St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-07
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Exhibitors and Prize Winners at the
Grange Fair-LOcals


ing seemed unfavorable for a fine
day good attendance was on hand
for the sixth annual Grange Fair of
Riverside Grange, No. 800 on Thurs
day. Not as much stock was exhi-
bited as would have been had it been
a fair day. Seventy-tive entries of
stock and pets were shown. Floral
hall had an excellent display of need
lie work and fancy articles. There
were IL quilts, three knitted bed
spreads, besides a good display of
embroidery in sofa pillows, center
pieces, etc. Mrs. Fred Grady and
Mrs. Alex Dwyer, Mrs. Albert Tyler
showed infants wardrobes that were
beautiful. A display of 1lS eXki-
bits of antique articles was interest
ing. Among them was a family BIZ
BILE and foot stove, used in churches
before stoves for heating churches.
had come into general use, shown by
Charles A. Hoyt; a reader printed
in 1795, a geography and hymn
book shown by Mrs. G. L. Gerry,
printed in 1914; bed spread by Miss
Carrie Sleeper, over 100 years old.
Space fOrbids a full report of this
| interesting exhibit. Miss Sleeper al
so had several beautiful paintings,
Mrs. ]. B. Ripley a raw silk robe
made in Italy, a wooden toy cut by
hand in Switzerland. Little Ruth
Thrasher had five exhibits, a cake
with Grange Fair 1914" lettered in
the frosting, a knitted hand bag,
tunbler of jelly, two cans of berries;
Arleen Ford three sugar cakes; Ken
meth Drown. pop corn, yellow corn
and turnips. Mention should be
made of the excellent crayon work
done in Miss Kathleen McLean's and
Miss Beatrice Kellogg's schools in
the village. In the afternoon adj
dresses were given by County Agent
StimsOn and Rev. Mr.. Bishop OF
Sheffield; a tug of war between
Nathan Simpsons pair of white
horses and II men on so foot rope,
the horses winning: also a horse
race, showing good trotting by
horses owned by Frank Barber,
Wiley Willard, P. L. Barber and III.
H. Hoffman. The following prem
iums were awarded: Fancy work,
embroidered pillow slips, Mrs. Alex
Dwyer first, Mrs. Lucy Weed second,
Miss Kathleen Mclean third; bureau
scarf, Mrs. H. J. Mathewson first;
bead work, Mrs. Nathan Simpson
first, Mrs. G. L. Gerry second and
third; embroidered center piece,
Grady second. Miss Kathleen Nc
Lean third sofa pillows, white, Mrs.
Fred Grady first; sofa pillows, col
l ored, Mrs Fred Grady first and sec
ond, Mrs. Dick Hovey third; aprons,
Mrs G. L. Gerry second and third;
burnt work bag, Mrs. w. P. Dean
first; embroidered baby's coat, Mrs.
Fred Grady first, Mrs. Alex Dwyer
second, Mrs. Albert Tyler third; lace
work and tatting, babies bonnet, Mrs.
Fred Grady first, handkerchief, Mrs.
V. R. Weed second, round tattin
doiIey third; silk bed throw, Mrs.
S. G. Cree first; silk quilt, Mrs. Mar
tina Drown first; cake, Ruth Thrash
er first; knitted bag, Ruth Thrasher
first; hand painting, Miss Carrie
Sleeper first, Mrs. D. D. Gray sec
ond, Mrs. Daisy Moore third; toma-
toes ripe, D. D. Gray first, George
Bean second, Mrs. George WEIGH
third; apples, Alexanders, w. M. Will
ley first, Charles Hoyt second, Carl
Simpson third: peach apples, H. J.
Mathewson first, C. A. Hoyt second,
G.. L. Gerry third; Duchess, w. P.
Dean first, H. J. Mathewson second,
crab apples, G.. l.. Gerry first; Nc
Tntosh, R. L. Hovey first, Charles
Hoyt second; fameuse, H. ]. Math-
ewson first; russets, G. L. Gerry
first; greetings, G. A. Hoyt first, sec
i ond and third; Bethels, r. H. HoVey
first; Wolf River, Mrs. Harley De-
os; eggs, w. P. Dean first, Carl
Simpson second, Mrs. Fred Day
third; bantam, w. A. Smith; beans,
E. J. Dana first, Charles HOyt sec
ond and third; maple sugar, G. W.
Weed first; peaches, Mrs. n. G.
second, Mrs Simpson third; black
berries, Mrs. ]. P. Rock first, Mrs.
l.. w. Gray first and second; field
strawberries, Mrs. p. j. Shorey first,
Mrs H. J. Mathewson second, Mrs.
ID. D. Gray third; cultivated straw
berries, Mrs. D. D. Gray first, Mrs.
d N. G. Simpson second; cherries, Mrs.
ID. D. Gray first, Mrs. Albert Tyler
second, Mrs. Arthur Weed third; ap-
pie Jelly, Mrs. H. j. MatheWson hrst,
Mrs. Fred Day second; plum jelly,
Mrs. D. D. Gray first; crab apple,
Mrs. J. p Rock first; Mrs. ID. ID.
Gray second; peas, Mrs. j. P. Rock
first, Mrs. d. D. Gray, first, Mildred
Wiley, first; beans, Mildred Wiley
first, Mrs. George WEIGH second,
Mrs. w. P. Dean, third; apple
canned, Mrs. D. D. Gray, first,
|
Arthur Weed, third; currants,
Mrs. E. ]. Dana first, Mrs. G. L. Ger
ry second; gooseberries, Mrs. G. L.
Gerry first; crab apple, Mrs. e. l..
Gerry first, Mrs. George WEIGH sec
ond, Mrs. Fred Day third; corn, Mrs
E. J. Dana first; rhubarb, Mrs. Ar
thur Weed first and second; vegeta6-
| les, carrots, Jacob Libby first, e. j.
Dana second, Kenneth Drown third;
table beets, Warner Wiley hrst,
Lyle Dean second, Carl Simpson
third; winter squash, L. W. Gray
! first, Warner Wiley second, 9. A
Hoyt third; yellow squash, Charles
Welch first. Hubbard Ripley second;
radish, Warner Wiley first; lettuce
and caulif1ower, Mrs. Lucy Weed
first; sweet corn, G. A. Hoyt hrst
G. l.. Gerry second, George Bean
third; field corn, c. A. Hoyt hrst,
Charles WEIGH second, Kenneth
Drown third. Master Harold Ores
ser showed a fine pair of trained
Ho1stoin ctanr calves first. HOlSteln