The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-22
AROUND The EXHIBITS
AT THE VT. STATE FAIR
Bewildering Array Of Interesting Things
to Be Seen at White River juno
ton Fair Grounds-Some
Of Them Told About.

ton Fair Grounds-Some
Of Them Told About.
White ndver Junction, Sept. 22.--In
addition to the Morgan horses Ut the
Vermont state fair heretofore noticed IN
this paper, there Is also a hnc showing
Of other horses. The speedweIl farm,
owned By T. n. Vail Of Lyndonyille,
shows Heehafp. Pcrcheron stallion.
three years Of age; q French coach stall
lion, Eleganti Prince Dan, broken for
saddle Of HARNESS.; pair Of WEIGH wheel
ponlcsi Blackblrd, q Welsh stallion; a
iour.in-hand Of Welsh ponies. which will
be driven on the track q Welsh mare.
Black Beauty, and rightly named. These
animals are tn charge of Theodore Dun
can, who viii drive Blaclbird and Black
Beauty as a tandem team, the latter
as the leader.
Quechee fells farms show Innocence
aud the fefeheron stallion Don Pedro;
B. s. Gray Of Woodstock exhibits the
Clydesdale stallion floraform, foaled in
1899, which has been awarded 4 ribbon,
The Hearts Delight farm owned by w.
u. Miner Of ebay, n. y. the Peroherons
Gay 1906, Heller, three years old, weigh
ing LOO pounds, Senator, and Ericsson,
1904, sired By Danscur and whose dam
was Nalereana and who weighs a trine
over 2200 pounds. In the Belgian breed
they show Riehclcu, q stallion, weigh.
ing 2e50 pounds, also Diane On Kat.
Noire de Brano, Gas de Torches, and
Others - IN all
Wiley Brothers Of Cambridge also ex-
hibit q tllree-year.old pefcherou stall
lion. p. $. Gray also shows a hackney
stallion called Gold Coin. which takes
a ribbon G. ID. Noyes OF Colrain, Mass,
exhibits the Lambert Morgan, Dasher. q
winner and RoXie and colt DR.. Halle.
ton Of Lebanon, N H., shows Axworth,
Belle Lady Winthrop and Rollo, and
@. w. Fisgg exhibits Goldfnder, from
East Braintree. Another horse which Of.
tracted a great deal OF attention was
the stallion King Joe, who Is a prize
winner wherever he il entered and who
i as full OF ginger a. many a younger
horse. He showed trotting gait. while
led by a rider on n running horse. He
is easy Of control although full OF life.
Another exhibit Is by 81. A. Martin
OF plainheld, who shows a gray Morgan
mare with twin colts and which will be
shown on tie track during the fair. A
feature Of the fair this year win be the
auction sale OF Morgans, conducted on
the grounds Friday, when several good
horses will be offered for sale.
OF oxen and steers shown IN the yoke,
there are over IS pairs TO be seen. w.
"A. Kicker Of St. Johnsburv entered %
yoke, but unfortunately lost an OK from
Indigestion since his arrival. but exhib-
tied - woke in one string before the
judges Tuesday afternoon, yoke OF
yearlings being IN the lead, w w BEN
son & Son showed a string OF l3 yoke.
while Ansel Dickinson and sons showed a
string OF six yoke The two last strings
are from New Hampshire. The cavai.
cade Of these animals occurs to-day.
The cattle exhibit "a complete and
herds that had not arrived al the date
Of former letter are here now.
The halls have received their entries
and will be che center Of attraction for
MANY who do not care for the stock
exhibit. while the poultry department is
alone worth The price OF admission The
entries are arranged IN order. and each
81 the exhibits Is 10 be found in ita
proper place. Beside the feathered com
petitors for distinction and honors, there
are many exhibits OF pets. which are
placed here. Rabbits Of All oolors and
breeds Guinea pigs white rats and mice,
both long and short haired sire seen In
numbers A curiosity here is three.
legged Plymouth rock chicken, shown
By Mrs. Blanchard of this place.
Here also may be seen several kinds
Of phessauts, Of brilliant hue and COR
geous plumage plain pigeons, tufted
pigeons, fan.taii pigeons, white pigeons
and pigeons Of every hue The premi-
inns have been awarded and visitors
may pick the winners by the ribbons
to the coops Visitors TO the
fair should not fail to take at least
basty look through this department
Another place OF interest to many is
The exhibit Of fish swimming about in
tanks Of running water and labeled for
the benefit Of those unskilled in the art
81 fishing. The exhibit has lake trout.
black bass three months old. brook trout /
d size large enough to make your
mouth water, bullheads and bowfins or
mullett, sunfsh, rock bass, vel |
low perch, pikel perch and pickere,, and |
the grown small and large-mouthed
black bass There is also shown, but
not alive, a "garpike" somewhat re-
iembing q swordfish in appearance. Ont
'ide the building containing this exhibit I
s a space enclosed with meshed wire, I
where a flock of wild MalIard ducks /
plunge and dive in q mimic pond Of liv- /
ng water, Or swim in graceful way upon /
ts surface These are much admired BY I
HE visitors to the fair
Machinery halls Nos and 2 are filed I
with all the new and staple kinds of {
for farmers use and comfort. I
Manure spTeaders. enslage cutters and /
,arrers of various kinds, plows, har
lows. potato diggers, cutiyators, etc.
ire shown and explained to those in
crested. Four kinds of sugar eYapor-
ltors are shown, each exhibitor claiming
Iome superiority over the others. These
ire the True's Monarch, the Grimm. the /
Kerr, made III Craftsblmy. VT, and the
seader from Burlington A feature that
attracts the farmer visitor is the patent
stanchion made in Chelsea,
hown by the Perfect Stanchion COM
,any The international Harvester Co.
exhibits its farm automobile with both
Ugh and low wheels. Besides the ex-
libits III the halls, the Richardson Mfg.
.. Of Worcester, Mass, the Walter A.
Wood Co. Of Hoosicly Falls, n. ", and
he Oliver Plow Co. Of South Bend, Ind,
ave each one under canvas, between the
lalls.
Floral hall il filled with the usual dis
LAY Of domestic and fancy work, SO