Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-09-18
THE FAIR.

wise one, ,and the weather was all that
could be desired. Although there
were other fairs all about the attend
ance here was large, on "Wednesday
the largest in several years. The
number of teams on the ground was
unprecedented. The show outside Of
the horses was not better or worse
than the average; some departments
were full, others rather light. The
attention of the managers and others
is so largely turned toward horses
that other things go partially by de-
fault. Some effort ought to be made
to bring up the cattle exhibit. The fact
is the dairy COW is earning three
quarters of all the money that comes
into the pockets of the farmer, and
she ought to have warm place in the
esteem of the public; she cannot trot
or haul road cart, but she can earn
money to buy the cart and get the
owner out to see the sporting horse.
Really the county fair should be some
thing from which the people can see
and learn what contributes most to
their material welfare. We are very an
tiquated in our notions, but would
have the fair pretty we'll balanced up
between the hog, the cow, the sheep
and the horse, not unmindful of the
onion, the turnip, the apple, the sugar
and the dairy product, and of that
other fact: that there are as many
women as men in the county, who
are entitled to as much pay and as
much pleasure from the show Of the
fair as men. We say this because the
ladies did not seem to understand
that an exhibit for floral hall entitled
them to an admission, and only a very
small sum of money was offered them
for this section of the exhibition, viz,
$50, while the orse premiums, for in
stance, outside the trotting stakes,
were 5000, and, with the stakes $475.
We are speaking only Of the fair, not
of the third day, which is given up
to the things Of sport. We have no
doubt that the managers will do more
for the floral hall department in the
line of premiums and conveniences
when their attention is called to the
matter.
We understand that the Hall will
be improved, a poultry house built,
and other improvements made just as
soon as the finances warrant it. The
people have done their part this year
in attendance, and the money will be
used to improve the grounds aud
buildings. The exhibition of single
carriage, matched carriage horses,
grounds on Wednesday was very cred
table to the county and the exhibit
ton. The races on Thursday called
out big crowd an evidently gave
good satisfaction all around. The or
der on the grounds could not have
been better. Everybody was happy
and nobody hilarious-with rum. The
police force was efficient and no dis
turbance occurred. We learned of
only one accident and that not seri-
Gus. Everybody seemed pleased with
the result of the fair. The manage
ment was good, the officers were
courteous, and all officials did the
most possible to help and to please
the exhibitors and the people. Alto
gether this must be considered a very
successful fair.
HORSES.
We have rarely seen as fine matched
4 l,O che
at this time. Burbank & Williams
showed pair of very pretty fine
stepping horses Of their stock. w. il.
Barrows, of auctioneer fame, had a
pretty lively pair of blacks. Peter
Martin showed span of we'll matched
and we'll broken browns. Amos P.
Bean had a fine pair of AbdalIah
Wilkes colts, tall, sleek and feet. IT.
M. Salmon showed his pair of blacks
and L. M. Darling his sorrel white |
faces. There were others that our |
pencil failed TO catch on to.
In single carriage horses there |
were a large number. H. D. Phillips |
showed his honest, we'll broken steed /
at about the head of the list as he |
made the track. Salmon Nye showed |
a Gen. Warren mare, nice and sleek. J.
B. Clement drove his fine buckskin
mare of good blood and a fine stopper.
The Rev J. K. Fuller exhibited q tall.
well bred bay-ittle too good a horse
for a minister. DR.. Dustan, A. J. Cam
eron, w. H. Kelton, Geo. Uric, J. w.
RnoultOu Fl Merrill G lathe ond
others helped to fill out the list with
horses that did credit to the county
G. J. Ufford's "Moscow'' was there to