The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-29
Hold a Profitable and Largely Attended
Two-Days' Session at the Capital.
A Detailed Report of the Proceedings of
the Meeting Held Last Week-A List
of the Prizes Awarded to Exhibitors.

in the office of Hon. Frank Kenfeld of
Morrisville, with elk members. To-
day it has membership of nearly $50.
Every year since its organization until
this year its annual meetings have been
held in connection with the Vermont
Dairymen's Association, but the appro-
pration of $500 from the legislature Of
1894 enabled this vigorous young body
to get on its feet and go alone. Last
Wednesday and Thursday its first sepa
rate meeting was held in Armory Hall,
Montpelier, with 250 and more men,
bers in attendance.
The basement of the building was
kindly rendered without expense to the
members of the association by ID. A.
Guptil for the display of sugar-making
apparatus. Here the Vermont Farm
Machine Company of Bellows Falls,
The Leland Evaporaior Company OF
Enosburgh Fal and the G. ii. Grimm
Company of Rutland showed evapora-
tors and draw-tubs. Experts were
present to show the interested farmers
the good points of these inventions, re.
minding one of floral hall at county
fair. William Hebb of Jacksonville
showed an ingenious sap bucket and
pail washing machine, and A. M. Eos.
ter of Cabot was busy explaining the
merits of his patent spp.spout, bucket
cover and Dandy Jim " tapping. bit.
The exhibit of sugar and syrup in
the main hall surpassed anything ever
seen in Vermont, and members of the
association who visited the Worlds Fair
at Chicago declared that the exhibit
fharn pvipnaiun in I've
nor so fine in quality. L. X. Osgood
of Rutland had three large tables GOV.
cred with exhibits of sugar, syrup,
maple candy and maple cake-all made
from nothing but maple syrup boiled
in Grimm evaporator. Mr.. Osgood's
splendid showing attracted large crowds
throughout the two days. Other large
exhibitors of sugar and syrup were 7.
B. Barney of Underhill, Josiah Grout
of Derby, A. M. Foster of Cabot. E. L.
Bass of Randolph, Cornelius McMahon
of Stowe, H. H Templeton and c. L.
Parmenter of East Montpelier, Hol.
brook Brothers of Belvidere, Sidney
Manner of Fairfield, George w. Bridg-
man of Hardwick, Henry Hoadley of
Berkshire, A. G. Bryant of Coventry,
George Dow of Cabot and Alpha
Messer of Rochester.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The exercises on Wednesday after
noon were opened with prayer by Rev.
DR.. Norman Seaver of Montpelier. w.
A. Lord, Esq, of Montpelier was very
happily introduced by President Ken
field as friend of sugar makers and
member of the legislature of 1894, who
assisted through the bull appropriating
$500 for the use of this association.
Mr.. Lord gave brief but cordial adj
dress of welcome, bringing to those
present the appreciation and regard of
the people of Montpelier. He under
stood that the association was attempt
ing for the first time to stand on its
own feet, and if there was any doubt
in regard to the child being able to walk
without the nurse (aughter) such
doubts must be dispelled by the at
tendance at this convention and by the
ma yniicent exhibit there seen. Mr..
Lord said such associations should re-
ceive the hearty encouragement of the
people of the state, whether producers
or consumers, and that, in his belief,
the state can bestow its public money
in no better way than to give portion
of it to an association of this kind. AS
the rep. esentative of the city of Mont
pelier he again cordially welcomed the
association.
A. M. Foster of Cabot responded in
behalf of the association. Mr.. Foster
said if Washington was the father Of
his country, Washington county is the
father of Vermont, and Lamoille
county, in which President Kenfeld
resides, is the daughter. 1t has been
said that all roads lead to Rome, but
we say, all roads lead to Montpelier
Formerly the farmers boys had only
two holidays in the year-June Train
ing and Lection days-in which they
could visit Montpelier; but things have
changed since then. The speaker re
ferred to his pleasant early recollections
of visiting Montpelier with his father,
and believed that much Of the present
prosperity of the capital of Vermont is
due to It's early business men. We
naturally expect something good in
Montpelier. This hall in which we are
holding our meetings is not larger than
the hearts of the people who furnished
it, and it is very proper that the first
separate meeting OF the association
should be held al Montpelier. Mr..
Foster expressed his belief that the
NAPLES of Vermont would continue in
the future, as they had in the past, to
furnish sweetness excelled only by our
mothers, sisters, wives and sweet
hearts.
The annual address of President
Keufield was then delivered. Mr.. Ken
field said the ASSOCIATION had right to
congratulate itself On a membership of
more than 600 in four years time. Re-
ferring TO maple sugar, he said that cane
or beet sugar can"ot enter into compe-
tition with it. The color can be i'm
itated, but not the flavor. Vermont
produces more maple sugar than any
other state and nearly as much as all
other states combined. Ohio is sup
posed to produce more than Vermont,
but some of our counties produce more
than the whole state OF Ohio. The