The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
The Mortified Fair.

the custom, and, while no severe storm or
heavy hurricane visited Northfield last
week, the attendants at the fair were an
noyed by drizzling rain during the last
two days. But poor weather did not pre-
vent the largest attendance in the twenty
two years history of the association, there
being nearly 5000 people inside the grounds
on Wednesday. The track has been greatly
improved during the past year, and a large
number of new stalls erected for horses and
cattle.
The stock exhibit was the best in the his
tory of the association. A tour of the sheds
was made by nearly all the male portion of
attendants. Among those exhibits which
caught the reporters eye at a passing glance
may be mentioned the following;
SHEEP.
I" Free wool" did not prevent good dis
play of this much. abused animal. L. T..
Bowman of Roxbury showed a pen of
Shropshire ewes. Fred Ruty of Roxbury,
Shropshire buck, and several other pens
attracted attention.
CATTLE.
E.E. Bowman of Roxbury showed hand
some Holstein bull; f. w. button of North
field registered Jersey BULL Dan Guild,
three bull calves; Cassius Peck of Brook
| field, large pair draft oxen; II. II. Martin of
Williamstown, pair fattest oxen ever ex-
hibited here. f. W. Chase of Mortified
showed a bull calf six months old which
tipped the scales at $50 pounds.
SWINE.
There were several exhibitions in this
department. f. w. Chase of Mortified
and NJ. l.. Thompson of Roxbury showed
sows with pigs, and l.. w. Blanchard of
Roxbury thirteen-months-od boar.
POULTRY.
In this department were better exhibits
than at any Vermont fair this season. To
attempt to give even partial list of the
leading ones would be impossible. The ex-
hibits included every kind and species of
fowl or animal that can properly be placed
under this department. The largest exhib-
itors were 9. @. Paine of Randolph, j. S.
Cook of Mortified, K. E. Bowman of Rox-
bury, b. e, Davis of Bethel, e. j. Henry of
Northfeld
There was good display OF brood mares
and colts and several well.known stations
were on exhibition.
FLORAL HALL.
The one place to which most Of the crowd
made their way was to the floral hall where
the finest display of fancy articles ever
made in the hall was exhibited. The en-.
tire space available for showing the many
articles was far too small togive them all the
position to which they were by merit en-
titled; but the tasteful manner in which the
building was adorned, and the way in
which the displays were handled is proof
that none but those who have gained expe-
could have handled the mass of articles in
so attractive a manner. Time and space
| will permit the mention of only few of
the useful and ornamental articles, and,
| but for the service rendered the reporter by
, obliging ladies' in charge of the display, it
would have been hopeless task to emu
merate any of the articles it being so diff
ficult to tell what was best. Among the
list of articles were an excellent group of
paintings which were shown by Miss Bell
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Northfeld (who had the largest number of
paintings in the halD, Mrs. j. H. Winch of
Mortified, Mrs. II. G. Webster of Mont
pelier, Mrs. M. E. Warrington of Northfeld,
Bell Hunton OF Northfeld "a large collec-
tom, Mrs. A. W. Holton, Mrs. E. E.
leigh of Mortified. Mildred Hoyt of West
Randolph had large assortment, as did
Mrs. M. n. Draper, also of West Randolph,
with fine display of china painting. Bell
Hunton had fine display OF stuffed birds,
Grace Ladd good assortment of plate
painting Jennie Morse of Mortified large
silk sofa pillow. The largest collection Of
fancy articles was exhibited by Mrs. M. N.
Draper and Mildred Hoyt of West Ran
dolph; unique lpin cushion by Mrs K. E.
Wright of Northfeld; handsome silk fan
quilt, Mrs. A. Howe Of Mortified; tasty
work bag, Mrs. Ella Claggett of Mortified;
quilt, Nellie Williams of Willamstown
fancy horses, Mrs. Laura Dalton Of North
| field; crocheted skirt, f. w. Trask of Wat
tebury; spread, E. Fisher of Mortified;
Mortified; tea cloth, Mrs. George Nichols
of Northfeld; Indian arrow from Black
Hills, Mrs. j, X. Lynde of Williamstown;
velvet broom case, o. p. Dudley of North
field; tidy, Mrs. j. j. Trerise of West Ran
dolph; skirt made forty years ago by girl
Randolph two quilts, one with 2,729 and
one with 1872 pieces, made by Mrs. Betsey
Dutton, aged lightweight, of Braintree.
There was largeSand varied exhibit of
produce and vegetables, the largest being
that of Ernest Riddell of Wiliamstown. j.
H. Orcutt showed peculiar early cabbage,
NJ Derby an animal with pumpkin body,
squash head and carrot feet. Canned fruit
was shown byIJ. Baker, w. w. Holden, H.
P. Abbott Mrs. W. b. Mayo, Mrs j. NJ.
Erskine. w. III. Holden showed tested
maple sugar.
The food exhibit was large one, Mrs.
John Mudgett of Brookfield being the larg-
est exhibitor, and winning first prize for
wheat bread; Miss Gertie Jones of North
field, second. The prize for the best brown
bread was captured by Mrs A. Howe of
Mortified, who showed an excellent quail
ity. The prizes for the best cheese were
awarded to Mrs @. Simons and Hattie Hol-
ton of Northtield; for butter, to Mrs L. A.
Evans and Mrs. ID. Guild of Mortified.
The trade exhibits included a fine dis
play of millinery by Gilchrist & Smith /;
the Champion Evaporator, I'll. ID. Camp of
Orange; furniture, Webster, Hall & Tap
lin of Montpelier; sewing machines, j. A.
Lucas of Montpelier; organs and pianos,
Bailey's music rooms, Burlington.
The grounds were free from fakirs of any
kind and very little intoxication was Wis.,
IDLE, which spoke well for the management.
Had the weather been fair on Thursday, the
largest crowd in the associations history
would have been seen on the grounds. The
Gouldsville band rendered excellent music.
The judges at the races were James Whit
ney of Tunbridge, A. r. Martin of Will
Jamestown and g. NJ. Winch of Barre Fol-
lowing is summary:
| TwoYEAR oLDs-PURsR $50.
Pansy, b.m Fred Steele, Northfield..,.......... |
Pierpoint, BIS, Il. D. Murray, Moretown.
Lizzie b., b.m., f. williamson, Warren. .........
Time ....,...,....,.........,..,.l;4Y AVA, 2;O21s
THRKE-MINUTE CLAss-PURsE s75.
Bessie j. BIN, Dan Bliss. Royalton. ...........
Rodrick b.s G. E. Hunt. Montpelier, .......,.. q
| Patchen Maid, bm., II S. Towne. Montpelier 3 4
Dan Jones, BIS, s. w. Jones, .Waterbury......
Charlie s., bm., Evans a. Moody, Waterbury S 5
Tom L.. chg, A. ID. Osgood, st. Johnsbury -. S 6
Belle w, blk.m L. Wilcox, Moretown.. 6
Dan Franklin, gs., c. L. Hulburt, Bethel,.. I s q
1lne'.,..,, 5zta, ~ 30, ~ di19'
Observation-Disclosures $50.