St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-20
THE LYND0NVILLE FAIR.
Good Weather.-A Big Crowd.-Lots of
Entries in the Various Departments
Fast Time in the Races.-1 wo Regimen
tai Reunions.

EHtrIeS IN tHe various DepHrtmeHtS'-
Fast Time In the Races.-1wo Regimen
tai Reunions.
The seventh annual "old-fashioned
Fair" was held at Lyndonville Tues
day and Wednesday, and the man
agement have every reason to con-
gratulate themselves on the success
of the exhibition. In several depart.
ments, notably sheep, swine and
horses, there was a marked increase
over previous years.
This fair always prides itself on its
cavalcade, and this was one of the
features of the exhibition. A collec-
ton of antiques and horrbles follow
ed the LyndonvilIe Cornet Band
around the track, and attracted much
amusement. All the Floats" in this
part of the cavalcade were cleverly
made. Following this came the
Stevens Drum Corps of Barnet and
the horses and oxen.
HORSES.
There was a splendid exhibit Of
horses here, almost all Morgan bred.
The standard horses included a q
vear-old stallion entered by r. NJ.
Walker of Glover; Stripes, owned by
Joshua Bemis; Henry's Boy, F. B.
Lang's fast stallion, sired by Gen.
CIRCUITS Henry S.. Henniker Boy, the
handsome stallion owned by A. F.
Hill, of Greensboro. Among the non,
standard stations were Drextel,
shown by D. S. Tute; a yearling by
R. NJ. Walker; Maxey W., by Chas.
L. Smith, North Danville; one by w.
G. Hanscomb, Sheffield; Lambert
Knox by Walter Chase, Sheffield /;
Colby c., by J. L. Campion, East
Haven; a stallion, by ]. E. Simpson !;
Dean, Jr., by E. H. Gray; Henley
Boy, by w. M. Fitzpatrick, Kirby /;
Chief, by Elias Deos Tommy F., by
A. F. Hill; Starless, by T. E. Bennett !;
a Morgan stallion, by o. M. ingalls,,
Sheffield; Buffalo Bill, by c. c. Pin
ard Morgan stallion, by W, r. Rose
brook, Island Pond.
H. J. Dodge of Burke entered draft
horses, and there was fine display
OF ladies drivers, roadsters, matched
pairs, breeding mares and colts.
OXEN AND STEERS.
There was the largest exhibit OF
oxen seen at a fair in this county for
several years. There were tenentries
in the Lyndon town strings. Match
ed steers were shown by Burlington
Bros, !. E. Batchelder and Willard
Randall. ]. E. Simpson had three
yokes of trained steers, and A. O.
Harris had some big fat oxen. Work,
ing oxen were shown by A. o. Har.
ris, o. T. Walter, of East Haven
4year-olds by J, E. Hunter, H. S
Graves, c. D. Hubbard, L. F. ShonyC
& Son, Geo. Bailey, of North Dan
vile; 3.year.olds by E. H. Gray, d
S. Young, of Kirby; 2-year-olds byJ
E. Simpson, Geo. Bailey and D. Law
renee OF Waterford; yearlings and
calves by burlington Bros, ]. E
Simpson, D. La wrence, Andrew Ohm
son and c. D. Hubbard
The only competitors for the pre-
, miums for dairy cows were Russell &
f Gage, L. F. Shonyo 6, Son and H. B
Ward of North Danvile. The latter
had the only entry for fat COWS.
BLooDED CATTLE.
The exhibit OF blooded stock wa:
very choice. The JERSEYS led in mum
bers, and the exhibitors were 6. A
Leach, of Kirby, Russell & Gage, L
A. Darling, of East Burke, d. S. Young
OF Kirby, l.. F. Shonyo & Son, In
gals Bros. ]. E. Simpson and L. A
Darling had the only entries in Dur
l hams, and H. B. Ward captured al
the premiums on Holsteins. H. ]
f Dodge of Burke, l.. B. Harris and L
t A. Darling entered Dtvons, while th'
only Herefords shown were exhibited
by Mr. Harris. Grades were entered
by ]. M. Nickerson of Kirby, Russel
& Gage, H. A. Butterfeld, l.. F
Shonyo & Son, c. E, Ruggles, ingalls,
Bros. and H. B. Ward.
A FINE SHEEP EXHIBIT.
Some OF the best sheep in northern
Vermont were at the Lyndonvill
y fair, and they were in excellent con
dition. l.. B. Harris and A. T. Evan
4 exhibited hocks of Shropshires, D. S
' Young of Kirby had flock of Lonl
: Wools, a Merino buck and six eve
: were shown by l.. B. Harris, ant
q grades were entered by burlington
, Bros, J. E. Simpson, {. E. Ruggles
l.. A. Darling and George Bailey
The competitors for the fat sheep pre-
miums were Will D. Hughes, L. B
: Harris and J. E. Simpson.
BIG EXHIBIT OF PORKERS.
These were the entries in this de
partment: Sow and pigs, 6. p. lde
boar, !. A. Hunter; boar, boar pi!
and spring pig, H. S. Graves; boar
c. D. Hubbard; boar and boar pig
Lvndonvllle Creamery; boar pig
: SOW and pigs, J. E. Batchelder; SOW
a and pigs, F. E. Camp and E. c. Car
i penter; boar pig, {. L. Hoyt; tive
i spring pigs, A. O. Harris.
POULTRY.
4 These were all arranged in ten