Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-10-04
The County Fair.

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and thoroughly wet those who at
tempted, in spite of the unpleasant
prospect, to get their stock and arti-
cles of exhibition on to the ground.
The officers of the society AID the
Fair Ground Co. went forward with
their work, hoping for clear skies and
a shining sun on Wednesday, which
fortunately came, but not quite early |
enough to permit as full an attend
ance as would otherwise have been |
present.
The number of people present on
Wednesday would average with the
attendance for the last ten years.
The stock entries, except horses, were
rather meagre, though there were
many Jerseys and more oxen than
usual. The show at Floral Hall was
less than heretofore, owing to the
bad weather on Tuesday. 1t was re-
marked however, that while the ladies'
department had less articles than
usual, they were superior in amount
of labor expended on them, and in
other respects than heretofore. The
other departments of the hall were
fairly we'll filled.
HORSES.
The number of horses and colts
was unprecedented. Never, we
think, were there so many, and so
valuable horses on the grounds. Be-
side the large number of good ami
mails of various strains of blood, in
Guiding the Morgans, of which there
were excellent representatives, there
were several stations from the Ed
win Bates stock farm in Derby, in
Guiding Nutmore, Royal Volunteer,
Fred Wilkes, Whalebone and Mem
brino. They are all high bred ami
mails and showed beauty, mettle anc
spirit. They attracted mnch atten'
ton and deserve greater commenda
ton and fuller description than We
are able to give. This stock was IL
charge of Mr.. D. T. Elder. Among
the large exhibitors of fine horse
we might mention G.. G.. May of No
Troy, who exhibited nine horse kim
of various ages, which carried off con
siderable premium money. ID. W
Porter, also of Troy, showed severa
of his fine horses, a stallion, mar
and her colt. Nixon Morse of Del
by, as he is IN the habit of doing
had horses of different ages, fine an
mails. J. G. Hunt and Mitch HUI
were present with good stations an
good trotters.
Mention should be made of I'll
horse stock shown by E. A. Fla
ders, James Cameron, E. II. Beac
VIM. Findlay, Bean Bros. and Re
ben Devereaux. There were near
thirty stations of different ages
the ground. Major Grout and 5.
Hobson & Sons exhibited Percheror
Mr.. Grout showed his fine thoroug
bred stallion. "Dieppe," and the
was some of his stock on the grour
The Hobson stock consisted o.
very fine stallion, mare and t
colts. Mr.. Hobson came from FL
Brighton with his horses and hell
up the show. The company will
Glad to see him here with his hor
or other stock hereafter. l.. Shon
f. S. Gilfillan, A. l.. Barber and
j. Lang showed good animals of
breed. Mr.. Lang had some rema
able colts. We have omitted in
above mention of the fine amin
shown by Burbank & Williams.
We did not have time to look @
the forty mares and colts with
large number of other colts
helped to make up the big shov
horses. In single carriage hor
there were the usual number and m
of them were fine. In matched
riage horses we noticed very eS
lent pair of grays driven by F
Martin of Westfeld, good pa
colts belonging to Bean Bros.
John Bean horses and pair DIR
by VIM. A. Merriam. B. F. M
showed very excellent pal
draft horses as did D.. d. B
Lisom Rock showed his strong
of draft horses. O.. W. Phil
Geo. Reed and Orange Moss
showed how big stone one
could draw on drag; Reed II
outdid the others, the weight @
horse considered.
In looking over the excellent
of horses this year, the thought
gested itself that Orleans CT
ought to make as great a special
horse raising as Caledonia hi
oxen. There are already b
enough in the county to make a
nificent show, while several p
are making business of raisin
horses. With concert of act
the part of horse breeders and
ers, and assistance from the
Ground Co., there might be an
bition of horses here as eXtraor
as that of cattle at st. John
This is something that would
Good horses are at present tn
salable stock raised, and We
every facility here for max
horse exhibition such as woul(
to this county a patronage
well worth the while of making
fort TO control. W& throw OF
suggestions to our people, al