Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-30
do Justice to many whose stock and
exhibits deserve a favorable mention.


First, on account Of the value OF
each animal, and on account Of the
number shown by one exhibitor, we
mention the show of horses made by
Mr.. Vail of Lyndon, from the Speed
we'll farms. This stock, which con-
sisted Of his famous French Coach
stallion, several brood mares of the
same breed, monsters, a large Perch
eron stallion, with mare and colt, and
of ponies and their colts, was an ex-
hibition in itself. Few people are
aware of the cost and value of these
animals. The fact that they won first
premiums at the New York and the
New England fairs shows their mer-
its. The thanks of the society and
the people are due Mr.. Vail for his
generosity in sending these animals
and his sheep here, without cost, ex-
cept in the matter of keep while on
the grounds.
The number of stations was not as
great as it has been here tofore, but
included some very good animals;
ed by parties in Newport and vicinity
which was bought at a high cost and
is supposed to be of much value. He
is a large animal with very sleek
skin and of the Coach class of horses.
Among some best known are those
owned by the Valley Bros, Guess,
and Centello; the John Bean horse,
Warwick; the Morgan horse owned
by the Dows of Hardwick; the S. p.
King Golden; mention should be
made of the Conley horse of West
more, the Sartwell horse of Albany,
and the Chesley horse of Sheffield.
Henry Leland won premium on his
big gray horse. Among younger stall
lions were the fine three year-old Of
F. B. Lang, and the colts of D.D.Bean.
Among the younger FLIES and geld
iDgs there were some very pretty
colts; some of which the reporter
noted were those owned by L. S. Nye,
G. P. Bean, S. E. King, j. M. Sher-
burne, j. R. White, r. M. Walker and
w. H. Martin. Among the mares
with their stock were those owned by
Valley Bros, Mr.. Nye, O. K. Chesley,
n. G. Stevens, p. j. Plunkett, and r.
NJ. Walker. w. & A. j. Leland and
A. A. Barber entered some good colts
of the general purpose sort. The test
of draught horses drew big crowd.
The first pair tried was owned by
Frank Virgins; these drew the load,
much as ever; the second pair tested
were the grays owned by E. B. True.
These handled the load handsomely.
A larger pair owned by Roratio Dew
ereaux drew the load and as many
men as could pile on to it. In the
single horse test, Peter Lippens' horse
handled the load, but one of the horses
of the Devereaux pair walked off with
it easily. Only two pairs of carriage
horses appeared, those owned by Rev.
J. K. EULER and F. B. Hammond.
These were good. There were about
dozen entries of single drivers on
the merits of which the committee
had a tussle. Among some of these
were the Chas. Root, the A. w. Ed
ridge, the Valley Bros, the Ward Col
Inns, the E. NJ. Markres and the Sam
| Bean horses.
CATTLE.
We found only five pairs of oxen,
those owned by John Mclaughlin,
Westmore; Chesley of Sheffield; John
Borland, West Glover; M. j. Owen,
Barton; B. M. R. Nelson, Barton;
these were just average cattle. James
Cameron showed two nice pairs of
steers. The Lelands, Geo. Conley ,and
E. Bly, re-enforced the list of steers
with several good pairs. There was
small lot Of fat cattle.
The Jersey list was well up. Among
the registered animals were good bulls
owned by DR.. Gilman, DR.. r. B. Skin
ner, II. III. Tracy, FL. S. Fisk and 0. A.
White. E. E. Dutton showed his
yearling bull from the G. I. Hood
herd; j. E. Cook a nice one Of his
own raising. Mr.. Cook has one of the
best Jersey herds in this section and
his animals are all good. DIR. Skinner,
who insists on having the best, if he
can buy or raise it, showed COWS,
heifers, and calves. FL. P. Leland is
getting start in the registered line.
The grade Jerseys were numerous,
among the largest exhibitors being
w. w. Foster, o. K. Chesley, j. Bor-
land. @. F. Cutler, @. B. Leland, o. G..
Mills. H. Prescott and the Lelands.
There were no registered Durhams,
but in grades E. 5. Nelson exhibited
good COWS, yearlings, etc. E. R.
Cook and the Lelands showed this
sort of stock. E. Bly, of East Charles