Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-10-11
THE WORLDS FAIR.

nual fair at Tunbridge, held Oct, %.
was IA decided success There was large
and excellent exhibit and large attend
anee. There was large rainfall the
iirst day. Tuesday, but, in spite of it,,
there were large number of entries and
men came. in some instances twenty
miles, with large exhibits. Wednesday
morning there was for a short time hopes
OF good weather but the day proved to
be cold one, nearly 5000, however, were
taken at the gate. The forenoon was
given to the exhibition of horses of the
various classes. There were a very large
number of entries of exceptionally fine
animals here. Ii. j. LaZelle. Williams
town and Ii. X. Broannock. West Wind
sor took the premiums for driving horses.
| W. X. Holden of East Randolph took
first premium for stallion with five colts.
His horse, the original Peter Morgan.
well known as one of the purest bred
Morgans now living, is a beautiful Nor
gan, possessed of all the qualities that
have distinguished the horses that have
made Vermont famous, fine action, clean
limbs and a perfect form. j. Il. Sargent
of Tunbridge took second premium in
this class with his Young Hutchinson.
This horse needs no description. Black
hawk Prince, shown by Geo. w. Brad
street of Royalton, a descendant of the
old Blaekhawk and one of the fastest
steppers on the ground has all the
characteristics of the Blackhawks COM
bined with those of the old Morgan Ea-
gle, of which his dam was a descendant.
1t is believed that with proper training
he will trot in the twentes. There were
many Percherons and Cleveland Boys
shown by j. G. Ballou, NJ. c. Allen, l..
Burbank and Geo. Folsom, Chelsea, NJ.
NJ. Miller q Son, West Fairlee and A. p.
Salter q son, Tunbridge. OF cattle there
was an especially fine exhibit. Promi-
nent in this class was the herd of Jerseys
shown by Luke Parish, Randolph and
the herd of Devons shown by John =.
Fish of Washington. The premiums for
town teams were taken by Washington
and Royalton. The team from Washing
ton attracted much attention, the oxen
being of a bright red color and the yokes
blue. They were all Devons, sired by
John p. Fish's bull, and all from one
school district. ). p. Durkee, North
Tunbridge showed Shorthorns. NJ. +.
Preston, STAFFORD, Devons. l.. Burbank.
Chelsea and Dan 5. Robinson, STAFFORD
exhibited Jerseys. w. A. Farnham. Roy
shown by Aaron Whitney, Geo. w. Dur
kee, Geo. 5. Granger, A. p. Salter & Son,
Ben Tucker, A. A. Northrop, Tunbridge,
ID. W. Cowdery, w. a. Farnham, Will
Haynes. Royalton, o. Bixby, l.. Bur-
bank. Chelsea, NJ. +. Preston, STAFFORD.
Working oxen and steers by Ben Tuck
err, James f. Farnham. L. w. Smith, ).
b. Jones, Tunbridge, L. Burbank, j. ID.
Ballou, Chelsea, ID. w. Cowdery, John
f. Sheperd, j. G.. Bingham, Royalton,
A. |. Newton, Washington. Fat cattle
by Frank Moulton, Tunbridge. In the
blowing match, ). J.. Slack, Royalton
took first premium for oxen, O. IL. Good
ale, Tunbridge, first for horses.
The exhibit of sheep was fine. 5. p.
Durkee, ii. Dickerman, Tunbridge,
Chas. Magoon, Orange, c. L. Tarbell,
South Royalton took premiums for Cots
wolds and Southdowns. Many Grade
Coarsewools were shown. w. A. Farm
ham. Royalton showed Shropshires, +.
5. Folsom, Tunbridge, Luke Parish, Ran !
dolph, fine Merinoes, Il. Y. Dane, Pom |
fret, Aaron Whitney, Geo. Granger, i. |
w. Smith, Tunbridge, Grade fine woods. |
Grafton Belknap, w. \. Farnham, Il. {.
Latham, Royalton, Orvis Rowell, Tun- /
bridge, Luke Parish, Randolph, took |
premiums for swine. The show of poul- |
try was as good as that ut the State fair.
The leading exhibitors were c. c. Paine,
South Randolph, j. IL. Buck, East Beth |
ell, Geo. w. Durkee, Daniel Noyes, Iun- |
bridge, VIII Haynes, South Roya,ton. |
Excellent butter was shown by Nj. Il.
Griffith and Ben Tucker, Tunbridge. The |
special premiums of Sl0and 50, given by |
The Ashton Salt Co., were taken by Or
cult Bixby, Chelsea and +. Y. Dana,
Pomfret.
Fine fruit was shown by +. Y. Dana,
Pomfret ID. Z. Grant, L. w. Smith. w.
Ii. Clogston, j. b. Jones, Geo. Farnham,
NJ Preston, III Smith, Shar-
on. Honey and maple sugar by Il l
Dana, Pomfret; Aaron and Orson Whit
ney, Tunbrldge, In the grain and vege-
table department the exhibit was both
large and excellent. An especially large
exhibit of potatoes was found. + fuller,
ID I. Moves, 5 b Jones, ID + Grant, { Ii
Nav, Geo n Durkee. Orson Whitney,
+ \ Clark, Isaac Northrop,
Rovalton and L Y Dana, Pomfret were
exhibitors of vegetables. f \ Clark, W
A Farnham, Royalton; + A Woodland,
G ]. Swan, s b Jones and G J. Howe,
of grain. In floral hall was
the largest and best exhibit ever seen
here. The largest and best exhibit was
that of the Chelsea w G Il u, Mrs
Fred Dubois. Mrs + Blanchard, Mrs
J W Gabrielle, West Randolph; Mrs L.
Parish, Randolph, Mrs c Gould, Mrs
/ C Dickerman, Mrs f Wills, Mrs J q
Ashley, Mrs NJ j Sargent, Mrs ) . Bel
KNAPP. South Royalton; Mrs q " POOR,
Mass; Mrs A G Jones. Mrs
Carrie Godfrey, Mrs ID Robinson, Miss
Marion Hatch, STAFFORD Mrs Will Jones,
Mrs ii Dickerman, Mrs Z a Woodland,
Mrs Sherman Russ, Mrs Ballou, Mrs
n NJ Stewart. Mrs NJ Wight, Mrs Fred
futile, Mrs W II Clogston, Mrs Kate
Kenison, Mrs Ben Tucker, Mrs Frank
Flanders, Laura Hubbard, Ellie kibbey
and Lottie Woodland, Tunbridge were
the largest exhibitors. \ scrap basket
shown by Minnie Smith of South Royal
ton, oil paintings by Francis NJ Draper,
u wears old, of West Randolph, etching
by Mrs Fred Dubois of the same place.