Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-09-19

thoroughbred herd. II. II. Cushman of
Bernardston and the Bradley Farm are
late entries with Gurnseys. stoughton
& Burnham of Montague, Mass. will
show their fine Jerseys. some of which
came from the Vanderbilt farm. j. w.
Bemss Devons from North Chester,
Mass. will have many admirers.
s. II. Breck of West Claremont will be
the largest exhibitor of fat cattle. with
20 pairs of oxen and steers The veteran
Avery of auckland, Mass will bring his
Zig pair seen at Greenfield this week
which he is training to beat the world
and Will give them a try In the free-for-all
drawing. Mr.. Dickinson of Ashuelot will
bring several pair of draft oxen and
every one will wish to see the "handsom-
est oxen in the world" the "Old Home
stead yoke OF dramatic fame, owned by
the noted actor. Denman Thompson of
Swanzey.
The dairy department. with its 800 in
prizes, will be well filled. and unusual
efforts will be directed toward landing the
big prizes in the milk and butter tests.
kinsman d Son of North Heath, Mass
have made large entry of thoroughbred
Berkshire swine. c. w. Smead of Green
field Will exhibit Poland China swine !;
and c. w. Wheeler and the Retreat Farm
will make a good showing in this de-
partment
year. and the result viii be seen in the
tempting array in agricultural hall. The
Brattleboro Retreat and D. McGillivary
will again be large exhibitors and c. A
Evans OF Claremont will send many vege-
tables and small fruits The peaches
which ]. Arms Miller of Dummerston will
show will be a revelation as to what can
be accomplished in the peach raising in
dustry In Vermont Space in floral hall
Is practically all taken The education
exhibit will be a feature contributed by
the public schools.
This will include arithmetic. language,
geography. nature study science. pen
manship, and drawing. class exercises and
individual work selected from that actual
~ done In school.
In the poultry department. there will
be more good birds shown than ever be-
fore. Entries have been received from
Wood & Freeman of Fitchburg. winners
OF high honors at Boston last win
ter: Green Brothers OF Leominster with
many of the winners at the Concord fair;
a. T.. Davis of Warwick. Mass. who al
ways has good ones. winning at the Athol
fair; Tacy Brothers OF South SALISBURY.
with winners at the Cambridge. N. Y,
fair: Crystal Springs Farm OF North
Charlestown. n. H.. Chestnut Hill Farm
OF Athol. and j. f. Burt of the same
place: H. w. Higgins of Orange, Mass.
+. NJ. Munson & Co, Geo. G. Burnham
and others of Greenfield: w. r. Graves,
the West Springfield man who won high
honors at the Pan-American; Roy H.
Buss of East Acworth. N. H.. with Leg
horns that won at the Concord fair, and
A. o. Preston OF Concord. N H There
are many more prize winners. and many
more entries to come.
Entries for the bench show are coming
rar NJ civ Of. Ia
hibit especially in settlers and pointers.
The Valley Farm Kennels. of Simsbury,
Conn, have entered four of their cele-
brated Russian Wolf Hounds, among
which are their Boston and New York
winners. 1t will be "A novelty to see this
rare breed. ]. Fred Crangle. the manager
of this farm, has arranged TO run these
dogs each day. They are valued at S.
600. Those contemplating making en-
tries In this department are requested to
| do so promptly, as II will facilitate matters
grestly, At the Newport show held last
week they ran quarter of a mile in
e seconds.
Special rates will be given on the rail-
road north as far as Randolph on the
| Boston Maine and Central Vermont
railroads and 10 Brandon on the Rutland
railroad; south as far as Springfield on
Boston q Maine, and Willimantic, Conn.
on the Central Vermont; also on Brattle-
boro & Whitehall and Keene division of
the Boston Il Maine; and on Fitohburg
division of the Boston 4 Maine, from
Gardner on the east and North Adams
on the west
Special trains will be run both days of
the fair. on Central Vermont, leaving
Palmer at a. m, returning. leave Brat
1 tleboro at p. M on the Boston & Maine
road specials will leave Springfield at I
a. m, Northampton 73S Greenfield SO
arriving in Brattleboro at $40. Return
ing this train will leave Brattleboro at
6.S5. and on Thursday, an additional
| special train Will leave Brattleboro al
| AIS. stopping only at South Vernon,
| Greenfield. South Deerfield, Northampton
and Holyoke. The special from Keene
will leave there at 7.i5 a. M. and return
| ing Will leave Brattleboro at SIS d. m
! Special from Windsor will leave there
| at 1l5. Claremont Junction 7.3l. Charles
/ town ISL, Bellows Falls SIS Westminster
S.23, Grout SIG, East Putney S.3S, Putney
| SIS and pummerston $50, and returning
will leave Brattleboro 545 p. m.
The railroad excursion tickets will be
! good returning until the 9th.