Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
County Fair Exhibits.


citing and close. The airship made two
successful flights on Friday afternoon,
finally flying to Rutland. The trip was
made in about 26 minutes. The follow
ing is a partial list of exhibits worthy
of mention:
Exhibition hall was beautifully deco
rated and contained many interesting
exhibits among which were the large
displays of fancy work by local and out
of town ladies'.
A. w. Brown of Middlebury, taxi
dermist, exhibited several specimen of
work which added much to the appear
ance of the hall. In the children's de-
partment the display was of interest as
it contained many specimens of merit
such as the map of Vermont state by
David Corkran; the pencil drawings and
charcoal work by Sylvia Mckinney; the
drawings and water color work by
Norma Taylor and the charcoal work by
the Misses Novac.
The cases containing the special ex-
hibits were interesting and instructive.
Among these were the curios entered
by Ira M. Taylor of Middlebury. The
articles exhibited were collected by his
son, Lieut.. Bert Taylor, from Alaska,
Porto Rico and the PHILIPPINES. Among
these articles were moccasins, fancy
work, small baskets made of sea grass
and knives and weapons.
In another case the exhibits of in
laid work by Mrs. L. Speare of Bur-
lington drew much attention. The
chief articles of interest being
jewelry box containing over 5000 pieces,
table top, "a inches square, contain
ing over 1000 pieces, violin case, etc.
These articles were made by hand with
only pocket knife, small hand plane and
saw.
In the lower part of the hall the
booths of some of our local firms drew
much attention and added greatly to
the attractiveness of the hail. The
display of F. C. Warren electrical sup
plies was very interesting Cheney &
Co., clothiers, Middlebury, exhibited a
fine display of clothing and furnishings.
A. Calhoun & Sons occupied their usual
booth with fine showing of stoves and
ranges.
Among the out of town exhibitors
were prominent that of the Spear Mar
tin Fur Co. of Burlington and the dis
play of pianos by the Bailey Music
rooms in Burlington. The booth occu-
pied bv the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co., drew good deal of attention as
it exhibited fac-simile of the Metro
politan Life Insurance building of New
York The display of feather flowers
was worthy of the large amount of
interest which centered about it. These
flowers were made entirely of live geese
feathers and in beauty could hardly be
surpassed by nature.
The exhibits in the Horticultural hall
were of merit, the principal exhibitors
of grain being G. S. Aver of Salisbury,
w. A. Danbrook of New Haven Mills,
Chas. j. Lowell and A. L. Payne of
Middlebury. The exhibit of garden
produce by G. j. Hodges and Mr.. Sew
erance of Middlebury were varied and
of good quality. Fine specimens of
fruit We're exhibited by j. E. Sperry,
C. L. Witherell, Chas. ]. Lowell and
John Kenworthy of Middlebury. The
canned fruit entered by Mrs. Walter
Harrington, Mrs. S. E. James and Mrs.
w. F. Bentley were worthy of the
praise which they received. Middle
bury Grange had beautiful display of
garden produce, ETC., which by its
merit and appearance drew much atten-
ton to the artistically arranged booth
which it occupied. The display of
flowers although not large was hand
some, adding much to the appearance
of the hall as whole. H. c. James of
Middlebury exhibited fine display of
maple sugar products. One of the
most striking in the hall however was
the display of honey and products by
H. j. Manchester of Cornwall. The
fine quality and artistic arrangement all
helped to make up one of the most
interesting exhibits in the hall.
Some fine exhibits of Holstein- Erie
sian cattle were shown by j. W..
Prentis & Son, Alstead, N H., d. F..
Macauley of Shoreham, and from the
Vail Stock Farm of Middlebury. F. w.
Spaulding of Poultney had on exhibition
fine lot of Ayrshires; R. w. Palmer
of Mddlebury had an excellent showing
of Jerseys. Holly Farm, Mt Holly, also
exhibited good line of Jerseys. A
large and excellent exhibit of short
horn cattle were also entered from
Poplar Row Stock farm.
The sheep growers of Addison County
and vicinity fully maintained their repu-