Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-10-03
WTLMLNGToN TOWN FATR.
A Pleasant Day and "a Good Attend.



The annual exhibition of the Wilmington
Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday
OF this week. The day was pleasant, though
little too warm for comfort There was,
perhaps, more than an average attendance,
but not quite so large as at some OF the pre-
vlous fairs in this town. The people express
ed themselves as well pleased with the exhi-
bition. There was, of course, good show
OF live stock, as there never fails to be in viii.
mington, though the former high reputation
of Wilmington cattle" is hardly sustained
yet the town can still show an average quality
OF live stock that is hard 10 beat.
The number of working oxen shown was
not large, but nearly all were worthy of being
exhibited. We give below list Of the eK.
hibltors of working oxen and steers with the
age and weight Of the cattle.
Il. w. Boyd, years, 237O; I. e f. NJ.
Haynes, do, 2l15; @. W. Corey, de-, 2I55
May Adams, do 24OO and 22OO G.. O.
Hubbard Sons 3 years, 2iOj aud 2i02 @.
). Crimes, do, 2G0O E. d. BufIum, do,
25lOi H. Haskell & Son, do, heavy, not
weighed N. d. Mann, do, 5000; II. Has
kell Sou, do, 24lO; Watkins Bros, do.
2SGO; May & Adams, 20S5 j. II. Stowe,
years, 2650 l. and E. NJ. Haynes, do. 2S95
Il. White, do, 3O3O; May & Adams do,
331Oi d. and NJ. Haskell, do, 3O95 Smith
Bros, do, 2805 o. b Lawton, do, $3.50
Ell. Bell, do, 2G0O; NJ. L. Burr, years
$780, Spencer Bros, do, 29GO Ware &
Griffin, do, 3Os5 p. Haynes u Son, do,
$3.50; +. IL. Aldrich, years, 1910; q. W.
Bissell, do, 1860 S. S. Nay, do, 1920
). Il. Clark, do, 327j Horace May, do,
$40.
The heaviest pair of oxen on the ground be-
longed to S. b. Barnard. The age was not
given weight, $500 May q Adams were
the largest exhibitors Of oxen and steers
having pair, all of good or extra quality
N. ID. Mann had pair OF yearliugs weighing
1850. Smith Bros exhibited pair of year
lings weighing respectively 1880 and ITO:
these were trained to drive without the yoke
Henry Adams had a pair IL months old
weighing 1ii0. Several other pair of good
yearngs and large number Of promising
calves were noticed. The steers and young
stock were better according to ago than the
older cattle, showing that many Of the best
are sold out OF town before arriving at ma.
turity.
Among the bulls we noticed a fac animal
imported FROM Illinois, belonging to G. W.
Blssell. 1t was 22 months old and weighed
l35-thoroughbred Another good gearing
bull thoroughbred, was exhibited by the
Smith Bros. Several extra good looking
cows were on exhibition, among which we
noticed some hne Jerseys belonging to Edward
DoAAs DAAhdh Oblouklllk W -. A Duel, ana
nice COWS and heifers shown by L. @. Boyd
heifers by II. l.. Mlllington, l.. Fitch, r.
StanclG, and a few other COWS aud heifers,
perhaps equally meritorious by other parties
e. G. Boyd was the owner OF the only
flock of sheep which We saw they we're
very good specimens. There were several
other exhibitors of one sheep each. F. Bar.
nard was the owner Of yearliuR bucks weigh
ing 40 and 1915 lbs l. ~ L. Nj. Haynes one
weighing 20j lbs. G. Temple one weighiog
2l5 lbs. With these there was a large, good
looking gentleman sheep with only part of
label attached.
Swine were represented by one exhibition,
Mr. II. L. Millington being the fortunate
owner Of eight beautiful Poland China pigs,
each one handsome enough t. take the place
of ladys pet poodle.
The show of poultry was rather limited.
There were three cages but only one con
tanned real poultry, one a pair OF owls, aud
the third pair of spaniel puppies owned by
+. L. Ray. j. l.. Clark was the proprietor OF
the owls, and Wilbur Stowe OF the fowls
Horses were quite well represented. The
pens contained Il large number OF colts, the
greater part OF thsm Of merit enough to do
credit to the exhibition. For those believed
by the committee to be the most meritorious,
We refer to the premium list. A heavy
stallion colt was exhibited by Frank j. Boyd,
good stallion horse by Perley Rich, aud a
powerful young stallion weighing 1860, by r.
ID. Wilcox. Tue latter We believe was not
entered for a premium. A good pair of
matched horses were shown by Mr.. W. Il.
Boyd.
There was better exhibition of manufac.
tured articles than we have seen thi. year at
any other fair in the county. G. G. Haynes
exhibited an improved evaporation, having in.
geuious devices of which he is the patentee
and another of his Inventions water els.
tern for warming the water for cattle in the
winter, by a heater inclosed within the water,
but supplied with fuel from a door opening
FROM the end. Among other manufactures
we notice Adams IL Haynes sap holder;
fruit evaporation, A. L. Wheeler road ma.
chine, o. b. LAYTON disk harrow, Henry
Jacobs spindle buggy, Wells p. Jones
Buckeye moving machine, Mr.. Parma,ee;
Acme harrow, II. Il. Ware; washing machine,
j. G. Snow and E. II. Pratt. JEFF Davis
(what is in nance exhibited a spring tooth
harrow Of very tearing appearance
At the hail the display of fruit and of veg4.
tables was quite good. E. f. Copeland had
samples of seed corn OF a very large kind.
and Ware " Griffin several traces of nice
corn-both field and pop corn. Others had
fine samples. Wilmington is not supposed to
be favorite town for corn, yet the speci.
seen at fair elsewhere in the county. II.
NJ Cutting had large variety of beans in
Guiding some rare kinds. A large number of
squashes were shown, among them Hubbards
a foot in diameter. u L. NJ. Haynes seem
to have soil that will grow ruta bagas so
large that one will fill pail Enormous cab
bage heads were grown by f. j. Corbett and
also by Edward Titus.
Dairy products were in light supply. The
Al.
making was not very lively-one solitary
cheese being exhibited.
In the household and fancy departments
the supply was rather limited in quantity
but very good in quality. Among the
most conspicuous articles in the hall were
scroll-work bookcases, cabinet, wall peck
cts, &c, by f. NJ Harris, and fancy mer-
chandse by Andrews & Spencer and by o.
.. Ware. A sample OF home made yarn was
shown said to have Leen spun by Solomon
Edison, so years old. Nine kinds of canned
fruit were contributed by Mrs Clark Chan
dler. One fruit can contained pure water
and a small turtle There we're several
contributions of bread, both brown and
white. Mrs. @. O. Clark contributed to the
floral department rare plant called lace
cactus-a hne specimen. Another cactus Of
a rare species was shown by Mrs. l.. Harris
Mrs. Geo. Rose exhibited beautiful oeander
plant in bloom Miss Tiny White a begonia
plant which several ladies' insisted was an
artificial work Miss White also exhibited a
case of millinery goods.
Acceptable music was furnished by the
Wilmington band, and side entertainments in
the music line were not wanting something
very good came from the corner of the hall
where the Estey organ was located. Kit
tredge was there, singing from his wagon to
appreciative crowds, and the inmitabe Flagg
draw large audiences with song and violin
Que of the best patronized institutions on the
ground was the circular, revolving, wooden
horse equestrian establishment. We almost
forgot to mention Scott Dunklee and his New
Home sewing machine. There were many
other things worthy OF notice, but we have
used sufficient space.
We are under obligations to the secretary,
Mr.. Goodnow, for favors
LiEt OF Premiums.