Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-09-26

Among Mr.. L. r.. Joslyn's stock were
some fine two and three-years old colts.
OF Phil. Sheridan's colts the following
have shown record:
Common wealth. 222; Adelaide, 2 49,;
Valley Chief. 225; Tom Maloy. 227;
Hiram Woodruff, 2 %; Phyllis, 21Ss.
w. 4. Ward, Duxbury. had some hand
some colts. II. S. Towne, Montpel err,
trolted two years old colt in the three
minute class, and was said to have trotted
one heat in $50, but we think the watch
was what is technically known as fast
train"
SHEEP.
The exhibit in sheep is confined to Cots.
wolds. Capt. o. G. Wilder, Waitsfeld,
showing twenty-five head of various ages,
good sheep. r. II. Barnard, Waitslield,
good Oxfordshre buck. Drew & Palmer,
pen grade Cotswolds OILS Wallace aud
A. e. F. A. Joslyn, pens of the same blood.
George o. Boyce shows pen of good
grade Lcicesters, comprising the show OF
sheep.
A E. Lovejoy, Moretown, shows three
handsome Berkshires, full blood boar
from the herd of Gov. Smith, and two
March pigs estimated to weigh three
hundred each. This breed is our favorite
of hogs. They are quite easily kept have
good hams, and mature easily. l.. NJ.
Turned shows Chester white sow and pigs
large and good samples of the breed
VIM. S. Ward, Duxbury, Chester white
SOW, and litter of handsome pigs. In
FLORAL HALL
was II fair show of grains, vegetables,
butter, honey and sugar,
Geo o Boyce, Fayston has some very
hand. ONE white wilson winter wheat
and the same qrlity of Lost N tion
spring wheat. +. a Fisk, Waisfeld
shows Clawson winter and Lost Nation
wnter, By sowing the spring variety in
the fall just before the ground froze up
He also had winter rye. Mr.. b 'yce hao
some honey on exhibition which looked
NICE We could have ia lgcd better i f it had
been open to taste.
Butter and sugar not large show, and
of fancy work very good exhibit more
than usual this year, Miss Abby Holden
mis-; of II dozen years or so, shows exqnis
tie taste and careful handling in htnd
somely mounted case of butterflies and
another of artificial flowers made from
the silk of the milk weed, very pretty and
evncing much taste and ingenuity. Mrs
j. b. Fassett, Moretown, had a good
display of pot plants, Mrs. B Philips
handsome pansios and verbenas. Lizzie
Beach collections of cut flowers OF bed
quilts and woman's fancy work there is
good display. Mrs. S. Wheeler, Water
bury, 80 years old, has Il log cabin quilt,
Mrs. Chrystie Hickory, Fayston, six OF
various patterns made since last Deem
Der and mostly by one woman and it must
have kept her GU. of mischief Mrs, NJ.
Drew and Mrs. Mary Parcher, homespun
stocking yarn, the latter linen toweling
also. Perhaps it is not advisable in these
latter days Of steam and machinery 10
spin and weave our garments, but we look
on such remnants of almost lost art with a
degree of affection and regret their loss
from the domestic economy.
The usual variety of fancy work of
various kinds, ard excellence adorned the
hall which we cannot catalogue in detail,
but must mention some work IN the
direction of real art, in the oil paintings
Of Miss Lizzie Bureigh of Waterbury.
Agricultural machinery was limited in
quantity. The Electric horse hoe, a horse
rake, plows. etc, with new phosphate
IIropper. by w. McAlister his own inven
ton and manufacture which works well,
made up most of the display. On the
whole satisfactory and encouraging fair.