The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29
HALIFAX FAIR.

The day appointed for the third an
nual fair OF the Halifax Agricultural So
ciety "wednesday, Sept 81 dawned au-
spiciously, and at an early hour vehicles oil
all sizes and descriptions commenced to
wend their way towards the village, laden
with their human occupants, while turnlps,
beets and squashes, with an occasional fat
calf or sheep and beluted oyster pedlcr
or two served to give variety to the pro-
cession, The show OF cattle was as good
it not better than previous years. Perry
Hall led the rest by an entry of seven yoke
of oxen and steers. Il Prouty had a
pair of four-year-olds that weighed 332o
pounds; Aaron Franklin of Coleraine,
Mass, pair of -year-olds weighing
27S0 pounds, and aside from those, one
might find some good ones in the string OF
l6 other yoke OF the same age that were
on the ground. A bull owned by o j
Hale, B years old, weighed 1900 pounds
but to mention one of kind would me-
glect many Others worthy OF notice.
There were in all about 60 yoke OF oxen
on the grounds. Large working cattle
were made conspicuous by their absence,
as the majority of such cattle as were
owned in Halifax and vicinity, the past
year have turned their hoofs Massachusetts,
ward Colts We're all the rage. there being
IL entries and six entries of single driving
horses. This department was decidedly
good and created considerable interest, "A
r Baker of GuIforl taking the first pre-
mum. The exhibition Of trained steers
by Freddie Griffin and Lester Hall showed
what can be done with dumb beasts Fred
die Griffin either being the best teamster
or having the best drilled team. There
were several entries of sheep, swine &c,
but we refer our readers to the premium
list. Last, but not least, we will mention
the goats entered by'Daniel Carey of MARI
bOrO.
In the hall the show was full as good as
usual. About the first thing we saw on
entering the hall was pyramid OF cut
flowers by Mrs E B Green-a splendid thing.
There were more potted flowers shown
this year than ever before. We will only
mention Fuchsia. eight months old, over
four feet high, by Mrs. Geo. M. Scott.
Among the fancy work to mention any
thing particular would slight Others worthy
of notice. Among the curlos!ties was a
sword cane 140 years old shown by II Bar
ney of Guilford, ancient spoon moulds by
Harvey Stickney of Whitinghnm, an III
dian axe of stone by Niles Plumb, case
of relics consisting of Indian spear heads, a
metal relic of the Chicago fire, Indian pipe
clay, petrlfied insect tracks &C., by Mrs.
Ii B Ware of Wilmington, and three live
raccoons by Herbert Nichols.
The address at 2 O'Clock was by Hon
John Anderson OF Shelburne, Mass, a
practical farmer and noted breeder of stock.
Being farmer himself he knew just how
to interest his auditors, his subject, con
trary to the usual stereotyped political har-
rangue, vas the breeding and care of stock,
which of course was applicable to the oc-
casion and was well appreciated by his au
dience. The Jacksonville cornet band dis
coursed sweet music through the day.
The usual number Of oyster peddlers and
vendors of cheap jeweIy were on hand
and the ball gaines and target rifles did a
thriving business. Taken as a whole the
fair was a successful one. We heard OF
no serious accidents, the worst being tip
over by geo. S Goodnow's horse and car
riage, but happily no damage was done.