Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-09-14

the feet which he has Just had pa
tentel. 1t may be driven by any pow
er, or by the hand-power arrangement
commonly sold with horse clippers. The
sharpening is done by rapidly revolving
emery wheel. Clipping and grooming
may also be accomplished with the same
machine by the use of slmpe attachments.
ii. f. Vail showed machine for shaving
bones for poultry. J. w. Langlois, the
Shoreham wagonmaker, exhibited sleighs
and canopy-top buggy.
SHEEP.
The sheep barn was well filled. II.
c.. Burwell & Son and l.. A. Skiff of
Bridport and V. V. Blackmer of Orwell
each had large and creditable displays
of Merinos G. II. Marshall of Yer
gennes showed Border Leicesters, i'm
ported by the exhibitor and as yet a
very rare breed in this country; they
are handsome, having curly heeces. y.
w. 81 J. p. Wilcox of Bridport made an
excellent showing of Shropshires, speci-
mems of which breed were also exhibit
ed by w. II. Dyer of West Salisbury and
NJ b. Williamson of Cornwall. Cheviots
were shown bv l.. a. Webster of Whit
ing. w. r. Phelps of Middlebury and
G.. II. Marshall of VeIgennes, and Cots
wOlds by J. Larrow and G. G. Chapman
of Middlebury, MIR. Chapman having an
especially good exhibit. One of his lambs
already has a fleece II inches long. |.
l.. Eells of Cornwall had an exhibit of
middle-wools.
HORSES.
So many and so good horses were prob
ably never before shown at fair here.
Brood mares aud colts were very numer-
Gus ana good. As there are not stalls
enough on the grounds for all horses
brought in, it is impractcable to give
list but this department was one of the
very best of all. j. :. Smith of Addison
showed two stations. as did E. c. Ryder
of Weybridge, and f. II. Winch and f.
+. Parrow of Middlebury had one each.
The classes OF matched and single drivers
aud mares and geldings we're also well
filled.
CATTLE.
This department, too, was notably eX-
celent. In Durhams conspicuous eX
hibit was that of +. & l.. +. Moore of
Shoreham, who had eight head on the
grounds Other exhibitors of this breed
were }. A. Benson of Mddlebury and NJ.
O. Oliver of Leicester II. G.. Delphia of
BridpOrt showed Swiss heifcr. Suckle
~ AitIk VI 4AuulSOl NilUNtu tllItt Ilttltl vi
Ayrshires, L. n. Bissell of East Shore
ham three head of Galloways and Jas.
Mcmahon of Middlebury "A Ilostein COW.
Jerseys were numerous and fine, the eX-
: hibitors being Z. b. Douglas of Shore
ham and j. b. Douglas of Mddlebury,
each of whom had several head, as did
&. w. +. Hammond of Middlebury; while
l.. j. Gorham and II. G. Walker of Mid
dlebury and c. r. Witherell of Cornwall
showed ore animal each. f. & l.. E.
2 Moore had a big show of fat cattle. Ok
. en- were shown by H. W. Pcct aud y. d..
Morse of Cornwall F. & l.. +. Moore and
? by l.. A. Bryant of Lincoln. Nj. b. Will
: hanson of Cornwall had five dairy COWS
} and w. T. Kenworthy of Middlebury two
yearing calves.
POULTRY.
f. T. Parrow and b. II. Lane OF Mid
: dlcbury were large exhibitors in this line,
+ the first named having collection of
several breeds, while Mr.. Lane showed
! Plymouth Rocks, golden and silver Wy
: andottes and others. l. Abernethy of
Weybridge had rabbits and guinea pigs.
, and j. HOWker. Jr., w. keuWOrthy, j.
B. Douglas and =. ID. Duff of Middlebury,
j. DrOllette of Weybrdge and G. +. Rus
sell of East Middebury variety Of fowl.
. SWINE.
Swine of several breeds and all ages
! were shown by Williamson, O.Tredeau.
. Jas Nc Mahon, ii. ID. Hayes, w. Ken
D worthy. j. \. Benson and O. p, Lee of
e Middlebury and by c. II. Marshall of
. Vergennes, c. l.. Payne OF Bridport and
= G. II. Wright of Weybridge.
L. 1t will be seen from the above incOm-
plete statement that all the departments
; were well worth and amply repaid eX-
!; animation.
TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY,
: was DEVOTED to entering aud arrang-
+ ing exhibits, which began to arrive
4 upon the grounds in the forenoon and
Y kept coming all day. There were nc
. public performances of any sort, but
f the officers had their hands full till night
l. fall.
:. WEDNESDAY,
# as usual, brought a crowd, and it was
!, well entertained till it wanted to &c
. home. Visitors began TO appear in town
II by o'clock in the morning and it was
# that hour OF the evening before the last
a of them had started for home. The size
r of the crowd may be guessed from the
!. fact that the gate receipts were upwards
). of $1,000.
IS The principal event of the forenoon
# was the exhibition of the stations on the
}, track for inspection by the judges. But
J. there were shooting galleries, fakirs OF
}. various descriptions and the exhibits tC
# entertain the people, and when they be-
/ came hungry there were plenty OF
< places where they could satisfy tlIeil
l. appetites.
= In the afternoon there were two races
2. and "A balloon ascension. First came the
2, race for horses that had never beateI
# three minutes, aud out of the seven Ell
If tries there were these four starters
l. Nettie c., b. m, by Harkaway, c. S
< Curer of Panton; G.. Clark, by Leicester
lie George Clark of Ticonderoga, n. Y.
: Alaska, b. m, by Wilkes McGregor, +
le II. Winch of Middlebury, and Col. kipp
IS Jr., ch. s., by Col. Kipp, f, A. Roger
G. of Panton. This was very interesting
e, race, although no fast time was made
a G. Clark got the first heat pretty easily
.d but after that it was horse race al