News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-09-17

Alieh urlNerS, WHICH VIII appear IN
public tomorrow CThursday) will be
a particularly pleasing sight.
The program of to-day includes in
spection of the stock and Floral Hall
exhibits, draft oxen contest, two
races and numerous other attrac-
tions.
The races are in the 3-minute and
$40 class, five entries in each and
will be of considerable interest. Stall
lions and their produce, also brood
mares and their colts, yearlings, two
and three-year-olds, will be exhibited
to-day, as well as those of cattle,
poultry, sheep and swine. The stock
exhibits are probably the best that
have been shown for ten years.
Wednesday is practically chill
dren's day" The schools commenc-
ed at 8 in the morning, closing at II
and dismissing entirely for the after
noon, thus giving the scholars an
opportunity to enjoy the fair on one
of the best days. Large numbers of
them profited by this privilege, and
helped materially to swell the crowds
which came in.
No complaint could be made of the
weather so far. There was a light
shower Tuesday evening which laid
the dust in good shape, yet might
with perfect propriety have been
heavier. The morning dawned with
a heavy fog, which lifting a littlelater
allowed the sun to open one of the
most brilliant and satisfactory df7ys
ever enjoyed by any fair.
The people all over Lamoille Coun
ty and even beyond her borders
took advantage of this favorable |
condition of affairs, and by 8 o'clock
the roadway over to the grounds
from both ways was besieged by a
cavalcade of teams, all loaded full,
all going to the grounds, all with ex
pectant faces, and all giving promise
of business for the gate-keepers and
success for the exhibition.
There are several new exhibits in
Floral Hall, and the committee have
said that though the quantity may
be somewhat light, the quality is ex-
cellent, particularly in the fancy work
which it would be hard
to excel. Probably never has there
been so tasteful an exhibit in these
buildings.
Among the other special displays
added this morning are those of
Boomhower, the Woicott furniture
man, the Vermont Farm Machine Co.
of Bellows Falls, with their varied
for the comfort of farmers
and several patterns of sugar evapo-
rators.
The department of farm products
IS light as yet, but shows signs of i'm
proving as the day advances.
The Morrisville pillow, which has a
as one of the finest in the
market, has a modest corner of the ;
annex The Eureka needs only the
Mention of its name to receive many
words of praise. D.,
Music of excellent quality is assur-
d for the exhibition by the engage
nent of the Hyde Park Band, which {
days the two last days.
Tomorrow promises to be a "horse :
lay in very truth. Matched pairs i
and gentlemen's drivers are to be ex- I
nibited and everybody knows what
hat show viii be. The races are IN !
he $50 class with six entries. and !
he $40 class with four. I
But the browning event of the day c
n the races is the scrub race" which !
occurs in the afternoon at 3 O'Clock. 9
rhe pride and glory of Lamoille Q
'ounty's horsemen, her swiftest-foot- S
d horse-fesh, have all been gathered E
nto the entry-list to enhance the =
interest of this superb !
truggle. Such famous horses as p
Whirlwind, " Maud s., XII, "Rar- #
is XIII" and many of as great ma :,
ional reputation, will madly paw the u
rack in the supreme effort to come v
asst under the wire. The only draw V
ack is that the judges cannot put
n extension on the daylight, and
hey do not want to call the game on :;
ccount of darkness, for the fiery ]
teeds would hardly be back before e
Forming. However, these are but c
linor objections, and weather per- l
hitting, the race will occur as adver- .
ised. q
AS the News AND CITIZEN goes to C
ress Wednesday noon, anything o
lore than a running sketch of the q
roceedings is impossible A report n
1 detail will be given next week and e.
nil be an interesting number, as it n
ill contain the premium lists. re- =,
orts of the races, descriptions of the
Nhibits and notes of the whole affair.