Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-25
HALIFAX TOWN FAIR.
Orc of the Best Shows in the History
of the Society.
Fine Weather, Large Attcndnn e, and
Everybody Satisfied.

Fine Weather, "A Large Attcndnn e, and
Everybody Satisfied.
The Halifax Agricultural society held
their twelfth annual fair Tuesday the 22l.
Uncle Jerry Rusk gave them n fine day.
and the streets of the quiet little hamlet of
West Halifax were filled with people who
came to see typical New England cattle
show. The society sustained their hard
earned reputation and all went home salts
fed. The wheel horses target rifles, no
ton peddlers, candy stands, oyster tents,
etc, swept in the shekels, and all went
merrily. The threatening weather pre-
vented some from bringing stock so that
the cattle exhibit was not quite so large as
in previous years.
The show of horses was fine. Lovers of
good horses come here to get points, know
ing by previous experience what they would
find. L. II Ballou showed five pens of
horses, eight in all. Nancy" the source
of them all, was dropped in 1871 with
such ancestry as Neptune" "Green
Mountain Eagle" Vermont Black
Hawk" etc. Her latest, by Victor"
weighed 374 pounds. One of her colts had
two young; the oldest, by "Victor," one
year old, weighed ga pounds. Her suck
ling, by "Braintree Wilkes" standard bred
under rule seven, weighed 36S pounds. A
four-y ear-old, sired by "Victor," weighed
1920. He has the ability to 'get there"
\ three-year-old by "Victor' weighed 032
and two-year-old 922. A. A. Larrabee
showed a pretty colt, sired by Earl Lam
bert two years old, weight $50 pounds.
f. II. Thurber showed two good colts by
McClelan's Leon" One three years old
weighed 1854 pounds, one two years old
Ra ahA -aI q,
bouncing yearling of Percheron ancestry,
weighing $50. X. NJ. Barnes, Whiting
ham, showed brood mare with good
colt by 'Grandee." A. f. Eames showed
a close-built two-year-old, weight 40. G..
Thompson, Elm Grove, Mass, showed a
four-year-old that was immense (why not?) /;
he weighed 1130. f. l.. Burlington of
South Nottingham showed a good brood
mare and colt. II. Stowe showed fine
large colt six years old, weighing 1890, and
a yearling, 800 pounds. +. A. Pike, Cole
raine, Mass, showed a brood mare and
yearling weighing 742, and a sucking, 800
pounds, both by Coombss Leo r.
Crosier showed matched pair of grays
three years old, both by the Mclean
horse, the two weighing 1862; A. A. Fair
banks a two-year-old, $40 pounds. NJ.
Harris showed good carriage horse: w.
w. Stowe showed five horses, four sired by
'Nictor,' and a yearing by "Braintree
Wilkes" Oscar Hubbard had brood
mare with sucking, weighing ISL; ID. b.
Collins had good brood mare and colt;
II. w. Moore, Elm Grove, Mass, showed
sleek four-year-old, 1864; c. II. Learnard
showed three-year-old, 9S3, and a year
ling, 600; c. j. Calvin two-year-old, $50;
&. II. Phillips, Line, Mass, three-year
old, 1850 pounds; ID. 4. Tucker showed a
good brood mare with two of her colts.
j. y. Plumb showed pen of nice south
down sheep, and ID. b. Collins good year
ling buck which weighed $50. This COM
prised the sheep exhibit which would not
have suffered in comparison with Others
Milton Powers showed pen of jersey
cattle, one a nine-months-old bull with a
written pedigree from Morgan Victor HUI
go, also a fine Devon calf Fletcher Stone
had pen of substantial looking cows. l..
H. Ballou showed a nice COW; y. f. Thur
Der a pretty pair of four-months-old steers,
weight 600; A. \. Fairbanks a pair of
yearings, no. r. Q. Wilcox showed
pair of steers of which he may well be
proud. They were II months OLD and
weighed 1870. d. b. Collins showed a
fancy matched pair of steers, two years
old; O. p. Hubbard a Durham bull year
ling, weight 70S. c. F. Griffin showed a
registered Durham bull two years old,
weight 1900.
Space forbids but slight mention of the
oxen. j. E. Bowen of Coleraine, Mass,
Luther Adams, W. E. Higley, f. S. Cook,
b. Barber IL Son, p. Hall and c. f. Crit
fin showed some good tivc-year-old oxen,
the two latter yoke marking the same,
$40, but we think we should prefer Mr..
Griffin's. d. f. Tucker showed two yoke
six and seven years old. ID. S. Worden
and sons showed four yoke of various ages.
Many other yoke worthy of notice are
omitted.
A general survey of the hall showed
that embroidery and household articles
were not as fully represented as in previous
years, but the fruit exhibit was very good.
Mrs. Oscar B. Dix had basket of fruit,
consisting of apples, pears, grapes, peach
es, ounces, ETC., 80 different kinds in all.
Apples were shown by G. A. Barber, A.
Preston, G. H. Higley, A. A. HILL Milton
Powers, c. F. Griffin and d. 5. WOrden;
pears by A. Preston, G.. A. Barber, o. b.
Dix, C. F. Griffin and E. II. Niles; ounces
by Milton Powers, G. A. Barber and A.
Preston; grapes by c. L. Donelson of Cole
raine, Preston Stowe, and NJ. Powers;
peaches by O. b. Dix and G. A. Barber;
cranberries by r. w. DeWolfe. We no.
ticed a dish of red raspberries by Miss
Nettie Whitney which, although much out
of season, were all on the stalks, showing
that they really were fresh. Milton Pow
ers showed Is varieties of potatoes; c. l..
Akley, West Brattleboro, 10 varieties; n.
\. Hill and +. O. Hill each two varieties.
Cabbages were shown by A. c. Jones, j.
Calvin and NJ. Powers. A. A. Hill show
ed two King of the mammoth pumpkins,
weighing respectively 80 and 80 pounds;
NJ. Powers also showed several varieties.
Squashes were exhibited by c. F.. Griffin,
NJ. Powers and w. w. Stowe; cucumbers
by John Calvin; onions by NJ. Powers and
G.. \. Barber. The seed corn was the best
in quality and quantity ever shown here.
Specimens were shown by f. O. Preston,
G.. A. Barber, ID. S. Worden, r. j. Phil
lips, O. b. Dix, c. II. Higley, d. f. Tuck
er and NJ. Powers. Sweet corn was shown
by NJ. Powers and A. Preston. W. f.
Perry showed nine varieties of beans.
Beans were also shown by NJ. Powers, a.
A. Hill and Preston Stowe. c. F. Griffin
had some good samples of oats and buck
wheat. Six varieties of jelly were shown
by Mrs. Lizzie Olden; honey by Israel
Stowe.
c. O. Thurber made the only exhibit of
maple sugar in this town. 1t was in cakes
and graduated form, and was particularly
choice. Mrs. c. O. Thurber showed some
good cheese. Mrs j. +. Bowen of Line,
haI