Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-09-18
THE COUNTY FAIR.

The tenth session of the Orleans
County Fair was held in this village
last week, commencing Tuesday
morning and continuing until Thurs
day night. The first day the weather
was quite pleasant but the two fol-
lowing days it was very cold and
many of the people suffered nearly
as much from the cold as they have
in some former years from the heat.
The rains had settled the dust so
there was no trouble from this source
and had it been a little warmer the
The number of people in attendance
the first day was large, probably
more than ever attended the opening
day before, while the number Of peo-
pie on the ground the second day was
the largest in the history of the asso-
ciation; the third day the crowd was
also large as under the new regula-
tions the list of attractions for the
third day were as good as the pre-
Vious day. AS we have before stated
.
number of improvements on the
grounds during the past year and
also procured more and better spe-
cial attractions for this year than has
been thei custom, and the people of
the county all tried to do their part to
make the fair what it was intended to
be, the best ever held on the grounds.
The association was heavily in debt
at the opening of the season but the
proceeds will help to raise this and
they will now continue to make i'm
provements on the grounds which will
add to the comfort and convenience
of the people next fall. Although
there was large crowd present ev-
erything passed off quietly and har-
moniously. The management refused
to allow the sale of cider on the
grounds and everything possible was
done to keep all kinds of liquors away
but small amount may have been
smuggled in such manner as to make
it impossible to be detected, but every
precaution was taken that it should
not be peddled on the ground. The
people appeared to be out for a quiet,
pleasant time and we have never at
tended county fair when such gen
eral satisfaction has been expressed
with the proceedings as at this one.
The attractions were so numerous and
Of such variety that all were suited.
The stock on exhibition was fully as
good as usual and the stalls were all |
taken. In the Jersey line the show |
was smaller than last year but there |
were some very good lockers among
them. There was very large ex-
hibition of sheep and also more oxen
than we have seen at the recent fairs
In floral hall the display was far ahead
of any display ever made there. The
ladies' department was filed with
beautiful and in many cases'quite val
liable articles, while the show made in
the line of butter, cheese, sugar, pre-
serves, fruit and vegetables was we'll
worth the price of admission TO the
made by the farmers in this line we
should Judge it has been a good year
for them in every way. In the poul-
try show, as in everything else, the
people made a better display than
ever before. Outside of floral hall
there was a very good exhibition of
farming implements, part of the dis
play being made by the local agents
and the rest by the manufacturers.
HORSES.
There were large number of horses
On exhibition but it is very hard for
Us to get the names of the exhibitors
as there is nothing to show the own
sr's name. Among the single drivers
We noted horses owned by the follow
ng parties: D. D. Bean, Geo. H.
Davis, Hugh Buchanan, E. J. White,
=. F. Cutler, c. n. Farley, W. F. j
Clark, n. G. Stevens, A. A. Barber,
\. W. Eldridge, @. H. Lee, L. @. Dow, {
D. NJ. Sherburne, A. P. Bean, II. E.
Merrill, DIR. Merton. Geo. Davis won s
irst premium, E. j. White second, D. {
}. Bean third. In the matched pairs,
leo. Pattee showed some fine ones; !