Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-09
JACKSONVILLE.
The GRANGE Fair.

The Oranges of Wilmington, Halifax
and this village have the past few years
held fair. in which the products of the
farm and the handiwork of the fair sex
has been shown. This year the fair was
held here, on Tuesday afternoon and
evening, oct c. in Grange hall.
Hugh Barber exhibited tomatoes,
squashes, carrots, beets, celery, white,
red and yellow corn, nine kinds of APP
pies, nine varieties of potatoes, two va
rieties of beans and also some old relics,
lanterns and snuffers. and 100 photogra-
phic views of his own make.
Pleasant Valley farm. +. S. Allen &
Son proprietors showed pumpkins sum-
mer and winter squash, several kinds of
corn, carrots, potatoes, and between 80
and 40 varieties of apples. +. IL. Stet-
son had apples and vegetables. among
which was a new kind of very long
white carrot. Maple View farm, Cross
Brothers, proprietors, brought apples and
vegetables. Mrs. +. II. Putnam had l.
kinds of apples. pumpkins beets, sum-
mer and winter squash.
A. j. Faulkner showed eight kinds of
apples, turnips. etc. Mrs. Faulkner had
some ancient candle snuffers which were
well preserved. f.. r. Aldrich had fruits
and vegetables f. 5. Bellows had vege-
tables and canned fruits; II. G. Porter
fruits II. w. Fitch, vegetables of various
kinds; Mrs f. 5. Bellows, butter and
canned fruits; Walter Skinner. potatoes
turnips, beets onions. cabbages, apples
Mrs. Grimes, maple syrup and
canned goods. Mrs. Grimes cans fruit
and vegetables m cold water and mas
good success. +. II. Fitch, carrots
sweet pumpkin. lcabbages kohl rabi
George f. Shippee. apples; II. b. Ware
vegetables and fruits, extra large cab
bages, new kind of grain called speltz;
Mrs. Ware, jellies and honey: George r.
Faulkner, canned fruits and honey; Mrs.
Faulkner, cut flowers; L. j. Fitch. pota-
toes. beets, carrots, parsnips; Mrs. l.. II.
Adams. cut flowers; Miss Phoebe Cor
kins, warming pam Freeman Hager. old
books and almanacs; II. u. Allen. Vege-
tables etc. With his exhibit were some
large potatoes raised by G. w Bissell.
They probably would average two pounds
each in weight.
We have not meant to skip anyone.
but believe we must have done so. While
this display was very hattering. the
ladies department was more attractive.
with articles from bedquilt to a doileY,
wrought by the females of all ages. from
the little child to the grandmother of 81
years. Mrs II. w. Barber exhibited a
silk dress, which was the wedding gown
of her great aunt, Laura Ames. Mrs. l..
II. Adams had silk patchwork quilt
and there were others \. j. Faulkner
brought a bedspread which his mother
made when she was 10 years old, taking
the wool, carding, spinning, coloring.
weaving both cover and lining and then
quilting in very excellent stitch Many
other quilts o Ine pattern and work
manship We're shown. The most valua-
BILE was Battenberg lace bedspread,
made and exhibited by Miss Ada May
Faulkner, whose entire exhibit was fair
ly entitled to first premium, the spread
alone being worth more than $500.
During the evening a fine literary pro-
gram was rendered, as follows: Parting
song, Victory Grange male quartet; reci-
tation, Mrs. Homer Fitch; song. Mrs
Emma Ware and Miss Eva Griffin: re-
marks, Clark Chandler and C. s. Good
now; paper, The Grange News Frank
Fitch and Mabel Fitch; song. Victory
Grange male quartet; reading, Mrs.
Frank Titus; reading, Mrs. l.. w. Boyd;
recitation, Rev. E. E. Wells; singing by
quartet