Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-12
Mortified Fair.

Mortified Fair.
The Dog River valley agricultural So
ciety held their annual fair at Mortified
the 4th. 5lh and 9th inst. Tuesday was
warm and pleasant, and material for K
hioition came in freely. The pens we're
over crowded with stock. an extra large
amount of fruit and vegetables found place
in the hall, and handsome stand in one
side was beautiful with the choicest flower
ing and foliage plants TO be found in the
sociely's limits. The tables and walls we're
well filed with elegant specimens of art
and handicraft, and everything looked
most favorable for a pleasant and success
full exhibition. But Tuesday night AN un
expected visitor, -. Frost, Esq looked
in on the exhibition. He paid no fee and
had no complimentary" ticket. but he
"lid" the concern pretty faithfully. and
staid all day Wednesday. Wednesday
morning 1t was very coki; the wind blew
strong, and winter wraps were in request
The cattle stood shivering with staring
coats, and visitors shvered in over coats.
and pocket handkerchiefs were in gren'
demand for noses varously shaded from
pink to purple, with strong tendency to
the latter color. In the hall the visitors
huddIed together for mutual warmth and
encouragement. The plants showed an
unusual gloss and regiditv, and the lady
in charge undertook to explain to your
reporter that they were wax a'wers and
plants, and renal kably well made, 49,
natural you see," and might have stuck tn
the story if the temperature in the hall had
KEEP, down, bnt the crowd made it warm
enough. SO they hung limp and black over
the vases 1t looked too bad to see such
handsome plants ruined. A beautiful
fnschia loaded with buds and flowers
several lovely pots of coleus, a fine jupon
ica,-all frozen stiff The cold, With high
wind and occasional snow squalls conin
ued through the day, and there was quite
crowd of visitors in spite of all the dis
comfort. For the show of material, We
must say it was good.
CATTLE.
The Waitsfield short horns were here.
Mr.. John Ferris showed his 3-year-old bull
weighing 1900 pounds, and four heifers,
one bull and pair of steer calves j. A.
Grantield had ten head, the same shown
at Wa tsfield; A. E Hanks, six, including
the trained steers described at Waitsheld
VIM. Kingston showed some good Devons
and Walter Plasi ridge, three cows an'
seven calves; n. D. House, Wailsiield
seven cows full blood, one grade do, t"'
2-vear old heifers, two yearling heit"rs
and one hrifer calf, one grade yearlin4
helfer, one bull one year old and one bu
calf There are not strong points OF pe
culiarity on which to hang much descrip
ton of Devon cattle, all deep red, rs like
in color an character as two peas, there
is little chance for individual compars n
except in their condition and indications
of milking qualities, and these were al
in good condition, and nothing to marx
them from other good Dovons. For steers
and oxen they are active, intelligent, doclle
easy kept and mike up hand,omey. /.
J Sargent Brookheld. al tive thorough
breds and grades. MIR. Sargent's stoct
came from the quite celebrated "Deerfoo
farm" stock of Mr. Edward Burnett. MIR
Lat
with about sixty head of stock. said to be
AS fine AS was ever imported from I'M
island. At the head of Mr. SArgents nel'
stands the Duke of Deerfoot.' various II
color, short legged and remarkably roun'
barrel. Atlanta "a is from an importe'
cow; yearlng heifer, Nab "a OF Deefloo
is handsome squirrel gray. He had o
exhibition five thoroughbreds and tw
grades. Albert and F. A Jnslyn of Waits
field showed their herd OF Jerseys, note
at WaitsheId as we'll as their thoroughbre
nnd grade Cotswold sheep. Mr.. W. Ho
den, one pen of good grades; Mr. Hanson
good 2 year-od helfer; Marshall p cl
pair yeariing steers; William M. Smltl
pair do. Walter H. DDsmore, pair tran
ed steers; F. s Klmball, roam steers, OF
year old, three grade heifer calves and w
ptirs grade steers. There were SON
twenty yokes of working oxen and steer
mostly good, some indifferent and fe
poor 10 appearance but may be good wor
ers, and if So should have been kept bette
These were hiched TO a pole with !
shelter from the wind, and evidently #
the change in the weather.
SHEEP.
Messrs. Joslyn's already named, can
first in line, and II. Henry had five pc
grade Cotswods, and three fine wool
sheen which compriaed the entire exhi'
of Mernos. c. Farnsworth. one pen
grade Soulhdowns,:: which closes out
sheep.
Walter Reed had SOW and ten pi'
Chester county whites. The sow rals
twelve pigs, but he sold two before comi
to the fair. Geo. King, SOW and eley
pigs; Geo. Crane, Brookfeld, had Be
shire boar, SOW and four pigs, out Q
litter of ten. We like the Berkshire's
best of any hogs we have ever kept; IL
mature early, can be got up to three hu
red or more at seven or eight months {
have good hams and shoulders, and
find them profitable to keep. MIR. Or
had handsome litter of grades.
FLORAL HALL.
T., .bo oontra nf tho hal and in from