St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-09-14
SOUTH RYEdATE.
The Fair.

The Ryegate and Wells River Valley
Dairymen's Association held its fifteenth
annual fair and horse trot on its grounds
Thursday and Friday. Considering the
damp weather there was good attend
ance both days-about 500 on Thursday
and on Friday about 1,7O0. This fair
was fully up to the average in all respects
and every one seemed to find it enjoy
able.
There was a good display of cattle,
sheep and horses including brood mares,
suckers and colts. A few of the premiums
given were as follows: Colts-Four-
years-old, LIST premium, II. D. Jones;
three-years-old, LIST, G. A. Brock, end,
George w. Gray; two-years-o1d, Y. d.
Nelson one-year- old, LIST, Y.D Nelson,
2nd, Thomas Marion. w. ]. Smith
gave special prizes on colts as follows:
Y. D. Nelson LIST premium. Thomas
Marion, 2nd, on one-year-old; N. E.
Marion. LIST, Y. D. Nelson 2nd, on two.
years-old; c. A. Brock LIST and George
W. Gray 2nd on three-years-old.
Some premiums on thoroughbreds;
Mrs. c. Shackford, LIST on one mich cow
and one two-years-old heifer; thorough
bred Guernsey bulls, George Gebbie LIST,
George Corliss 2nd; thoroughbred Jersey
bulls. o. H. Renfrew LIST, A. II. Gibson
End; thoroughbred shorthorns, M. ].
Brock LIST.
Gents drivers-J. J. Nelson LIST, Frank
Mcclure 2nd, N. A. Park 3rd; double
teams, Ira Kicker LIST, George Lackey
2nd, Darius Jones 3rd.
The drawing match was good between
George Goslant and George Cochran's
double teams, Goslant's team drawing
77.O5O, against Cochran's, $4,000.
There was a good exhibition of poultry.
Floral hall was well filed, furnishing as
good display as in past years, there be-
ing fancy work OF every description, in
Guiding a large number of sofa pillows,
doilies, crazy work, quilts and other
things too numerous to mention
pictures and hand paintings and in fact
as good showing as one seldom sees at
town fair.
The fruit exhibition was quite small
considering the amount raised this year.
There was large display of squashes,
pumpkins, potatoes and all other vege-
tables, and also samples of food from
the best cooks at South Ryegate and
vicinity; also good display of maple
sugar and syrup.
Newton Lang and 81. P. Warren of
Woodsville had several carriages and
sets of harness on exhibition, and several
cream separators were shown. Other
displays were: Pianos and organs. J. F.
OuItOH, MOnlpeuer; SaSO1ne engines by
the Stoddard Manufacturing Co., of
Rutland; Kemp manure spreader, ]. w.
ellis of Danville; stoves, ranges, Will.
lam Terry of South Ryegate. and the New
Home sewing machine. AS usual the
fakirs were on the ground after the spare
money, but the thing that seemed to
draw the largest crowd was the merry
go-round. A successful balloon ascension
each day were among the pleasing fea-
lures OF the fair. Music was furnished
by the Marshfeld cornet band under the
direction of Ira Edison of Barton Land
ing. their former leader, who came by
special request. The music was good in
spite of the cold, which made it hard
work to play.
Only one race occurred on the first
day race No. 4, 2:24 class. Isla Marie.
F. P. White, won first money; Lanky
Jonn, F. c. Brown, second.