Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-19
THE COUNTY ram.

NNhNNhNos ub uuUlUtI VI NlhlLOtA on the
first day, as shown by the receipts at the gate
being about the same as .last year. The
gathering of the people was on the whole
rather the best part Of the exhibition. This
was never much better, but the show was in
some other respects hardly the equal Of many
that have preceded il. There were fow cat
tie on exhibition, but the quality of those
shown was very good There was no rivalry
on town teams, Townshend being the onIy
town having the required number-ten pait
-ou exhibition. Less than half dozen
pair we're exhibited from all other towns. A
heavy pair OF cattle were owned by A. A. Ma.
son of Townshend. They were 6 years old
weight 3Gi8. II. Gale of Townshend had y
pair Of years old oxen which weighed 1920
e. b. and +. L. Derry, years old oxen.
weight 3205. w. r. Fisher oxen, 32OO. Il.
j. Holland, years old cattle, weight 2gGs.
j. ID. Derry, oxen, weight 1852 Geo. T..
Chafee, years old oxen, weight 3Oi5. Ma.
than Hastings, years old oxen, weight 3OlO.
Henry Underwood, steers, 27jO. All the
above were from Townshend. They were
with few exceptions finely proportional cattle
such as any good judge would call extra.
The heaviest yoke of oxen ON the ground
was pair of twins, years old, exhibited by
D. ID. Wheat of Putney. Their weight was
1850, and they were beauties II. Nj. Whit
ney of Brookline had two pair of steers one
pair weighing 1880, and the other pair 1850.
O. @. Taft OF Townshend pair Of yenrlinp
steers. A. A. Mason of Towusheud exhibit
ed pair of matched calves, 81 months Old.
W hit 1912. They were trained to b. driv.
en- without the yoke. b. @ Cushing Of New.
fame pair of oxen years old, weighing
323j, also three pair Of steer calves all two
htifer calves. Though the number OF cattle
the UTOunh " small ba ..e H..
had something above the ordinary average of
merit. This was especially true Of the thor
oughbreds and high grades, of which A. Il.
Waite and j. o. Newton of Brattleboro, j
Is. Ware ~ Son and p. II. Rutter Of Towns
bend were among the principal exhibitors
In the herd of Princess shorthorns exhibited
by A. f. Waite was a very fine two wears old
bull, several COWS and heifers, one Of which
"A two years old hefer-took tue first pro-
MUM at the New England fair at MAnches-
ter with seven heifers in the same class com
peting. Mr.. Waite's bull took the second
premium at Manchester, and several prem-
ums were awarded animals in this rd at the
Burlington state fair.
j. O. Newton of Bfattleboro exhibited a
herd of - thoroughbred Guernseys and
grade Guernseys aud Jerseys. HIS Guern-
sey bull was a fine animal aud his herd added
much to the interest of the live stock exhibit
Thoroughbred heifers of the Princess stock
were shown by p. H. Rutter of Townshend,
and Jersey COWS aud hefors by Dea. j. B.
Ware IL Sop, also of Town.hend.
WIN. Rand of Nawfane exhibited eth Duke
of Alstead, a remarkably well formed year
ling bull weighing $40 lbs. Henry Wright
of rownshenda grade bull, two years, weight
1885 another not quite two years Old weigh
ing 1860. A good bull - months old was
exhibited by Q. W. Stebbius Of Broukline.
The first and second premium for trained
oxen $50 was divided equally between w..
II. Fisher and Fred Derry both Of Townshend
One pair was found best at drawing and the
other at backing. Mr.. Fishers oxen drew a
weight of about BOO lbs. on a stouebOat
with soft soil without grass. Mr. Derrys
oxen backed about the same load in a cart
out of deep hollow.
In the sheep department the show was a
little above the average, at least in the mum
Der exhibited. The pens were all filled H.
II. Kimball of Westminster had six pens of
fine wool sheep. Henry Crawford Of Put
ney three pens. f. o. Gale of Towushend
Southdown buck which weighed POS lbs.
j. d. Wheat Putney, three pens of South
downs. Henry Hastings of Newfane, NJ. II.
Robbins of Brattleboro, j. d. Derry of
Townshend, @. A. Cutler and Herbert A Bush
of Brookline, and +. Nj. Waite exhibited
coarse wool sheep. d. S. Pratt of Brattle-
boro was the largest exhibitor in this line,
having nine pens of Southdowns; the same
in part which he exhibited at the Burlington
state fair and at the New England fair
There was very good show of horses.
There were generally several competitors for
each premium offered. For the horses which
the judges thought best, we refer the reader
to the premium list. We do not find that
pr,pniuuna UiypO for tba h..t IL
horses, such as are most useful on the farm
more especially since horses are largely tax.
ing the place of oxen for farm work We
noticed on the grounds, however two pair of
horses belonging to +. NJ. Waite of Brattle.
boro adapted to this kind of work. They
were brought by him from Illinois. They
are partly Percherons; one pair weighs POO
lbs. and the other pair 2G0O.
Poultry and swine, which were both repre-
scented in saving numbers, completed the ex-
hibition of live stock, unless we INCLUDE a
poor little coon confined in cage too small
to allow him to expand to his full size. There
were half dozen cages of poultry of vari-
Gus breeds.
The show of fruit was the lightest we have
ever seen at county fair. There were in all
four exhibitors James Lyman, Newfane, / I
varieties of apples; ounces. Joel Grout,
Newfane, 80 varieties of grated fruit, five
varieties of pears, two Of crab apples. John
s. Gould, South Wardsb)ro, box of pears. W
q. Ad ans, South Windbam, II varieties of
apples.
Canned fruit was exhibited by Mrs. j.
Grout of Newfane, Emma L. Austin of
Townshend, W. NJ Chamberlin of Brattle-
boro, &. l. Howe of Newfane.
The show in the vegetable room was quite
fair There were enormous squashes and
anomalous pumpkins grown by W. @. Rob
bins of Athens, and a black pumpkin by
Sylvester Kelly of Dummerston. @. q. Steb
bins of Townshend was the exhibitor of a
large variety of garden vegetables, and S. G.
Brown, Jr., Newfane, AthertOn Prescott, West
Dummerston, Guy Albee Brookline, and 9th
ers whose names will appear in the premium
list were also exhibitors in this line. Chas.
A. Cutler had samples of a large variety of
potatoes Harry l.. Carr, Townshend, an al
most incredible hill of a new kind of pota-
toes called Dakotas. Henry S. Kenney q
sample of Beauty of Hebron potatoes from a
field of 60 rods producing 100 bushels, aud
one Of Burbanks that produced 20 bushels on
20 rods. Eight or ten good samples of seed
corn were shown.
There we're three exhibitors of cheese aud
two or three of butter few more of maple
sugar.
In manufactures the exhibition was exceed
ingly small There was leather betting, a
side hill pillow, spring bed, organs and sew
ing machines, a force pumPa and two or three
other articles.
The contt stants in the boys foot race were
all from BrattlebOro. The first prize was
won by Henry Brockngton time, half mile,
22O. The second by Lewis Harris and the
third by Ohas. Butler.
The exhibits in Floral hall was somewhat
meagre, though there were some noticcably
fine articles on exhibition, among which We
mention an embroidered table scarf and pau
ell for screen by Mrs b. D. Harris of Brat
tleboro, afghan and table cover by Miss Ab
bic E. Haskins of WardsborO, silk crezy
quilt by Hattie l.. Morse of Wilamsyie, do.
by Miss Edna L. Pierce, Putney, and auoth-
or beautifully embroidered by the Domestic
sewing machine, shown by Wan. Ii. Hay
wood Two fine crayons, one portrait of
Col Fuller, by Mrs. E5telle Bruce of Estey-
vile, held und1puted place upon the other
wise vacant walls save the adornmeuts OF
specimens of work by omnipresent sewing
machine agents and the usual display OF rugs
and bedquilts supposed to be aristieally
| hung.
We missed the benign presence of the cler-
| ical looking proprietor of the chained savage
from the far-away land of Patagonia, upon
whom so many hundred students of ethnolo-
gy, after paying each dime gazed last year
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