Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-30
THE COUNTY FAIR.

After waiting until all the fairs in
Ne vicinity had been held and until
ete that promised cool, and, posi-
~, rainy weather, the first two days
ere perfect, except in the matter of
usty roads. The third day set for
be races, proved rainy, but the pro-
ram was carried out.
The attendance the first day was
hrger than usual for a first day, and
n the second very large, as large as
las been seen in the last ten years.
he rain greatly lessened the attend
nce at the races. The fair as a whole
vas more than an average and gave
general satisfaction. 8 In the line of
horses, the show was very good as
TO kind, with a less number than in
Bome former years. Cattle were off
as to numbers, and somewhat as to
kind. There are SO few oxen in this
vicinity that few could be shown in
ANY event, while few calves and steers
bre raised and fewzwere shown. The
show Of dairy animals was good. The
sheep pens were full and all good
VI breeds were seen. e In the swine pens
there were some very good specimens
of sows with pigs. The poultry peo-
NJ pie were on hand and their new build
N ing was filed with large annex tent.
There was an unusually large num-
v ber of people presents hoWing various
dairy tools, sugar tools, farm machin-
cry, etc. The organ and piano agents
were on hand and there was lots of
music, chin and otherwise, in the air.
While the number of exhibitors in
vegetables was not large, the very
large exhibit made by few individu-
ais brought the show up to large pro-
portions. There was a good show in
the line of fruits and more than usual
which came in outside the fruit tree
growers. 1t is Fpretty we'll demon
strated that good apples of many sorts
can be raised in this climate. The
butter and sugar department, grain,
seed, ETC., was about an average in
amount and character. In that di-
vision, sometimes called floral hall,
there was smaller show than hereto
fore, and the condition Of things is
such that it will continue to grow less
until something is done to relieve the
room from dust and dirt, and until
people are put into the room and be-
hind the counter to look after the ex-
hibits. 1t is wellnigh ruinous to ev-
erything that is carried there. If
there is no other way to remedy the
trouble and to make q better state
of affairs we think the women should
take the matter in hand and compel
the fitting up of the room with good
doors, good floors, larger windows
and improvements which will be what
the lady exhibitors deserve. There
was the usual amount of outside ''at
fractions" with dance hall overhead
in the building, a large side show, a
merry go-round, sundry devices for
mild and more advanceds gambling,
lots of venders of cider, small and
larger beer, hucksters and peddlers,
booths and stands. The above in
brief is fair account of the fair itself.
To undertake to report in detail is a
much more difficult thing. In the
modern wisdom of the management
of fairs it has become customary to
tag every article, animal, cabbage,
picture, pig, or thing of whatever
sort, with card containing a number
representing certain class and the
number of entry. Nobody can tell
anything about the owners name, or
get any facts that are of general in
terest in regard to the exhibit This
subtletry is resorted to in order, as is
reported, solely to keep the judges
from being partial or dishonest. For
this cause the public is denied the
qualification of knowing who made
the exhibit and where it came from
TIE reporter, who would be pleased
to put in print much which might be
of interest and qualification to both
exhibitor and the public, is utterly un-
able to do it. While we were able tC
hunt down the names of some who
owned the exhibits, we could not finC
others and are unable to do anything
that shall be correct in detail or shall