The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-11
CYRUS SPEAKS OF VERMONT
Show of Vermont Sheep at Columbus
Fair Shows What Can Be Done.

Show of Vermont Sheep at Columbus
Fair Shows What Can Be Done.
Dear Friend Frank guess you
begin to think | have forgotten my
promise to write but | amt, but | have
been so dogon busy ] just couldn't.
| was over to BrattlebOro fair a
time or two and to Cambridge and
Rutland too and ! thought had seen
somethin' but III be burned if | want
mistaken. Why YOU could put the
hull durn fair. takers and all in one
lof<he stock houses a. columbus and
then have some room for the fellers
that sells hot dogs and red lemonade.
| Talk about stock we'll they have
some here, horses, cattle, sheep and
nogs till you would think there want
enough left in the hull durn country
to have another cattle show, but say
Frank, when | got over to the sheep
house | were shure pleased.
About the fust thing | see were a
big banner made out of prize ribbons
readin' Fillmore Farms and | took
another look and durn my cats if
didn't see mat teller that rides in
one of them red mobiles around town
tryin to run over every body that
don't step lively jest as if he wanted
folks to think he were doin' somethin'
and were in some of a hurry. He's
the feller you know that thinks he
knows how to farm and has a durn
hard time to make anybody else see
| it ais way Well he's here with
bunch Of them blamed horned sheep,
that a Teller if he goes around 'em
any needs pair of leather leggins on
to keep 'em from skinnin' his shins
all up, but gosh Frank, it made me
feel good and sorter at home to see
even a bunch of sheep from my part
of the country, and | sorter hung
around watin fer that Teller Jones.
| tried to talk some to the English
teller that washes the Sleeps faces
and horns and trims their wool so as
to make 'em look as if they was
worth somethin'. but | couldn't under
stand more'n about three words in
ten that he said. but in about ten
minutes here comes Jones. /
wouldn't have knowed aim fer the
same Teller, he had on a sort a yeller
overall suit and were in about four
places TO once and say Frank, | Just
sot there on a bale of straw and
sHellCd up till had TO let my belt
out~two holes to here that durn cuss
talk about Vermont and sheep: If
that Teller ever took a turn at the
gold brick business and had struck
Woodford there wouldn't be dollar
in the whole DUN town.
| alters thought Vermont were a
pretty decent place. but to here tnat
cuss tell about 1t why you would
think it were only jest over the fence
from The promised land and some
gaps left in the fence at that. Why
you would think that the whole durn
state were bordered with a flower
garden and while ne We're tellin' of
it you could most smell the flowers.
I'm burned right now If believe
there is any other place i'm this coun-
try. where they can raise sheep that
is worth a cuss, and I'm jest goin' to
look about some when | get back and
see If the cuss were lynn or If | have
been so durn nigh sighted all my life
that really didn't know what a place
we did have about Bennington.
When | told the chap who | were
and where | were from he shook
hands with me as II he were glad to
see me, your from Vermont are you
says he, Yes, says l. and burned If
aint proud on it after hearin you
tellin' about it. do you believe
much what YOU said "All. says he,
after a man once lived in Vermont
ne could never be satisfied no place
else on earth and | aint none at all
sure he'd want to stay in heaven.
What do YOU think of that Frank.
and the durn cfss want born in the
state nuther. Says he. Il would wei
come a dog around me if he came
from as near wnere | live as you do,
and now old man you make this your
headquarters says he and be here to-
morrow and see low the sheep
raised on the Old Green Mountains of
Vermont will beat these durn furren
ers from the other side and tomor-
row I'm goin' to be on hand to see
them try to do it, but | want to tell
YOU Frank does what he says
I'm burned if he wont have to go
some fer they shure have got some
good ones up against him. and they |
are a fiXin' of 'em up and no mistake |
AS soon as | see now they come out
! will write.
Cyrus.
p. S. Frank. this place would suit |
some of the fellers that goes up to
White River Junction to the fair |
liquid sandwiches on every corner