The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-12
CALAIS GRANGE FAIR.
Big Crowd Out and Number of Exhibits
Large.

The annual fair of Calais grange wa
held last week Saturday, Il beautiful
day helping to make il n success in ever.
way. Many were present from Barre
East Montpelier, Hardwick, Cabot
Marshfield and Woodbury.. 1t was est
mated that COO people were present dur
ing the day. The grange served dinner
to about $50 people. Woodbury. bras
band furnished music.
The exhibits in floral hall were numer
Gus and consisted of embroidery, ancient
and modern, Undertaking, pillow cases
centerpieces, sofa pillows and other arti
Giles too numerous to mention. In Gro.
oheted work there we've exhibited jack
cts, handbags of various kinds, yokes
narrow and wide lace, doilies and sofa
pillows. A waist of darned net was cs-
pecially pretty, also fiehu and collar
made many years ago. Silk, worsted
and print quilts, knitted spread, braided
rugs stencil work and silk shawl We're
displayed ~ the end of the hall, over
which were two mounted deer heads. Oil
paintings and burnt and inlaid wood
work aud several pieces of ancient
crockery, including cup and saucer from
Scotland, were exhibited, and especial
mention should be made of silk dress
spun from cocoons raised in Calais and
woven and made by Miss Sally Fuller.
One of the interesting features was
the display of school work. Maple cor
ner secured lst and South Woodbury. I'd
premiums. Only six of the whole mum.
Der of schools reported, through their
teachers, in the competition for the spe-
cial cash prizes offered for the highest
per cent. OF attendance at this fair.
East hill of Woodbury., / out of IL, or
100 per cent; South Woodbury., Is out
of Is, or o3A per cent. 1t being more
difficult to obtain high rates in the large
schools. the committee wishes to make
honorable mention of the Maple corner
and North Calais schools. The East Cal
ais school was debarred from competing
for these prizes, but held the position
of banner school during the parade, un-
der whose banner the street parade
passed. The school at Adamant failed
to enter its exhibit in time for compe
tition, but had an excellent display of
school work.
An address was given by j. w. Butter
field of North Montpelier, and one fea
ture of the day was the parade by the
band, members of the grange, the G. A.
r. and school children. followed by some
of the horses and cattle on exhibition.
The agricultural hall was well filled
with exhibits of potatoes, pumpkins, !,
beets. turnips, carrots, onions, squashes,
cabbages. seed corn, apples,
pears, plums, grass seed and a variety
Of canned vegetables, fruit and jelly.
After some very good and amusing
races, the sports were concluded by a
ball game-fat men against lean, in
which the fat men won.
Cash premiums were awarded as fol-
lows:
Horses-Draft horses, GO. Smith,
LIST, soc; gentlemen's single driver, Lena
Moore, LIST, zoe, N. i. Bancroft, I'd, soc;
mare and colt. f, II .Saxby, LIST, soc;
I. w. Gray, I'd. 25c.
Oxen-George Sanders, lst, SOC, Ivan
Gray I'd, 25c.
Cattle Registered Jersey bull, Fl. F.
Scrbner, LIST, SOC, NJ. d. Hawkins, I'd,
25c; registered Jersey heifer, 4. w.
Cate, LIST, soc, and 3D. 25c; registered
heifer, Lynn Gray, LIST, SOC,
md I'd, Csc; registered Ayrshire bull,
c. B. Southwick lst, soc; registered Ayr