Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-08-19

| landscape and marine scenes, and a
pen and and ink picture by a child, Of
an Indian chief. This last picture
seemed to show genius and We appre-
| hend the artist will be heard from
later. There were also some excellent
pieces of typography which added not
little to the art department. There
was q large display of needle work,
embroidery, doilies, center pieces,
Battenburg lace, crochet and knot
lace which showed much taste, indus
try and patience by the ladies. We
were especially pleased with the two
show cases which contained fancy
work wrought by the children from
five to fourteen years Of age. Their
work would have done credit to many
older people, and We highly approve
of this children's department. An
other thing which Interested Us and
was constant center of attraction
was three cases filed with curios from
different countries. It was a little
museum by itself. We noticed from
the Philippines a broom, a coat,
lady's costume, woven cloth, some
nearly as nice as silk though woven
by hand and in pretty colors. From
Honolulu broom, fan, hat and other
useful things. A flag taken from a
mast of burning vessel in the harbor
at Roboken, June 80, 1900, was among
the curios. We have not space to
mention what we saw from the Bar
bados, Mexico and other foreign coun-
tries, but simply say they were
source of interest both to children and
older people. There were the usual
number of crazy quilts and other quilts
with numberless pieces, drawn rugs,
sofa pillows ETC., such as indicate
household manufactures, useful and
ornamental. Our attention was called
to an elegant table, which contained
fifteen hundred pieces of many differ
ent kinds of wood, also clock which
contained one thousand pieces, and
superb piece of mechanism embody-
ing the Lords prayer, all of different
pieces of wood SO colored as to show
every letter and point. All these
were the work of the late Ernest Kel-
ley.
True & Blanchard had very pretty
rustic scene in front of the show de-
partment where they displayed their
goods. It represented a landscape
with stream of water flowing through
it with an old fashioned water wheel
running. The water fell on it just
enough to keep it going. There was
a fisherman fishing below the falls,
beyond was rail fence beside which
a man stood looking over his land. It
was very natural and lifelike and ex-
cited much comment.
One reason of the much better
showing by the ladies in their orna-
mental and household work in floral
hall is found in the fact of their hav-
ing double the space to exhibit their
work. The merchants did not occupy
as much of the hall to display their
goods as usual, thus giving the ladies
a better opportunity to make their
exhibit.
enced horseman had charge of the
horse department of the fair, and he
managed the matter in a very salts
factory manner SO there was little
friction among the exhibitors and lit
tie complaint among those who con-
tended on the turf. There was a gen.
eraI belief that the races were fair and
that each horse was in to win. The
cattle department was under the su-
pervision of Frank Wheelock of Der
by and he has reason to be proud of
the good showing made.
Among stations exhibited we men
ton first Island Wilkes with record
of 2-13s4, Island Wilkes Junior, 2:o614,
both owned by 1. o. Blake and DR.. J.
II. Gaines, Red Elm. 2:1614, owned by
@. NJ. Darling of Lyndonville, Kastro,
a beautiful brown stallion owned by
G. A. Doody of Derby, and Red Mack,
owned by David Sisco of Newport.
All these horses are very speedy.
Island Wilkes first dam, Minnie
Patchen, is the dam of seven which
have beaten 2:30, five of which have
beaten 2:2O, and the grand dam of
four which have beaten 2:15, including
Island Wilkes Junior, 2:0614, and
Democracy 2:07H We have not
space to give other records which
would be good reading to lovers of
speedy animals but enough has been
said to show that faster stations are
not in the best market of the United
States. There were many other fine