Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-09-23
WLNDHAM COUNTY FAIR.
Good show OF stock and - Success.
full Exhibition Generally.


The seth annual fair of the windham
County Agricultural Society opened at New
fame on Wednesday with an unusually good
attendance, brought out by the fine weather
and the excursion rates offered by the Brat
tleboro q Whitehall railroad The Brattle.
boro military band q pieces, was on hand at
q seasonable hour, and by noon the stock
had all arrived, committee vacancies were
filled, and preparations complete. The show of
cattle was better than for many years. There
were three entries Of town teams two from
Townshend and one from Newfane. W. F.
Richardson Of Brattleboro exhibited eleven
head of CATTLE among which were three.
year-old steer weighing 1885 lbs, and four
year-old weighing 3G40. L. Osgood & Son
| OF Townshend showed seven grade COWS .
Henry Underwood like number of cows
and heifers p. H. Rutter twelve head, in.
| Guiding the prize three year old short horn
bull 18th Belvedier;" J. L. Nichols Il Son
their four year old short horn bull and some
remarkably good trained cattle, one yoke of
which won laurels at the state fair; J..
b. Ware and L. d. Batohelder some fine
specimens of Jerseys and other Townshond
exhibitors did scarcely less toward maintain
| ing the reputation Of that town for furnish.
| NIB boNu NhANlts IAttlltuI specimens OF the
! Holstein stock were exhibited by F. L.
Houghton of Putnoy, Jerome Holden of West.
minister and G. b. johnson of Nowfane. j.
d. Wheats noted pair of twin steers now
three years old, were much admired The
trial Of trimmed cattle formed as usual, an at.
trnotive feature of the afternoon
The show of horses was about on par
with the exhibitions of previous years. The
most notable stations entered for premium
were those of II. ]. Richmond and j. A.
| Wallen of Guilford, and H. Holden of Rock
ingham. Mossrs. Davis q Gibson of Putney
exhibited n notably fine matched pair of
horses, and similar exhibits were made by
Elmer Orosier of Halifax and VIM. Campbell
of Rockingham. or single carriage horses
there were several noteworthy entries, that of
j. ID. Wheat taking the lead.
The show of sheep was very good, and in
cluded portion of j. d. Whoars exhibit Of
| South Downs which were awarded premiums
at the New England fair also some high
bred Cotswolds owned by G. Z. Perry Of
Williamsville. Creditable exhibits were made
by Henry Crawford OF Putney, f. NJ Waite
and M. r. Robbins of Brattleboro, in South
Downs Jerome Holden of Westminster and
| E. t. Corser of Dummerston in fine woods ;
and j. M. Miller Of Newfane @. Q. Stebbins,
E. S. Morse and j. ID. Derry of Townshend,
II. II. Merrifield of Newfane, II. Crawford of
| Putney, and NJ. Il. Robbins and f. NJ. Waite
| of Brattleboro, in coarse woods.
The show of swine included several pens of
handsome animals, H. s. Kenney of Newfane
taking the first prize for SOW and pigs.
There were but few entries of poultry, tho
best exhibits being made by F. NJ. Waite of
Brattleboro and G. b. johnson Of Newfaue.
The show of fruits and vegetables was not
| extensive OF the former, Joel Grout of
| Newfane was, as usual, prominent exhibitor,
though the most attractive feature was the
show OF peaches made by j. A. Walen of
Guiford. Some very fine samples of canned
fruit were offered by Mrs. Luther Clark Of
Wilmington, Mrs. E. b. Batchelder Of Towns
hend and others. Excellent samples of ma
pie sugar and syrup were exhibited by several
Townshend parties, but the only exhibits of
honey were made by F. ]. Houghton of West
minister and G. L. Boynton of Saxtons River.
@. II. Betterly of Newfane made a remarka-
| bly, fine exhibit of butter in packages
In Floral hall the exhibition embraced
some very ureditable products of feminine
art, but WAS not as extensive as in many
former years. G. W. Stewards exhibit Of
Estey organs formed leading feature of the
| display, to which the numerous sewing ma
| chine agents added their usual quota
As for the show of manufactured articles
and machinery we need only refer TO the
premium list
In the exhibition of ladies' driving, Wednes-
day afternoon, there were five or six compel
itorS. Each lady was required TO drive n sin
| gle team once around the half mile track dis
mount, take her horse out of the shafts, turn
| him around, re-hitch and drive a second time
around, accuracy and hardness being no less
a requisite than speed. The first premium
was awarded to Mrs. G. H. Harris of West
| Brattleboro, the second to Mrs. Oliver Hough-
- Drfrau and tha third N Mra L ~
Daggett Of Jamaica. In the trial of eques-
trianism by ladies, on Thursday, there was
only one entry, that Of Mrs. II. A. Scott of
| Townshend.
The foot race, with which Wednesday =
proceedings closed, was won by Otis Phillips
Of Townshend, who made the half mile in
2:2O.
The attendance on Thursday was much
smaller than on the first day. The weather
was less sunny, but quite as well adapted to
the exhibition and trotting of horses, which,
aside from the address, formed the chief fea-
ture of the day. The trotting, though not
very speedy according to the MAUD s."
standard, was closely enough contested to
| make it interesting. The three minute race
was won by II. E. Hastings of Townshend (;
the froe to-all by III. NJ Miller's well known
"Green Mountain Boy" Best time in the
first race 2;57l in the last, 2;4i.
The address of Col. j. b. Mead abounded
in practical suggestions and was well receiv-
ed The speaker made comparison of the
products Of Vermont, including men and
women, with those of other states, which
certainly could not help but aatter the pride
of every native of the state. He strongly adj
vocated a higher education for the farmer,
| and to that end would have our district schools
raised to a higher standard. He claimed that
Vermonters were subject to fewer calamites
and were in the enjoyment of more Injuries
than almost any other people. In short, the
address was calculated to inspire in the Yer
mont farmer feeling of contentment with
his lot so far as location is concerned.
The receipts of the Society were $76l35,
a little in excess of those of last year and
though not equal to what we had hoped to
| see this year, the exhibition may be called a
success.
Officers of the society for 18Sl-S2 were
chosen at the meeting on Thursday as fol-
lows:
President, P II Rutter, Townshend; Vice Presi-
dents WIN. Robertson, Putney, Lewis Vale, Lon
donderry j FOllett. TOwnshend, W + Richard
son, Braltleboro; Secretary, warren Fayette,
vile; Treasurer, + Burdltt, Fayetteville; Board
| OF Managers, ID COnant, Grafton, Willard Dodge,
DummerstOn, ID Robbins, Wndham, G II WILDER,
der Townshend, W Gushing. Jamaica, A B Frank
lin, Newfane, Laban Jones, Dover, II u kimball,
Wesm1ster LqbhsT 0sgo1Md B5Sokls M S4e
1Tattiehoro. II Ballou, Nottingham, George
Phillips, PuiOey, Thayer, Guilford, + smith,
Wilmington.
List Of Premiums.
HORSES
First Glass Stations years old and over, II j
Richmond Guilford, . 90, Wallen, Guilford,
| Co., Stations yrs old, Harrison Holden, Rock
| Ingham a co. stations yrs old, + Pier, Jamai-
| ca, 90, II Scott TOwnshend, 90. stations
yrs old, c N White, Vernon, %, D Bennett
co.
Second Class-Brood Mares, c Cutler, Brookline.
o., II HOLLAND, Putney, 90, Henry scott, Towns