The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-09
addison County Fair.

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TO entering and arranging exhibits.
and most of the various classes of
stock was upon the grounds before
the day closed. Floral Hall did not pre-
sent IFS ordinary appearance until
Thursday morning.
The exhibits as whole were not so
large in number as usual, being per-
haps smaller in the number of cxhibi-
tors than for several years, except in
Mcrino sheep, the exhibit of which was
larger than usual.
The show of cattle was very fair.
OF Jerseys, j. Battcll was the princi-
pal exhibitor, having small herd
Of handsome animals, nearly all young.
l.. g. Barrows and G. Wellington of
Middlcbury had each ycaring bull:
L. j. Mathews of Middlcburv. two
COWS; ii. a. Rowe of Middlcbury, one
COW.
| OF Durham-, l. l. fright of Corn
wall had four handsome animals, and
Geo. ". Allen of Wcybridgc, one buIl
calf.
Graded cattle were shown by Drake
IL Child of Wcybridgc, j. Towlc of
Cornwall, l. l. Wright, Cornwall, j.
McMahon of Middlcbury, and small
calves by G. O'Connor and Geo. ".
Allen of Weybridgc. The above being
grade DnrLams. IL. G.. Sessions Of
Middlcbury, W. ID. Bell of Weybridgc.
ii. Vanslcttc and l., ID. Twitchcll OF
| Middlcbury, had ono or two exhibits
each. There were three or four AYR
shires and no Devons.
Drake Il Child, l.. l. Wright and
ii. G.. Scs sions had herds. j. w. Hal
laday, w. =. Phelps, II. T.. Brevoort OF
Addison, and IL. Boardman had pairs
of oxen.
There was fair display of horses,
j. Bat,cll having good show. Stall
lions were shewn by j. Battcll, ri
Marseil, Louis Hope and l.. ii. Stowe.
j. Battcll had five brood mares aud |
colts, and four two ycar.oid colts,
which attracted much attention by |
their handsome color and form.
Brood mares and colts were also |
shown by l.. &. Barrows, :. ID. Aus
TIN, w. II Phelps. G b Shedrick, G w
Hewitt and Mcmahon of Mi Idle
bury and iollin Lane and l.. ii. Payne
ofCornwall. Rollin Lane and J.. W.
Poet OF Cornwall, ycarling coils, and l.
A. Baker of Lincoln, $. ID Austin, j
w. lIalladiy AID VIM. IIalnon, three
year old colts.
Driving horses were entered by ii a
Rowe, l. e Barrows. II & Sessions, NJ
III Williamson and j Battcll.
Among merno sheep there were ma
ny fine animals, some of the best flocks
il the state being represented. The
exhibitors were l. Eells, G ID Lane
& j a Wright, j l. Buttolph, and Cher
bino and Williamson of Middleburv.
Rollin Lane, | G. Wooster, JVm. Nc |
Cauley and Harvey Robbins Of Corn
wall, III NJ Walker, A Il Wolcott, and |
A III Smith of Shoreham, III q & l. s
Burwell and 9 e Crane of Bridport,
l. p Clark of Addison and L ID Barton
of JPaltham.
Mutton sheep were entered by Hal
non, George Roscoe of Addison, G. l. |
branch, l. j Gorham and l. G. Barrows.
OF swine, j McMahon and T. Ohm.
sted were the only exhibitors.
The poultry show was rather slim.
III ID Branch had Dorkings. Cochins
a nd Leghorns; ii A Rowe, Brahmas;
Il Boardman, Spanish and pair OF
geese: l. w Poet, Plymouth Rocks and
turkeys. Fantailed pigeons were OK
tibited by L w Burke and Dannic
champagne.
Mechanical Hall had very little TO
show. Stewart e. Baldwin had n Fer-I
guson Bureau Creamery which attract
cd much notice from dairymen, and
churn. There was also n chamber suit |
and several caskcts dy w w Swincy. |
Outside ii ID Dodge had the Buckeye |
Mower, La Dow wheel harrow and
plows. Fred Footc had the Warrior
Mower and wheel harrow, both hand |
some and scrviceable looking tools. |
There was Eureka mower, a seed
sower, a couple of sulky plows and a
few other implements
In Vegetable Hall " ID Lane was.
as usual, the largest contributor, hay
ing large and varied display. There
were no other large displays, but good |
shows OF grains, potatoes, tomatoes, on
ions and cabbages by individuals,
among whom were G ID Lane. Rolln
Lane, G Wellington. l. " Peet, II |
I,oardman, N G March, G Stevens of
Cornwall, NJ DePontce of New Haven.
John Towlc, II /. 81 G + Branch. and
j A Chids.
The show of apples was good, f Ken
dali, II Boarlman, j A Child aud NJ De
Pontcc being the exhibitors. Hardly
any grapes, pears or plums were shown.
A dish of handsome peaches raised by
NJ II WILLIAMSON was very much adj
mired.
Bread and cake was in sight from the
hands Of Mrs. j. G. Wellington, Mary
Gee and Mrs j Nc Mahon of MiddIebu-
~, + III James of Weybrdge, Mrs j
Towle and Mrs l l. Hamblin of Corn
wall.
Mrs. M b Williamson and Miss Ellie
Boardman had some nice canned fruit.
Tubs OF butter were shown by j a
Child, G l. Branch, Henry Robbins, S
" Jewett, l. l. Wright, ii Boardman,
l. w Poet, # ii James, j Towle, Mrs
l. llamblin. Honey by T. l. Moody
and l. o Thompson of Weybridgc.
In Floral Hall there was the usual
display of miscellaneous objects, per-
haps not rs numerous but full us at
traciive as ever. There was very goad
display of fine ncedlework, and en-
broidery. Several handsome bed
spreads attracted much notice. There
was fine show of flowers, Mrs. J ID
Tucker, Miss Mary Gee and Mrs. NJ
DePontee being the exhibitors. JVill
Bond and Frank Champagne had fine
samples of their artistic penmanship.
There were several good paintings aid
drawings. Two or three organs, New
England and Estey, were shown by A
l. Bailey of Burlington and there were
several sewing machines. We regret
that our space will not permit of giving
a complete list of tho exhibits in this
hall.
The postponement of the fair has OBJ
liged us TO curtail our report. The