Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-09-11
ADDISON COUNTY FAIR.
ZINE SHOW AND PLENTY OF PEOPLl
TO SEE IT.

! &F1NE SHOW AND PLENTY OF PEOPLE
w TO SEE IT.
The officers and all concerned have
every reason to be proud of their
success in making the 52d annual fair of
the Addison County Agricultural society,
which opened on Tuesday and ended
last night, one of theivery best in the
history of the organization. The people
of the county generally assisted both by
bringing in their stock and other things
and by coming out to see the show The
exhibits, the races, the music and every
thing else was first-class. The only
outside exhibitor was Mr. w. r. G. Wat
son, owner of the Forest Park farm in
Brandon, who had considerable fine
stock, including the herd of Normandy
cattle he imported last April. We give
below a nearly complete list of the eX-
hibits, though necessarily in condensed
form. The premium list vii! indicate
the comparative merits of those in each
class:
CATTLE.
c. II. Marshall of Addison and F. &
! L. f. Moore of Shoreham had large eX-
hibits of Durhams and f. p. Lee, r. B.
Thomas and f. T. Parow of Middlebury
and NJ. O. Oliver of Leicester were other
exhibitors of this breed.
f. y. Bissell of East Shoreham showed
four head of his Galloways.
w. II. and j. W. Kenworihy of Mid
/ Il 1oI hnI Of tai
Forest Park farm of Brandon had l3
head of Ayrshires, X. Parker & Son of
Ferrsburgh seven head and Sickle q
| Clark of Addison, Sanford II. Lane of
Cornwall and f. c. Ryder of Weybridge
one each.
w. +. Hammond of Middlebury had II
head of Jerseys, +. b. Douglas of Shore
ham six, J. b. Douglas of Middlebury
six, VI. b. Williamson of Cornwall two
and +. p. Lee and w. Il. Kenworthy of
Middlebury and Robt. Easton of Corn
wall one each.
Fat cattle were shown by f. 81 L. f.
Moore, who had six head, and by Il.
Parker & Son, who had one.
n. ID. Morse of Cornwall and A. y.
Fisher of Mddlebury showed oxen, f.
& l.. L. Moore a pair of steers, +. b.
Douglas, NJ. B. Williamson, j. B. Doug
las and +. p. Lee herds of dairy cows
and c. II. Marshall, NJ. o. Oliver and
John Towle of Cornwall heifer calves.
HORSES.
Pairs of matched horses were exhibited
by +. b. Douglas of Shoreham, DR.. E.
A. Smith of Brandon and Albert A..
Fletcher, A. Hemenway, NJ. A. Brooks
and Ward Brown of Middlebury, and
Iii. Lv~ n 10 inn rffNtn
of Moriah Center, n. Y, G. a. Chap
man of ,Ferrisburgh, f. b. Douglas
of Shoreham, w. y. Lawrence and d. +.
Meader of Bristol, II. E. Sanford of
West Cornwall and II. S. Perkins, c. B.
Wood, NJ. A. Munroe, G.. a. MunrOe and
+. A. Rickert of Middlebury.
E. G.. Ryder of Weybridge had thr6 e
stations, one of them with five of his
get: and Hoel Sayles of StarksDorO, S.
Y. FELTON, of Sudbury, Forest Park farm
and Ed. Trudeau of Mddlebury had one
stallion each.
A Percheron stallion was shown by
his owners, Robt. Easton of Cornwall
and others.
In Morgan stations Joseph Battell of
Ripton exhibited Denning Allen and five
of his get. Afterthought, Stockbridge
and Gen. Gates; L. c. Ryder of Wey-
bridge showed three, one with five of
his get, II. G.. Delphia of Bridport two
and 5. Y. FELTON, of Sudbury one.
Brood mares and colts were numerous,
E. c. Ryder having five, Robert Easton
three, Forest Park farm two and +. j..
Carpenter and Milo Rivet of Weybridge,
David c.. Eubar of Bristol, John Sperry
and John Towle of Cornwall, Philip
Delphia and Perry ID. Norton of Add-
4 /,
of Middebury, II. G.. Delphia of Brid-
port. II. c. Preston of Vergennes and
Wm Halnon of Salisbury one each.
+. j. Carpenter of Weybridge showed
3-year-old mare and yearling flly,
f. G. Ryder two yearlng colts and Fred
Newton of Vergennes yearling tlily.
SHEEP.
OF MerinOes there was fine showing
r. \. Bissell of East Shoreham, L. S.
Burwel and II. d. jackson of Bridport,
f. j. Carpenter of Weybridge and j. w.
Baldwin of Richyille all making large
exhibits, while Ira l.. Hamblin of Corn
wall showed two head.
Lincolns-six head-were shown by
C. II. Marshall of Addison.
NJ. B. Williamson of Middlebury
showed four Shropshires and E. j. Car
penter one.
In the cross. bred class f. j. Carpenter
had nine head and j. b. Douglas of
Middlebury and w. II. Curtis of Corn
wall six each.
POULTRY.
The display in this line was quite ex-
tensive and included about all the breeds
known hereabouts. Frank II. Parow of
Middlebury had the greatest variety OF
hens, hut b. IL. Lane, S. F. Fox, w. T.
Kenworthy and Harry +. Smith of Mid
dloburr a1co u1adp avpaiIant cboUipne