Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-22
The Lyndonville Fair.

protracted shower: here we are un~
der obligations to the Union for most
of the following:
The Lyndon fair, while taking
some from the Johnsbury show, has
brought up a new crop of exhibitors
in all the departments, who really
astonish spectators with the excel
Ience of their exhibits. When one
really gets at the merits of Caledonia
County he finds enough to be proud
of, and very little to apologize for.
1t will rank among the best in the
state in general agriculture, while in
fancy stock, skillful needle work,
homely men anu beautiful women it
belongs very near the head. Hurrah
for Old Caledonia
The weather on Tuesday was
rather discouraging to those seeking
only entertainment, and must have
largely reduced the crowd of sight
seers from what it would have been
Oh good day, and it doubtless kept
away some exhibitors. If so this
show would have been simply i'm
mense with different weather. Rare
ly has a finer agriculture exhibit
been made in the county, all depart
ments considered And the
the crowd-why, Notwithstanding the
elements 1900 people were on the
ground on Tuesday.
In the stock department all told
there were 329 entries according to
the books, but this embraces prob
ably 1900 to 1900 animals.
The parade on the track was a
grand surprise to every one. Where
did they all come from? The band
led the way followed by about 40
stations, 4 gray Percberons in the
| lead, then came 60 mares and colts,
followed by q good show of road
sters. Next followed the cattle,
about so yokes Of oxen and steers
and a few monster and ugly looking
bulls. The parade Strengthened out
into comfortably marching form, oc-
cupied over three-quartars of the
half-mile track. There were no oxen
of over 1900 pounds per yoke, but
there was a Hereford bull, from the
Harris herd, which weighs 1850
pounds, and Shonoyo's yearling Hol-
stein would weigh about 800.
All conceded that it was the larg-
est and most attractive show of STALL
ions ever seen in this part of the
| state. The mares and colts were not
much behind them. In fact taken
as a whole, trotters excepted, it was
probably the largest and finest show
ever collected in Caledonia county
fair. This was the talk among the
horse men who ought to know.
The pens and yards on the east
and south side of the track were all
full. A. & w. A. Bemis had in one
ward "a as fine cream colored Jerseys
as we ever saw. In the next yard
were II of the Ingalls, Brothers Jer-
seys, clear up in breeding. Those
BOYS are mistaken if better Jerseys
have been invented. In another yar6
l.. B. Harris had herd of 60 Here.
fords, animals which have scoOpeC
the premiums in many county anC
State fairs. They would make 6
full Seattle fair" all by themselves
In other yards A. t. Evans hac
10 Durhams j. E. Simpson 10; G
E. Ruggles 8. One never gets tiret
looking at herd of well bred Dur
hams, and these three herds ar
among the best.
The big sheep owned B. c. Howard
of Apple Grove, p. O., was on shoy
and attracted many visitors Th
average Cotswold and Southdowl
sheep weigh about $50 pounds. Thi
sheep a border Leicester carries 52-
pounds, shears about 20 pounds 0
wool, girths feet s inches, is about
3 feet high and about 5 feet long
This was a sight worth looking at
The sheep on the grounds belonge
mainly to Harris who had 125 splen-
did looking Shropshires In one pen
and 25 classed off in other places
A. T. Evans showed a few fine one
of the same blood. There were sey
eral lots of very good coarse woods
There were AZ entries of cacklel
and quackers, and they made spler
did show. In fact it rather surpris
ed us in quantity and quality. LII
, exhibitors were Ben. Lincoln, Ell
tries; E.'G. Parker, l; t. W. Pal
ker 2; j. w. Eastman, I'll. Z. WI
son, 10; A. t. Evans, 3; A. Q. Ha
ris, 5; J. S. Butler, 3; Rufus Young
l; F. w. Stoddard, 2; A. w. Blu
rington, 4.
The Floral hall was made by tt
ladies' one of the most attracuN
: rooms seen on any fair ground th
season. The entries numbering son
500. 1t was surprise to the thror
5 of visitors constantly passing throue
+ the hall. In one respect it was
: pecially pleasing, the articles we
: new and didn't bear the appearan
n of having been on exhibition ye
J. after year.
n 1t is pleasing to note the gain
It fruit raising in the northern part
; the county. The show of appl
: here was quite large and very goo