Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-11


TRY AND 50 On ELSE
WHERE.
Floral hall blossomcd out this year as
it never did before. Both floors of the
spacious building were used and fully
occupied. The most of the vegetables
and fruit was upstairs. l.. ID. Blackmer
of Orwell had magnificent display of
potatoes, so varieties, and a fine show of
vegetables. George Wright of Wey-
bridge had noteworthy exhibit of fruit.
including 80 varieties of apples, If Of
pears, five of grapes and six of plums
On this floor were many sorts of grain,
seed corn, vegetables, canned fruit, and
three very handsome sleighs shown by
j. w. Langlois of Shoreham.
a prominent feature of the down
stairs portion of floral hall was the oil
paintings. Miss Agnes Peake of Middle
bury had perhaps the largest single dis
play; Mrs. O. +. Porter of Cornwall and
her pupils had the largest variety, in
cluding painting on china and canvas.
Other exhibitors were Mrs. Allison Web
ster of Whiting and Miss Hattie j. De
Long of West Cornwall. This portion
of the show attracted much attention and
deserved it. Potted plants were shown
by Mrs. L. Il. Clay of Middlebury and
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flowers by Mrs. Clay and Miss Mary Gee
of the village, Mrs. Goff of East Middle
bury and Mrs. Tucker of Middlebury.
V. V. Blackmer of Orwell, the only ex-
hibtor, had a fine collection of comb and
strained honey. c. 4. Bruya of Middle
bury showed a comfortable that is mar
vel of patient work. 1t is made of inlaid
woods and contains 30l6 pieces. The
collection of birds made by the late Ches
ter Parkill of Cornwall was another
drawing exhibit. The experiment sta
ton at Burlington had display that was
the center of much interest. Most prom
inent in it were specimens of maple
sugar, the poorest of which contained GG
and the best 96.4 per cent of pure sugar.
The station finds that the percentage de-
pends upon the temperature at which
the product is sugared off, but as this
depends in turn on the earliness or late
ness of the run and other considerations
they arc not yet prepared to give specific
information on this point. Other speci-
mems showed the composition of milk
and milk products, and still Others smut
OH oats, barley and corn. scab on apples
and pears, the spot disease of the straw
berry, the black knot on the plum, apple
rust, etc., for all of which diseases the
station bulletins give remedies. The
ladies of the region had on hand more
than the usual amount of fine work in
outlining, knitting, drawn work, hand
some quilts, etc. Mrs. c. j. Matthews
of Middlebury had an especially large
display of needlework. Mr.. Calhoun of
Middlebury showed the Blanchard cream
ers, which are meeting with large sale !;
b. b. Hope, specimens of substantial and
handsome furniture from his rooms (;
Mckannon Bros. of Burlington and the
Estey Organ Co. of Rutland, organs and
pianos. \ main feature in the center of
the hall was the exhibit of Bailey's music
rooms, Burlington. In their collection of
instruments was beautiful Ivers & Pond
piano, finished in antique mahogany.
The design of the case was simply per-
feet; the heavy hand carvings in the
panels is something entirely new. The
tone seems round and full, and the play
ing of our young townsman, Mr.. Sawyer,
held large and admring audience
around this exhibit continually. The
manager, II. w. Hall, was present, to-
gether with his veteran salesman, w. O.
Whitmarsh. These gentlemen needed no
introduction to our people, as they haye
exhibited at our fairs for the last ten
years.
out III lilc ccltcr VI lhe STOuilus were
the implements, ETC., of one sort and an
other. A. b. Smith of Middlebury had
Milburn wagons and variety of lighter
vehicles. Allan Calhoun of Middebury
showed the Champion wagons and the
Oliver plows, and Farnsworth Il Co. of
Middlebury the Wood mower, horse rake
and tedder and variety of plOws. l..
X. Adams of Middlebury had small
house showing the different kinds of steel
siding and roofing which he sells. L. G..