The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-12
Mad River Valley Fair.

This fair was held at Waitsfield on Wed.
nesday, Thursday and Friday, September
3, and Z. Most of the first day was con-
sumed in getting ready for the next two.
One race was trotted-the q 40 class The
shower only served to make everything
more pleasant for the two following days.
The second day was all that could be de-
sired as regards weather, and the track was
in fine shape.
The show of horses and cattle has been
larger in some former years, but never of
better quality. The show of horses was
good-between fifty and sixty in grand pa
rade There were fifteen brood mares and
colts. f. Mccarthy, l.. Wilcox, 9. E.
Wheeler, w p Childs, and Drew & Palmer
had fine ones-Mr Chlds taking first and
G. e. Wheeler second premiums. In
matched drivers eight pairs contested for
the premium. Ed Neil took first, with his
"Auctioneer " colts. Those Of D. l. Palmer,
NJ. j. Waterman, Thomas Mehuron, and
Norman Robinson deserve mention. In
single drivers there were six entries Fred
Palmer took first. Thomas Ferris, j. b.
Thompson, A. f. Richardson and j. /.
Palmer showed good-looking horses. Three
year-old colts were entered by f. Nc Carthy,
and Drew & Palmer; o-year-olds by same
and A. F. Richardson. f. Mccarthy also
showed yearlings. Drew q Palmer l..
Wilcox and ID. H. Skinner showed stall
lions-al fine animals.
In Durham cattle Drew & Palmer lead,
and are almost all the farmers in Mad
River valley who still cling to the Short
Horns as dairy cows and their quantity
makes up for quality of the Jersey. They
showed steer calves, two heifer calves
four yearling hefers, a fine bull two years
old. F. Mccarthy had mich cows; George
Wallis also.
G. E. Jones had the most in the Jersey
class, exhibiting grades and thorough
breds, two-year-old BULL five dairy COWS,
two grade heifers, one yearsold, and two
thoroughbreds. Ed Foley had two cows
ard heifer calf, and took first premium ON
cows-fne animals. George Wallis, l.. NJ.
Leonard and o. G. Wilder had grade Jer-
seys.
In Holsteins, R. A. Maxwell had two
year-old bull, bull calves, two heifers and
six COWS.
George Wallis, George Folsom and Drew
& Palmer showed some fine specimens of
Cotswold sheep. Drew & Palmer showed
Shropshire and fat sheep.
NJ. S. Strong showed boar and eight
shotes; o. G. Wilder, boar, and SOW and
pigs; Drew q Palmer, SOW and pigs
l.. M. Learnard and j. Holden were the
only exhibitors OF poultry.
Vegetable Hall was the best filed for
many years, and perhaps the best it ever
was. E. A. Fisk, L. NJ. Learnard, r. Bates,
b. ID. Bisbee and j. Holden had variety of
twenty-four varieties of apples, b. ID. Bis
bee fifteen; G.. w. Buckley had potatoes; o.
M. Eaton, squashes o. G. Wilder fine
strings of corn. Everything in the line of
vegetables was there. The show of sugar
and butter was small. In a butter and
sugar community it should be big.
In Floral Hall the ladies did well their
part. OF fancy work there was quantity
and quality-cut flowers, bread, etc. Misses
Genie and Florence Boyce had ten ,oil
paintings Mrs. ]. L. Gleason, eleven.
Ursula Bates, Ellen Folsom and Flora
Shepard also had paintings. But we must
not forget to mention G. A. Fries, who had
ten pictures in crayon, water colors and
oil. Although we claim to be no judge, we
think them the best quality.
On the whole it was a successful fair as a
show and financially. The Waitsfeld Cor
net Band was in attendance during the fair.
Although this organization is young it was
creditable and honorable to the town and
deserves liberal patronage. If we were to
criticise anything, it would be the games of
chance allowed on the ground.
Below is a summary of races: