St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-02
KNOXVILLE FAIR.
Thirteenth Annual Exhibition.

LEGAL 1dll weather udIhSu LHS iii g
DAYS of the Lyndonville fair last week,
and contributed largely to the success
and enjoyment of the enterprise The
management had many difficulties to
contend with this year. but despite all
these it will 60 on record as one of the
most successful fairs ever held there.
The exhibits were perhaps not so numer-
Gus as in some former years, but some of
the departments were the best filled in
the history OF the fair, and the whole
was very credible showing OF the en-
terprise of the northern part of the
county.
The exhibit of dairy cattle was larger
than ever. A. c. Farmer, of East Burke,
showed a fine herd OF Jerseys, Mr..
Humphrey and Mr.. Dodge, of East
Burke, had excellent exhibits of Devons,
and Mr.. Shouyo,. of Lyndon, made fine
showing Of grades, o. n. Drew of North
Danville had fine exhibit Of oxen. steers,
heifers and swine. The show of horses
was also the largest in the history OF the
fair. There were no town strings OF
oxen, but the exhibits in this class were
good. There was good showing OF
poultry and pet stock, the exhibit of the
Green Mountain Belgian Hare Co. of
West Waterford being especially inter
esting and attractive. E. T. Browning
of Stanstead had an exhibit of high
blood Scotch coles from the wellknown
Bolton kennels. There was large and
excellent display OF fruits and vegetables.
The best features of the exhibition, |
however, were the ladies and childrens
departments in Floral Hall. The ladies
of Lyndonvie and vicinity are extremely
loyal to the fair and their part in this
years exhibition gave ample evidence of
lots of hard work, and the superintend-
ent, Mrs. J. NJ. Murch, and the ladies
who assisted her deserve a great deal of
credit for the splendid showing that was
made, 1t would be next to impossible
to speak separately of each exhibit so we
will only mention them in a general way.
There were over 60 sofa pillows in the
exhibit and every one OF them worthy of
being shown. The most elaborate Of
these, and the winner of the first pre-
MUM, was a beautiful yellow and white
satin creation shown by Mrs. Salmon
Stern, who also had on exhibition nu.
merous pieces of battenburg, point lace
and embroidery, which attracted much
attention. Then there was large show
ing of the more substantial articles of
woman's handiwOrk, such as spreads,
quilts, rugs, etc. There were two exhbi.
lions of cut flowers, Mrs. David Young,
Of Kirby, showing a floral chair and
other designs, which won the special
prize, and Miss Nickerson of Kirby show
ing floral bicycle and other designs
that won first premium. The childrens
department was highly interesting and
showed that the little ones industrial
education had not been neglected. The
CALIFORNIAN for one year, offered as a
special prize for the best sofa pillows in
this department. goes to Miss Geneva
Wilmot OF Lyndonville. age nine years,
and the prize was worthily bestowed for
the work which won it would be a credit
to girl of twice the age. Martha Pearl
Wilmot, a little girl of six years, ex-
hibited a sofa pillow that is a wonderful
piece of work for one so young. The
special prize for a shirt waist was
awarded for a dainty creation of white
lawn with lace aud hemstitched work
which was made by Miss Beth I. Cor
ham, aged 10 years. Miss Hazel A.
Cunningham had large and beautiful
collection Of pressed wild flowers, then
there was pencil and ink sketches, lace,
button hole work. cookery and other
children's work too numerous to mention
Mrs. A. L. Bigelow had an exhibit of
millinery in Floral Hall, and Edward
Peterson and William Mclaughlin had
charge OF an exhibit Of pianos from
Bailey's music rooms and !. M. Cass
also had an exhibit from his Lyndonville
music rooms. The Hickie Hardware
Company showed DeLaval separators
and the Ideal dog power. The Vermont
Farm Machine Co. occupied space with
their exhibit, and the remainder of the
hall was given up to exhibits of cookery, |
preserves, dairy products, etc.
The attendance during the fair was
good, the gate receipts being the largest
in the history of the association.
No report of the fair would be COM
plete without special mention of the
work of the Lyndonville Band which
added so much to the pleasure of those
who attended. The cornet solos of
Bowen R. Church, the new director of
the band, and the clarinet solos of Mr..
Roach were musical features which were
worthy of the Pan Amer can Exposition.
The vaudeville entertainers were good
and amused the audience between the
heats The action of the directors in
abolishing the entrance fee to races
brought splendid string of fast horses
and the races were excellent. Following
are the results
TUESDAYS RACES.
800 CLASS. PURSE $50
Little Lucy,
Second Thought, 2 2 8
Do, 81