St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-09-23
heifer; Mr.. Randall winning two first

Inc sneop SHOW is Iully up W thO
average. Mr.. Harris Shropshires are
mentioned elsewhere. In COtswolds
VIM. Higgins has a specially fine as
sortment of handsome sheep, drawing
eight of the eleven premiums awarded.
VIM. Belden and NJ. l.. HOvey also
show some fine specimens, while A. O..
and j. Bemis gathered in all the prizes
on their handsome Southdowns.
Swine.
There are some half-dOzen exhibits
of swine including a White Chester
boar by A. o. Harris; SOW and pigs.
L. A. Darling; Yorkshire boar, SOW
and pigs by w. w. Wright, and pen
of Jersey" pigs. These last, exhibit
ed by w. d. Bronson, of East Hard
wick, are curious animals being about
the same color as a Jersey calf, but
they are Enthusiastically pigs all the
same.
Poultry.
The poultry display is up to the
usual standard. B. K. Graves, A. A.
Miles, j. S. Bandy, A. c.. Farmer,
John Church, Harry Daniels and the
Summerville poultry yard coming in
for prominent attention.
Mechanics.
No premiums are offered for me-
chanical contrivances but there is a
good exhibit of articles in this section.
Butler 81 Bingham have a patent
snow pillow, ingenious, simple and
practical for breaking out paths on
sidwalks. They also show an admir-
ably contrived sanding machine built
in an ordinary wheelbarrow which Can
be utilized on any walk and also anOth
er handy affair built like a watering
pot that reduces the expense of sand
ing slippery walks to a minimum.
In carriages, Miller & Ryan show a
number of top buggies and handsome
plush upholstered sleigh; the Lyndon
carriage company exhibit fine carriages
and sleighs and G. j. Ufford of Bar
ton a number of carriages.
B. F. Rollins has a cart and manure
spreader that spreads over everything
in it's line; a "straight republican"
thresbing machine and the best union
horse power machine made.
Batchelder & Moulton show a sam
pie of their painting on Major Bonett's
delivery wagon, and sugar refners and
all kinds of farming machinery are
shown.
''Biggest Show on Earth.'
Tuesday afternoon, instead of the
cavalcade, the oxen were gathered in
strings on the green between the
tracks, and the people had an oppOr-
tunity to feast their eyes at their lei
sure on the biggest lot of oxen ever
seen in the Caledonia fair ground. Mr..
Hazen's three strings were most prom
inent. "Them's cattle,n said an old
farmer, as he sized up the first string
of eight yoke, headed by the old he
roes weighing 6l87 pounds. The re-
naming yokes in the string scored re-
spectively 4518, 4410, 4440, ALSO, 1910,
1850 and 1916 lbs.-making a grand
total of sc, 49l, and averaging 1850 lbs.
No wonder that state premium rib
bons adorned nearly every yoke. The
second string, also Mr.. Hazen's, weigh
ed 1910, $3.50, 4l4O, 1850, 1900, 1000,
$3.50, $500, total 32,1lO lbs, average,
4Ol4 Third string, Hazen, 4l2O, 1900,
$500, 1850, $3.50, $3.50, 1920, $500; total
80, 1870, average 1861 lbs. The st.
Johnsbury string also showed a lot of
heavy weights, all but two of the
yokes being from E. & Il. Fair
banks & Co. The weights in this
string were 445O, AGO, APO, 1850,
1910, 1920, 1866, $3.50; total 81, 446 lbs,
average 1881. The Waterford string
was also heavy lot of cattle, Judge
Parks pair weighing 4O35 and one
other 1920. The Ryegate string clos
ed the list with these weights 4O6O,
384O, $500, $500, $500, $500, 1900, 303O,
total %, 400 and averaging 1861. Be-
side the above Barnet had a string of
five yoke of 2-years-Old and the Fair
bankses a number of other strings of
young cattle.
| In Floral Hall.
| Not quite as many entries were
made in Floral hall as last year, but
the display is fully as meritOrious and
there are fewer exhibits of an inferior
order.
The butter exhibit is specially note
worthy. Waterford and Lyndon carry
off the palm for fancy work in this
line. Mrs. w. S. Hastings of Water
ford has an ingeniOusly made shield
on which is inscribed, "Fair 1885,"
with pineapple shapes, leaves, ETC., all
of butter. Mrs. Washington Felch Of
Waterford has pretty cross with or
naments of lilies, ETC., and wreath
also of butter. Mrs. A. K. Powers has
a miniature churn, punches of grapes, a
plain wreath and a specially attractive
one of autumn fOwers-all butter. Mrs.
Thomas Mason, also of Waterford, has
handsome wreath, cross, ETC., while
Ingalls, Bros. of Lyndon produce CO.
sy cottage, with wellsweep, yard, etc.,
all represented in rich yellow butter.
In this butter yard is posted the sug-