The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-10-05
The Washington Fair.

existence. Tuesday, the first day OF the
fair, was quite rainy and over-hangng
clouds. gave, evidence OF repiution on the
bright and clear and with 1t came crowds OF
people and by nine o'clock fully $500 were
on the grounds. Thursday was equally as
good a day but the crowd was not 30 large
as on the prec ,ding day. Each and every
feature OF the programme was fully carried
out at its prop, time aud each department
had its usual amount OF contributions.
The officers OF the association are: Presi-
dent, A. e. Whitcomb, Washington; vice.
treasurer, l.. d. Tillotson, Washington;
secretary, G II. Bigelow, Washington; as
ton; marshals, 9. H Smith, Washington,
M. b. Curtis, Orange, Harry Downing,
Washington; general superintendent, d. S
Emery, Washington; superintendent oil
trotting, l.. O. Bowles, Chelsea.
| Promptly at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday
| morning the line OF oxen, steers, horses and
colts was formed, and, headed by the
Washington and East Barre cornet pand
and the Corinth drum corps, encircled the
grounds, after which the town teams were
| marched to the grounds where they were
looked over by the judges. The town teams
| drew more than their share OF attention as
they were OF exceptionally hne quality ana
grade, especially the Topsham team, which
drew the first premium, Orange and WASH
ington following.
Horses showed up exceedingly well this
| year, The track was in splendid condition
and the races were exceptionally interest,
ing, especially the oat race which occurred
Wednesday.
A visit to this department was one of rare
pleasure as the entire lot, which was larger
than usual, showed up splendidly. Super
| intendent Edward Emery, who has labored
so faithfully for the past few weeks endeav-
oring to get this collection together was
well rewarded last Tuesday and Wednes-
day when the cattle came Jcking in, filling
nearly every pen. Among those deserving
mention were: Pair oxen, heifer calf, pair
two. year-olds, pair yearling heifers, two
cows, Devon bull by John +. Fish q Son,
bull calf, Homer Camp, Orange; bull, three
heifers and cows, William Recor, Williams
town; Jersey cow, A. E. Whitcomb, Wash
ington; two calves, p G. Sanders, Williams
town; bull, w. A. Mcconnell, Washington;
thoroughbred Jersey cow and yearling
heifers, s. f. Dutton, willamstown; bull,
| r. e. Beard Ofange; calves, Q. Q. Cheney,
| Washington yearlng heifers and bull cali,
Fred Flint, Washingtoni COW and cali, y.
e. Curtis, Washington; three pair Holstein
stein bull, s. NJ Hood West Topsham;
grade Jersey cow and Hostein heller, j. b.
Seaver; pair steers, G. A. IL. Dow, O-ange.
SHEEP.
This department was not as large as usual
but those that were there made fine show
ing. Following are the exhibits: Buck and
lambs, A. Taplin, East Barre; yearling
buck A. NJ. Goodrich, Williamstown; buck,
p. G. Sanders, WILLIAMSBURG; fac wool
buck and sheep, j. p. Fish & Son, Wash
ington buck and buck lamb, j. A. STAN
ley, Washington; lamb, G. G. Cheney,
Washington; buck, M. b. CurEs, Orange;
thoroughbred Shropshire buck and three
grade Shropshire lambs, 7. W. Stratton,
Washington
Only one entry was made in this depart
ment, by A. l.. Goodrich of Williamstown.
His exhibit consisted Of one boar and one
SOW and pigs, all being thoroughbred
Chester white.
This department consisted of many inter-
esting contributions. Following is full
list: Pekin ducks. Frank Mcconnell, Wash
ington; geese, Mrs. G. Richardson, Wash
ington; speckled Hamburghs and Ply
mouth Rocks, A. E, Whitcomb, Washing
ton; pullets. Rena McAllister; Bantams,
Ralph Bigelow; chickens, William Recor;
buff Leghorn, G. II. Smith; Plymouth Rock
chickens, Mrs. IL. A. White; Plymouth
Rock chickens, b. +. Davis, East Barre;
Emblem geese, ducks and turkeys, and
white Plymouth Rocks. w. A. George;
ducks, John Rily.
FLORAL HALL.
This proved to be one of the most inter-
| esting features of the fair, there being an
unusually large amount of artistic work OF
every desert ption. An attempt to enumer-
ate each article would be an almost endless
task, but among the most noticeable ones
were: Furniture display by b. f.. Davis,
East Barre; Acorn stoves and air tight
heaters by II. B. Partridge, East Barre;
sewing machines, Phillips Il Lucas, Mont
peler; gold and aluminium wire names and
rings, G. II. Magoon, Manchester. N. H.,
hooked rug, Mrs. Walter Burgin, East Or
ange; crochet edge, Myrtle Chamberlin,
Washington; samples of ponmanship, Har-
ley Clough, Washington; picture, Mrs. H.
Rood, Washington; crayon portrait, frankie
Richardson, Washington; photographs,
Rev. F. e. Briggs. Washington; collection
carved work, Mrs. Noyse, Chelsea. .Superin-
tendents G. W. Huntington and wife were
kept quite busy Tuesday and Wednesday
forenoon arranging the articles in their
different divisions. Much credit Is due Mr..
Huntington for the amiable manner in
which he conducted this work and also for
putting an organ OF his own into the hall
that the visitors might be entertained with
music. The vegetable department, which
| is in same hall, was the finest, 1t Is said by
the superintendent, that has ever been ex-
hibited on the grounds Each OF the many
different products OF the farm were OF first
quality and the mention OF one would neces-
state the mention Of all. Those that seem
ed to attract the most attention was the
apple display by j. b. lSeaver OF Washing
ton the general vegetable display by w.
II. Norris OF Graniteville and the farm and
garden exhibit by Mrs. Eugene Densmore
OF Chelsea.
One Of the drawing features on Thurs
days programme was the free-for-all race
in which Charles Taylor, the veteran driv-
or, whose age is ninety-three had entered
Robert b.
There were the usual number OF fakirs,
eating booths and peanut and popcorn ven
ders and all seemed to be well pleased with
their profits. The police duty Of the fair
was in charge of Sheriff q. Il. Smith OF
Topsham and his assistants, and they all
did their duty.
1t was the general expression among the
visitors that this years fair had surpassed
all preceding ones In nearly every depart
ment and the people of Washington and
vicinity appreciate the untiring efforts of
the officers and directors OF the Washington
Agricultural association in making the
| Washington fair a standard of enterprise for