Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-08
Orleans County Fair.


fraternity, fell, as it might be ex-
pected to fall at this season, on in
clement days. This, doubtless,
greatly diminished the number of ex-
hibits and added much to the dis
comfort of those who attended. Not
withstanding the rain, snow and |
cold, the attendance on Wednesday
and Thursday was good, though less
than on some former years.
We report as far in detail as we
are able, hoping to do tolerable JUS
tice to the specially meritorious,
while we must fail to please some
whose appreciation of their own ex-
hibits are more exalted than just, and
that large class who gather at fairs
to beat or to be beaten out of hard
earned dollars, by gambling devices.
HORSES.
Of stations, John Wells, A. n.
Page, G.. A. Ware, M. B. Kimball,
w. H. Daniels and P. G. Salmon
showed good stock animals, the lat
ter three winning premiums. The
younger stations were specially mer-
itorious. OF these we mention the
G. w. Wiley horse of Sutton, the j.
F. Chesley colt of Sheffield, the B. F.
Trip two-year-old of Charleston,
the S. M. Skinner two-yearold of
Glover, and the Klmball Bros. colt
of Albany. The number of pairs of
matched carriage horses was small,
and none of them remarkable. AL
bert Leland showed the only pair of
draft horses. Of single carriage
horses there were nearly twenty,-a
much better lot than we might eX-
pect, after the securing the county
has had for good horses, the past
(6dI' 1uCIS WOlO tiOOd0 q AOHCA
brood mares with colts. Of these
was the well-known Orrin Merrill
mare with three good colts, two Ken
lucky Princes and one Abdallah, all
good. G.. W. Cook showed a ten
day old colt, his mare and two other
colts, white-faced, sHerefords," he
said. Charles Mcclellan, a mare and
two of her colts; D. W. Porter show
ed a fine brood mare with a large
sucking colt and fine two-year-old.
W. j. Young had beautiful colt of
the Paragon variety. f. L. Stanton
had good mare with very fine
colt, also Salmon Nye. Moody Kim
ball had fancy Abdallah. O. G.
Whitcher and J. G.. Oliver competed
in this class. Of three-year-old colts
we mention the Alfred Brown, the j.
M. Patterson, three good ones be-
longing to J. j. Allen, the Moses
Lance and the E. II. Waterman colts.
Waterman's weighed 1920 pounds.
Seven entries in two-year-old colts,
and they were very good ones.
Among the best were the Porter, the
S. M. Skinner, the Merrill and the
D. T. Virgins colts. John Uric had
two good yearlings, one very large
j. M. Pearly, a fine Abdallah, anC
Henry Goss, an Ethan Allen. Or
the whole the horse show might b.
considered as good as average years
We should mention in this connection
a fine Norman Percheron stallion re
Gently purchased in Canada by H. S
Brewster of Newport. The horse i
white, perfect in form, and active
gentle and kind. He weighs 800
pounds. He attracted much atten
ton. He will be kept for stock pun
poses.
CATTLE.
The effort to encourage surround
ing towns to bring in oxen to CON
pete in town strings was not success
full, and Barton, the southwest pal
of the town at that, furnished the lare
Ell part of the oxen, though fe
came from other towns. W. c
Hawkins had three pairs, all goo(
and one pair the largest if not tt
best matched on the ground. M. ,
Owen, I'll. P. Cook, Oney Hawkin
Jesse Virgins, c. c. Skinner, Almo
Gray, II. w. Downing, W. c. Brow
of Barton, and Mr.. Porter of Tro-
Baker of Greensboro and others be
very good rugged oxen. Son
thought for the number of pail
shown, the best they ever saw her
Ed. r. Cook of Glover had a pair
very prettlly-matched cattle that d
serve special mention. Bean Bros
Kimball Bros, j. NJ. Currier, G..
Cass, Frank Anderson, NJ. G.. Jenne
and Albert Leland showed thre
year-old steers. The committee we
In doubt as to the age of the Be;
steers, which were awarded first pr
MUM, if age could be proved, al
they recommended a fourth premiu
for NJ. P. Jenness. OF the two-yes
old steers we mention the three prt
ty pairs belonging to n. c. Uffol
Olin Rowell and A. NJ. Litchfiel
In yearllngs c. L. Baker, A. Tri
and Messrs. Rowell and Ufford co
peted, Mr.. Trip getting first p
MUM.
HEREFoRDs.-By special requ
L. B. Harris of Lyndon, exhibit
his lately-imported Hereford catt
one bull, and five COWS with til
calves. These cattle were bought
England last winter, imported
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