St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-13
WHEELOCK.
Riverside Grange Fair.-A Good Exhibition
of Town Products.

every way. bOuntiful dinner was served,
such one as the ladies of Wheelock
know so we'll how to get up. [. II.
Clark from St. Johnsbury gave the
children all ride in his auto and some
of the older ones besides and took
picture of the hall and the crowd
around.
Harley Keough. Erma Brown, Nora
Buckley and Mrs. Ethel Rock gave
some excellent music both vocal and in
strumental which was enjoyed by all.
The hall was beautifully decorated with
autumn leaves and flowers and plants in
bloom and what attracted good deal
of attention was the fine display from
Fred Barber of five beautiful coats of
arms, two of Ireland and three of the
United States, which he brought from
China while serving in the navy LIN.
Cree exhibited his fireless cooker, T. w.
Patterson an old fax spinning wheel
which was curiosity to some OF the
younger people. Miss Carrie Sleeper had
two fine oil paintings on exhibition,
|. K. Gray took the prize on maple
sugar and syrup, S. G. Cree exhibited
a mahogany seat which he made at
the age of rs. 1t was a fine
piece of work and his grandson, Steven
age Of four years and four months and it
was good piece of work for that age
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There was fine exhibit of fancy work.
This included two table covers, dust bag,
apron, work bag, centerpece, and doilies
by Miss Grace Collins; eyelet embroidery
by Miss Julia Leavitt; handkerchief, tat
ting and set of doilies by Mrs. Lucy
Weed; centerpiece, two sofa pillows and
handkerchief case by Miss Carrie Math-
ewson; flouncing and sofa pillows by
Mrs. A. Craig; knitted lace and bed.
spread by Mrs. Johnson; knitted table
doilies by Mrs. G. w. Bean; sofa pillow
by Mrs. A. F. Emerson; sofa pillow. Bat
tenburg dolly, work bag, baby jacket,
and rising sun quilt by Mrs. Lewis La
point; sofa pillow, and log cabin quilt by
Mrs. |. K. Gray; sofa pillow and crochet
work by Mrs. George Barber; sofa pillow
and tree and rose quilt by Mrs. Fred
Blake; sofa pillow, knitted shawl and
handkerchief pillow top by Mrs. Mercy
Green; sofa pillow and braided rug by
Mrs. E. !. Dana; pillow top, handkerchief
case and fine display of childrens work
in the Chandlerville school by Mrs. Mary
Keough; strawberry centerpiece and cro-
cheted slippers by Mrs. E. E. Green; EN-
broidtred sheet and pillow cases by Mrs.
Nancy Mathewson, who is now "a years
old, the work having been done when
she was girl; Battenburg work by Mrs.
w. P. Dean; set doilies by Mrs. S. G.
Cree, who is badly crippled by rheuma-
tism and has been confined to her bed
for the past year; embroidery by Mrs.
Leila Shorey; table mats by Mrs. D. Nc
Lean; handkerchief and quilt by Mrs. H.
| ]. Mathewson; burnt wood by Miss Eta
Drake; two sofa pillows by Mrs. Grace
Hubbard; sofa pillow and silk quilt by
Mrs. w. W. Bean; quilt of 4, 900 pieces by
Mrs. William Park.
Some fine old crockery was exhibited,
part of it more than 100 years old, also
an old bed spread and tidy. The display
of canned fruits and vegetables was fine.
Among the exhibitors were Mrs. Mary
Dana, Mrs. w. P. Dean, Mrs. G. W.
Bean, Mrs. 6. L. Gerry, Mrs. Lucy Weed,
Mrs. Lila Mathewson and Mrs. Carrie
Mathewson.
The horse race was won by Will Smell
ling, first, and |. K Gray, second.
There was small but good exhibit of
cattle and sheep. l. K. Gray showed
Jersey COW, some Holstein steers, three
year old Holstein heifer, which won blue
ribbons, and four months old Holstein
calf which won a red ribbon. J. S.
Drew's four months old Holstein calf
won the blue ribbon. In sheep, Albert
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Walter Brockway the red for sheep and
lamb. The prize lambs weighed 100 and
113 pounds.
The poultry exhibit was fine. Prizes
were awarded as follows: Rhode Island
reds, chicks, first, c. A. Hoyt, Plymouth
Rock chicks, Harry Hubbard; buff orp-
ington, fowls and chicks, first. G. /.
Gerry; chicks, second, Fred Day; BAN
tams, hen and rooster, Walter Buckley;
speckled bantam chicks, Albert Butter
field; bantam chicks, third prize, Arthur
Moore; silver Hamburg chicks, Jacob
Libby; brown leghorn chicks, first Cliff
ford Mclean, second, Fred Hoffman;
black minorca chicks, 6. w. Bean.
For fruits and vegetables the awards
were as follows: apples, LIST, c. A. Hoyt,
End, Fred Barber, 3rd. Warrick Smith;
cabbage, list, Fred Hoffman, 2nd, !. P.
Rock; beets, LIST, J. P. Rock, 2nd, A.
Craig, 3rd, W. P. Dean; turnips, 1st, c.
G. Mooney, 2nd, Harry Hubbard, 3rd,
Charles Leavitt; pumpkins, LIST, G. W.
Bean, 2nd, c. w. Drown, 3rd, G. w.
Bean; green marrowtat squash, list, 7. P.
Rock, 2nd, Charles Leavitt, 3rd, 6. E.
Goss; caulihower, H. P. Simpson; Hub
bard squash, LIST, Charlet Leavitt, End,
G. E. Goss; trace corn, LIST, A. c. Pills
bury, End, E. H. Mathewson, 3rd, A. c.
Williams; sweet corn and Lima beans,
John Johnson potatoes, LIST, ]. P. Rock,
End, Fred Day. 3rd, John Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Rowell and daugh-
ter, Hattie Mae of West Barnet and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Lindsey of East Barnet
visited their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arch Craig, last Sunday. They
came in Mr.. Rowell's new auto.
Mrs. Nancy Mathewson with her
daughter, Carrie, went to Barre last
Tuesday to visit her son, Professor o. D.
| Mathewson.
Rev. John Hoffman and Mrs. Susan
Hoffman of Worcester, Mass, visited at
Fred and Henry Hofman's last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elma Locklin of Lyndon
visited at William Smiths last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hopkins visited at
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