Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-29
The County Fair.

~ q threatening morning, which |
ended to diminish the attendance.
IN Thursday it rained IN the MORN
ng, but cleared up later, making a
day for the races. The
averaged with previous
years when no extraordinary attrac-
ion had been advertised. The Fair
Ground Co. and the Agricultural So
,iety were disappointed in the failure
If Senator Morrill, to be present, and
he circumstance that prevented Gen.
1rout from giving an address. The
Efforts of president Oliver and the
to make a good exhibit
ion of stock were successful, espe-
cially in the line of horses. 1t was
said by many that they had never
seen so good lot of horses and colts
at any fair. The show of grades and
natives among cattle was small, but
the Jerseys and some other thorough
breds were out in respectable num-
bers. The sheep pens were we'll filed
and there was swine enough to get a
sight and scent of the hog. The
fruit department was well filed,
though some large exhibitors who
have been here heretofore were alb
sent. The vegetable show was not
quite up to previous years, though
much that was meritorious was ex-
hibited. The ladies' department was
as we'll filled as heretofore, and there
were many things that attracted much
attention. The mechanical depart
ment contained the usual amount of
articles, and the interest in regard to
agricultural machinery shows that the
farmer is becoming more and more
to feel the need of using the most
approved machinery. The poultry
breeders did not make such display
as ought to have been made, and that
department was not a particular OBJ
ject of interest. There were the u.s.
ual amount of auctioneers, hucksters
and "stands" and some machinery
for showing muscle, skill and folly,
with the privilege of paying for it.
Some who were present with chance
and gambling wheels were driven of
and the grounds were comparatively
free from these devices for getting
away with the money of those who
like to make themselves the dupes OF
the trlcksters. The whiskey peddlers
found the weather very forbiddin2
for their business and the grounds
were comparatively free from run
and it's effects.
HORSES.
The exhibition of horses was yer,
creditable and some, who had visited
other fairs report it the best the,
have seen this fall. We are unabl
to make as detailed report as w
should like, but give the following
. There were not less than a dozel
good stations, including three years
old colts, among which were the Dan
iels horse and two excellent blac
colts, one the o. S. Dorman tire
years old, which very easily got ava
with all others on the track !; tn
Briggs horse from Newport Center
the Chesley horse from Sheffield (; tn
fine Morgan horse owned by Geo. "
Cole, Coventry; the Pete Saline
horse from Greensboro; the fine co
owned by B. F, Trip of Charlesto
and the one owned by Kimball Bro
Albany; the j. G. Hunt horse al
others. The Tracy colt from Brow
ington should be mentioned. Amor
the. two years old we mention Il
Grout colt from Derby, the j.
Sherburne colt from Glover. The
was a long line of mares and colt
many of the colts large and fine.
Jackson showed an extraordina
yearling of the Percheron orde
Nixon Morse had a fine yearlng a
apremium two years old. Mr.. MOI
had five horse. kind on exhibitio
d. w. Porter had one of the BIZ
yearlings, Geo. Sherburne a good OIL
VIM. Cameron showed a two yea
that was among the best. S. Jacksc
I. Grow, Mrs. j. M. Skinner and
w. Flanders competed with th
year olds. There were twenty entr
of single carriage horses, and
ter and more valuable lot
would be difficult to find. We fai
to get all the names of the owne
We mention the L. S. Nye hol
the S. S. Brigham, the w. C. Bro
the o. S. Dorman, the Ounce
Lellan and the w. E. Sherbu
horses. Some of these were
steppers. The matched CARR
horses were not as good accordin
as the single carriage. There y
several pairs of good work hor
including the Geo. Wilson, Hawk
and Percival pairs. There were e
work horses entered.
We must not fail to mention
beautiful Norman stations exhib
by Maj. Grout of Derby. They
fine representatives of that elias
large horses.
CATTLE.
Orleans county farmers ough
visit the fairs in Caledonia CO..
and see what little effort, per
it might be called rivalry, in the
of oxen is doing for a county no
well adapted to the raising of s
ma fkis Cavaual towao ia that .