Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-10-05


many at home The grounds we're not a-
well filed as usual and the stock was not
in as good order as last year, but the oxen
will average larger than last year. .. Il
Dix had a nice looking pair of gray cattle
that were tleshv, but no weight was given.
Luther Adams had IA good pair Of red cat
tie six years old that weighed 3jii, pair
If five year old roans weighing 3OiS aud "A
good looking five months old calf, dark red
that weighed 800 lbs Israel Stowe hal a
pair Of spotted yr. Odds that looked we'll
weight 3iOO W. &. Niles had pair Of red
ones that were not in AS good order. but
were "A bright aud lively looking yoke c.
f. Griffin had IA pair Of dark red fellows
that were good ) years old weight 3lSO
w. f.. Thurher had a spotted pair q years
old, vt. 1870, that We know by reputation
are fine workers. Hoyt II. Barber owns IA
pair of spotted yearlings that weigh 1870
lbs and are very handy. Hoyt is only -
wears old, yet he stirred around this spring
rugged up cart for his oxen, painted aud
striped it himself. drew out manure, and
planted aud raised - bushels Of potatoes
and th, morning loaded in some Of them
aud drove his steers from his home in vii
mington down ~ the fair C. l. Haven
had a cherry colorcd Durham bull 4 years
old that weighed 2OlS He is noble look
ing fellow, and is as gentle "a. be- is hand
some Mr.. Haven also showed one Of his
thoroughbred registered Durham cows
she was thin in flesh, but weighed 1910
The swine were conspicuous 10y their all
Sence. There were two pens Of sheep, one
If - by Millarl Wicks, and one of l. by
Cleo. Barber Mr. BARRIERS sheep were
worried by dogs during the day, and one
was bitten 81 badly As To nccesSitate its hc
ing hutchered V. u. Thompson Of Heath.
Mass. exhibited his stallion he Is ) years
Old, dark chestnut weighs lGl. possesses
fine action, and is kind and tractahle. /.
III. BallOu occupied several pens in showing
his horses and colts of all ages One, IA {
yr old that was especially good, weighed
1922. II. Il. stones yearhng colt was the
prettiest ON the grounds Ernest Tenney
had :i-yr. old iron roam that was not a.
large as some others of the same age, but
was smooth, plump and round. But to
mention any particular colt or yoke Of OK
en- would be sighting others equally as
worthy Of notice
There were two coops Of chicks. a coop
Of White Wyandottes by II Il Stone. and
one of Spotted Wyandottes by A. A. Hill.
Geo. Bracket Of Gulford had a butter
worker, H. u. Ware Of Wilmington an
Acme harrow, J. Davis Of Readsboro a
spring tooth harrow. A. J. Cook Of vii
mingtnn exhibited water heater-an ar.
tice designed 10 be placed in the drinking
troughs IL heat the water for stock in win.
ter.
In the hall the ladies' were rather out
done 10y the gentlemen at least the ex-
hihts Of the latter prednminated although
the household articles and fancy work were
good. Mrs DR.. Millington especially had a
good exhibit Of painting upon cloth and
metal, which showed that she is an artist
Of no small merit the PLAGUE, were fine.
Mrs Lawson Houghton had "A unique arti-
Gle, upholstered horns aud hopfs, the set
ting Of which is utilized for IA photograph
frame and pin cushion. Mrs Geo Barber
had child's knit shirt that was "A nice
piece of work. Bertha II. Crosier Of Shell.
hurne Falls a miss Of five years, hal tidy
that would have been credit 10 older
hands Addie Schryver, II years old had
pillow sham, Good night" Mrs. Milton
Powers had an odd brush broom holder in
the shape Of violin. Rev 4 w. Good
now showed an old fashioned family regis
ter, made Of no ne spun linen worked with
silk of various colors Clark Il Ballou
showed a line of their celebrated sheepskin
boots and shoes. This enterprise has grown
n quite business, furnishing, in its sea
son, employment for over dozen families.
Mrs. {. o. Thurber and Mrs q. B. Dix
had some toothsome looking cheese There
were also several exhibits Of box and ump
butter: but We will leave that tn the
Judges Horace d. Niles, a boy 10 wears
old, had a nice loaf of wheat bread. Mrs
NJ Wicks, Mrs NJ Powers and Mrs. A C.
Larrabee showed some canned fruit and
jelies.
The exhibits of apples, pears and pota.
toes were unusually good as also was that
of corn. The committee ON fruit did not
have time or space to do Justice to it, and
requested us to state that W f. Thurber.
81 Powers, d. 5 Worden and A. G. Niles
had apples worthy of notice. Geo NJ
scott showed some Roxbury russets three
years old that were wholly sound The
potatoes were better than ever before. The
Beauty of Hebron headed the list. there
being half adozen entries Geo NJ. Scott
reported 3, lbs of Beauties from one seed
potato. h. O. Preston showed some Late
Beauties, one Of which weighed | III. , or
f. II. Niles showed some Pride of Ononda
ga potatoes, the seed of which was brought
by hun from Onondaga valley, n. Y, which
we think will make a valuable addition tn
our list of POTATOES. There were several
creditahle exhibits of White Elephants
Skies, etc. c, f. Griffin had the biTgest
pumpkin, and H. IIigley some fine cab
hages. There were several exhibits of
carruts-one Of white carrots. novelty
and only two of beetS but quite an array
of squashes
Judging from the quality as well as va
riety of the exhibits of NJ. Weeks, from the
farm that's for SALE" we should think
that there would be no trouble i'm "A mans
getting good living thereon We noticed
case OF natural curiosities shown by Helen
lhurber, consisting of moss agate stones
petrited wood, snake rattles etc. Albert
Knight of Brattleboro showed the Acme
sewing machine, The honey exhibit was
the best ever shown in the hall. There
was hut one exhibit of maple sugar and
syrup from this whole town of maple trees
The trial of driving horses was partic
pated in by X. j. Phillips, NJ. w. Brown of
Jacksonville, r O. Wilcox of Jacksonville
and Byron Griffin, and we think the merits
OF the horses stand in the order named
Music was furnished by the Jack sonyille
band Harry Corkins leader. The lndies,
aid society cleared about $40 at their tent
The crowd was quiet and orderly. altbou,,b
signs of 'tanglefoot" were visible i'm sew
eral instances. CN
List of Premiums.
HORSES
StallionsIN D Thompson, Heath ist: VIM