St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-17
THE RYEGATE FAIR.

NyeSdIe ySSlSIOdy anu COHlIIuCS
through today. The attendance
was good for the first day, and there
was every indication of successful
exhibition. A representative of the
CALIFORNIAN visited the fair ground
Yesterday and CLEANED some informa
ton in regard to the exhibits.
FLORAL HALL.
In the ladies' department of Floral
hall there were 80 entries; among
which may be noted the following:
A beautiful wax Masonic emblem
shown by Mrs. ]. F. Whitehill;
1ooking-glass frame handsomely
painted in oil, by L. Quint; silk
patchwork pillows by Misses Nelson
and Gibson, and Mrs. Vance afghans
by Mrs. B. Manchester, Clara Dick
son and Clara Randall; crazy quilts
by Mrs. c. B. Smith and Mrs. Geo.
Cochrane; oil paintings by Mrs. F.
Dodge, Mrs. Cochrane and others;
crayon drawings by Isle Doe; drawn
mats by Mrs. o. Kicker and Mrs. T.
Nelson; also a number of stockings,
gloves, mittens, etc; a quilt COM
posed of 1925 pieces made by Mrs.
Mary Beals, 90 years old, and ex-
hibited by Mrs. E. w. Merrill, a fine
ly wrought table scarf by Bertha ].
McColl, also two others prettily
made; one wedding shoe worn by
the grandmother of the late Mr..
Bliss. now in the possession of Mrs.
Lucy Bliss of Groton; skirt made at
Preston in 1857, by Martha Brown,
- years of age; lace apron by L. ].
Meader
There was large and handsome
showing of vegetables and fruit.
Among the exhibitors in this depart
ment were G. Morrison, Scott OAR
ling, o. H. Renfrew, c. D. Paige, J.
B. Nelson, Mrs. c. ]. Nelson. The
display of potatoes was especially
fine, and two of the largest exhib-
itors were Lydia Brown and Vim.
Terry. A Renfrew showed a pump
kin of enormous size. A. H. Gibson
showed 20 varieties of apples, and
Vim. McLane also displayed 20 vari
cites of apples, two of pluns and one
of pears. w. N. West showed a
basket of white plums, and Geo.
Kicker and A. H. Gibson also made
an exhibit of plums. There was a
creditable display of maple sugar
and syrup, and among those exhibit
ing canned fruit were R. c. Rowell,
plums; Mrs. c. D. Paige, crab APP
pies; Mrs. S. futile, pickles; Mrs. w.
A. Gilfllan, raspberries and currants.
There were ten entries of print but
ter, namely, by Albert Hall, O. H.
Renfrew, Mrs. G. n. Park, George
Cochrane, R. c. Howell, A. Buchan-
an, Brock brothers, Mrs. c. J. Mel
son, L. B. Manchester, A. GilfiIlan.
There were four entries of box butter
Geo. Cochrane, c. D. Paige, Brock
brothers and Mrs. c. J. Nelson; of
ornamental butter two exhibits, by
Mrs A Buchanan and Clara Gibson.
A new feature of Floral Hall this
year was a department for boys
under sixteen years of age. There
were sixteen entries in this branch
Among the exhibits were two pecks
of potatoes, three squash, three cab
bages, one string corn, and one
general entry of five kinds of vege-
tables, by the two Gilfllan boys;
apples by L. G. Sly string pop corn
and three pumpkins by L. B. Nor
rison; potatoes by Herbert Gibson;
three turnips and three squashes by
Nelson Cochrane; sweet corn by
John Bone; pop corn by Cloud Mel
son. The boys took hold of the
matter in splendid shape and deserve
much credit for what they did for the
fair.
J. F. Dutton of Montpelier exhibit
ed two Estey organs for A. L. Bailey
Of st. Johnsbury. Harvey Wiley of
Wells River showed the Mason &
Hamlin organ, and the White sewing
machine was shown by w. Terry.
There was large showing of grains
of all kinds.
THE HORSES.
This department was creditablv
full and included some good speci-
mems of horsefesh. Among the ex-
hibitOrs of stations were @. G. Mel
son, ]. E. Stevens, H. 3. Livingston,
Geo. Lance of South Woodbury. who
showed the stallion Fearnaught,)
Fisk brothers, w. J. Roy, o. E.
Broadway, S. H. Lyford, S. NJ. Cole
and 6. w. Darling. w. ]. Smith
showed a four-year-old mare, with
Golden colt by her side; R. NJ.
Norwood, a Fearnaught colt; E. S.
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