Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
ADDISON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL So
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REPORTS PRESENTED AND BUSINESS DONE
AT TIE ANNUAL MEETING.

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REPORTS PRESENTED AND BUSINESS DONE
AT TIE ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the above So
ciety was held ut the Addison House,
Middlebury, Wednesday, Jan. ,, at 80
p. m. with President G.. Il. Crane in the
chair. Secretary Dana read his annual
report. which was accepted and adopted.
! Treasurer James presented his report.
On motion of II. j. Hyde the chair APP
pointed committee of nine to nom-
nate officers for the year ensuing. The
following'named gentlemen were APP
pointed as such committee Mr.. Hyde,
/ +. n. Bissell, a. W. Wilcox, w. b.
Child, F. c. Dyer, |. l.. Ilamblin. c. w.
| Barbour. w. ii. Bingham, +. 5. Wright.
| rhey reported as follows: President, \.
! W. Wilcox, Bridport; vice presidents,
| IL. +. Sanford, Cornwall l. f. Moore,
Shoreham; secretary, f. G. Dyer. Sails
bury; treasurer, j. A. James. Wey-
bridge; directors, L. n. Bsscll, Shore
ham; V. V. Blackmer, Orwell; II. j.
/ Hyde, Salisbury; Darwin Rider, Mid
dlrbuy; W. IL. Bingham, Cornwall;
town managers, Addison, c. w. Bar
bour; Bridport. j. L. Wilcox; Bristol, w.
\. Lawrence: Cornwall, G. II. Lane;
Fcrrisburgh. G. Chapman; Goshen,
G.. W. Hooker: Granville, Il. j. Flint:
Hancock. Il. A. Durham; Leicester. o.
\. Briggs; Lincoln, Howard Clark;
Edgar Meader; New Haven, G. L. Flint;
Orwell, II. +. Cults; Panton, Andrew
Roscoe; Ripton, VIM. Calvin; Sails
bury, W. II. Dyer; Shoreham, Capt.
Frank Moore; Starksboio, joel O. Car
penter; Nergennes, f. Il. Norton;
Watham. II. b. Wright; Weybridge, E.
5. Wright: Whiting, A. ii. Hubbard,
and they were elected.
1t was voted that the society refund
to Ira l.. Hamblin of Cornwall the sum
of one dollar, which he paid for printing
tickets for the members of the Sheep
Shearing association, of which he Is
secretary and treasurer, to get INTO the
far.
Voted that the secretary and treasurer
of the Sheep Shearlng association be re-
quested to give the secretary of the ag-
ricultural society IA list of members of
said association, in go0d StdHdjng, not
later than Aug. |, 1898.
Vote that the matter OF rental of the
fair ground and fixing of the date of the
next annual fair be left with the eXecu-
tive board
The regular meeting of the executive
board was announced for Wednesday,
Feb. 6, at 10 o'clock Il. IN. The meeting
then adjourned.
sECRErARY's REPORT.
Conference.-The 50th annual fair OF the so
ciety was held Tuesday, "Wednesday aud
Thursday, september IL, II and Is, 1884, under
: most suspicious circumstances, this being
the fourth successive year we have been
favored sith fine weather. | think the last
fair was the best all round fair ever held In
the county and both the attendance and re-
ceipts were larger than ever before. The
number OF exhibitors was 277 against 100 the
! 1893 against 1854 in 1893. With this large in
l crease in the sale OF membership tickets
\ there is no doubt nut there is some loss &c
+ the society by holders going out and then re
turning with the second and third person
e thus abusing the right 10 which a ticket en-
e titles them. The exhibit in floral hail was
TAR In excess of anything seen in recent
= years, the hall being completely filled will
= ladies' artistic and fancy work, while the
= display OF seeds and vegetables was mos
A praseworthy. The childrens department
4 which is IA new feature was well filled tor the
u first year and will prove n valuable addition
d The show OF flow ers and plants was very
!, large and they were handsomely and arts
tieally arranged, and was quite contrast t'
1893. when there was not Il single entry II
this class. There was good show OF live
U stock i'm all departments, that of horses being
: particularly attractive There were entered
Z Tor premiums 30 brood mares and COLTS, 3
mares and gedings, IL single drivers, three
=, matched teams six STANDARD bred stallion
5 and geidlngs b'i ~ much larger than tor
n number of years ana the show OF b OO'
mares and colts was better than Mt tn
Breeders meeting nj Rutland. | think
S would be "A good feature at the next tair Il
"a have "a grand cavalcad- OF all horses show
. Tor premiums, so that they may he seen L
u advantage by the spectators on the gran,
stand and elsewhere. The races were tairl
. Y cd, that in the > 30 class being particularly
exciting and interesting; the three minut
7. race was also good one. The colt race
IF might as wei be discontinued, rs they do no
"A MI, and the one which occurred last yea
u was simply farce. II would also be goo
Al plan to substitute IA slow race for the pc
race, as something new always takes wit
the crowd Some people complain that W
many fast horses. This may be true, bu
e. when see the Rutland County societ
:, come out 5000 IN debt from their last fair
n behooves MS to move with caution in tn
al matter, although believe a good horse rae
40 to be an attractive feature OF lair and thS
, we have done fairly well and can do bette
u In this respect. The balloon ascension an
III parachute leap by Prof. Joseph LaRoux wa
" grand success and was witnessed by
l. large cOncOurse of people, who pronounce
= IL one of the best ever seen in Vermont, III
+ only trouble being that he was little lai
b. in his arrival A novel and unique teatul
~ OF the semi centennial fair WAS the bah
y show, the first ever seen in the county II M
~ in the state; 80 babies were shown at II
t. fair and there Is no doubt that II was draN
ze ing feature of the lair, but the facilities Il
Il the comfort OF the mothers and cherubs
~ well as the spectators were not as good
they should have been. The thanks OF Il