Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-13
THE COUNTY FAIR.
Threatening Weather Reduces the Show
and Lessons the Attendance.
Notes of the Lending Exhibits in the Vn-
riOua Depnrtmeut----Premi List,

Juuge ABOUT the same as on the first day
last year
We are sorry to note the absence this
year of the fine animals which have been
exhibited heretofore by +. NJ. Waite, W.
f. Richardson and other parties from Brat
tleboro, and which have attracted so much
attention from the admirers of good cattle
The only cattle from Brattleboro which we
noticed were the four pairs of heavy oxen
shown by f. f. Stockwell One of these
was the pair which won the second premi
um for draft oxen at the state fair The
weight Of Mr. Stockwel's cattle was 290j
5000, 4l25, 1900 pounds. In all, about
forty pair of oxen and steers were exhih
tied. Townshend had two town teams
one of eleven yoke Of oxen, and one of
eight yoke. Newfane had one team Of ten
yoke. The first premium was awarded to
the Newfane team, aud the second to the
Iownshend team, the third prize not being
taken by the other Tuwnshcnd team be
cause not less than ten pair were allowed
to compete for team premiums. The names
of the owners of the oxen comprising these
teams aud the weight of the cattle follow:
Newtuc Tram tome pair rdciD w. r.
Bruce i2Hj, j ~ :. kenucy $3.50, Edwin
Redway $40, IT, NJ Hail 800. u. 4 Dick
lnson 1900, W K llildrrth, $40, II. r.
Merriiield $500, G.. r. Tyler 1850, Geo I'm
derwood two pairs iO:iO, hoo.
To,cnShcnd 1cum of Ten Hurs tome pair
rdcID =. Evans x Son 3lSl, r.. y. Batch
elder 3lSj. A. L. Cook 300. H. Read 3l3l,
h. x j. Derry 3lSj, \ A. Mason 3j:iS, j.
IT, Franklin 3i15, II. G. Holland 1900, H.
IT, lIobrook 3i2j, f. 5 Morse 800.
Srcond TuraSirnd Team Tone pdi,' cdchJ --
Henry Underwood 9iOS, f. t. Il f. Derry
2iHO, s. ~ Bradley 300, j. q. Follett
30Ol, NJ. C. Rediield 3lj1, j. b. Ware $500,
f.. :. Morse 3ll1.
Resides his heavy cattle in the team G +.
Tyler of Newfauc had good pair of
three years old steers weighing 912l pounds,
and another fine pair Of cattle which weigh
| ed $50. Other oxen on exhibition hut not
IN the town teams, were IA par shown 10y
h. W. Morse of New fame, weight BOO II
pair 10y j. b. Stehbins of Brookline, weight
800 IA pair Of good four years old steers
| by T. NJ. Alice of Brookline, weight 32lI
also two years old steers weighing 9OiO and
yearng steers weighing 1900 all hand
some. II. G.. Holbrook, yearlng steers 1870
| II. G. Holland ii good pair of yearlng
steers Luther Osgood and T. G.. Gushing,
each pair of steer calves.
y. II. Rutter exhibited the Butes bull,
Earl Of Portland, which he imported from
| Illinois, aud which weighs 1904 pounds
| II. 4 and C.. II. Evans, Young Portland,
Il months, weight SIS: Cleo. r.. Sanderson
Of W. Townshend, II thoroughbred year
! ling bull, weight 700. Il. G.. Cushing a
| Durham bull Of heavy weight and good
| form j. x =. kenuey. a good smooth bull
- months old weight 1910; Ernest Glea
son, one year old grade bull, past weight
| ll10, very good H. NJ. Kidder Of Wards
boro, II well-made grade lIostein bull, IL
months, weight 800 Norman Harris, a
beautiful calf, months old, weight 400
There was IA fairly good number Of COWS
and heifers ON exhibition Among the
| principal exhibitors Of these were j. Il.
Ware X Son, + G.. Cushing, Luther Os
good x Son, Z. H. Rutter, and Henry I'm
| derwOOd. L. II Rutter's exhibition was
mostly of thoroughbred stock j. b. Ware
X Son showed thoroughbred Jerseys and
Holsteins :. l.. Goodae of putney show
ed three very fine heifer calves f.. b.
Batchelder, IA good yearling heifer; r. $
Morse, l.. jackson and others, heifers and
hefer calves H. Il. Mortified had nice
fat COW weighing 1910 pounds The Who'll,
number of cattle exhibited was about llt
head
sheep. swine, Poultry.
There were eight or ten exhibitors OF
sheep, all Of which had Southdowns ol
coarse-wool grades except H. II. kimbal
of Westminster, who exhibited several fine
wool bucks. h. g. n f. ). Derry Shove,
several pens Of Southdowns Redway anc
| Whitman, Southduwns Luther Osgood 4
Sons, coarse wool buck, ewes and lambs
Other exhibitors Of sheep were II. Under
wood, Walter Park, \. I. Warren, 5. w
70,
luther ,'Ss""d ~ 7"h l'ah V,e "h"'e hel'
III tn' SWINE department VIII" 80" "''
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The hall show in both the upper and low
err rooms was much better than it was las
year, though still much less than it shout,
be. There was pretty fair show of veg
etables and fruit. We counted ~ sample
of seed corn. There were about - dllier
ent exhibitors of vegetables and seeds. !
sample of heardless barley, much resem
bling wheat, was shown by o. NJ. Read o
Wardsboro, and sample Of plump whea
from IA lot which yielded p bushels to tn
acre was shown 10y l.. +, jackson of tn
farm next below the fair ground Thu
names of nearly all the exhibitors Of arti
cles in the vegetable room will he found il
the premium list
The show of fruit was a full averag
with that in other years. j. NJ. and s. y
Kenney, q. +. Nichols, Ward II. Eager
Henry Underwood, Arthur q. Warren
Cleo. r. Sanderson, Vim. I. Bruce and Geo
Willis each showed n large variety of ap
pies Ward Eager, apples from an orchar'
100 years old Cleo. h. Sanderson, SCUM
russell apples picked last year, also som
smooth, large apples grown ON tree owe
100 years old, set out by DIR. John Hazel
ton, one of the early settlers in Yves
Tuwnshend w. K, Rand showed severa
varieties of pears Redway X Whitman
pears, grapes and apples. C.. ID. Whitman
exhibited fine samples Of sugar aud syru
from the Vermont Maple Sugar exchange
A half dozen others exhibited maple suga
aud syrup. Minnie ANA befIha BROOKS am
ulherS SHOVE" eN'el,e'V Sn'''p''S vi o"n"9
lTu'I' huuV'' was ''""" "S a'''" VI ''6'
eNn'n't"rS' AMI '"eeSe ny "'e'
Manufacture. "Il'leS were h'y enViIe'
wanting y. NJ. ha"i Ii',. h eAn''''Se'' -
Yankee plo" ahn " "lSk narr3" d ~ "
Brown Slno3thlhs mario" a. w ilo'
FORA wagon JACKS a"i t"eS' WIN wv" r-s'e
organs r'"',P'e'1 vhe "'y' ,-.., F.. -.
Inc dlsPiay III h""Seu n a'''l ,ancy aL.
cieS IN the upper nan was r"ther INN
though CONSIDERABLY larger tnal. ShaI
last year =; H. Amen c1 ,!'' III
collection OF mowers, 'h''un'ns iarBe v"
rlety "i glahi"I; Phl'N' listers, eI'' ,,- Mr'
>. ~ WINS Oh Ne"lahe eAnl'','e, ~ va
rlrtleS oi MOWERS anu several uvne,S ~ ~!
trihuIed handsome pouquetS' ruanN r'S >
showed RUINED grouse, anu Mrs, D.
higgins specimens "I taN"er"'y' Art"u
o. Howe eNhlo,ieu SPec'i''e n vi ""la .'.,
photography Mrs freu rlerce c1ntri'