St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-25

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During the afternoon Prof. Bonette .
repeated his performance on the high
trapeze and also his slide-for-life act. A 9
wire was stretched across the track from
the grand stand to tower erected near
the judges stand. Mr.. Bonette got hold
of this wire in some way with his teeth
and slid across at the rate of mile a
minute or less.
Master Harry Roncoe, the ten-year-old
trick bicyclist wonder, went through his
tricks in excellent shape and received
hearty applause from the crowd. The
tricks were about the same as he did
Wednesday, but they were much better
done.
The balloon ascension and parachute
drop by Prof. Bonette and wife was the
best thing of the kind ever seen in this
section. The balloon went up about
four O'Clock with two parachutes
attached, the professor with the first one
and his wife a few feet below in the
second. Mrs. Bonette was the first to
drop and landed just little above the
railroad gate entrance inside the fair
ground. The balloon went up quite a
distance alter Mrs. Bonette lett It, and
the professor seemed loath to leave it,
probably greatly enjoying his mid-air
sail and the view spread out before him.
The balloon rose slowly and gracefully,
and when over the Ladd farm Bonette
left it and commenced his journey down.
The drop was perfect and he touched
grouud on the Ladd farm over the hill
just out of sight. 1t was not many min
utes before he joined his wife on the lair
ground.
This closed the 50th anniversary of
the Caledonia county lair and was pro-
nounced by all one of the most successful
in its history.
Pickles and Preserves.
Apple jelly, Louise Gadipie, so
Grape jelly, Mrs. Arthur +. Stone, 25
Canned corn Mrs. l. A. Bartlett, so
White currants, Mrs. ]. w. Ellis, 25
Preserved pears, Mrs. Arthur F. Stone, 1 90
Picked cucumbers Mrs. A. F. Stone, rs
Canned crab apples. Mrs. D. p. Coveny, 25
Canned blackberries, Mrs. e. A. Gray, 90
Preserved pumpkin, Mrs I. A. Bartlett, 25
Corrections and Additions.
Matched steers, E. E. Hale 400
c. ID. Hubbard, 3 90
E. e Hovey, 200
Black Leghorn fowls F. Boynton, 90
Buckwheat, Peter Laundry, 25
Boar pig, o. N Drew, 2 90
Mr.. Drake of Burlington acted as
starter at the races and gave excellent
satisfaction. Mr.. Drake is very fair in
his decisions and never let's string of
horses start until good line is formed
across the wire.
Photographer Kellogg had a large
exhibit of photographs in the children's
department of Floral hail. All sizes of
photos were in the collection and it occu-
pied almost one side of the room.
The unusual number of entries in the
live stock department made lots of extra
work for ]. l.. Peck who has had charge
OF supplying the stock with iced for
many years. About 20 tons of hay and
straw were used this year, which is all
furnished to exhibitors by the Fair
Ground company,
The premium list will befound on pages
six and seven OF this paper.
In the premium list under the working
oxen the first premium of So goes to
Gen, Grout, the second of 81 to George
w. Varney and the third OF So to George
Roberts. (The premium list on the inside
page was printed before this correction
was received, Editor CALEDoNIAN.)