The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-21
Valley Fair ut vergennes-
Fifth Year-Large Attendance
and Good Show.

IL Jill VI DtBbCiipCi III gC'i WIZ
rank as the phenomenal fair month of
1888. The cold. drilling rain of Mon
day admirably prepared the ground and
dusty roads for the travel and crowds of
Tuesday and Wednesday. Preparations
had been made for the exhibition of
stock, cattle, sheep and horses, on a lib
eral scale. Floral and mechanics hall
was neatly trimmed. and the large space
was fully occupied. The hall was the
center Of attraction during the fair. The
ladies of the w. G. II. U. had Il large
finely arranged diuing-sal0on, which was
literally %patronizcd; the receipts for
Wednesday being over one hundred and
seventy dollars. There were between five
and seven hundred entries of all classes.
The herds of Jersey, Durham and
Ayrshire cattle were large. Especially
noticeable were the Jerseys of :. Will
marth d Son. Addison; the nineteen
steers and heifers, Durhams, by II. II.
Noonan. Addison, II the herd of twen-
ty-four Durham calves by &. b.. Bots
ford, Vergenncs. or the working oxen,
those of Harry Brevoort of Addison at
tracted much attention, as did the finely
matched yoke of ~thrce-ycar-olds by No
bic Ellsworth. The yoke of ycarling
steers. of ID. b. Collins pleased the boys,
and were much admired. Fine oxen were
exhibited by ID. ID. Middlebrook, d. Z.
Harvey. Judson Day. f. c. Peck. Gran
dey & Hopkins, S. r.. Davis e. Co. Our
limits exclude many noticeable displays
deserving mention in COWS and calves,
among them a herd of fine Holstcin cat
tie, Jet black. and one Guernsey heifer.
The State school had some superior Ayr
shire stock. which was much noticed.
The grade Durham bull by G. w. Ward,
and the two handsome yoked calves were
much craved by cattle men.
The sheep pens were thinly supplied,
we regret to say. The five yearling ewes,
Spanish merinos. two yearling rams and
two ran lambs by c. =. Morrison & Son.
Addison, were superior. There were
sheep exhibits of superior quality by
Geo. IL. Smith, O. ii. Fisher and f. Cor
ham. Addison; by Wright & Jackman,
Waltham; f. IL. Bacon, Nelson Richards,
Allen Burroughs, Rollin Dart and G.. III.
Stone.
Among the fine horses those of VIM.
M. Partch of New Haven were large in
number and of fine quality. The large
black stallion, Clay Jones, sired by Cas-
sius NJ. Clay, Sd. with his twelve colts,
was Il fine sight for any fair. Clay
Jones stands sixteen and a half hands
high, and is a model. S. S. Wright of
Weybridge owned one of the finest colts.
There was such a fine show of horses,
particularly of mares and colts, that we
must leave it to the committees to partic-
ularize.
Floral and mechanics hall are under
one roof. On entering the hall the beau
tiful floral exhibit of Mrs. DePoute, New
Haven, was universally conceded be
to be the best ever shown here. Miss
: Eya Sattcrly had a fine crochet shawl,
; Mrs. j. w. Rogers, toilet set; Mrs. j.
f Kelley, Turkish rug; Mrs. E. &. Norton,
; silk spread and an afghan; Mrs. ~
t Hill, two pieces rag carpet; DID,. Wright.
1 carriage blanket; w. l.. Berry, worsted
. bed quilt. patchwork quilt, worsted tidy
} Masonic motto; Mrs. M. G. Bristol. WOO
} blanket; Miss Eva SatterIey, carriage
1 blanket; Mrs. G. III. Bara, burlap rug
. Mrs. f. A.tGoss, fancy quilt; Mrs. W
w. Hawkins, patchwork quilt of silk
S Mrs. j. Sears. cotton quilt. and a great
: variety of beautiful articles too nuner
Gus too mention.
1 OF vegetables, j. j. Wright had 6:
varieties. The State schOol had Il won
4 dcrful vegetable display in tomatoes
: beets, squash. oats-onc variety, the Bel
: GUM. 40 pounds to the bushel, and Il
1 ouoiNlS u uo dNics itioho' po.".'N
d etc., in great variety. >. Kellogg hat
fine samples of grass seed. oats, rye ant
potatoes. The display of grapes by VIM
f. Greene was unsurpassed. The mon
ster' California, Duchess of Oldcnburgl
e apples by j. b. Rivers. Monkton, were
/ remarkable for beauty. The premium
list will Indicate the best fruit. Il. Nal
doom had Il variety of horse shoes whicl
horsemen greatly admired. The displa,
of stoves by j. N. Hawley was visite'
and examined by hundreds. Powers 4
kimball had Il remarkable display o
stoves. Their Ivanhoc range baked al
g the potatoes used by the w. e. i. u
d ladies on their well patronized tables
Mrs. p. ID. Buck took the premium o.
bread. Cora Day, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs
e w. A. Lee, Mrs. w. w. Allen, Mrs; Il
c. Noble. Mrs. Geo. w. Ward, Miss Ma,
,H~Day and Mrs. c. ID. Smead contribute
7 To the bread and cake display.
The address, by Hon. +. f.. Wood
:. bridge. was brief. He nleadcd illness an