St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
THE COUNTY FAIR.
The Poultry.
CONTINUED from first page.l

filled to repletion with birds worth
seeing, and the crowds that passed
through this department were royal
" entertained. There were 1871
entries. W. L. SWEET had some &c
entries here, including a nice variety
OF pigeons which attracted much at
tention. Ducks, geese, several species
of fowls and chicks, Japanese ban
tams and other birds in Mr.. SWEET:
collection showed finely. DC. Lang
maid of North Danville had 7 entries
here. A. A. Miles showed 81 birds
Of different varieties, including the
most popular sorts, vigorous speci'
mems. G. c. Wright exhibited sever
al birds, and H. c. Dean, O. H. Hen
derson and Mark Meacham also con-
tributed to the excellence Of the
show. B. K. Graves Of East st.
Johnsbury had 25 entries, including
attractive samples of Brahmas,
Coehins, Houdons and other leading
breeds. B. F. Weeks had 10 entries
of fowls and chicks. Thos. Mason
of Passumpsic showed some white
Holland turkeys which were novel
ty, as probably no such birds were
ever shown before in this county, and
possibly not in the state; they were
pretty specimens. Harry Daniels
had 7 entries Of different species and
Peter Lindsay three entries. A group
of fine Plymouth Rocks crowed and
cackled for Geo. P. Moore and ex-
erted an excellent influence over their
associates. H. c. Wilson'S poultry
tendencies were represented by II
entries, comprising first class samples
from several popular families of fowl.
Other exhibitors in this department
were w. B. Eastman, 3 entries, Geo.
W. Bradley, Warner Bingham Of
West Concord, Mary Guyer, 5 en-
tries, ] H. Underwood, II entries,
J. c. Underwood; W. H. Barker, Vim.
Blodgett, {. L. & c. B. Stevens of
Danville, F. T. Forsaith of West
Concord, j. S. Lang of East Barnet
and X. Gibson also exhibited poultry.
The display included many fine
geese and ducks. Ralph Sideways
rabbits and w. c. Richards white
rats were on deck as usual, for full
share Of attention, and some nice
rabbits were shown by Frank SWEET.
I'm FIoraI Hall
There was the usual fine exhibit,
some of the departments showing up
in especially fine shape. The display
of vegetables was bewilderingly sug-
gestive to ones appetite, and there
never was better collection in this
branch of farming. r. w. Laird
showed 65 varieties which included
very many especially fine specimens
of garden product, from the man.
moth pumpkin to the more delicate
ly constructed celery. H. E. & D.
9. Woodruff were on hand as usual
with some rs varieties of vegetables,
including 80 kinds of potatoes, the
whole making very creditable ex-
hibit. H. r. White also had good
exhibit, though not as extensive as
some of the others. J. S. Bandy of
East Barnet showed 25 varieties,
among which as deserving special
mention may be noted onions, TO-
bacco and caulihower.
Mrs. ]. S. Bandy exhibited some
handsome cut flowers prettily ar
ranged.
There was fine showing of apples,
some 76 varieties, none OF which
were labelled with the exhibitors
name, and small but excellent COL
lection of corn in the stalk and in
trace, with other vegetables, were
also lacking name.
McKannon Bros. of Burlington
and J. M. Cass of Lyndonville were
on hand with pianos and organs of
popular makes.
The sewing machine men exhibited
as usual and interested the ladies in
these time and trouble savers.
There was tempting display of
butter, both in print and tub form,
and as one of the bystanders re-
marked, the judges must have been
bothered to say which was the best.
Ornamental work in butter was
also shown and exceeded in artistic
design that Of last years fair. A
May Day dance, Tyre, wreaths and
other floral designs were shown in
butter, the May Day dance being
especially attractive.
Bread, cake, canned fruits and
jellies were shown to about the
usual extent, and attested the ability
Of Caledonia county housekeepers.
The Dandelion Compound Com
pany made its first appearance with
a neat display Of its remedy, and
the distribution of sample bottles of
the compound gave the public a
chance to test its bracing qualities.
There were no moths anywhere in
the building, for the exhibit of Ate
Zone had frightened them away.
The famous moth-killer occupied a
prominent position in the hall.
Thirsty people were made still
more dry by an attractive exhibit Of
the Crystal Spring Bottling Com
pany's goods, in neat bottles taste