The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-10
Union Agricultural Society Fair.

The fourteenth annual fair of this society,
commonly called the Worlds Fair" was
held at Tunbridge last week Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, and like its
predecessors, was a perfect success. The
opening day was stormy, yet many came
early from a distance, and before night
there was a very respectable attendance.
The fog of Wednesday undoubtedly de-
tered many from coming, but the attend
ance was larger than on Tuesday.
The exhibition was large and meritorious
in all departments.
CATTLE.
In the class for thoroughbred cattle, the
herds of Devons shown by NJ. +, Preston of
STAFFORD and John p. Fish Of Washington,
and the herd of Jerseys shown by Luke
Parish, were especially meritorous. w. A.
Farnham of Royaton showed few Iol-
stems. Excellent grade cattle We're shown
by Aaron Whitney, G. w. Smith, James L.
Farnham, George S. Granger, A. u. Salter
x Son, Ben Tucker and A. A. Northrop Of
Tunbridge; ID. w. Cowdery. w. A. Farm
ham, viii Haynes of Royalton NJ. f. Pres
ton of STAFFORD. j. II. Buck of East Bethel,
o. BiXby of Chelsea. Washington took first
and RoyaltOn second premium for town
teams. The Washington team was com
posed Of twelve Jokes Of fine Devons of
dark red color, all sired 10y John =. Fishs
bull and all from one school district. The
YokeS Were all painted light blue. Ben
r.
of Royalton took premiums for working
cattle. The four-year-od steers shown by
James l.. Farnham of Tunbridge and f.. G.
Ballou Of RoyaltOn took premiums. Frank
MOnlton Of Tunbridge and James G.. Bing-
ham of Royaton showed fat cattle, as did
Daniel Robinson of STAFFORD. Nice trained
steers were also shown 10y John ID. Ballou
and Lyman Burbank Of Chelsea, ID. w. Cow
derry of RoyaltOn, w. a. Carlisle of Ran
dOlph, y. ID. Newman Of Washington and
Thomas w, Smith and Silas b. Jones of
Tunbridge s. Il. Slack of South Royalton
and George Granger of Tunbridge won pre-
miums in the blowing match with oxen.
HORSES.
The exhibit of horses was very large and
good. The old Peters Morgan. fifteen years
old, owned by w Il. Holden of East Ran
Hutchinson, owned by j. b. Sargent of
Tunbridge, second premium for stations
showing five colts. Peters Morgan de-
serves more than passing notice, he being
one of the purest-bred Morgan horses living
and possessed of all the good points that
made the Morgans in earlier days so much
noted. George w. Bradstreet of Royaton
showed Blackhawk Prince, perfect speci-
men of the Blackhawk horse. Percherons
and Cleveland Boys We're shown by John
ID. Ballou, Lyman Burbank, NJ. G. Allen
and George Folsom of Chelsea, NJ. NJ
Miller < Son of West Fairlee, A. p. Salter
& Son of Tunbridge. o. III Goodale and f.
A. Woodward of Tunbridge won the pre-
miums in the blowing match with horses.
SHEEP.
The exhibit was large and excellent. S.
p. Durkee OF Tunbridge and Charles Ma
COON of Orange had fine hocks of Cotswolds;
II. Dickerman of Tunbridge, Charles Tar
bell of South Royalton, Southdowns; w. A.
Farnham of Royalton, Shropshires: E. s.
oil of hui Ittlyn Do riuh of POI,
dolph, fine tlocks of Merinos. Grade coarse
woods were shown by Charles Smith and
A. p. Woodwork of Tunbrdge, Charles
Magoon of Orange, and o. BiXby of Chelsea.
Grade fine woods by Il. Y. Dana of Pomfret,
George S. Granger, Aaron Whitney and
Thomas w. Smith of Tunbridge.
SWINE.
The small but fine exhibit of swine was
by Crayton Belknap, William Farnham and
b. C. Latham of Royalton and Orvis Row
ell of Tunbridge.
POULTRY
The exhibit of poultry was equal to that
at the state fair The principal exhibitors
were c. G.. Paine of South Randolph, j. H..
Buck of East Bethel, George w. Durkee,
Daniel Moves and Frank j. Hoyt of Tun-
bridge, Will Haynes of Royalton.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Mason Griffith and Ben Tucker of Tun-
bridge showed excellent butter Charles
Smith and Elihu Fuller of Tunbridge fine
cheese The special premiums given by
the Ashton Salt Company were taken by
circuit Bixby of Chelsea and E. Y Dana of
Pomfret
FRUITS, GRAIN AND VEGETABLES.
Excellent fruit was shown by f. Y. Dana
of Pomfret; NJ. f. Preston of STAFFORD; Ell
thu Fuller Hugh Dickerman, George Farm
ham, S. b. Jones, Thomas W. Smith,
Daniel Grant and William Clogston of Tun-
bridge; Harvey Smith of Sharon.
Daniel Noyes, S. b. Jones, f. A. Wood
ward, George Swan, c.. b. May, o. p. Grant,
Il. Fuller, L. w. Smith, Frank May, Orson
Whitney and Ben Tucker of Tunbridge;
c. A. Taft of North Randolph; and f. w.
Clark of Royalton We're the principal eXhib-
itors of grain and vegetables, and all were
excellent.
FLORAL HALL.
In the floral hall was one of the best ex-
hibits ever seen here. The leading exhibit
was that of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union of Chelsea. Large and eX-
cellent exhibits were made by Mrs. Fred
Dubois, Mrs f. G. Blanchard and Mrs. j.
w. Gabrielle of West Randolph Mrs. Luke
Parish of Randolph: Mrs. George w. Poor
of Haverhill, Mass; Mrs l.. c. Dickerman,
Mrs. f. Wills, Mrs. NJ j. Sargent, Mrs G..
S. Gould, Mrs. j. o. Belknap, Mrs. j. G..
Ashley of South Royalton; Mrs. A. C..
Jones, Carrie Godfrey, Mrs. Daniel Robin
son, Marion Hatch of Strafford; Alice Marsh
of Sharon; Mrs. S. w. Ross, Mrs. NJ. Wight,
Mrs. w. H. Jones, Mrs. Fred futile, Efte
Kibbey, Kate Kenison, Mrs. w. H. Clogs
ton, Laura Hubbard, Lottie Woodland, Mrs
Frank Flanders, Mrs. Myra Dickerman of
Tunbrdge; Mrs. j. w. Waldo of Royaton
A map drawn with pen in 1890 by Mary A.
Converse, now Mrs. j. X. Parish of Ran
dolph embroidery, by Eflie Richardson of
Gaysvile and Mrs. W. p. Townsend of
Chelsea; paintings by Mrs. Salome of Gays
vile and Frances NJ. Draper, twelve years
old, of West Randolph, attracted much at
tention.
THE RACES
were good, but, as the track was heavy, not
very fast time was made, Following is a
summary:
STATIONS.
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FoUR-yEAR-oLD HORSES.
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