Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-10-04

The first day of the fair was all tina
could be desired, so far as the weather
was concerned, and the entries made
were unusually large.
OF oxen and other cattle, in an eXpe-
rience here of ten or fifteen years, We
never saw so poor show in numbers
The only town team on the ground wa,
furnished by Woodstock. Moulton Broth
ers of West Randolph showed ten fine
cows as specimens of the $50 they are
now milking. Geo. r.. Lockwood OF
Woodstock made very fine exhibit, as
did VIM. COwdery of Hartford and IL. +
Perry of Pomfret. There were but few
Young cattle on the ground. as compared
with the numbers seen in years past, but
nearly all the leading breeds were rep
resented. The fine showing of stock OF
all kinds heretofore made by Hon. Fred
erick Billings failed to appear. owing, as
is understood to some disagreement be-
tween him and the society The sheep
pens were well filled with all the leading
varieties. and the Old exhibitors of years
past were nearly all there, and include
! the names of Hannibal Adams, l.. c..
| Udall, r. ID. Ransom of Pomfret, Ches-
/ ter Cady and j. II. Cobb of Barnard, H..
| y. Atwood, j. Ii. Rhoades, ID. q. Spaul-
ding and others of Woodstock, and j.
and ). 5. Walker of Hartland.
In the swine department there was
more than the usual number OF animals.
A hog weighing 7l5 pounds was shown
by Frederick b. Merrill of Woodstock.
Other exhibitors were j. c. Sherburne,
NJ. ID. King, NJ. j. Holt, +. 5. Gilbert,
ID. G. Spalding and f. c. Atwood.
In the poultry department we noticed
q coops and about all the varieties.
whether useful or merely ornamental,
ever heard Of. The exhibitors were in
part Earle Foster, Wilbur +. Washburne,
A. b. ,Jaquith, Geo. J.. Thompson, Mason
Mills of Woodstock, III. A. Billings, West
Windsor. v. ID. Fraser, Barnard, Mrs.
Stilman French, Pomfret The show
was the best seen here for a long time.
1t was estimated that there were 600
horses of all kinds on the ground, and
among these were nearly all the famous
stations and trotters Of the county and
many from outside. Among those at
tracing special attention were, "Pride /,
of the Great" and "East Wind from the |
farm of VIM. NJ. Evarts of Windsor and /
showed by Sylvester IIoisington; "Wol- /
ford shown by ID. G.. Spaldlng; "Ner- +
mont Almont." by w. T.. Davis; "Little /
owned by j. +. Mackenzie and |
shown by W. II. II. Walker, were also |
exhibited. OF yearlings, one shown by /
G.. Il. Eastman, standard bred, 10 hands /
high and weighing $40 pounds, was by |
far the most remarkable. Sid. A. Whit +
aker, Pearl +. Rogers and W. II. Holmes /
also made fine showing in this depart
ment.
A splendid exhibit was made in the
department, one rarely equal
led, and never eXcelled. Ii is safe TO say
that no such show of potatoes was ever
made. Among those deserving particu-
lar notice were exhibits by w. IL. Sea-
yer, Lorenzo Townsend, Herman Bug
bee, l.. b. Porter, l.. j. Slayton, NJ. l..
Bryant and w. II. III. Walker, whose ex-
hibit of one peck averaged in weight one
pound each potato. 5. c. Jenne was
not far in the rear of Walker.
OF grain and seed corn, II. A. Billings,
West Windsor; Wilbur f. Washburn,
Lorenzo Townsend ana G..
A. Horton were the principal exhibitors.
In this building the big squash was prom
inent, weighing, we forget now how
much. and IL. A. Billings long pumpkin.
or apples, pears, plums and grapes
there was fair showing, in which r.. u.
Asa Fuller, Il. IL. Slayton, l..
Williams a. Son, Wilbur +. Washburne,
+. IL. Hopkins aud Chester Cady were
the principal exhibitors.
In the floral hall there were piles on
piles of ornamental work, such as tides,
pillow shams and sofa pillows. There
were few silk bed quilts of rare beauty,
that we cannot pass by without mention
of the names of the makers. They were
Mrs. L. L. Tewksbury, Mrs, G.. II. Max
ham, Nettie Woodruff, Mrs. \. +. Hatch,
Mrs. j. c. Oliver and a plush quilt by
Mrs. l.. c. Dickerman. The room over
floral nall was devoted to the exhibition
of rag carpets and rugs. Here as eXhib-
itors we found the names of Mrs. G. j.
Markham, Mrs. John ParlShurst, Mrs.
Rufus Smith, Mrs. Samuel II. ellison,
Mrs. j. l.. Gibbs, Mrs. O. Averill, Mrs.
Geo. +. Thompson, Mrs. John Gilman.
Of rugs the exhibitors were, Mrs. +. A.
Weed, Mrs. O. W. Waldo, Mrs. 5. ID.
Wilder. Mrs. Josiah Benson, Mrs. Hosea
Benson, Mrs. j. 5. Holt, Mrs. Levi Mer-
rift, Mrs. Lewis A. Wood and others
journal.
Owing 10 the great rain the fair on
was postponed one day, and
4 great crowd, the largest ever seen on
he grounds, was present Thursday. The
aces were fairly good, but a little too
much in s'rut or ring" to be very in
.eresting. There was fairly good at
endaHce the last day, Friday, and the
lair Notwithstanding the storm, can be
called great success. EDITOR.
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