Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-10-17

! The first fair OF the White River Vale,
Pomona Grange was held In Grange hal
Oct. II, 1895, and was grand success. Th
attendance was very good considering tn
unfav0rable weather. "A very interesting
talk Was given by the worthy lecturer o
the National Grange, Alpha s. Messer o
Rochester, vt. He has travelled In nearly
every state IN the union, but said ther'
was no better place for farming or corr
raising than the state OF Vermont, and ad.
vised the farmers to raise what corn they
needed and not to buy. He believed that
! the farmers should run their own fairs
and MT let them descend to gambling
dens and horse trots.
Three committees were appointed to ex-
anime the articles exhibited. Seymour
Culver and Nathan Preston were commit
tee on fruit. @. Z. Paine showed . varie-
ties Of apples; g. T. Clark, 8; A. B. Fin
ney, s; James n. Buck, a; H. r. Rifotd,
is; +. W. Williams, l; Charles Haynes, l.
7. Flint and D. 9. Stearns. There, were
sixteen varieties Of potatoes exhibited. AL.
exander and Carroll Whitney, aged six
and eight years, had the greatest number
OF different kinds in one exhibit. They
also exhibited many varieties Of beans.
Garden vegetables were there In great
abundance. Chester T. Clark had the best
assortment, chief OF which was mann
moth squash. Corn, rye and oats were
also shown.
The exhibit Of butter and cheese was
small but OF excellent quality. Mrs. John
=. Shepard and Mrs. Il. P. Riford we're
the exhibitors.
Mrs. g. M. Slack Of Norwich made the
largest showing Of canned goods. There
was also good display Of maple sugar,
syrup and ieIly,
The display Of fancy work made by the
ladies was 80 bewildering in variety that
1t Is possible to notice only q few out of
the many articles deserving mention. The
committee In this department were Mrs.
Seymour Culver, Mrs. Nathan Preston,
Misses Alice g. Buck and Martha w. Pike.
There were three awards OF honorable.
mention. First, embroidered bureau scarf
and mats, made by an old lady eighty
hibited by Mrs. Charles Brown Of South
second, outline spread, Mrs. w.
p. Hubbard, South Royalton; third, daisy
tidy, Miss Laura Paine, South Randolph.
Mrs. j. F. Bennett OF Tunbridge exhibit
cd fine collection OF relics of rye olden
time," conspicuous among them being
silver teaspoons and homespun linen OF
the last century. Mrs. Chas. F. Waldo |
showed well-preserved and handsome |
max wheel, a hundred years old. The dis |
play OF antiquities also included pewter |
platter, plate and basin, several pieces OF
china and hand wrought lace fchu, the |
latter being exhibited BY Mrs. Geo. Pres
ton of Royalton.
Among the curiosities, Mrs. Charles F.
Waldo showed fan carved from one piece |
of cedar wood, and paper knife hammer
ed from a twenty. penny nail. Mrs. Geo.
Bean showed q pin cushion made from
Yucca wood and pieces Of polished Orange |
tree wood. Master Clifton Brown, three
years old, was the exhibitor OF stuffed
dog with three puppies. Two pairs OF
knitted BY Mrs. Marinda Fos-
Ter, q blind lady 70 years Of ago, would be
! credit to one with perfect eyesight.
The walls were made gay with quilts,
afghans and rugs Of many colcrs and pat.
;efns, interpreted with oil paintings,
lmong which was an old portrait OF nm
known history, found in the attici OF an
ancient farmhouse in Royalton.
Owing to the lateness Of the season, the
display OF flowers was limited to pansies
arranged 10 pillow, cross
ind baskets, by Mrs. Carrie Bugbee, Mrs.
Ellen Walker, Mrs. Charles Hart and Miss
laura Paine.
We wish to thank the committee who
'erved so faithfully, although not mem
Jers OF the order.
al By ORDER Con-.