The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-13

Splenuid Horses, Sleek tHttIe, ana n
CreditabIe Display of the Products of
shop and Farm-Notes by the Way.
"
with the fourth annual fair and cattle
show of the Waits River Valley Agricul-
tural Society at East Corinth as the objec.
tive point, a reporter of the WATCHMAN
left Montpelier last week Wednesday morn
ing, and in a two days trip obtained ma
terial enough 70 fill a book, which is neces-
sarily condensed in the following screed:
AT Barre we were met by George NJ.
Seaver, travelling agent for the Waterman
Publishing Company, and IN an easy car
rage, with his sure.footed horse, the climb
to Orange Center was begun. After leaving
the bustling village of East Barre, whose
industries will be touched upon in the not
distant future, the road is one long hill to
Orange Center, the brown spire of whose
little church is visible for many miles in
almost any direction. At Orange, the di-
rect highway to Waits River was left and
A cross-road taken leading over the noun
tain and through the notch" Although
this route leads over the heights of Orange
county, the many fine farms along the route
were noticeable, with houses, barns and
outbuildings that almost without exception
denoted that the occupants were thrifty and
well-to-do. Among these may be mentioned
the farm of Mason b.. Curtis, which con-
tains four hundred acres, the Scott w.
Paine and Orrin Eastman places, and the
old Ransom Dickey farm, now owned by
Charles Currier of Barre and carried on by
Joseph Eastman. These and many other
farms on this road are noted, not only for
their fertile acres of cleared land, but for
the splendid sugar orchards thereon, that
have helped the town of Orange to obtain
the reputation it enjoys as headquarters for
the finest quality of maple sugar. Many of
these orchards contain over one thousand
trees.
CEN GRANDEUR.
H. a. A.. ..oA,l A. ..tf-
horse is given a breathing spell, and q
glance westward reveals a magnificent view
of mountain scenery. looking down into
the valley beneath, Barre village could be
seen, and the trains on the Barre railroad
climbing the mountain side. Farther on
the Seminary building at Montpelier was
prominent, and, far beyond, Mansfield and
Cancels Hump towering above the lesser
hills on each side and in front of them.
Down through the notch is delightful, to
the pastoral village of East Orange, the
most prominent feature of which is the
pretty little Methodist and Free Baptist
church, built at a cost of $3,460, in place of
the one burned six years ago, every dollar
of which was paid before the building was
dedicated. The farm and buildings of
Lewis Hutchinson of East Orange give
abundant evidence that even in a hilly
country the question whether farming pays
has been solved IN the affirmative.
The trip down the river from East Orange
to Waits River reminds one of the Mad
River Valley. Productive farms with
heavy crops of corn and potatoes line the
highway, and along the entire route an air
OF general prosperity is everywhere seen.
THE WEST ToPsHAM
A halt was made at the Green Mountain
Creamery at West Topsham. This indus
try was started last July, by a stock com
pany, with $1,000 capital, and already has
the mark of success stamped upon it. 1t is
fitted with a United States Separator, with
churn and butter-worker, from the Yer
mont Farm Machine Company, Bellows
Falls. l.. F. Sanborn is the superintend-
ent, and cheerfully answered the Ques-
tons of the reporter. This creamery COM
menced business with thirteen customers
and nine hundred pounds of milk, and now
has forty-eight customers, is receiving $500
pounds of milk, and making one hundred
sixty pounds of butter daily. A tifteen-horse
power Erie City boiler and twelve-horse
power Watertown engine supply the power.
TIL butter is all shipped to S. X. Dexter,
Lowell, Mass, in fve-pound boxes and one
half pound prints. When it was announced
that the August butter would net the farm
ers twenty-four cents per pound, when they
expected about twenty cents, it is needless
to say that it was a very pleasant surprise
party for them, and an argument in favor Of
creameries that needed no elaboration.
ON THE FAIR ROUND
III arriving az Iuc ldI SlOuhu az Las
Corinth, the first wonder was where all the
people came from. There were over 4,00t
paid admissions on Wednesday and the
crowd numbered, counting children and ex'
hibitors and season-ticket holders, at least
5000 people. The old muster grounds are
fitted up in tirst-class shape. Good stables
for horses, comfortable pens for cattle and
sheep, and a spacious floral hall at once at
tracted the eye. President o. p. Dickey
IN ~ n-l D.
T.. Holland, Treasurer +. w. Hatch an(
Secretary w. l.. Crafts, all had their hands
full, and good-natured smiles illuminated
their features over the unqualified success
of their annual festival. General Superin
tendent G. w. Jewell seemed particularly
fitted for the responsible position he held
and had a happy faculty of keeping every
body good-natured. Other officers wer,
f. E, Page, marshal; l.. e. Rowe, superin
tendent of horses; ID. c. White, superin
tendent of cattle; b. F. Ordway, superin
tendent of sheep and swine; j. n. Hodge
superintendent of poultry; A. P. Worthen
superintendent of town teams; Miss Lizzie
M. Hatch, superintendent of floral hall
and Charles Page, superintendent OF me
chanics' hall.
II is not the purpose of this story to Civ,
detailed score of the races, or to tell o
premiums awarded, but simply "a running
notice of what came under the reporter
eye. The fact was soon realized that it wa
impossible TO see everything worth men
tioning or to approximate il, and it is no
attempted. just as p~raiseworthy exhibits
of all kinds as those mentioned were there
of which it is impossible within the limit
of this article to speak. A summary of tn,
races both days may be found in the Eas
Corinth items on another page.
STATIONS.
With the knowledge that this section o
Vermont was famed for its stations, al
early visit was made to the sheds wher
these animals were quartered, 1t is not ex
aggeration or " putting " to say that a fine
exhibit is seldom seen at county fairs, il
Vermont or elsewhere. Among the man!
fine animals to be seen in this department
mention should be made of " Morgan Cham
pion," five years old, owned by l.. @. Can
penter of Corinth. OF noticeably fine action
he has a future on the turf if his owner 8
wills. The crowd around the stall of tn
Lambert stallion John S." owned by 4
X. Houghton of Washington was dense
Sired by "Archyle," he stands fifteen an,
one-third hands high, weighs 1850 pounds
and is a fine specimen of a two-year.old
"Rear Guard a fve-year-old geldine
owned by o. p. Dickey of West Topshan
and Harry" a bay gelding, j. M. A
McAuley of Cabot, owner, are fine spec