Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-10-05

a pretty good quality of grapes in this
county, as the specimens shown prove.
Among the largest exhibits of ap-
pies were those made by A. o. Bailey,
T. E. Batchelder, r. M. Walker, F. P.
Cheney, Henry Cook, S. Barnum, A.
W. Estey and A. NJ. Litchfeld. Some
of this fruit is remarkable for size and
is very creditable to the producer; E.
G.. Shaw showed good grapes. Mrs.
| A Gray nice blue p1ums NJ. J. Davis
showed some fine pears.
VEGETABLES.
The Vegetable show was larger than
is often seen at this fair. There was
garden truck enough to fill several
market stalls, and it was good. A. N.
Mason showed melons and grains, in
Guiding his progress oats. III. E. Lyon,
G. w. Baker, A. w. Estey, A. O. Bar
ley, S. Barnum, A. Gray, A. n. Allen,
Henry Cook, z. FL. Shedd, r. G. Stiles,
w. w. Foster, J. E. Guild, Arthur
Gilmore, F. A Belknap, E. L. Tichurst,
and F. H. Foster each, contributed
largely to this department.
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT.
In farm machinery, ETC., there was
the usual amount and variety. j. w.
Murkland showed a large furnace
which is sold to go to So. Troy, also
two kinds of plows, with several of
his steele and iron sugar arches, which
are simple, durable and good working
arches. The Vermont Farm Machine
Co., showed several sugar arches, with
evaporators attached, the Cooley
creamers, several churns, butter work
ers, etc. etc. This company makes
farm machinery, dairy apparatus and
sugar tools a specially and makes a
great variety of useful apparatus.
| Fl. o. Whitcher showed a sulky and a
yankee plow, spring and clipper
harrow, which he sells at his store.
Aaron Drown showed his patent can't
| hook which he manufactured in this
village, large number of them being
used in the big lumber camps up the
Connecticut river. Henry Goyette of
Evansville showed a lot of finely forg-
ed horse shoes. H. Hopkins varie-
! ty of knives made at his shop. John
Mcclellan exhibited one of the new
graded moving machines. E. H. Pea
vey a very handsome buggy, finished
wood color. j. P. Baldwin occupied a
cornor in the hall, with finely carpet
ed room in which he displayed two
nice chamber sets, lounges, stuffed
furniture, carpeting, ETC., from his
factory and salesroOms. @. S. Phillips
exhibited case of guns, which show
ed excellent workm anship. Cutler &
Co., exhibited a climax evaporator
which is a new thing in the line of
sugar evaporators. Frank Hancock
exhibited the DeLaval cream separa
tor, machine driven by hand-power
which is designed for the use of ordi
nary farmers and dairymen. The
cream is separated from the fresh
milk by centrifugal power, the opera
ton being comparatively quick and
easy for the average dairy. The ma
chine shown seemed to work very
satisfactorily. The organ men furnish
ed considerable music for the hall. A.
r. Cowles, the leading musical dealer
in this county, had several organs and
a fine Mathushek piano on exhibition,
which were well played by his organ
ist. J. M. Cass of Lyndonville, who
has established good trade in instru-
ments and music merchandise, show
ed several organs and a beautiful
Smith & Clarke piano. Mr.. Bailey of
ST. Johnsbury also made a good dis
play instruments through his agent.
G. r. Moulton was doing an interest
ing business with his sewing machine,
working autographs and doing fancy
stitching on Wheeler & Wilson ma
chimes.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
In the ladies' department there was
a smaller exhibit than heretofore, but
most of the articles were very pretty
and good of their kind On the orna
mental side we mention oil paintings
by Miss Effie Seavey, who had two
paintings representing animals, which
are worthy of generous praise, Miss
Seavey is showing much talent in the
line of painting; Mrs. A. Paddock
showed two fine landscape paintings;
Miss Blanche Murkland also had two
well executed pieces, one portrait,
the other landscape; B. Ell. Lewis
showed his skill with the brush and
cOlOrs in a cleverly done picture; Mrs.
Henry Webster showed a well eXecut-
ed picture; Mrs. @. @. Stevens exhib-
Katie Cameron had three pieces of
pencil drawings, finely executed for a
girl of only ten years. In the line of
crocheted work we mention a nice
apron of Mrs. Eugene Brown; some
beautiful pillow shams by Marion Cur
rier: suspenders by Maude Mossman;
pretty skirt by Mrs. w. r. Wilmot;
Mrs. G. A. Briggs entered nine very
pretty pieces of fancy work; Mrs. w.
I. Robinson contributed generously to
this department in the fancy work
line. Miss Mabel Foss presented
seven fancy articles, all pretty. In
lace work we name articles shown by
Mary Burnham, lady of 79 years;
crocheted and knit lace by Mrs.Schuy-
Ter Bickford, Mrs. E. M. Nichols, J. D.
Nichols and others.
In the line of quilts, etc., we men
ton a child's afghan by Mrs. FL. F:
Pillsbury; beautiful silk quilt from
Mrs G. o. Grimes; two pieces of silk
patch work by Mrs. James Clement,
76 years Of age, very nice; there were
two quilts remarkable for the great
number of pieces and the work put
into them. There were several quilts
which we cannot discribe here. Effie
Russell showed a beautiful embroider
ed bed spread; there were variety
of rugs, several pieces of rag carpet
ing and good exhibits of hose, nit
tens, wooden goods and other things
of home manufacture, showing that
the women are doing some things use
full as well as ornamental. G. S. Phil
Inns had 1Ot of his stuffed birds on