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Evening journal., 1908-08-06
GnthorInn Wild cherri..

Many wild cherries are being gath
cred at present in the country near
this city and they are reported as belng
unusually plentiful this season. They
are ripening finely at this time and
the quality is of the best
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10 Repair cIaymo ont chnrnh.

Some extensive repairs viii be made
to Claymont NJ. E. Church in the near
future The pastor, Rev. Cyrus p.
Keen, and his wife are at Odessa for
a fortnight.
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STANDING OF The BALL TEAma
TRI-STATE LEAGUE.
YesterdaY,a Gamen.

Reading, 4; Trenton, 0. ,l.
Lancaster, 8; Wilmington, 1.
Johnstown, 8; Harrisburg, 0.
Williamsport-Altoona wet grounds.
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Si00 to Baltimore and Return, Sunday
AUGUST 9th. Baltimore and Ohio r. n.

Special train will leave Wilmington
Delaware Avenue Station at $40 a.
M: Newark at $50 a. m; returning.
leaves Baltimore (Camden Station) at
$50 p. m; ont. Royal Station) at $50
p. m.
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Schedule Tor Toda,

Wilmington at Lancaster.
Trenton at Reading.
Altoona at William sport.
Johnstown at Harrisburg.
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American League.

Yesterdays Game.
Detroit, 3; Athletics, 8.
Boston, 8; Chicago, 2.
Cleveland, II; Washington, /.
st. Louis, 5; New York. 2.
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Yasterdava Gamn..

Yesterdays Games.
New Yorl1s 4; Cincinnati, 4. Darkness
other games postponed; rain.
Schedule For To-day.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg at Boston.
Cincinnati at New York.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
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Schedule For Today

Schedule For Today.
Athletics at Detroit.
New York at st. Louis.
washington at Cleveland.
Boston at Chicago.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-02
QUALITY AND QUANTITY.
Sheep Department Exceeds That of Last
Year, Which is Going Some.

With 50 more animals than last year
when everybody thought the show was
the greatest ever, the sheep department
was good enough. Not only were there
more animals in the pens but there were
more animals of really superior quality.
Cheviots and Horned Dorsets predoml-
mated this year and the competition IN
these varieties was red hot. Indeed 1t
may be truthfuly said that there is no
other sheep show in New England where
blue ribbons are worth as much as at
Brattleboro.
The two largest exhibitors were the
Glendale Stock farm of Glens Falls, n.
Y, and G.. H. Marshall X Son OF Yer
pennes. The Glendale collection lnclud-
ed Oyfords. Hampshires, Southdowns,
Leicesters. OXfords, Lincolns and Hamp-
shires. Colbert Brothers OF Chatham, n.
Y. exhibited Shropshires and Dorsets.
Among the other exhibitors were II. r.
Golf of Cookshire ?. g., who had 43
animals including Leicesters, llorsets,
Cheviots and Angora goats; W., H. Neal
Of Meredith, n. H., with Qxfords and
Southdowns: Paul Moody OF East North
field Mass. with Horned Dorsets; f; J.
Grace of Laconia, n. H., Delaine Me-
rinos: Jesse f. Snow of West Stephen
son, n. Y, Leicesters and Angora goats,
md = G.. Dow of Tilton, N. H., Angora
1nats. w. w. Ball, of Winchester, n.
r.. who has exhibited in Brattleboro 1or
3 wears. showed number OF exception
,llv heavy grade sheep.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-02

The Norwich university football team
arrived on the fair grounds Sunday after
noon from Worcester Mass, where they
played Holy Cross and lost only by score
of to 0. The rest of the cadets gave
their gridiron warriors an enthusiastic re-
ception.
There were those among the cattle ex-
hbitors who were sorry to see fakirs on
the grounds this year. As one of them
expressed it: 1--WE have to watch our be-
longings every minute during every night
and even then we are not sure that some
thing won't be missing the next morn
ing
Monday night was decidedly moist
one for the employees who were obliged to
sleep on the grounds under canvas. Sew
eral horsemen who bunked in the big
horse tent between barns A and B, awoke
in the early hours of Tuesday morning to
find that they had selected a spot beneath
a particularly rotten bit of canvas. Dur
ing the heaviest of the rain this section
gave way and the unfortunate sleepers
were drenched.
The free vaudeville show given on the
stage in front of the grandstand each day
was unusually good this year. The fea
lures were Maud DeLora, the physical cul-
ture girl, in an exceptionally good con-
tortion act, Kreisel's trained dogs and the
only diving cat in the world" the Theo-
ioroweiczs in aerial trapeze work and the
Ballots in various feats of strength. In
addition to his balloon ascensions Prof.
Bonnette did "slide for life" Tuesday
md Wednesday mornings.
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well with their Boston terriers, Togo's
Gift and Lilly Langtry.
y. VI. Hubbard OF Barton and Silver
Lake Kennels Of Barnard quit about even
in the cocker classes. Grafton Kennels
Of North Grafton, Mass. showed their
new Scottie. Oh. Nosegay Nightshade, and
did extremely well with him. and the
Airedale Oh. York The llayseed, caught
the prize for the best American bred in
the terrier classes The foxtcrriers Of DIR.
w. W. Townsend Of Rutland were a trap
py little team and made of with both
breeders trophies. while Frank Colburn
Of Claremont, \. H., formerly resident
Of this town, took winners with his Eng.
lish bull, Cation Model.
The show was literally fed by the Aus
tin Biscuit company under the direction
of BILLY" OConnor, who did his usual
thorough job as ring steward. W. i.
Gessner the Sanitas representative, saw
To il that everything was next TO godli-
ness, and the veteran Jimmy" Nolan
did all that was required of him and con.
siderably more in the line OF benching
and shipping. All OF the exhibitors were
pleased at the way the show was CON
Quoted, and many Of them expressed the
hope that the success of the Valley fair
this year would warrant dog show
building for next year.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-02
DROUGHT WAS
NO HANDICAP
Assortment of Vegetables
Unusually Fine.
GREAT APPLE DISPLAY
Z. B. Barrows One OF the Successful
orchardis,s-No Record Breaking
Pumpkin but Grand Display From
Retreat Farm Garden.

In spite OF the dry season the agricul-
ilnl exhibit this year was the finest ever
shown al the Valley fair Especially no.
tceahlc WAS the artistic manner ia which
each exhibit was arranged. which empha-
SIZE. the Increasing interest IN that par
iicular department. The largest exhibit
was by \, ". Rocl, from the Retreat
farm This embraced fully $50 varieties
OF vegetables which occupied the entire
south side Of the hall and was arranged
IN II distinct designs with festoons Of
corn Of many varieties and ropes OF on
ions, The front Of the benches was COW
cred with dainty green bunting aud a
canopy was made of the same material.
Many large pumpkins were shown but
none weighing over 800 pounds. Last
year Mr.. Roel raised pumpkin that
weighed $50 pounds when the frost closed
It's career.
The next exhibit in size and varieties
was from the Cheshire County farm in
Westmoreland, \. II. This occupied the
west end and part Of the north side Of
the hall. The arrangement was artistic;
pink and green bunting was used for q
canopy and curtains. An unusually large
variety Of pumpkins, onions, corn, toma-
toes, cabbage and other garden produce
was included besides large bouquets of
garden flowers, which added greatly to
the attractive display.
Dana ii. Stafford. proprietor Of Signal
Hill farm and George Homer. gardener at
the Bradley farm, each had a fine ex-
hibit which occupied considerable space in
the center OF the hall at the east and west
ends respectively. Mr.. Stafford showed
about 40 varieties and Mr.. Horner's ex-
hlbit included nearly as many. In each
were a large assortment of potatoes, to-
matoes, carrots, beets, cabbages,
squashes, celery, peppers and pumpkins,
each kind being carefully arranged by it.
self.
f. H. Miller OF Halifax had larger ex-
hibit than on previous years. His pro-
duce occupied the east end and part Of
the north side of the hall. Mr.. Miller
showed AS varieties of potatoes. among
which We're SOME seed potatoes showing
their difference in appearance on the first,
second and third years OF their growth.
His next speciality was beans in As varie-
ties some of them being shown on the
vines. He also showed large variety
IF radishes, melons, beets, cabbage,
'quashes and novelty in cucumbers
Known as the snake cucumber.
II. ID. Thayer & Sons of West Brattle-
)oro exhibited about 70 varieties OF vege-
ables of an exceptionally fine quality.
Albert l.. Post, 10 years old. of Chester
ield. \. H., showed l25 varieties includ-
ng vegetables and nuts. Merrill Moore
# Mortified. Mass, had an excellent ex-
libit which included a great variety of
:. l.. Akley of West Brattleboro special
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isfactory in the way of premium list
could be CLEANED from them. The biggest
show was as usual in the utility varieties
with Rhode Island Reds the leading class
followed closely in point of numbers by
White Leghorns, White and Barred Ply
mouth Rocks and Wyandottes. Although
many fanciers made large exhibits the
competition was SO warm that no one
man made way with more than his share
of prizes. G. II. Caldwell of Amherst,
Mass. and A. E. Davis of Warwick,
Mass, fought it out in the Barred Rock
classes, the former winning the special
for the best display. ID. E. Tasker of
Brattleboro won the special for the best
display of Asiatics and captured the
cream of the Light Brahma prizes. j. h.
Burt of Athol, Mass. was the real goods
in Buff Wyandottes and C. II. Evans of
Townshend did unusually well in the
White Rock classes. There was big dis
play of water fowl on the outside of the
poultry building, Wood & Freeman of
Fitchburg, Mass, being the largest ex-
hibitors. Among the successful local ex-
hibtors were Fay Miller and G.. B. Gro
well who came through the Buff Orping-
ton competition with flying colors. M. j.
Howard of South Londonderry attracted
much attention with his show of Golden,
Reeves and Amherst pheasants, while H.
B. Bellows of Willimantic Conn, had
arge assortment of fancy pigeons.
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eight'year.old, three three yearolds, tire,
two'yearolds, two yearings, and two
calves. The breed are great mixers and
IN test at Popperdorf. Germany, II
cows selected by the Royal Academy
made the following record: III, .0i
| pounds OF milk and 5,262 40 pounds OF
butter. an average per COW OF l2,729. ~
pounds Of milk and 52d2i pounds OF but.
ter for the Il months.
G.. ii. Dodge of North Sutton, Mass,
showed fairy good herd of Dutch Belt.
ed cattle although the cream OF his stock
is at Trenton, y. j., this week and will
go from there to Richmond, Va; +. L.
Stevens of Glens Falls, y. Y, showed a
nice herd of Dutch Belted and also good
herd OF Nornandies including some ex.
ceptionally promising young stock
There was a comparatively light show.
ing in the Jersey classes this year but
the quality was excellent and the compe.
tltlon, when there was any, very keen. y.
l.. Dorsey of Greenfield took the bulk OF
the premiums with a herd of nine led by
the seven-year-old bull Golden Girls No
tary. This bull is splendidly formed
animal and showed his value as a sire in
some OF the young stock in the Dorsey
herd. J.. l.. Doolittle OF Bernariston,
Mass, made his first appearance as a
snowman with herd OF SIX Jerseys IN
Guiding the six-year.old bull Rex of Sheo
met son of the winning Jersey bull
which A. +. Pierce of Winchester n. H.,
exhibited here last year. Mr. Doolittle
also showed two exceptionally pretty
heifers, Golden Lads Cream Cup and
st. Lambert's Lanice, as well as COW.
Floribundas of Sheomet with an average
butter test of $40 during the past four
months. +. Stebbins, jr., of Vernon
showed a twoyear-oad bull that had no
in capturing the blue in his
class.
S. b. Smith of North Sandwich, n. H., |
showed II gigantic Herefords led by the |
bull Teddy, who is only four
years old and not over-fat at that. There |
were two cows that weighed respectively |
1900 and 1900 pounds. three.year.old |
called the best in New England and
ycarling which is said to be the equal OF
my Hereford in America.
Among the other exhibitors whose en-
res are heard from in the premium list
are +. C. Rand of Saxtons River, 5. z.
Rreck of Claremont y. H., and G. E.
Brtton of Westmoreland \. II.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-02
BENCH SHOW AGAIN
A GREAT FEATURE
Vanderbilt Sheep Dog Awarded Cup for
Best in the Show-Mrs. Welcomes
Toy Biggest Local Winner
Good MANAGEMENT.

Not quite every dog had his day among
those entered in the fifth annual bench
show of the Valley Fair Kennel club, but
| there were so many good ones that the
competition was extremely keen and the
big honors were divided to greater ex-
| tent than has ever been the case before.
There were fewer dogs than last year
when the show gained an official rating of
two points, but such things will happen
occasionally and there was no kick COM
ing from anyone unless it was those who
needed two points to complete their cham
pionshps and had to be content with
one. Everything pertaining to the man:
agement of the show ran smoothly and
Judge James Mortimer completed every
thing but the general specials Wednesday.
These honors were decided yesterday
morning when the top-notch trophy was
awarded to R. G. Vanderbilt's famous Old
English Sheepdog, Oh. Sandy Point Rags.
Walter Hanley's trim Pointer bitch,
opposite sex. Many people watched the
awarding of these specials and there was
some comment over the defeat of the Irish
setter, Oh. Shan-Law, winner of the pre-
mier honors here for the past three years.
The outcome of the various classes is
told in detail in the list of awards and
there is little need of an attempt at criti
cal comment Suffice it to say that there
was especially keen competition among
the English settlers, pointers. cocker span
iels, bulldogs, Airedales and Boston ter
riers. Mrs. C. H. Welcomes English toy
spaniel, King William, was the heaviest
winning local, capturing first in open and
winners, cup for the best. toy in the
show, a cup for the best in the local
classes and four other specials. Col. j. G.
Estey had the satisfaction of seeing his
young Airedale bitch, Royston Babbete,
90 through from novice to winners, while
Thomas Guiheen and j. P. Ferriter did
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@2i pounds of milk and 5li pounds Of
butter, thereby winning the first prize of
fered by the Ayrshire Breeders associa
tlon OF America. Mr.. Drcw's cattle hay,
uniformity OF size, style and color that
might be expected from 40 years of breed
ing TO one purpose without the addition
OF any females after the first purchase
They are dark red with white patches and
have decidedly milky appearance.
Lovers OF Ayrshlres found much to adj.
mire in the herd OF eight shown by Hen.
~ Dorrance of Plainfield. Conn, III.
dieious breeder whose wide knowledge of
this variety has enabled him to produce
some exceptionally valuable animals. Ev-
cry one of Mr.. Dorrance's cows are either
admitted to Advanced Registry or are
from dams who enjoy this honor. and he
showed one three-yearold heifer that as
two.yearold earned sl3495 in cold
cash for her owner The exactness Of
this computation serves TO show how
carefully Mr.. Dorrance keeps track of his
herd. In the lot was one two.yearold
heifer now taking the Advanced Registry
You may think me foolish for toting
her around under such conditions" said
Mr.. Dorrance, but she is already so far
ahead of the required yield that | know
the trip will not endanger her chances"
Besides his Ayrshires Mr.. Dorrance show
ed 10 black, shaggy Galloways whose milk
records are not OF great importance to
their owner but whose hides are unus-
nally valuable when made into fur robes
The Galloways too are excellent beef
cattle and their rugged constitution makes
their care matter of small amount.
The only visitor from across the Dor.
der this year was A. G.. Spofford of
Compton, p O.. who was on hand with
Is handsome Aberdeen Angus. These JET
black cattle with their massive limbs and
wel-turned bodies are extremely attract
i've, and Mr.. Spofford's herd represents
careful selection and scientific breeding |
The head of his herd is the tiveyear-old |
1ull, Mindon of Willow Grove, that was
shown here as two-year-old in 1905 and |
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two years ago at Ottawa beat 5000 i'm
portation. His weight is 1900 pounds
Then there is the three.year-old Black
Prince. the two-year-old Mindon of Hill
side three-year-old heifer, Blue Bell,
| and crackerjack yearling heiter called
by Gerald Howatt one of the most per-
feet specimens of the breed IN existence:
The action Of the fair management TINS
wear in dividing the Shorthorn class SO
that the breeders of the dual-purpose AMI
NAL would not have to compete against
the distinctive beef type brought out an
unusually large entry in this variety.
Most of the herds were entered in the
classes for ''dairy Shorthorns' although
as one breeder expressed it there Is no
real dairy type of this breed but rather
a dual-purpose type bred by farmers VINO
are anxious for milk and beet as we'll
D. T. Barnard of Shelburne, Mass, ex-
hibited IS head of this type OF Shorthorn
including the four-year-old bull, Spring
Grove Duke, whose weight was Zloo
pounds The lot also included, a partlcn-
iarly promising two-yearold pun Orlsis
which was bred in old Kentucky s WheTe
the meadow grass is blue: ., +; omith
and r. p. Crafts of the HILLSIDE farm u
tvne headed by the bull Duke of Hillside
Farm. Larger and much more beefy IN
appearance were the Scotch type Short-
horns shown by George G.. Cary OF ot.
.Tohnsbury. There were Is of these heavE
o ouinsis ;nclndine the two-year-old bull
T Thomas LAWSON whose weight is over
is 110'''" rounds. Mr.. Cary's foundation
stock came from Scotland and most OF
his animals are of the typical roam Color
although the herd contained two pure
white specimens. Every individual IN t L
yarv herd passed the. tubercGlln test pe
rore starting out on the fall lalr cilcunS.J
The herd of milking ShorthoHThs1 n o"m mas
,y E. s. Taggard Of W VA PSse59s g. who , was was
,red bv Arthur H. Jones OF Delaware
! ! and is considered one Of the most per,
o., tvpes in existence. The herd 81 Of i
neluded the famous COW, Daisy Oxt o9.I
n :1lg Lr f Rsron Oxford of Niagara 25th
1904 Tn January of the present year
h;S COW gave l773 pounds OF milk IRON
,h;cb was made JOG pounds OF butter. ,. dn
bree months her record was over 7'0'
pounds of milk. uo1ro1o N IT,.
n. G. Simpson. also OF Walpoieff them
Inhibited herd of ID, nine Oh Do a
nilking Shorthorns and lot He short
standard Polled Dur5ahn ,s +ba '' vearling
MI Rates's Cambridge Lad; who We
ued bv r. s. Taggard, and is nro9ap9G
he Ped n py bred Bates in New England lgnaca
4 Concord neor the judge made s spt nn
lention of this animal and he ~ VA abe se Apr
type before the Re st tBa herd prizes at
Ilo con Mr., Simpson carried OH '"o
rsts and three seconds. A., pro,vn
The only representatives OF the PIN e. r,n
wiss were the herd from SpeeuMehh oodad
Lyndon Center; i ii,f, n McAdonis. is,
y the ieol t%oye the yeariing bull Lyndon
oy. beySes two lo-year-old cows one
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-02
EALITY IN
| SHORTHORNS
|.rl, Show Filled All the
s,rns to OVERLOOKING.
tERySEYS ALSO GOOD

ran 600 Animals Representing
|,,sr Every Breed Never Before
H. . Grand Display Of Oxen
,..r, Of Grand Championships.
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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-02
POULTRY GOOD AND BAD.
Plenty Of Birds Of Quality and Many
without,

Fully 1900 birds of quality as good as is
seen in the winter shows and more than
500 feathered creatures with little claim
TO distinction in the nobility of poultry
dom-this alone means that the poultry
department had more entries than it
could conveniently care for. And there
was lack of the system which has char
acterized Valley fair hen shows of years
gone by. This shortcoming was particu-
larry noticeable in the award records
which were so mixed that nothing sat
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-02

Chester L. Pike, who has served &C
centably as starter for the past severa
years presided with his usual Ma+oh nr % Ros
to M and w. r. Daley and DR.. + Il
O'Connor Of Brattleboro. L, D. o, Herrek q
Of Chesterfield, N. H., c. }. OMell OF OF
Walpole, N. H., and w. l.. walker O
Bratebor sora aedea as as Clerk 1 Of the course
It took considerable courage TOR f Man
dent James F. Hooker to STANG up lPs,c n1m
o aas the aa' weather outlook. Conditions were
az anv hi but favorable and various pesslc
AWNING were en- predicting rain for the rest OF
t tl,is's week s Mr.. Hooker, however, looked
tne h helantv skyward and expressed, his
no nt;tmde for what he prophesed would be
ga ,n,''e enough to lay the dust. he was
right, too.
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lied on potatoes and showed many varie-
ties of large size, some of the specimens
weighing 21a pounds each Other exhib-
ltors in this department were w. III. Bra
ley and John Saderman of West Brattle-
boro, Eugene Royce and G., +. Richardson
Of Guilford, Charles Davis, Bratteboro,
Alexander Paine, Westmoreland, n. H.,
Tyler of Vernon, O. j. Hale of Guilford,
John s. Wood of West Brattleboro. Mary
Howe j. G. Stafford, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Downer of Brattleboro. Mrs. d.
f. Sutherland of Mortified, Mass, show
ed large variety of gourds and Mrs. G.
E. Downer exhibited peanut plant as
| it grows.
Mass. Warren Yeaw of Guilford, K w.
Wheeler of Westmoreland, N. H., Ray
mond Dodge, II years old of Dummer-
ston, Henry Shipman and c. b. Shipman
of West Mortified, Mass, A. Mellen and
Carroll n Bond of Guilford, L. A. But
terrified and s. E: Miner of Brattleboro,
w. H. Stowe of Wilmington, Alonzo
Weatherhead of Guilford, J. F. Stearns
Alexander and w. L. Chase of West
Bratteboro, Levi J. Smith of North
Hinsdale, c. I. Wilson of West Dunn
merston, Stanley C. Fits, II years old,
Brattleboro, Miss Elizabeth Glidden, Put
ney, NJ /. Mann and Henry Moore of
Brattleboro and Miss H. P. Mason of
Walpole, n H., and F. E. Aldrich of
Northield Mass. Master Alexander Ex-
ner of West Brattleboro exhibited five
Connecticut pumpkins of unusual size and
F. I. Grace of Laconia, N. H., and G. H.
Dodge of Sutton, Mass, had a good ex..
hibit of grains. Charles L. Stoddard of
Westmoreland, N. H., exhibited % varie-
ties of potatoes and great variety of veg.
etables, among which were some splendid
specimens of Hubbard squash weighing
39h pounds. Owing to the prolonged
ripened considerably under size.
The fresh fruit exhibit was of unusual
merit and did credit to New England or
chards. Apples led in varieties and quail
ty and there was good display of grapes,
pears, ounces, peaches, plums and crab
apples Hugh H. Dunklee of West Brat
,leboro exhibited 50 varieties of apples to-
yether with other fruits. G. l.. Stoddard
If Westmoreland, N. H., who has been
among the leading exhibitors during the
asst Is years, showed so varieties of ap-
,les and some pears and grapes of SUI
,erior quality. F. L. Wellman of Gull
ord exhibited 40 varieties of apples, max
ng a specially of the Wolf River, Warren
md Northern Spy.
A. A. Halliday & Sons of Bellows Falls
lad an excellent exhibit which included 48
arieties of apples, Is of pears and five OF
rapes.
E. B. Barrows, proprietor of The Or
hards on Ames Hill, showed As varieties
{ apples, the Baldwin, Mcintosh Red and
Northern Spy being among the best. +.