Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-09-20
The State Fair.

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nowly-organized Champlain Valley Association,
was held Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday OF last week at Howard Park, near Bur-
lington. The fine weather and the excellence OF
the exhibition caused It to be well attended
throughout, and, everything considered II was
probably the best ever held by the society. We
can only give notes OF the principal exhibits.
CATTLE.
OF the Jersey breed the finest exhibit was made
by Moulton Brothers OF West Randolph selec-
ton Of eighteen head from the " Green Mountain
Herd which now numbers about ninety head
H. W. Reyes OF Newbury showed thirteen head
OF Jerseys and nine Of Dutch. L. d. Gfiswod OF
Orwell had six head and the bull Champion"
The exhibit Of Shorthorns was not so large, but
the animals were OF excellent quality. The ex-
hibitors were George l., Reynolds OF Burlington
twenty-one head, III. II. Martin Of East Mont
peer, and f, II. Royce Of Swanton.
L. S. Drew's herd Of fifteen head Of Ayrshires
heads the list In this breed Other exhibitors
were II. A. Soule Of Fairfield, ten Charles San
ford OF Orwell, nine; G. NJ. Winslow Of Brandon,
| twelve l. I. Paris OF Fairfax, twelve.
In Devons, NJ. +. Kelley exhibited seven head
and pair OF oxen Edward Hungerford OF Bur-
| lington, twenty one-dark North Devons; George
Davis OF East Montpelier, six; Rolla Gleason Of
| Benson, several head.
There are but few head Of Guernseys In the
state and most Of them were on exhibition. There
were three entries: by j. G. Sherburne OF Pom
| fret, three-years-od bull and two.years-old
heifer and calf; by e, NJ. Wnslow Of Brandon,
| y.
The only Hereford bull In the state was shown
| by Judge Taft OF Burlington. The IIerefords are
beef breed, maturing early, and making, It is
said, twenty per cent more meat on the same feed
than the Shorthorns
There were four entries OF working oxen--by
Brigham & Van Sicklen Of Burlington, very
large and handsome pair; and J. p Mich oils Of
| Townshend, handsome pair OF grays.
| sHEEr.
As sheep-raising Is fast becoming leading in
dustry In the western part Of the state there
| large exhibits Conspicuous among these were
the Merinos, of which there were many specimens
| George Campbell's Sons Of Westminster showed
seventy-fve head Of the delaine class; J. T.
| Stickney OF Shoreham, twenty-one head which
| won the gold medal; +. Il. Stickney Of Shoreham
made an exhibit nearly as good and took the sill
yer medal Mr.. Stickney also took prizes for the
best twenty ewes and for the best stock ram and
ten Of his get. L. S. Drew showed two pens of
good Atwood lambs. +. & L. f. Moore OF Shore
ham showed eighteen head Of excellent young
sheep OF their own breeding, winning first on
yearling ewes and eve lambs. +. N. Bissell Of
Shoreham showed a flock that his competitors
had TO climb to reach, all his animals but one be-
ing first: He got first on breeding ewes; two
years-old ewes; ram lambs, and second on eve
lambs, which covers his entire exhibit. Other
exhibitors were Charles B. Witherill OF Cornwall,
and II. NJ. Perry Of Shoreham.
In the Southdown class" middle woods ARE
put the Shropshire downs as well as the South
downs. j. ID. Wheat, Putney showed twenty
|
ting five first prizes in the various classes, and
taking the flock medal. N. X. Miles, Hinesburgh,
showed thirteen head, good sheep though not
equal to Mr., Wheats. w. +. Hendee, Burling-
character to the Southdowns, though not so fine.
II, 5. Town, Montpelier, showed two pens Of
| same breed.
There were several fine specimens OF Cots
wolds. Thomas Todd Of La Cole, P. @, showed
three pens some Of them good; Charles Robin
son Of the same place, thirty-two head X. G.
| Hill Of Elmore, twenty-five G. W. Flagg OF
Braintree, twenty head, the best lot in the class.
| SWINE.
| Only three pens were shown. l.. s. Drew OF
Burlington had a Berkshire boar, and SOW with
seven pigs; James Millham Of Shelburn a white
Chester boar.
HORSES.
| There was large number OF entries OF horses,
| chiefly OF fast stock, many Of which deserve
special mention and description, but we are
obliged to restrict our notes to brief mention OF
the exhibits H. T. Cults Of Orwell showed his
| fine Lambert horse, Ben Franklin" dark chest
nut, nine years DID, sixteen hands high, with a
record OF 229, and six OF his get; II. E. Kelley Of
| Poultney, the well-known horse Highland
Gray and four of his colts. He is fifteen years
old, of Messenger blood, ffteen.three high, and
has record OF 2.20l, and all of his stock are ex-
ceent. J. W, Porter Of Ticonderoga, brown
| stallion, " Aristos," twelve years old, sixteen
hands, record 22I3. L. R. Joslin OF Watsfeld,
| " Phil Sheridan Jr., seven years old, mahogany
bay, sixteen hands, record 2.5O also Ruther, y
| brown colt, two years old, over fifteen hands, and
| " Rutherford" a two-years-od; also a pair OF
bay colts in harness. II. Westcott Of Fairhaven,
" Mountain Boy" two years DID, fifteen and a
half hands bay, record 2 43; also Daniel Lam
BERT Jr," chestnut, eight years old, record 2 80;
old. Timothy Wiswell OF Panton, bay stallion,
Timber Boy" eight years old, sixteen hands
high, weight eleven hundred pounds. d. w.
Cutting OF Cambridge, three-years-old stallion,
| ha thOugQnd do ia
| fifteen hands high; also two bay gedngs, and
six horses and colts of various ages. Moulton
Brothers OF West Randolph showed four stations
-"Don Giovanni" twelve years old, bay, fif-
teen hands high, weight eleven hundred and fifty,
record 2.35; Vermont Messenger" seven years,
bay; a colt, "Royal," three years and Lock
ington." Alexander Ilammel Of Ticonderoga,
dark brown stallion, and his black horse " Re-
turn" Geo. +. Davis Of Windsor, three hand
some horses. H. S. Newton of Georgia, maggie
5ma1l but, hut handsome Joseph Battell of
In the class Of matched horses, w. H. De Long
| OF West Cornwall, Ethan Allen Mares five and
six years, dark gray, fifteen hands, c; R. With
erell OF Cornwall, bays, sixteen hands. J. A..
| tonian and Black Hawk.
The show of mares and colts was excellent, twenty
entries. by o. H. Baker and George D, Leonard
Brigham & Van Sicklen of Burlington and Joseph
Battell of Middlebury.
POULTRY.
The display Of poultry, though good, was not
| up to that OF some former years The largest ex-
hibit was by c. c. Paine OF East Bethel. 1t conf
prised all the leading varieties and was exceed
| ingly fine, Among the other exhibitors was
George E. Davis Of Fast Montpelier who showed
dark and light Brshmas.
| FLORAL HALL.
We cannot give space for even the brefest
mention Of the thousands Of articles Of ornament
and utility which go to make up the usual dis
| play, and can only briefly mention the more
important Of them. The upper floor was a
| perfect blaze Of color, and as attractive and
beautiful place as one could wish to
see Beautiful plants and flowers, rich and re-
| splendent carpets and china ware gaily colored
| flags and buntings, and any quantities Of other
handsome things, transformed the spacious
room into sort OF a dream OF Arabian nights
and ELECTED from all visitors expressions Of wonder
and delight One Of the most elaborate displays
was that OF Henry j. Nelson Of Burlington who
occupied the entire south end of the hall 1t
consisted OF beautiful furniture OF every descrip-
| ton. The floor was covered with heavy Brus-
sells carpeting from the establishment Of Peck
Brothers, and they made fine display OF all
| hall was the exhibit OF Wells, Richardson & Co.,
consisting Of tastly-arranged proprietary medi-
cines drugs and dyes in which they are much
the largest dealers in the state A. n Percy,
manager Of the Burlington Clothing Company,
made large and attractive display Of all kinds
of ready-made clothing and gentlemens furnish
| ing goods AT the north END MT. A. taylor nau
a magnificent display Of plants and flowers in
Guiding rare and beautiful tropical plants, A.
Boutin's display of crOckery and glass ware was
| fine, and was supplemented with his speciality OF
| wall papers and an elegant assortment OF French
| hats, bonnets and plumes. f. p. Shaw OF Bur
| lington showed large assortment OF clothing
| and furnishing goods, and Hudson bay furs.
Roberts and Perkins displayed tastefully-arranged
| grocery goods, as also did W. Is. McKillip. Z.
| c. Allen & Sons display OF furniture fairly III
vailed that of Nelson, already noticed NJ. ID.
| Cook showed good assortment Of carpetings
| and allied goods. The different drug stores OF
| Burlington Wed with each other in making
fine showing of goods in that line. But we can
not further enumerate.
MECHANICS HALL
The exhibitors in this department were, A. o.
| Hood, S. IL. Weston and J. X. Forest of Winooski,
apples, pears and crab-appes; G. W. Brownell of
| Williston, about twenty-five varieties OF apples
| and pears, VIM. l.. Green of Vergennes, six vari-
cites OF grapes W. 4. Hickok OF Burlington,
Luther Putnam of Cambridge and Jed Irish of
| Underhill, apples. and w. d. Lane OF Middlebury,
| apples and pears; o. w Wait OF North Georgia,
| fifty varieties OF apples; G. W. Wilton OF Essex
| Junction, butter tubs H. A. Blake Of Sutton,
Pacific guano; l.. l.. Rich Co. of CharlestowD,
electromagnetic appliances Exhibits in butter
and cheese were made by large number from
the buter-making sections OF the state. The Bald
win Manufacturing Company OF Sheburn showed
their dry-air refTigerators; Roberts and Perkins
exhibited the prize cup, valued at 800, to be given
| to the maker OF the best tub OF butter sailed
with Higgins Eureka salt ii. o. Stone OF Hard
wick, Lincoln channel can creamery; William