Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-09-08
AT THE BILLINGS PARK.
SECOND DAY OF THE STATE FAIR A
SUCCESS.
Many Fine Exhibits of Horses, Cattle,
sheep, Poultry. horticultural Products,
Macbinery and MiscelIaneous Articles
The Largest Crowd OF the Week An
ticipated To-daY-Hase Ball and Races.

BILLINGS PARK, WHITE RIVER JUNO
TIoN, Sept This second day of the State
fair has been pleasant one, and the at
tendance reached about 1000.
There are moro entries of horses and
sheep than two years ago, but not quite as
many cattle. Ths Billings stock farm shows
lot of fine Jerseys. There is only one
town team of 10 yoke of oxen and that is
from Brattleboro. II. w. Reyes OF New
| bury shows a nice herd of thoroughbred
Holsteins and Shropshire sheep, and l.. b.
Harris, Lyndon Centre, Hereford cattle
and Shropshire sheep. Z. W. Morrlls OF
Stanstead has handsome registered Leicester
sheep
Among the horse exhibits are \. b. Man
chester & Sons, West Randolph; O. IL.
Burnham, Royalton; n. W. Durham,
North Hartlapd; W. Il. Booth, Norwich;
Fred Mclaughlin, North Hartland; Max
well Evarts Now York. Charles keene,
Waterbury; S. d. Townsend, Woodstock;
Pine Grove Farm, Newburg; Riverside
Stock Farm, Newport, n. H., and A. IL.
Merrill, Aetna, \. II.
| The exhibits IN the mechanics buildings
are much smaller in number than those of
two years ago. The principal exhibits are
displays of Italian bees, honey and supplies
by George A. Ross of North Hartland and
c. NJ Terrill. N. d., of White River June
ton; potato vines, showing effects Of spray
| ing, Vermont experiment station, Burling
ton; house furniture, W. l.. Bugboe, Hart
ford butter making implements, Vermont
| Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls; maple
sugars, syrups, jellies and pickles, Brattle-
boro Jelly Co.. vegetables a. ). Eaton of
| " est Lebanon, John Perham OF South Pom
fret and the Billings farm; Chrsty knives,
| Claiming Williams, Woodstock; Cottoleno,
Mrs }. Avis Bright Boston; pianos and
organs, a. l.. Bailey, st. Johnsbury; case
of hand painted emma, Mrs. II. a. IIoiton,
White River Junction, aud Martha Tlldon,
Hartford; display OF Old linen, hand made
| 10 years ago, Mrs. Anna Bliss, Fairlec;
choice needework, Mary L. " atson, White
River junction.
The poultry exhibit is good one there
being good shows from Seth W. Corse and
Hermon d. Hopkins of Mont pelier, viii
naynos of South Royaltan, l.. W. and Dan
Shattuck of Quechee they also showing
flock of young portridses, rabbits and
guinea pigs, II. Is. Hu2en OF 1hettord, II. &.
| Chontes of Lebanon. l.. O. Minor of Brat
teboro and c. {. Paine, South Randolph.
The machinery department is pretty well
filled, the largest shows being by Vermont
| Farm Machine company; &. II. Grimm
company, Rutland, sugar apparatus: Jo-
seph Brock Sons, Boston, planting and cui-
tiVeting implements; william Lom.on, East
Berkshire and i. ". Gruys Sons, Middle
town Springs, threshers and separatorsi
Sturteyant Lurnbee company, Binghemp-
ton, n. Y, carriages and sleigLs; Beicher
Il Taylor, Chcopee Falls Mass, aSricultuE-
al tools
l.. 5. Drew q Son of Burlington show n
herd of Ayrshires in special tent, and D..
G. Spaulding Of Taftsville have IS head OF
the same on exhibition.
j. +. Dutton Of Montpelier and c. A.
Glover Of Concord, y. H., exhibit seven
hand ono pianos and three organs for \.
l.. Bailey OF ST. Johnzbury
There are several of the new pneumatic
tire bicycle wheel sulkies here and nuCh in
terest is taken in them.
\ monster live sea turtle is a great at
traction, also the biz steam merry %
rouddn anu the sale table Of miscellaneous
articles by Shakers from Enfield. y. II.
Tomorrow will be the big day and II
large crowd is expected.
An excellent game OF ball was played by
the Iebauous and 3ethels, there beng ! /
innings, and Il score Of to ! resulting,
Eesults of tn. Races.
The results of the races were as follows:
2:4J class, purse $4OO-Orwell first money,
Matcnwood second, Endaby third, Pnil W.
and ROADSTER dlyiued fourth
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