Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-10
WORLDS FAIR.
ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE
FAITHFUL At TUNBPiDGE.
Large Attendance on Wednesday and
Thursday products of Field and
Home Shown. --0ood Trotting the
Attraction.

/ many years o. the Worlds Fair" ha,
for the 9th time come and gone and
! IL reputation for being one Of the best
: fairs In the state has been fully sus-
tanned. Everyone expects a good
time. Here j. where they meet old
friends from far away. where the
boys have m opportunity 10 lead
the girls round by the hand. feed them
candy and ride with them on the
merry-go-round here Is where the
women swap gossip about their neigh
bofs and the men trade lies about
their cattle and crops here is where
lpeople come 70 Sit down and enjoy a
good horse race on one Of the best
half-mile tracks in Central Vermont:
here i where they all 20 TO have an
enjoyable day Aid most Of them were
there this year
/ The rain Wednesday afternoon
dampcned their arl0r but an took ii
good naturally. recognizing the fact
that i was nothing the society could
help. This fair was one OF the most
ORDERLY aud peaceable ever held on the
/ grounds.
There was lQn0r on the grounds
Wednesday and several arrests were
made late IN the afternoon OF both the
hilarious aud tbs stupid. but the last
+ day, watch j. noticeable for arrests
and brawls usually. this year had moth
ing Of the kind and ID may well be
termed the model fairOf the 21th cen
fury.
The attendance was a good deal
ahead 0i last YeE and an average with
The last ten wears. the gete receipts
being ~ 5000.
The entries q some departments
were larger thaa former years while
Others were not - large. There were /
but few sheep and less swine, bat q /
big show % oxen, steers. horses and /
colts aud al good ones too. Thomas /
smith had d stIia1 Of eleven yoke OIL
steers, all well matched, which made /
an excellent showing. The exhibition |
team Of oxen and steers had 70 yoke. /
ied by Miss Louie Seayer Of Williams
town with her pony rig. then came a
pair Of matched calves. driven BIZ
Miss Mildred Davis of Boston. which
attracted much attention. They were
intended 20 be entered as trained
steers. but got into the wrong class 50
they could not be exhibited for. a pre-
MUM only in the class with those
much larger.
The usual takirs were on the ground
but were held strictly To the legitimate
class. The merry-go-ronnd has be-
come almost a necessity at this fair
Tor the amusement of the children and
some Of the older ones too.
The Tunbridge Cornet band fur
nished music both Wednesday and
Thursday and did it in a highly ac-
Ceptable manner.
The crowd was orderly and easily
by the marshals. who were ,
, ;. Woodland OF South Royalton and
T. ;. Putnam of Barnard
+. ;. Putnam's stallion took first
premium AZ the Woodstock fair. This ,
fine sire's stock also took the ribbons /,
In every class in which they were en-
tered al that iair. having IL Compel
itors in one class aud % in another.
HORSES.
Each class of horses was well filled
and a finer looking lot has not been ]
shown on the grounds for many years.
Among the exhibitors were + )
Putnam OF Barnard with the stallion !
\ Young Alexander; Harvey Smith OF :
sharon, stallion Clinton Wilkes with !,
,olts and brood mare; l. 4 Burbank !.
4 Son with stallion Morrill, Prince and !
i've colts; Nelson Downing OF Barre :
with the stations Belmont Alexander :
md Orwell; ID 2 Smith OF Washington :
he stallion Golden ; and several
'olts II II Totman of Pomfret. Charles :
'henev of South Barre. Albert Water !
nan of Tunbridge, Fred Chamberlin y
If sharon, f Gray OF Royalton, VIII I
Iaynes OF Tunbridge. George Il Colby :,
# Chelsea and many others were :,
Exhibitors OF horse flesh. all showing -
hat attention was being paid to !,
.uality and more careful breeding I.
han a few years ago. III
Two pairs of matched horses were -
hown by Henry Smaiiey OF Randolph !,
nd Fred Slayton of Barre, the latter Il
aking first prize. ~
The call for gents drivers brought =.
,ut fine lot and the committee had I,
ONE fine work 10 decide which was II
,est. Charles West OF Tunbridge was :, =
.iven first and l. 4 Burbank Il Son of y,
'helsea second. The others were y,
/ e Whitney Of Royalton. Tom Smith -
1 Tunbridee. Ira Kicker of Groton. = !.
,elson Downing of Barre. c L Howe =,
( Tunbridgc. and Fred Slayton OF =
,arre. Some of the best ones were ~
brown out by the judges because they 4,
ad entered races for money and -
ould not compete in this class. !
CATTLE. TO
There was fine exhibit of oxen II
nd steers. o 5 Cooley of Barnard n
ad pair of two year olds that tipped OF
Ne scales at 25j0 and par Of tel
earrings that weighed 1850 He IL
Inhibited pair of trained steers, as We
$50 did Thomas Smith. Charles Howe
nd Aaron Whitney of Tunbridge co
hey an unanswered about alike and I'M
lowed that much time and patience he
nj been given them. The judges had Ia
, decide which were the best. on
Elihu fuller. Pearley Moses. and wi
ale Durrell OF Sharon. aud . b on