Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-12


Mr.. Vanderbilt's S span, Aldnc and Early
Rose, is not at the fair. Mr.. Vanderbilt
decided that the risk of bringing here 50
expensive IL span was too great to be re
paid in II stay of only two days.
The Clerk of the Weather Throws the
| Dampcr wide Opcn-The Park Crowd
ed with Perspiring Throng-A
successful Exhibition.
The clerk of the weather took out the
damprr Wednesday and the way his fur
mace heated mp things was II caution. At
| Howard Park. especially in the crowded
| Floral hall, the heat was intense. "NcNcr
mind, =" said the Secretary, as he thought
fully viewed Il little grcasc-spot into
which one of his assistants had melted,
"Nevcr mind. as long as it doesn't rain ;
anything but that So thought
the populacc. apparently, and they
crowded into the park in i'm
mcnsr numbers Then the heat gave
them touch of purgatory, and the sui-
fcrIngs of the fat people. aS, like FalstaT,
they lar,cd the lean earth rs they walked,
were intense. There was great demand
izc cream. lemonade and other cooling
drinks and compounds. Sundry gentle
men from way back gave evidence of hay
ing galrd upon the wine when it was red
bat as rule the crowd was orderly good
uaturcd. and rs contvntcd rs could he cN-
prctcd under the nincty-tive-u-thc he Shad,
diSpcnSatiOn. Our reporters had II pleas
ing time. squeezing through the crowd
and contributing To the hilarity of the oc-
, casion by allowing fat ladies' to stand up
ON their feet. We continue their notes oi
the exhibits.
Floral Hall-Down stairs.
The first thing toattract the visitors ut
tcntiun is the elaborat. diSplly made by
the Baldwin Manufacturing company. Tn,
cNccllcncc of their dry-air rctrigcratorS /,
too Wcll-knoWn to our readers to call fo
detailed notice at this time. The rctrigcr
ators are shown in il great variety o
STYLES. and the finish is such as to max,
them decidedly neat and attractive article
of furniture The Ferguson burcal
creamery, butter tubs. etc, are shown il
/ great variety and attract much attention
, from the ddIrymcn. Mr.. r. y. Porter l.
g ON hand with samples of his various in
| | NcnlluNN ana thcA dIt IlNptCttl VIII
much interest. :. II. MacUmbrr y Co
of Grand Isle show their patcu
corn n-plantcr Aaron Bail of Port llcnr,
, has curious invention in the shape of
. wash house. &. W. Richardson of liaruc
shows II convenient hand, force and sue
' tiOn pump. The Wells x RiChj rdSol
' Co., made Il large and elaborate display %
;, their we'll known and popular butte
i color. Quite show j. made of the Wul
. ccStcr creamery and churn. The Eureka
Granite State and small X Matthew
J. cVapOratOlS are shown. the Crown Pom
. Iron company has Il handsome exhibit i
- the shape of samples of ore. The Wen
: mont Machine company of bellows Fail
= makes an elaborate display, it includin
| fruit dryers, butter workers, Crcamcric'
!. etc. Very handsome samples of marhl
are shown by the Centre Rutland Marbl
J. company \ particularly well arrange
Il and interesting exhibit is that made by "
/ +. MUulton ot this city, consisting of hi
|. well known SpeCialtcS, tubing and ligh
, ming rods. Some wcll-made carriages al
: shown by William Smith X Co., of tn
( city.
d In the way of fruit and vegetables. II
;, show is good, although there is room t,
(. more in the hall l.. Putnam of Cambridl
/ shows Il great many varieties of potato,
and number of grain. The display
potatoes is well worth Inspection. y.
Hood of Winooski, the veteran pomol
IL crab-apples and ii number of pears. son
of his apples are of extraordinary bcuut
e l.. NJ. Ilagar of this city, who takes II
T. lead on plumS, in this part of the worl
:, has some splendid samples Carmi q
of good uf WeStford shows IL number of II
il piles. q. b. Andrews of Huntington h.
sixty varieties of apples ANA eler'
of crab-apples-a very large III
highly interesting exhibit. Walt
yS Hoy of South Burlington has
ne good show of vegetables, as have also :.
"i jerks of the same place and \. X, Spaul
No. ing of this city. W. f.. Allen of Winoos
IT. makes II very large and highly credital
Il display of vegetables, including prct
ol much everything that can be grown in
IN garden. a. \. Davis of Burlington shoN
We apples, pears and pOtatoes-a good diSpla
&C. II. lIickok of Burlington has il large III
Is, excellent display of apples c, W, Brow
I'll ell of WilllstOn also has an extensive she
of apples, 4 case of handsome grapes
shown by W. =. Woodruff of Willistu
is That veteran market gardener j.
w. Cclley of WinOOSki has Il splendid d
ill play of vegetables and fruit, the catalOG
M including almost everything in the lii
~ otto Okcblad of Burlington shows SOI
a.. fine vegetables. Very extensive and ella
of crate displays are made by :. II. West
nl of WinOOski and Hiram Merrihew of Sou
M Burlington These cover II large prop,
II tion of the whole available space II
make most interesting exhibit, Jam
Cosgrih of Shclburn and Il, Fish of "
gcnneS show some nice honey. SOl
,yS tOOthsOme preserves are shown by Mrs.
rd Putnam of Cambridge H. +. Fay
al Wcstford has some choice maple sugar.
,~ Floral Hall-UpstairS.
i'S The entire south end is taken up Will
- display of furniture by &. c. Allen Il :,
,n- The north end is occupied, as at form
| f.ip l,t. Ia al i.h 4
H. with an exhibition of Diamond dyes. I
re- company's display is very elaborate a
very handsome, and attracts much adm
ing attention. In the centre and on
VIZ, VII, sides of the hall, a. l.. Bailey 0I
II Hall, agent has II tull display of musi
bly instruments; j. V. Page has many st
ing machines: and the Singer, Lead
NY Davis and White sewing machine CO