Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-10-03
WOODSTOCK FAIR.

semi-Ce Exhibit of Windsor
County Society Great Success.
\ Attendance Reaches High
Water Mark. What There
Was To See.
For fifty years the Windsor County
Agricultural society has been holding
successful fairs, yet it remained FOL
4 The semi-centennial exhibit TO score
the climax. The fair held at Wood
stock last week Tuesday, Wednesday,
4 and Thursday is justly considered the
best ever held by the society.
Except in sheep and possibly oxen,
no department showed any falling OIL
from previous years, and most OF the
classes were better filled. The weather
was good, except on the afternoon OF
the last day, and the attendance phe-
nonenally large. That of Tuesday
was about 100; OF Wednesday some
| $500, and of Thursday probably 1880.
/ Everything passed off without a
hitch. Money and labor have been
expended without stint by the associ-
alton in past years, aside from valua-
BILE contributions, and the result is
that the fair is provided with excel
lent grounds and almost every con-
venience.
The visitor entering the gates natur.
ally wends his way first to the poul-
try house. Here are dozens and scores
Of cluckers and quackers, OF every
known variety. 1t is pleasing sight
to the poultrymen.
Next is the large building devoted
to grain, vegetables and fruit. We
never saw SO large and handsome q
display before. Fruit is rather scarce,
but grain and vegetables make up.
The Billings farm has an exhibit that
alone would make the department at
tractive. Now we step over to
FLORAL HALL.
Ny. My! Ny! What a host OF
things! And to think that we are ex-
pected to give our readers descrip-
ton of them! Might just as we'll give
it up now and tell them they ought
to have gone to see for themselves.
There are some live merchants who
show their wares here. j. B. Jones
of Woodstock showed handsome pieces
OF CASTELAR, Royal Semi-Procelain; Da-
ma Brothers OF Woodstock are here
with q lot of cloaks and furs; Powell
e., Smith have numerous furs and
overcoats and G. NJ. Reyes of SPRING
field directs attention to his display.
There is quite a showing Of cut
flowers and a few potted plants. Rugs
and quilts hang in profusion overhead,
many OF the latter Of handsome crazy
patterns. Mrs. Lyman Allen of Roy
alton had quilt As years old and still
good. Mrs. w. f. Mack Of Wood
stock displayed full set Of china
which her grandmother bought in
1928 with money earned by spinning
linen. Francis b. Allen of Wood
stock had ceverly-made napkin ring
which was handsome enough to pass
for silver.
An oak-cased New England piano
| is here and the agent, Mr.. Wiley of
Lebanon, N. H., descants on its mer-
| its. A. +. Spaulding Of Woodstock
has large number Of crayons, water
colors and photos which he executed.
The Shaker sisters, too, are here with
their fancy articles.
VIM. A. Hathorn of Woodstock de.
serves TO rank as a champion wood
worker. Here are half dozen violins
of his own make-superb in quality
and finish, but still more remarkable
is curious picture frame made of H.
430 pieces of black walnut fastened to-
gether in puzzle fashion without nail
or glue. 1t took Mr.. Hawthorn about
three weeks to make this.
Among the leading exhibitors of
fancy articles are the following: The
children of Elton Smith, who made
large showing Of kindergarten work,
Mrs. A. 0. Atwood, Mrs. MN. Burn
ham, Jennie Cobb, Mrs. nj. j. Lewis,
Clara Chedel and Mrs. M. w. Ladd,
all Of Woodstock; Mrs Eff. Spear and
Jennie Spear, Mrs. Ernest Spear, Hart
land; Maud Larabee, Quechee; and
Mrs. II. A. Holton, w. r. junction.
Paintings were very numerous.
Some Of them were shown BY T. A.
Trevillian, Helen M. Chase, Barnard;
j. r. Pember, Miss Helen L. Mass,
Miss f. A, Hapgood, Caroline and ,Jo-
sephine Pitkin and Arthur &. Thorn
as, Woodstock; and Mrs. r. M. Whit
comb, Bethel.
The display of culinary and canned
goods was not large, but nice.
About $l35 were distributed as pre-
miums to owners of fancy articles and
paintings, and $75 for rugs, quilts and
household articles.
MACHINERY HALL
is packed full. There are the Cham
pion sap evaporation and sugaring Off
arch of G. H. Grimm n Co., Rutland:
Dodge Il Twill's washing machine:,
numerous Watertown wagons; Adri-
ance mowers; Empire cream separator;
Crystal creamery; Green Mountain,
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