St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-01-28
Danville, Jan. 90, 1881.
Poultry Show.
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Poultry Show.
The second annual exhibition of the
Wide Awake Poultry Club of Caledo-
MIA county opened under favorable cir
eumstances Jan. "a. The forenoon was
occupied in arranging the birds, and by
afternoon the town hall was well filed
with the feathered tribe and a dozen
cats. The greatest exhibitor was c. F.
Thompson of Hadleys Falls, n. H. He
had IS coOps, including 40 varieties of
poultry, ducks, geese and Guinea hens,
and 25 varieties of pigeons. Some of
the poultry which Mr.. Thompson had
on exhibition were Brahmas, Cochins,
rare varieties of Game and Bantam,
Handbags, Polish and Leghorns. His
coop of FTizzled fowls attrated atten-
ton as their feathers naturally grow up
instead of down. His pigeons were very
handsome, and there were many kinds
never shown in this section of the cOun-
ty. We noticed among the fancy ones,
Tumblers, Carriers, Pouters, Jackobins
and Black Nuns. Mr.. w. L. SWEET had
his usual lot of fowls. His geese and
turkeys were unusually large, and his
Brahmas and Plymouth Rocks were
both large and handsome. A pair of
fantail pigeons was exhibited which he
values at so. Some Golden Bearded
Polish were exhibited from SherbrOoke
by F. H. Thomas, from the same place
w. F. James Plymouth Rocks, and F.
w. Bowen a pair of MuscOvy ducks
and pair of LoDgshOns. From Derby
Line. E. P Ball exhibited a pair of
Game fowls, j. F. Flint Game birds
and w. f. Pike a pair of Brown
LeghOrns. From Bradford, c. II. Cur
tbs exhibited black, white, and brown
Leghorns and Black Hamburgs, and j.
b. Hay Silver and Golden Hamburgs
and Black and White Leghorns. O. NJ.
Ingalls, from Sheffield showed Black
and White Polish-a handsome lot.
Four pair of Plymouth Rocks were en-
tered from Nashua by James f. Wat
son. OF the st. Johnsbury exhibitors,
A. A. Annis had among his other fowls
some large Partridge Cochins. c. H.
NJ. Andersen had several cOops of
Brown Leghorns and a breeding pen of
the same kind. l.. S. Wood had pair
of Bantams and Silver Hamburgs. E.
Tilden showed some Rose Combed Ban
tams and Leghorns, Charles Dean, Par
fridge COchins, w. b. & B. Blodgett,
Light Brahmas, C.. NJ. Stone, Brown
Leghorns, Geo. Crosby pair of Par
fridge and Brown Leghorns. Some
Hamburgs and HeathwOOd Game were
exhibited by Robert Donaghy. OF the
single entries Miss Cornelia Fairbanks
had cunning pair of Sebright Ban
tams. Arthur Taplin had a pair of
Brown Leghorns. Some good sized
Plymouth Rock swere sent in by A. d.
Massey. Alex. Albee of St. Johnsbury
Centre had a cage of a dozen canaries
of several varieties, G. R. Ide, St
Johnsbury, canaries.
The following persons exhibited cat;
) in the show: S. H. Bracket a tortoise
: shell cat, w. L. SWEET house cat that
b. weighed l3 lbs, Freeman Allison, Alice
f f. Hall, Mrs. j. S. Sanborn showed
: Maltese cats, X. r. Hawkins an Angorf
- cat, Herbert Warden Rocky Mountain
4 cat, j. 5. Marshall tortoise shell cat
], A. 5. Livingston barn cats, Clara
D Anderson , house cats, Jennie Cross
= Mrs. S. Cole, Cornilia Fairbanks. Mrs
e Julius Gray, house cats. The incuba
T tor attracted the most attention. Thi
= was invented and patented by E
!. Z. Bishop, Young man of Lower Wa
y terford. This is large boz heated b,
e lamp and the eggs are put in one en-,
}, and in three weeks they come out a
= the other end live chickens. Each day
= we noticed chickens breaking the shell
= With this machine all you want of tn
t old hen is to attend strictly to laying
: aud let family matters alone altogether