we have ever seen, thoug
d not superior to some of the best herds
be found in the states.
= The Herefords were represented by bl
s few of those handsome. cattle, and thel
It was but one herd of Jerseys and one
Galloway cattle.
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