Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-10-05
TUE WILMINGTON FAIR.
, lnrrc Altcndnncc and Good Show.

snow.
rbo Wilmington fair was held Wednes-
,.,f this week There was n good at
,.pjanrc: we should say rather larger
cham nn average. The morning was cool
,.fU fine wind in a fair quarter, the clouds
lr,Lru. showing patches Of dark blue sky
.l.h 70, in nm ordinary season would be an
,..uraucc of good day. But Of late the
,,..thrr comes without regard to rules.
>,.nt the middle of the day, when the at
,.n.aurc was largest, blizzard of driving
,,tand snow collected about the Haystack
mountain, and swept across the valley and
,0. fair ground, driving the people who
.uI find it to shelter. At intervals dur
.u. fine afternoon the atmosphere was filed
,i,h snow. aud it became uncomfortable
uH The live stock, standing out exposed
tI ,he cold wind and snow, was, of course,
shown to a disadvantage.
Without making an exact count, we es-
runtcd the whole number of horses on ex
IH.fiun. including colts Of all ages, at more
,Iau 900. and the whole number of cattle at
,.m no. Southdown and coarse wool
-..,p were we'll represented
oxen were not shown in so large mum
U.- JUS at some former exhibitions. and
fN.r. we're fewer heavy cattle (oxem in
rr.uuitiou to the whole. This may he ow-
.. perhaps, to the fact that they are now
rl.rr generally sold before attaining their
.I growth than formerly. \ yoke Of oxen
aourl 10y lhilctus Haynes weighing 5000,
were the heaviest pair that we noticed NJ
O. Wheeler had pair weighing $3.50 II
b. VIA, pair BIO; Geo Convey, $40: q.
vs. Govd. 3llO: j. H. Stowe and Son,
s'u. q II. Copeland, $500; G. w. Bis
-.H $500: H. W. Fitch, 3Oi0 G. c. Hub
blrI $3.50: Ephraim Haskell, 3liO; Ash
h., parmalec, $500; Town farm, 2SG0
uh Haskell > years old 2Si1; f.. 4.
lIt.h 3 years old, $50 G.. C.. Hubbard 4
-u 2il0. Town farm, . yrs, 2l3O
d. II Copeland, > yrs, 233l H. Adams.
..r- $500 Chas. Ware yearliugs. 11IO
gIIi: spencer Robinson, yearlmgs, 1874
g. VI Haynes. two pair yearlings; A. L.
ll.uo~. one pair
lh,~c oxen were generally of good siz,
according to age, of Shnpely forms, and
nnuhv Of being put on exhibition MAY
d \lams, as usual, were the leading ex
lutur- Of fine steers this time having On,
,ur three years old, three pair two year,
.ll two pair Of yearlings and one pair u
glIyc~ The weight of each pair in the or
dor named was ms follows 2gjO, 241j
~ -2"' ,"'"' I"'"' "oV. lew Other
yoke q" '"tu'', I"r "hl'n we l"hhd Nc
name or weight were eNhlhlted;
Ih'l' were nine or Ten nullS on th'
''"hI' nearly every one "i Whlrh w4uI'
-rIl had II hull l3 months old weighing lO5C
pounds well formed. straight and hand
-umr G.. + Carpenter, a Holstcin bull Il
months old, 1890; II. /. Mington, fin,
% Years old thoroughbred bull weight 1910
ID. II''A'l,, al" extra E%ol years 3ld nun
""Int -"" !. a. ana - - liuhhard'
-.''I 'n"I"uSn "r'" puil years olu loWl
I''u'' "'l, years "i'' weight law H.
''N" H'@i ,''' "'i'' NelSnu ,'''.
'''H me '9rS' "u'l' h"t Weigneu' nut per
h'I' tue Ia.-rsu one on eNn'hitl"n, wa
'"'N" IVY "a '"'''"' "h' ia" alH' IiV'
COWS, ''rI'h hSI''rS, ana three Young huils
Ih 'I :" neat. ne most "l MI 9mith
''I'I' are lhoroushpred. tie was awarde'
-p''"' premium "i s'Ih medal Tor IN
'''' -'n''"l cN","'u W 'atuie' Speca pre-
l1N'''7 To lhe Naiu' "i about SI@2 haVlni
'"' year "'en "nere' ny hnlVi"uaS
"N,' up 10y S"pSI! lP'"hs'
h' SHOW oi hNe Stock IN number an'
1wHt}' excepting oxen, was about the aV
'Hl-' ~ a lliililStoh Ialr' Edgar cope
Hnd, "i '"eraihS. Mass exhibited herr
o' "I cows including I'urhanlS, liolSterhs
''rH'NN ana their grades ~ - Mann y
son had herd OF SIX COWS ana seVera
caves, PuTha'hS' IlolSlelhs ana Jerseys
t. u. h"I"' thor"uShoreu ana graue hell
'I' lehTN A"I'hS' GO" ana helleT N
0lhn'hli' COW D. H. stowe ~ son larG
lrrl oil COWS, helIerS ana calves ~ +
Howe GO" = hubhard' cows H. NJ
liNh'S, heiIer II. H. Millngt'h' larg
-'".k oil cows, h1lierS ana caves
mere was tle largest anu "est sho"
"''I'9' Young HORSES anu U,,VS, '''' we re
i"'"'"'r I" nave seen "U hhiihStoh' IN
arrest 'Nh'n'u"rs were i'eouar" N nc,
"n" appear 10 "e ei.sasel lu''t eNVenSiveI
Iu th' business OF rearing horseS irol
'h'i'e STOCK; comprise" III eheir eNui"
were thr l"IIo"lhg horses ana coltS Ne
tinPhtH' mare II years on WIN Ioa'
Lazy lratt' Lazy hehelSoh' Gieopatr'
'allH Neail'"- nnrSe Cpiu' Marl'''uun
''"IIlhS mare '"'I' mary move one lou
Years uld '"l'' ahd Inrer '"ltS Ihree yea
u'. r"' "'N' "' Ine'' mares anu '",
N'N'rN. l'""harn lt'c1 han prlhIrn pc"
frees tracing thelr descent from h'uNtrl''
''rro ana daihS' 49,. ,.r
" f.. '"rHe eNn,hlteh my ',ra"nee'
''nn'',"' Young ",h'h S''',''h I'VE ye"'
%', mares n'I co''S were " In1" II ny y, r,"''
u',I'H' - w. l'Ii'" re- h'rI ~ =; u ny
W. ''''''t''''''' 4 -. +''''''' - - 80
th" latter also Il good three years old co
and years old horse II. l.. Faulkner, t"
mare, aud two colts 7. q Hubbard WIN
ilo~kin>, ". II. Thurman, Chas. Upton
D. y. Clark, II blocky French mare }
ID Mann X son, colt II months old. Ca
ru.I Hatrhelder had a handsome, Spiritt
>prmln Arabian colt one year old weigl
ing 30 pounds 1t had peculiar whit
skim, resembling that of an albino Perlt
Rich exhibited stallion weighing llS'
a A. E>tahrook, stallion colt weighr
1913. oscar f.. Carpenter, two colts OF