St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-22
Caledonia County Fair.

ing was decidedly unprOpitious for the
fair, but the clouds had dispersed and
the sun appeared ere the time arrived
for the people to wend their way to the
fair ground. The average farmer sets
so much by the annual cattle-shOw and
fair and ''hoss"-trot that it would be a
pity if he were compelled to fOrego |
this pleasure on account of the weather.
Mondays rain had completely laid the
dust, and the sandy approaches to the
ground and the course were in excel
lent condition as far as dust was con-
cerned.
The stock came in slowly and the
people were equally dilatOry. The
town teams made their appearance on
the track at ten o'clock, and after being
arranged in the form of a procession
the grand cavalcade took up its line of
march around the track, to the inspir-
ing strains of martial music. The Bar
net string led the van, of course, and
they led in every thing else, as was to
be expected. If it were not for the
ROys' yokes there would be a chance
for some other town to capture the first
premium. The following are the names
of those owning yOkes in the town
teams, with the weight of their yOkes
as far as is obtained. Barnet-James
Roy (539O), William Roy (4690), Joseph
W. Roy 1873, Joseph Roy (4l6O), F.
G. Strobridge (3735), William c. Glea-
son 1850, S. Moore (4l00, Henry
Kinney (374O THE weight of the
string being 33, $50 pounds; Lyndon
Joel SanDOrD q yokes, 1926, 3440), A.
o. Harris (37OO), c. ID. Bigelow (35OO),
F. o. Hubbard (35OO), William East
man, Henry Chase and A. o. Rowland ;
Waterford d. Williamson (3935),
G. C. Lawrence (380O), H. c. Dawson
5000, L. B. Church (36lO), r. w.
Remick 1920, L. ID. Freeman (74O),
Lorenzo Green (324W, E. A. Parks
| (347O, Mr.. Freeman's yoke being
taken out before the committee made
the awards and "a yoke of A. NJ. Browns
(3IOO substituted st. JOhnsbury
E. p. Allen (33OO), E. & T. Fairbanks
& Co. g yokes), Joel Roberts (25OO),
J. G. Hovey e yokes, $500, 10000, H. c.
Woods (3200), the opinions of the
awarding committee will be found in
the awards of premiums. The display
of oxen, and of stock in general, IL
much less than usual, although those
exhibited are of good quality and art
fine specimens.
Among the other stock exhibited
are DevOns exhibited by J. G. Horne
, J. & E. Batchelder, c. L. Stevens
John ID. Harris, and c. E. Harris
, Ayrshires by w. p. Willis, E. F. Os
good, A. X. & G. n. Drury and A. c
Whitney Durhams by Peter Clement
grades by w. B. johnson, B. S. & F
S. Dow, j. F. & E. E. Hale, J. G. How
, ey, grade by William RusselOw, E. 6
T. Fairbanks & Co., J. K. Galbraith
grade by William Clement Jersey
by S. j. Hastings, ID. S. Cox, w. n
Noyes, E. & #. Fairbanks & Co., E. A
t Parks, William Clement, grade by P
, d. Farr, c. E. Curtis, George w. Be
nett and Matt. Robinson.
+ SWINE.
This department was small. ID. {
e Gage exhibited SOW and pigs, the SOY
having raised twenty-fOur pigs thi
n season S. j. Hastings, Poland Chin
e spring pigs and SOW and pigs Georg
w. Bonett, White Chester boar E.
e Allen, White Chester spring pigs an
SOW and pigs.
POULTRY.
- There was good display of poultry
- quite IA number of the exhibitors hay
:. ing several coops. Among the breed
exhibited were Plymouth Rocks b
Frank E. Harris, C. E. Curtis, c. I
Higgins, Charles Burt Brown Leg
>, horns by C. E. Curtis, T. H. Lyste
;, G. r. Crosby, Henry A. Powers; Blac
Brahmas by w. H. Wheeler golC
pencilled Hamburgs by H. j. Carrick
Bantams by H. A. Powers, c.
Stevens, H. E. & R. p. Bennett, c. /
= Koepka Silver Hamburgs by L.
Ladd wild geese by c. F. NOyes, nj
tive and Bremen geese by c. E. Curtis
!. Emden geese by H. H. Wheeler and !
- A. Miles Bronze turkeys by H.
"a Wheeler and Marshall Clifford viii
=. rats by w. l.. Stevens.
. SHEEP.
- There was good display of shee
IOf Cotswolds r. w. Smith exhibitt
> buck lambs, pen eve lambs; j. Hi
40 gins & Son, ewes, eve lambs, buC
;, and grade buck E. & L. Fairbanks
>, Co., fat sheep, ewes, bucks and lamt
a grade lambs and grade ewes. Of fin
\ wool sheep William RusselOw exhibi
:, ed buck and lamb; j. B. Cook, ewei
- John Thornton, ewes, bucks, eN
- lambs and buck lambs; A. X. and
a. n. Drury, grade ewes; c. E. Curt
"Swarpshyre" buck; U. G. GOss, gra
,; buck and buck lamb and grade yea
-, ling ewes; j. G. Hovey, grade yea
IA ling buck J. r. Galbraith, grade bu
,as lambs, grade buck, grade yearli
49, buck, ewes and lambs; Henry RO
-. grade ewes and lambs; Geo. c. La
: renee, eve lambs, grade eve and gra
buck lambs.
III, CARRIAGES.
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