St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-28

Speedwell farms easily took the lead
with their imported French horses
which were such feature at the St.
Iohnsbury fair. Besides the STOCK
entered at the latter fair Mr.. van
showed three more mares, lnada ll''
Parfaite, and Orange, the latter
having colt. A. w. Burnham OF
Sutton entered three standard stall
lions. Alexander, King Philip and the
yearling Pocahontas. DIP. Cushing
of Burke entered three standard
horses and four splendid draft horses
c. E. Morse of Danville had the
matched pair which won the blue
ribbon at St. Johnsbury, and {. +.
Kirk entered matched pair, Kay
mond, and yearlng stallion. Con-
pressman Grout had the well known
exhibit from Moose River farms, in
Guiding Henry S., Start-up and
Catch.up, and some mares. The
standard stallion Stripes was shown
by it's owner Joshua Bemis, who al
so had a standardized mare with
colt, a flly and a gents driver. En-
met Hill Of West Concord had val
liable trio of stations in Jesuit, Rex-
ton and Cardinal. Ruggles Broth.
ers had entries in this department, OF
mares and ladies and gents drivers.
A. F. Hill of Greensboro entered the
trotter Henniker Boy ard Tommy F.,
both standard. A mare with foalby
Golden, and a Golden colt were
shown by Ora Drew of North Dan
vile. Gents drivers were entered by
F. G. Stanton, North Danville; E. {.
Graves, Lyndonville; ]. E. Warren,
Kirby, three entries. There was a
large number of brood mares and
colts, including entries by Bradley
ingalls,, Sheffield A. E. Williams, St.
Johnsbury; Henry Willmarth, Lyn-
don; Ruggles Brothers. Mares were
entered by c. F. Moves, two entries,
]. E. Simpson, E. H. Hoffman and
Jonathan Hunter, three entries, all
of Lyndon; and Bradley Ingalls, OF
Sheffield who entered Jennie L.,
three year-old Morgan. Among the
stations were the following: Nor
gan Beauty, L. c. Dow, East Hard
wick; Commodore, H. H. Leland,
Barton Landing; Norwalk, E. F.
Wilder, Lyndonvile; Gov. Fisk,
Bradley Ingalls,; Daniel K, H. L.
Kilby; Dean, E. H. Gray, st. Johns
bury; Reno, Henry Wilmarth; Cor
bet, w. S. Russell, East st. Johns
bury; Phil Sheridan, c. D. Fisher;
Major Kimball, c. F. Noyes; Guess,
Valley Brothers, Barton; Bay Prince,
A. and w. A. Bemis; and unnamed
stations by ]. E. Simpson and E. H
Hoffman.
The premium for town strings Of
oxen brought out a number of entries
and |. W. Sanborn, A. 0. Harris,
Chase & Hovey of East St. Johns.
bury, c. D. Hubbard, burlington
Bros, E. E. Hovey, Geo. P. Ide and
lanes Tretren entered for town team
premiums.
There were three premiums for
trained steers, and some very clever
animals were entered by P. G.
Houghton, Kirby, burlington Bros.
two pair, and Jonathan Hunter
Matched steers were shown by ]. w
burlington, two pairs, burlington
Bros, two pairs. Matched steer
calves by J. E. Simpson, 2 pair, the
Lyndon town farm and E. E. Hovey
Salma Davis of Sheffield entered
yearling steers and E. Simpson
two pairs of steers.
There was small exhibit of swine
c. L. Hoyt of Lyndon entered {
Berkshire boar and sow and pigs
Three Yorkshire pigs were shown by
P. c. Houghton and two Berkshire
spring pigs by Geo. P. lde. {. D
Hubbard of Lyndon Center entered
boar and pig.
Back of floral hall was the poultr.
exhibit. A. T. Evans had severa
pens OF light Brahmas, J. w. East
man several varieties OF Plymouth
Rocks, A. o. Harris Pekin ducks an
geese, T. w. Parker three coops c
Brown Leghorns. Turkeys an
Guinea hens were entered by Btrring
ton Bros, and Fred Guyer of 81
Johnsbury showed chickens, duck:
rabbits and Guinea hens.
A reference to the premium list WI
show the owners of cattle and sheeI
, Some fine blooded stock was show
in these two departments. 1. !
) Wallis flock of 81 sheep, includin
about 20 Horned Dorsets, did M
) arrive until the second day, but the
were unquestionably the finest shet
5 ever seen at New England fair.
5 IN FLORAL HALL.
The ladies display in floral hi