The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

and finest since the union of the two So
ceties The number of entries exceeded by
far that of last year and every department
was well represented. The lower floor was
completely filed. there beings large exhibit
Of dairy products and utensils and house,
hold articles. Among the largest exhibitors
were the Bailey Mushroom, Burlington,
pianos and organs; w. Il. McKillp, Bur
lington, table luxures Il. =. Shaw, Bur-
lington, clothing; George ID. Schuyler and
j. V. Page, sewing-machines Swanton Sus-
pender Company, suspenders; Nicholson,
Burlington, furs; George d. Sherwn, Bur
lington, electric and telephone supplies; G.
ii. Sager, furniture; Venetian Blind Com
pany, patent blinds; II. f.. Sails, smokers
materials M. ID. Mcmahon, boots and shoes;
A. b. Fisher q Son, architectural designs;
Vermont Farm Machine Company of Bel
lows Falls, Moseley & Stoddard Manufacture
ing Company of Poultney, Ferguson Manu-
featuring Company of Burlington, dairy
utensils; A. G.. Pierce Of Burlington, Belcher
x Taylor Agricultural Company of Chicopee
Falls, Mass, Ames Plow Company, Wizard
Plow Company, Parker Wood of Boston
and Eureka Mower Company, various farm
implements and machinery; II. A. Ray,
Burlington, carriages, etc. Isham Brothers,
Burlington, hand mining drill and power
well-boring and quarrying machine; Fuller
| * Warren Company, parlor coal stoves and
kitchen ranges; Florence Soap Company of
! New York, toilet and laundry soap, one
hundred fifty varieties; Thomas Wood &
! Co. of Boston, cotfees, spices and extracts;
Barker Il Woods, agricultural implements,
seeds and Woods ice tools, the display
forming more than a carload of articles;
| Wells & Richardson Company, butter color;
Clark Cove Guano Company, fertilizers
! Crown Point Iron Company, ores b. f..
Hale Adamascobite diamond grit stone
| G. w. Richardson of Barnet, patent medi-
cines and force and suction pumps; Smals
& Matthews of Boston, calf-feeder; l. ID.
Robinson & Son of Moretown, New England
grass-seed sower and Vermont cracker box
w. f. Moulton, household novelties. Fair
mount nursery of Berlin (E. E. Andrews,
proprietor), Ezra Hosford of Charlotte,
James Millham of Shelburn, G. Miller &
Son of Pomfret, G.. w. Potter of Shelburn,
Horatio Hickok, A. Taylor and A. A. Davis
of Burlington, Il. III. Taft of Williston, John
b. Parker of Waterbury, A. l.. Owen of
South Burlington, j. Cilley of Winooski, j.
E. & l.. p Tracy of Shelburn, Otto Okerblad
of Burlington and A. o. Hood of Wnooski
exhibited fruit. l.. Putnam of Cambridge,
James Millham and w. II. Rand of Shell
griff and E. w. Taft of Williston, II. Merri-
hew of South Burlington, John B. Parker
of Waterbury, George l.. Baker of South
Burlington, n. r. Spaulding of Burlington
and Colburn Fielding of Rutland exhibited
vegetables. j. A. Shedd of Burlington
Huntington, b. j. Stockwell of Duxbury
L. G. Leach of Albany, II. II. Holmes OF
Shoreham, A. A. Nash of Jericho, l.. o.
Thompson of Weybridge and j. f. Crane
exhibited maple sugar and honey. Elk
Alderman Taylor of Burlington, G. +. Gibbs
of st. Johnsbury and w. ID. Lane of Middle.
bury showed flowers, foliage and blossom.
ing plants A. S. Mcdonald of Boston ex.
hibited ornamental dry grass bouquets and
California pampas plumes. Locke Il Ken
nedy of Boston exhibited fancy glass
blowing. The daintiest and most artistic
ornaments We're made, including ships
flowers and birds. They exhibited a steam
boat engine complete, made entirely OF
glass, which runs by steam Mrs. II. E
Sails showed Kensington work: l.. G.. Burn
ham, engravings, oil paintings, fancy frames
novelties and artists materials; Joserl
Lowry, couch and furniture polish. Louise
NJ. English and Mrs f. A. owen of Bur
lington, Mrs. f. j. Dunbar of Colchester
and Mrs. S. +. Tisdae of Middlebury, flow
ers and fruits in oils Georgia Derby ant
Jessie Benedict of Burlington, charcoal
sketches; Wellman sisters of johnson
pieces in India ink and water-colors. Stuffe,
birds were shown by A. F. johnson o
Hydeville and II. A. Brush of Milton TIL,
, hall was awarded to ID. n. Nicholson, ano
the bronze medal to Mrs. H. E. Sails for tn,
second best display.
> The exhibit of stock was excellent. TIL,
, show of cattle was very large. Fine Short
! horns We're shown by f. o. Reynolds o
, South Burlington, G.. l.. Reynolds of Bur
! lington, NJ. ID. Waller of St. Adams Ba,
and w. I. LOOMS of Georgia: Holstein
by Shedd & Van Sicklen of Burlington
Cream Hill Farm, Shoreham, II. w. Keye
of Newbury, f. l.. Houghton of Putney an,
4 Colvin Green of Rutland; Ayrshires b.
t l.. s. Drew of Burlington, Alexander Fishe
1 & Son of Rutland, C.. NJ Winslow of Bran
+ don and l. w. Paris of Fairfax Jerseys b.
t f. ID. Griswold of Orwell, f. Burge c
e Shoreham, DIR. W. S. Webb of Burlington
$ j. w. Leonard of Barre and j. c. Sherburn
= of Pomfret Guernseys by S. II. Weston c
Winooski Devons by George f. Davis {
Windsor and Coburn & Green of Rutland
Galloways by f. w. Bissell of Shorehan
: Polled Anguss by Theodore y. Vail of Ly1
{ don Center; Herefords by l.. b. Harris {
: Lyndon Center and H. Z. Riford of Ran
> dolph
: The exhibit of sheep was fairly goot
Merinos We're shown by l.. l.. Bur well
l. Son of Brdport, f. f.. Stickney of Eas
), Shoreham, f. n. Bissell of Shoreham, II.
Burwell and j. Il. Stickney; Cotswolds b
= X. g. Hill of Gilmore; Southdowns by DR.. "
: S. Webb of Burlington and Hadley Hel
; dee of Burlington; Shropshres We're show
" by l.. b. Haines of Lyndon Center.
a Swine were shown by j. w. Leonard
: Barre, l.. S. Drew of Burlington and S.
: Libby of Milton
u The poultry exhibit was one of the larges
c and most attractive ever shown at the joiI
l. exhibition. The exhibitors of various kind
;, of South Burlington, a. A. Davis, j. "
u Jones and Frank Weller of Burlington
l. Fred Pinchin of Shelburn and G.. l.. Stever
e of North Danville.
y The exhibit of horses was no exception i
% extent and excellence to the other depar
+ ments of live stock. Two handsome Pc
l. cherons were shown by f. A. Woodbridg
y of Vergennes. They We're immense fellows
e Favori," five years old, weighing siXtee
" hundred fifty pounds, and Romulus," 81
u years old old, weighing seventeen hundre
u twenty-five pounds. One colt, owned by v
10 w. Booth of Nergennes, four months oil
re weighed six hundred pounds. The dspla
IL in matched horses was fine. George
u Davis of Windsor, b. f. Haviland of Dal
nc vile, Mr.. Fish of Addison and f. McCri
D. lis of Marshiield were the exhibitors
Ce gentlemen's drivers there were eight show
9i G. ID. Williams of Winooski, Frank Gri
u. void of West Randolph, l.. ID. Mute
~ Marshiield, George Davis of East Montpelie
ol n. S. Bowman of Isle I.aMotte, Edwin Ian
W. of Montpelier and Henry Chapman we
e among the owners. f. f. Brownell AZ
Sc IL. X. Thomas of Burlington and Geor,
10 Whaley of Charlotte also showed horses
y various bloods. The committee on match'
~ horses report that very noticeable featu
- in the exhibit in this department was IA fin
pair of carriage horses, the property of Il
w, Seward Webb of Burlington. DR. Wei
m also exhibited road team, fancy mat
~ of white and black horse-a fleet pair al