St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-09-16
THE COUNTY FAIR.
Summer Weather and Plenty to See
and Enjsy.

Summer Weather and Plenty TO Ses
and Enjsy.
The 5Sth annual Caledonia county fai
opened yesterday and for the first tint
in its history there was good crowt
the first day. There were plenty OF at
fractions and good exhibit in all the
different departments.
Cattle.
There were some notable registered
herds of cattle shown and the exhibit in
this department suggested the good old
days of fairs gone by when seemingly
every shed contained cattle. E. & T.
Fairbanks & Co. showed their Jersey
herd consisting of two bulls, six cows
seven yearling heifers, three two-year-
olds and FIVE calves. Hill Top Farm,
Littleton, W. l. L. Adams, proprietor,
showed Guernsey bull and heifer and a
Ayrshire heiter George c. Cary's herd
OF 80 Durhams were much admired and
included yoke of oxen and two pairs of
twin steers. Peter Landry showed the
five Short Horns, whose excellent pedi-
gree was recently given in these columns.
B. K. Graves of White Birch Farm,
Waterford, had Holstein herd, includ-
ing 2-year-old bull, a yearling bull and
cali, nine heifers and four calves. A. B.
Stark entered Durham and Hereford
yearling steers. w. N. Neil of Meredith,
Nh, had herd of IA registered Devons,
including 2-year-old bull, two cows,
two each three-year-old and two.year-
old cows. two heifer calves and bull
calf. 0. L. Martin of Plainheld had a
registered Durham herd OF 10, headed by
a two-year-o bull and the rest being
cows and heifers. Healso showed pair
of Hereford steer calves three months
old. T. o. Taylor of Tilton, N. H.,
showed herd of 16 registered Herefords,
including four bulls and the three-year-
old bull Daniel Webster. G. Fl. Wadleigh
exhibited herd of II Red Polls, includ-
ing the three-year-old bull Damon and
the two-year-old bull Barton. W. O.
Greeley, Waterford, entered registered
Ayrshire bull cali.
Swine.
There was good exhibit in this de-
partment. ]. D. Gould of Passumpsic
showed White Chesters, Berkshires and
Jersey Reds; T. 0. Taylor of Tilton, s
Jersey Reds; ]. D. Gould, Berkshire
Sow, with litter of pigs; W. ].
Blodgett, Chester bears and sow.
sheep and Goats.
The largest exhibitor in this depart
ment was Herbert Kelton of East Mont
pelier, who showed fine flock of Shrop-
shires. In the flock were year-old buck,
2 yearling bucks, 3 buck lambs, 3 ewes,
8 yearling ewes and eve lambs. A
flock of Angora goats from Speedwell
Farms, T. N. Vail, proprietor, attracted
much attention,
In the childrens department. were
about the same number of entries as last
year. Rufus Harrington, aged 13-ex-
hibited full rugged ship that attracted
attention, Donald Blodgett a pumpkin
that weighs IS pounds. A rug by Al
bert Quimby aged 10 years, drawings by
Mabel Ward, aged Ia years, and oil
paintings by Gladys L. McCrillis.
There are 10 entries in the non-stand-
ard class of horses and 81 of mares and
colts. In the gents drivers the horses of
6. Fl. Harris, ]. E. Warren, c. H. How
land, R. B. Flint and r. III. Vance are
attracting attention while the matched
pairs of c. E, Shepard and c. H. Lee are
greatly admired.
Tuesdays Sports.
st. Johnsbury won the ball game a to
/ from Newport in hard fought contests
both teams playing fast ball. All enjoy
ed the game from the school children to
the troops. The best work for St. Johns
bury was contributed by Richmond and
Chapman the battery, while Dodge
and Smith did the best hitting. Howard
did good work for Newport. The
ground was uneven and this accounts
for the errors.
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