Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-27
THE HALIFAX TOWN FAIR.
The Weather Clerk Puts Up a Good Day
Aud the surprised People Put Up n
Good show.


As the weeks and months roll by and
September approaches, the old resident of
Halifax that has gone away from his early
home, impelled by the desire of better ia
cllities for making money, or the restless
Yankee instinct Of "swarming," begins to
think it is about time to revisit his old home,
FOR despite the depression in business and
other changes, old Halifax still has charms.
Like the vase in which roses have once been dis
titled,
You may break, you may shatter the vase II YOU
will
But the scent Of the roses will hang round it still"
And fair time" has become a very good
time for making neglected visits and hold
ing family reunions. Among the many
present we noticed Charles Worden of Gal
latin, Mo-, Mr. and Mrs Albert Worden
Hyde Park, Mass, Geo. Hillman, Hard
wick, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs Charlie Stone,
l.ittletOn, N. H., and scores of others from
nearer points that do not come to Halifax
except at fair time"
The horses were good f. II. Aldrich of
Wilmington showed span of colts--one
4-years old, 23O lbs, the other 5-years old
ll40 lbs r. O. Wilcox showed his fine
span of colts which weighed 20S0 lbs also
two 4-year olds one weighing 100 and the
other 1900 pounds; G. o. Thurber showed
4-years old, ll30 lbs Alvin johnson,
Marlboro, one 100 lbs. o. f. Gates show
ed years old, $50 lbs w. f. Clark
good years old, S1l lbs, and Will Higley
fine one, 9G0 lbs. Several good yearings
were shown: Geo. II. Phillips Of Cole
raine, 696 lbs IA good one ID. f.. Tucker,
SlS lbs nice one The show Of sucking
colts 10y Joel Simpson Of Nottingham, d.
b. Collins, A. N Day, aud lots of others,
N. n.l1.
Il brood mare, IA 3 years-old, aspeedy2 years
old, yearling aud sucker.
The show of stock was well up to the
average, the cattle being in good condition.
We are Obliged to omit mention of many
very worthy exhibits by reason of some of
the tickets being carelessly fastened, or
safely slowed away in the owners pockets
Z. Hall x Son showed eight Jokes of cattle
of various ages, and we think there would
be Il good place for a buyer to go. Q. f.
Griffin showed yoke of six years old oxen,
1900 lbs, particularly fine and nice, also
good pair of 3 year Odds, 2770 lbs. h. q.
Preston IA pair of 3 year Odds, nice ones.
81 10 lbs; Geo. NJ Scott, 3-year Odds, 27S2
lbs; II. +. Learnard showed "a close built
pair Of 3year Odds, 1884 lbs Charles Stacy
showed several good dairy cows, also year
ling bull, S46 lbs Daniel Collins also showed
"A good bull Heifers were shown by l..
w. Sumner, J. ~ Plumb and Charles Stacy.
\ handsome COW was shown by A. A. Hill,
and l.. b. Hall showed some good heifers
There was but one pen of sheep, by d. b.
Collins and Of all the hogs owned in town,
not one was shown on the ground.
Frank Potter showed six coops of poul
try, consisting of white, red and brown leg
horns, Hamburgs, Bautams and Black
Spanish b. Barber x Son showed some
Plymouth Rocks that were large and sub
stantial \. A. Hill showed some white
Wyandottes, and 4. X Powers some white
Pekn ducks.
The hall was not quite so well filled as in
previous years, for which We can safely lay
the blame upon the prodgality of rain
which has fallen this summer, rendering it
difficult to raise nice crops. From the dis
play of corn stalks should Judge that
the corn, at least, has been trying 10 grow
up out of the way of the wet. Miss Nettie
J. Scott exhibited stalk of corn measur-
ing Is feet inches some True Leaning
corn by ID. II. Woodland, western dent corn
by B. Barber x Son, and A. Preston was
not far behind in height, Mr. BARRIERS corn
having ripe ears thereon. ID. II. Woodland
had some Russian suntlowers nearly as high,
with heads nearly Is inches across Rev.
A. w. Goodnow some Ne Plus Ultra corn,
one stalk Of which had five well developed
ears.
There was good display of flowers, both
cut and ported, u description of which we
will leave for the premium list. Maple sug
ar was shown by +. A. Fitch of Whining
ton. Mrs. w. G. Niles showed some gran.
uated maple sugar that was white and
nice j. n. Plumb showed some maple
syrup made from crystalzed sugar, which
was as clear and white as we imagine ICON
densed" water might be. There were two
exhibits of honey, by NJ. Wicks and A. c.
Niles Bees have not had an opportunity
to store much sweet this year, some bee
keepers being obliged To feed their bees in
the honey season Mrs l.. Adams Shove
some fine looking cheese +. A. Fitch some
nice butter. The show of tomatoes was
unusually good. We saw two new varie-
ties, cherry tomato by b. Barber x Son,
that was hardly large enough to eat, and a
peach tomato 10y l.. NJ. Woodland that was
unlike anything shown here before. Frank
lin Stetson showed a basket containing %
varieties of vegetables from which very
comfortable boiled dinner could he formu
lated. NJ. Powers showed 10 varieties of
potatoes, several varieties Of turnips, six
pumpkins, squashes, buck wheat, beans,
etc. Collections of apples were shown
by b. Barber x Son. A. Preston, c. H.
| Higley, BERTHE Learnard and 4. o. Pres
ton. d. H. Woodland showed two golden
globe turnips, one of which weighed ID lbs,
the other | lbs. white pineapple squash,
10 lbs two California Jumbo pumpkins,
one 43 lbs, the other 33 lbs, and an i'm
mense seed radish, which was about ~
inches long and five inches in diameter.
Rev. A. w. GoodnOOw showed a queer look
ing squash called cocozette. G.. II. Higley
showed huge cabbage.
The Estey organ was shown by w, B.
Eddy, Brattleboro.
The fancy work was little bewildering
| to u.s. and we find ourselves rather at fault
| for descriptive terms. Several fine speci-
mems of Kensington stitch were shown by
Misses Eva Griffin, Helen Thurber, Ola
Brown. and Mrs. John Bowen of Coleraine,
Mass, "a fine looking shoe bag by Miss Ber-
tina Griffin, fine embroidered rug by Mrs.
+. S. Allen of Nottingham, handsome rag
carpet by Mrs II. S. Plumb, and a pretty
drawn rug by Mrs. r. j. Donelson, Cole
raine Patience personihed was exhibited
in the shape of bedquilt 10y Miss Emma
Wheeler containing 1896 pieces A fine
piece of crochet work was shown in a slum-
Der robe by Miss Mary Folett The dis
I
well shown, and would have borne inspec-
ton by more critical judges. We would
more particularly speak of the work of Mrs.
Geo. l.. Clark and Miss Sarah Hail. hut
space forbids Mrs. NJ Wicks showed IA
piece of velvet work in the shape of "a lam.
brequin. Clark K Ballou showed samples
of their celebrated sheepskin boots and init
tens.
OF antiquarian relics, n. II. Shepardson
| showed loom harness and reed, ancient Ian
| tern, inkstand teapot, sugar bowl and
| school hooks: Frank Potter an earthen
milk pan said to he 100 years old also a
cane whitfield out with great care.
The speech at > O'Clock was by f. NJ.
Thompson of Colerane, Mass. Being a
farmer himself, Mr. Thompson gave good,
sound, common sense talk upon farming,
| and well sustained his points that New Eng
land was a better dwelling place than the
Arthur f. Cook showed a pair of train
| ed steers in way that was good evil
dence that they had seen him before. The
| trial of speed was participated in by V. ID.
Thompson, Heath, +. Alexander, Coleraine,
and 4. w. White, Heath. The various
| gambling institutions that usually attend
/ fairs must have been drowned out, for they
we're not present. A new attraction for
curiosity seekers was some live Arctic seals
Good order prevailed, and there was hut
little evidence OF boot leggers."
Music was furnished by the Jacksonville
cornet band, Harry Corkins, leader.
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