St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10

T piano and a n an
Esty organ. Mrs. Hamilton Brock
played these instruments and pleased
a large number with her selections.
Mr.. Bailey's exhibit showed off we'll.
]. NJ. Cass of Lyndonville also had
a fine exhibit of pianos and organs,
showing a Baus, Shoninger and
Brown & Simpson pianos and the
Worcester and Carpenter organs.
There was plenty of good music in
these handsome instruments and an
appreciative crowd around them.
John H. Carpenters exhibit of
Smith-American pianos was an ex-
cellent one and that beautiful plush
piano was the admiration of all. He
had two instruments on exhibition,
one being in a mahogany case.
The little wooden locomotive and
tender made by J. ]. Guild was
a wonderful piece of mechanism and
attracted considerable attention.
Every detail from the headlight to
the coupling bar is in exact imita-
ton of a railroad locomotive, and
the youthful designer is sure of a
premium.
Brown & Spaulding had a fine ex-
hibition of their work, including
photos, views etc.
The butter exhibit was good, as
usual, and showed that Vermont is
still at the front as a dairy state.
The ornamental butter was original
in design and evinced considerable
skill in execution.
1t was pleasing to notice that
most of the fancy work this year is
new and deserving. Old articles
that have been exhibited every year
for two decades have not appeared
this year. Rugs, mats, table spread,
knit goods, crazy quilts, sofa pill
lows, banners, tides, pillow shams,
lambrequins etc, were among the
most n~umerously exhibited articles.
William A. Thompson has charge
of Floral hall this year and he has
proved himself equal to the occasion.
He has several able assistants.
The oil paintings were numerous
and many of them were of real artis-
tic value.
There were $50 entries in Floral
hall this year or about % more than
last season.
One of the most admired of all the
exhibits of Floral hall was a collec-
ton of silk worm and the
raw silk entered by an East Burke
lady. There is probably no other
person in the state that raises silk
worms and this lady has nearly a
thousand silk worms. The silk was
wound at Northampton, Mass.
Tuesdays Races.
The first race of the fair was one of
the closest contests of all the trots of
the three days. There were five en-
tries and six heats were necessary to
decide the contest. H. A. Folsom's
three.vear old, by Golden, vas the
favorite and won two out of the six
heats. Gen. CIRCUITS Roadster, a
fve-year-old, by Rex Patchen, won
the race. This race was for horses
that had never trotted for money;
$50 to the first, So to the second
and SO to the third. The score:
B Bs5. W sss & S4s :; SssRasrd:5 3 3 : : 2
Lady Golden J Montg'y.s 8 8 DR..
2.5sa4; 2.5719.
The other race of Tuesday was the
2.4O class for a purse of $50, $50 to
first, $50 to second, and $40 to
third. Gen. CIRCUITS Opal, by Henry
S, came near winning this race too,
getting second money and winning
two heats. Gen. Grout was in the
judges stand and was much inter
ested in the way his horses per-
formed. The score:
5 5gss? sfa aoyi :; F ss~3 ! : :
Little Gray, Chas. E. Kirk....s I DIR.
Time: 2.4a1a; PAP; 2.41; 2.42A; 2.4o.
Wednesdays Races.
The track was in fine condition
and some excellent time was made
by the horses. The first ace was a
new n this vec.r and here the fast
est time of the day was made. 1t
was a stallion race, 2.33 class, for
$3.50, $50 to the first, $50 to the
second and $25 to the third. The
race was won by Rexton, owned by
Emmett Hill of West Concord,