The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-04
ADDISON COUNTY FAIR.
The Exhibits and other Features.

minutes, the sky cleared Wednesday
forenoon and has since been bright.
A number of improvements have been
made on the grounds since last year.
The most noticeable is fence on either
side of the grand stand, to take the
place of the imperfect barrier of rope
which has been relied upon hitherto to
keep spectators off the track, The track
had been put in excellent condition, but
the rains had softened it so that it was
quickly cnt up.
AS was to have been expected, the rains
the first day kept at home many exhib-
its that would otherwise have been upon
the grounds. All things considered, the
show was good. In some departments it
was better than a year ago, while in
others it was not so good for the reason
stated.
FLORAL HALL.
The excellent floral hall made out of
the old court house. but considerably en-
larged, was well filled. The display in
this department was probably never ex-
celled in the county. These are few of
the exhibits Mrs. b. F. Wales, Mid
dlebury, oil painting on china and can
vas ana outlining of embroidery; Mrs.
G. n. North, Shoreham, plaque painted
in OIL copper. and brass plaques, crazy
work sofa pillows, knit silk stockings,
macreme lace, etc; Mrs. p. II. Batch
elder, Middlebury, portrait of Rev. DR..
llamlin in oil; Mrs. A. F. McConachie,
Middleburv, kensingtOn painting and
variety of fancy work Mrs. Myron Lang
worthy, Mddlebury. braided rug and
collection of flowers in potts. Bert Mead,
Middlebuly, feather work; Mrs. O. p.
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skin rugs; Mrs. w. Il. Phelps, Middle
bury, knit silk mittens; R. A. Dean,
Middlebury, a large collection of tphoto-
graphs; VIM. Seymour Alden, Middle
buay. pictures of various sorts, Bibles
and fancy articles; Mrs. o. II, Cushman,
Middlebury, sofa-pillows; Miss May Ev-
arts, Salisbury, crochet work. rick-rack,
and silk quilt; Mrs. A. II. Taylor, Corn
wall, rugs; j. L. Barker of Leicester
junction, crayon-sketches; l.. A. Web
ster, Shoreham, crayon portraits and
sketches; B. F. Wales, 'liddlebury. china
and fancy wares; MS. Z. w. Judd, Mid
dlebury, kensington, arrasene and che
mile embroidery, ETC.. Mrs. A. c. Dow,
Middlebury, silk quilt, macreme, etc.
Mrs. c. E. Russell, Middlebury, quilts
Mrs. III. 5. FOote, Middlebury, patch
work quilt; Mrs. NJ. DePoutee, New
Haven, fret saving and her usual
large and fine exhibit of cut flowers
Mrs. II. Robbins, Cornwall, Mrs. c. d.
Summer. Middlebury, and Miss Mary
Gee, Middlebury, cut flowers; Mrs. c..
d. Sumner, quilts; Mrs. II. j. Wilcox,
Middlebury, quilts; L. NJ. Chapman, Mid
dlebury, the New England, Smith-Am-
erican and Story 81 Camp organs and the
Domestic, New Home. Crown and House
hold sewing machines; b. B. Hope,
Middlebury, furniture, including parlor
and chamber suits; Parker q Son, Whit
ing, patent bag holder, considerable |
number of which were sold; Vermont
Merlno Sheep-Breeders' association, the |
case and samples of wool that were ex-
hiblted at New Orleans last winter; Bal
ley's Music Rooms, Burlington, the Es-
tey organs; the Wells, Richardson Co.,
Burlington, samples of their butter col |
or; j. a. James, Weybridge. maple sug-
ar; c. (. Holdridge, Bridport, canned |
syrup, jar of pickles; j. +. Crane, Mid !
dlebury honey, comb and extracted |
Miss &: E. Evarts, Salisbury, canned
fruits; Timothy Boardman, Middlebury,
a cans of fruit; Mrs. Z. Gorham, Mid |
dlebury, brown and white bread: Mrs.
Il. {. Rounds, New Haven and Mrs. NV
thy Boardman showed II varieties of |
pears and collection of plums: E. A.
LangdOn of New Haven, and NJ. DePou-
tee of the same place. variety of fruit.
In vegetables the display was large and
fine. the principal exhibitors being G. ID.
summer, n. G. March and G. +. Russell
Of Middlebury, George Sheldon of Sails
bury, {. T. Tully and II. Robbins of
cornwall. In seed grain +. A. Langdon
showed English peas and buckwheat;
7. l.. Branch of Middlebury, peas j. G..
wellington, oats; c. r. Lane, Cornwall,
Lost Nation wheat; c. Ii. James, Wey-
bridge. Centennial wheat; l.. w. Peet,
Cornwall, peas; a. NJ. Evarts, winter
wheat; .John +. Dyer, Salisbury, black
barley; j. u. Fem, East Middlebury.
Deans and rye; George Sheldon, , varie-
les beans, and Nj. DePoutee, a collection
If seed grains.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
l.. &. Whitford of Addison, agent for
'ohn Deere of Moline, ILL.,, had a new
Wheel plow the Gilpin sulky, the Prairie
queen breaking, the general-purpose
Highlander and the one-horse corn pillow.
he combined smoothing harrow and
irag and breaker attachment for the
illpin-all made by the Deere concern
md also the Boss" sickle grinder. G.
}. Smead of Vergennes showed the Acme
'ulverizing harrow, new implement.
'laimed to be superior to the wheel har
ow; Moulton d Ives of Vergennes. one
# their road machines. and II. A. Foote
Son of Cornwall, the Cassidy sulkv
,low and the Gray horse powers and
hreshers.
DAIRY IMPLEMENTS, ETC.
The Vermont Farm Machine Co. of
1ellowS Falls. for which John w. Dorsey
agent in this vicinity, had three STYLES
Il butter workers, the Davis swing churn,
he Cooley creamers and a patent sugar
yaporator. j. IL. Knowles & Son of
'orth ferrisburgh, agents, had Waters
atent butter worker.
POULTRY.
w. r. Phelps, Middlebury, had Ply
louth Rocks and turkies; c. Z. Tully,
Aylesbury Ducks; j. E, But
1lph, Middlebury, Partridge Cochins and
!. G. March, Middlebury, Plymouth
Jocks, Dominiques, Brown and White
eghorns.