Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-05

Phillips made fine display with
stuffed birds, and had fine specimen
guns from his gun shop. We men
ton several articles in embroidery, |
qnilts, etc., made by Mrs. Alice
DiDgman of Albany, who has done
the work while confined to bed by
sickness; a fine piece of knotted
work done by Mrs. Ira Strong of
Glover, now in her 10Th year; lots
of beautiful fancy work from Mrs.
G.. W. Wheeler of Irasburgh, Edie
Dewey, Martha Bean, Mrs. Prime,
Mrs. Pillsbury,o of Barton, Mrs. Chas.
Carpenter and Mrs. G.. E. Bennett of
Charleston, Mrs. L. S .Aldrich and
Mrs. Lance of Irasburgh, Mrs. j. c.
Oliver, Mrs. Hinckley and many 9th
er ladies are entitled to credit for
the large number of useful and pref
ty articles which they contributed.
Of quilts, spreads, scarfs, rugs and
other articles on that side of the hall
we have not space to speak. They
showed we'll for themselves.
The committee in Floral hall de-
p artment found it was impossible to
examine and do justice to all the
meritorious articles in the time allot-
ed, and suggest that hereafter the
work be subdivided and more COM
mittees set to the work, which will
doubtless be done. The ladies are
entitled to much larger premiums,
and we doubt not that hereafter there
will be change for the better in this
direction.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The management of the fair under
President Baker of the Agricultural
Society, and Messrs. Bridgman and
Brown, of the Fair Ground Co., was
such as to give general satisfaction.
They sought to do justice to all par
ties; to keep good order on the
grounds, aad make the exhibition
beneficial and creditable. 1t has
been customary to permit the sale of
cider and some of the smaller beers
in the booths, but there has been a
disposition on the part of disreputa-
BILE persons, who have hired the stands
to take advantage by ''doctoring"
their cider and smuggling in stronger
drinks, by which means liquors have
been peddled in some quarters and
parties made the worse for them.
Unless there is less trouble from this
source there will be a general clear
ing off the grounds of everything of
this kind hereafter. There were at
tempts made to run gambling wheels,
dice boxes and other machines of the
kind but they were stopped at once.
The grounds were very orderly and
only few arrests were made. Some
parties were brought before the au-
thorities and fined for selling liquors
and intoxication. They got up a
scrimmage near the bridge above j.
j. Hills but the officers picked up
the offending parties, put a little
iron around the wrists of Eugene
Danforth and took HIM before Justice
Barnard when he was fined. The
hotels were crowded with guests, but
we understand everything was very
quiet about them, the rowdy elements
seeking accommodations elsewhere.
No accidents of serious nature to
man or animal occurred on the
grounds and we hear of none out
side.
The Lyndonville cornet band fur
nished excellent music on Wednes.
) day and Thursday. This band has
lately received set of fine silver in
' struments, is we'll uniformed and
: composed of men of musical talent
: and good good character. We are
' pleased to note their success. The
: eating house was run by the Wes
Burke people and, though they were
a crowded the last two days, beyond
the capacity of the establishment
: they furnished good dinners at rea
sonable rates, and satisfied those
e who patronized them. There wa.
: one nuisance off the ground and be
: yond the observation of the polio,
J.. that ought to have been abated, ant
n that was the gathering of a lot o
: Frenchmen of the poorer sort witt
# set of miserable old bones callet
:, horses, which ought to have been mad
). into phosphate years ago, wher
e there was drinking, fighting and al
n exhibition that was disgraceful
e Hereafter we think the authoritie
d will look after this matter, shoot tn
al horses, arrest the brutes that ow
IS them and do away with this exhlb
N ton.
! Gen. w. W. Grout delivered a
% address which was plain, practices
~ and interesting, and it was apprecia
! ed by all who heard it. We hope
20 hereafter, to use portion of it an
p will not attempt to epitomize. He
as bert Brainerd gave an exhibition (
4 the Smyth hand fire extinguisher, {
w. how to put out fires with u bottle {
9 chemicals. This means of subduin
n fires before they have got under heat
h. way has been proved to be very effec
,is ual and every man ought to ha,
NJ a few bottles of this liquid, if he b:
cd no other bottles, about his premise
o The work is done by breaking no
tie of the liquid in the fire; the g
that is created nxtinonishaS tho hla