Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-01
The WINDSOR COUNTY FAIR.

attended that surpasses the one made an
nually by the Windsor County Agricul-
tural Society. This year the exhibit was
the best ever seen on their grounds and
an immense crowd OF people were pres
emit estimated the second day at from
5000 to 9000 This is an old fashioned fair
and the attendance year by year shows
that the people win patronize good old
fashioned agricultural fair, free from any
circus or special attractions. People who
take their families to this fair are sure
that their children will not be exposed to
any gambling, lottery OF other game OF
chance, demoralizing their minds and
losing their hard earned pennies, and that
no intoxicating liquors of any kind can
be found upon the grounds, not even
beer. The reporter OF the Windsor jour
nal thus describes the fair in detail;
There has been no such display OF fine
horses within our recollection. The soci-
ETY. owns forsy-two stalls. These were all
full and as many more had TO look for
stabling at the village hotels. Among
these were the well known stations and
trotters OF the county, special mention OF
each, as everyone knows, being impossi-
BILE. We give few as fair examples OF
the whole: Westpoint and Grey Eagle,
entered by VIM. Ii. Il. Walker OF Wind
sor; Richard H., by Elisha Flowers OF
Barnard; Dreadnought by j. F. Barrel Of
Hartland; Annie K. by Frank Osmore;
ST. Luke by VIM. c. Danforth of Barnard I;
Lady Roscoe by w. W. Holmes; Sunday
by VIM. Dewey of Quechee; Moxley by J..
Nj. Furmaa OF Woodstock; Longfellow
by WIN. r. Davis OF Hartland; Como, Jr.
by Melvin Chandler of Barnard; Nolun-
teer Boy and five colts OF his get by y. w.
Dunbar of No. Hartland. A handsome
colt, two years old, was shown by Joshua
Tripp OF Proctorsville The space allotted
for horses on exhibition simply, such as
draft, roads.ers. brood mares and colts,
was packed until there was no more
standing room, and all being superior an
imals and eminently worthy OF mention,
but one might as well attempt the enum-
Grafton OF swarm OF August flies.
OF horned cattle, exclusive of oxen,
there were over two hundred head. Early
on Tuesday morning Supt George Z.
Thompson informed us that there We're
then 115 head on the ground and there
was continued increase through the day.
These included all the favored breeds,
such as Jerseys, Holstein, Fresian, Dur
hams, Shorthorns, Devons, ana indeed,
every other breed in the county. Among
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and steers OF extreme beauty and cows OF
astonishing milk records. There was not
an animal in this collection not worthy
OF separate and special mention but as
this is impossible, we close the cattle re-
port with brief allusion TO the town
teams OF oxen as they stood chained 70 the
railing that encircles the society grounds
Here Hartland, Woodstock and Pomfret
were in close competition and the final
outcome will be look I'd for with much in
terest The grand cavalcade OF all oxen
on the ground Wednesday was sight
worth going a long ways to witness.
Swine pens were well filled and D. g.
Spdulding, Woodstock, A. q. Holt OF the
same place, Geo. X. MaXham, bridgeWa-
ter ana Norman Paul, Pomfret may be
taken as representative swinemen. Breeds
/ shown are Chester County, Chester White,
mixed and all the pure bloods and mix
lures. Turning to the sheep pens, we
find the largest exhibit ever made by the
society. The long row OF pens was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity and all the Vari-
Gus breeds Were fully represented. We
can give on.y few as specimens OF the
whole:
Jerome Rodgers of Hartland, shrop-
sbires; H. Newton, West Hartford, grade
Shropshires; w. B. Kingsley, Pomfreti
merino and mixed; Geo. II. Vaughan,
Woodstock, ID. W. Roberts, North POM
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exhibits. Geo. w. Spear, Hartland show
ed grade Shropshires and Dorsets, the
last named being the only specimens on
the grounds. +. K. Bagley, West Wind
sor made an exhibit of ten twin lambs,
grade Cotswold and Shropshires. We
missed among the old exhibitors in this
department, one OF the best known sheep
men i'm the county, James Walker, kept
away by what is hoped may prove but q
temporary illness. Otherwise the ranks
| of old exhibitors were all full.
The fruit display was exceptionally fine.
Grapes from the Billings farm, White and
purple, were simply superb, but for exhi-
bition only. L. d. Williams and Son show.
| ed 30 varieties of apples and OF pears. X.
ID. Ransom, Pomfret, "a varieties and sew.
eral varieties OF pears. L. n. Sunbury,
Pomfret, and large number CT Others
made handsome exhibits. In vegetable
hall under the same roof, there was per-
feet jam of everything the earth in this
climate produces. Such potatoes, grains
of all kinds, including seed-corn, beets,
carrots, parsnips, tomatoes. pumpkins,
sausshes and every conceivable thing that
grows on farm or garden, and in such
perfection, were rarely ever seen in one
collection. We can give only few of the
contributors as follows: Geo. H. Vaughn,
d. S. Markham, Rush Vaughn, Henry
] TFampson, L. V. Sunbury, T. ID. Fletcher,
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II. H. Stoughton, Henry A. Billings, Rod
erick c. BugLee, Charles Gallup and prob
ably fifty others. The poultry show un-
der the same roof was first class but there
is room for brief mention only. Geo.
w. Spear and Seth Wood both of Hart
LAND, were the leading goosemen. Edgar
r. Spear, Hartland exhibited ducks and,
what seemed a little incongruous, two
pug pups. All the leading varieties OF
cackiers and growers were represented,
and a few Of the exhibitors were: Henry
A. Billings, C. w. Cleveland, J. A. Gallup,
Rush Vaughn and L. w. Shattuck. The
exhibit in this department was large and
included all the important breeds
FLORAL Hall, over which the same gen.
tlemaniy and obhging superintendents,
las. E. Montague and w. c. Vaughn,
! have presided for the last twenty years,
presented bewildering maze of dazzling
colors and ingenious workmanship. Here
are rugs of the most beautiful patterns,
4 braided and drawn, by ladies of real ar.
/ tistic taste and skill. In passing hurried
i iv over them. we notice the names Of Miss
Susie 81. Billings, Ruth L. LEISURE, Mrs.
Il Harrison Atwood, Mrs. Frank d. Angel,