Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-09

TIE sNITTFIELD CLUB CATTLE-sHoW AND THE
BRIToS oX HIS NATIVE HEATH.

LONDON, Dec. 13, 1879.
The Slst annual exhibition of the Smith
field club cattle-show is just at present the
most attractive feature of London. Although
Brighton is the fashionable resort at this sea-
son Of the year, the metropolis is by no
means deserted. The tramways and omni-
bus lines have been enjoying for whole
week monopoly of our innumerable host
of pleasure seekers, and the vast Agricultural
Hall on Liverpool road, Islington, is daily
thronged with between thirty and forty
thousand people. 1t affords the uncountriti-
cd Londoner an infinite amount of satisfac-
ton to thus annually poke his cane into the
ribs of the noblest specimens of the animal
kingdom that England can produce, and to
try his wit on the uncouth shepherd boys,
who stand all agog at city conceits and
fashions After n year of unusual depression
in agriculture and manufacturing, which all
are considering, the longer they contemplate
it, worse and worse, a considerable anxiety
was expressed on all sides in regard to this
catlle-show. Consequently it has been gratify-
ing to everybody TO behold as large and
well-appointed an exhibition as many more
prosperous years have seen. The great hall,
.-;,,, ,,s o.i,aoo,, ,,,. I'LL -, :.
comnle,.lv f,lI.d Will, oil ,h.. .r;o,,, -,
OF cattle, sheep, pigs, together with agri-
cultural instruments of every description,
roots, seeds, ETC. etc. Her Majesty the
O,oer and tho pr;roo of Wo,o, =, mana,
80 "'"'''
'aAe i'on' ranh Us eAiiipitors anu Il large
number oil noblemen have followed their
example The competition this wear has
been somewba, gro,ter ,h.r oo,,,,o, o,v;,o
'''' common
10 the removal oil restriction on cat
tie which have been on exhibition else
where within the month Tb;sbos r.suI,ed
j., .a,, ,..,s -,
''' u '''' ''''" vi ea''ie Ill so'iie Ut
partments Than on any previous year. On
the whole this exhibition would give n astranger
, very ;p,de,uote i,o, Of tho s,,, Ill.
,
'iie iariiiers hhu themselves lhe Devon
cattle take the first place in the catalogue as
usual and are renresented hv thirty of that
Sm.l Ian, ,,oor,;,,,I ,., M. I,..s,.
come next, followed by the Short horns,
Sussex, Norfolk and Suffolk Polled. Scotch
UiybI,rd Scotch p,u.J W.Is,, and fill,
-, -. -, I.,,. -,
'ii' '''N'" w '''Ss oieeus' AN toi't that
there has been marked tendency of late
years-very markedly so this year-to
award prizes TO animals showing early ma
turity and good uuality of flesh The nrizes
run from sol 10 5000 and the silver nrize
Guns. fourteen in number ,re v,lueI a, from
sGl) TO $3.50
Ii is really wonderful in look;,r over sucb
a collection of fine creatures what mower man
has attained in SECURING inst those Qualities of
siHe anu silal'c anu even ihteiilsence he de-
sires ny carei'ii nreeuins Tor lew genera
:."as inieeu 80 @tea' mas Deeh 'he progress
IN shiii IN tliat uirection mat almost any re-
sun, however ihprooaDle, seems possible
Nlan seems 10 DE asserting his superiority
over hiture anu ID bringing strong hand oi
rohpuisioh upon her iorces. lie even
ll's'rns her hat'iaiiy SLOW processes by Il
.ui'Io'e pan ihs vi e"t'ic ior generation OF
W. nc 'an 'et"'e al aninhii soiie inches
lon5er' or oroauer over the lids or the hind
iu"i,eiS' VI vi iii iScr iraile- lie can pEite
lhe iesh J.,st where he wants IL on The back,
ruihp or r,os, etc'' etc lie also mas control
over 'he eias'iciiy anu hrhihess oil tie hesh-
ne can give perfect symmetry houiiy the
shape Oh any portion Oh the Dodv anu even
can eAIhanse an ug.y neal ior i handsome
one anu poor hoihs ,or graceful "aAy ones
i,r Ieice "ii,i ",cheu eye he can give
Piucii one anu cl,aiSe dangerous peast
INTO Tue most uociie ol iahiiy pets: ms
iast power oi chahgihS tle disposition ana
temper IS, perhaps Tue mos. WONDERFUL Oh an.
IN o'iiei aiiiiii,is great i"crease Ill ihe ih-
,,, anu an Ieneia' ie,'s.tii''s PIMefs Is
a''""e"' -'ii 'ncS, "onueiiui icSui'S aie
i.ia''e NUS "'liii'est III .iis Pieseiit eAhioi-
'ioh anu each year Is bringing 10 hght new
wonders. ,.r,c,r,ur,l ,imnlemer,s ;s
large and well arranoed rondIv number
of powerful steam plourbs take mn most of
the space. Several wire-bindinr machines
are on exhibition These have meyer heen
popular in ENGLAND hut their success in
America and elsewhere is openinp a market
for them here. The comnetiti0n amonr
various fuel saving machines is preater this
wear than usual and may be looked mon as
n decided step in advance for where sncb an
extensive use of steam power is mada as in
England. the coal hill reaches a biob fi,rurr
II Is heinz more ,nd more looked mon 3S an
undertaking worthy the hest of ancour,gn
ment The eybibiiion of dairy n,ensiIS il
much larrer this wear than usu,I The
dairy ia steadily ,,rnvxing in innnr,,,ca
tbroupbnut the band and bids fair ,o r;vaI IL
not eclinse all other features of Frrlish form,
inc but there il "a Lmrn,able defic;arcy /,
nrnnnr ;,s,rrmn,ts of I,bnr The, ~ a
snrinkIinr of the rapi,,s If Yankea ;nvartior
J'har /, no 49,, -, I,I;, -, -