Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-12-06
FAIR DATES SET
FOR NEXT YEAR

p Of his close friend, John L, Weeks, a
p president, aud the setting OF dates TO
fair next fall, were features OF tn
I 10Th annual meeting OF the Addison
C County Agricultural Society at hid
T dlebury Town Hall last Weduesda,
Y Afternoon In addition there was tn
C entertainment furnished by a quartz
q OF college singers, and an INSTRUCTIVE
I address by Andrew Elliot OF Gait, On
, tarlo,
Out OF some 600 members OF the Ag
q ricultural Society only 80 or GO wer,
present-the smallest attendance il
years, due largely to snow storm
d which made travel unpleasant, and L
! the fact that the meeting had not beer
, much advertised, Too, knowledge thai
"the Colonel"-himseli always an at
, traction-and his hired city vaudeville
would not be on hand this year, un
doubtedly had a depressing influence
on interest IN the meeting,
However, by those present there was
successful effort made to sustain OPP
timism, and unless all signs fail the
Addison County air-dormant for the
past two years-wil come back to It's
own next year as one OF the best in the
10 years history OF the institution.
John L, Weeks, president of the So
ciety for the past III years, presided
with Secretary f. {, Dyer, who has
been connected with the fair for SO
years, also on the platform,
As the opening business-aiter the
'college men had sung some lively
songs Secretary Dyer read his report
which received a fine burst of ap.
plause when he mentioned Col Ilsley.
He spoke as follows;
Another year has rolled around and
as we are gathered in our annual
business session it is my privilege to
report the progress OF the past year
Almost at its beginning we were sad.
dened by the passing OF that noble
life whose broad sympathy, splendid
liberality, kindly spirit and farseeing
vision, did so much for Middlebury
and Addison County, our friend and
fellow worker, Col Silas A. Ilsley.
(Applause But though absent his
spirit Of optimism, faith and courage
will remain, an undying memory and
a precious legacy The Board of Man.
ayers after holding its regular meeting
voted unanimously that because of alb
normal conditions growing out of the
war that it would be inadvisable to hold
a fair as voted at the annual meeting
and thus another year went by with
out the event OF the year for this sec.
ton OF the state There were those who
questioned the adviSability of this,
but on the whole | think the public
was with us Many Vermont homes
had boys in the trenches and the cas-
ualty lists had many names in the
Killed in action, Missing" and
Severely wounded" 1t seemed to be
no time for any thing except the stern
business of winning the war. At that
time while we had faith in ultimate
victory over the unspeakable Hun, it
was fact that we could not deny
that we were being forced back until
finally the enemy's line was but 33
miles from Paris and the city was
under bombardment.
at was American enterprise. hustle
and push that landed 2,000000 men in
France, that turned the German ad-
vance into retreat and placed Chateau
Thierry in that list Of brilliant achieve
ments that contains the names of
Bunker Hill and Gettysburg. Worthy
descendants of the heroes of those
immortal conflicts are the bows in
Khaki who turned the foes advance and
kept him going until abject surrender
was all that was left for him. A year
ago Kaiser Wilhelm was at the ze-
NTH OF his power; today he is just
old Bill Hohenzollern, sneaking into
Holland with his sneak of son; a man
without a country and without a
friend
Gas sure as there is a God of Justice
these monsters will pay the full pen
atty for their unspeakable crimes.
While many of our Vermont boys
have made the supreme sacrifice those
who have survived are coming back to
take up again the pursuits of peace.
hSii ~ 10 JUN luSCluGI lHe
homes of Addison County to make the
Addison County Fair of 1919 a real
celebration and the greatest event in
our county's history, The lid will be
off You can buy Olivier" and gas to
run it; you won't have to buy flour
substitutes and you may be able to
get a dollars worth of sugar at time.
You won't need coal or all wool suits
the last week in August and as we will
De through with the wheatless, meat :
ess and eatless days, there will be
nothing in the way of celebration that
will make up for the lean years Every
body cover the Top" for the Victory
In the absence of Treasurer c. F. I
Rogers, Mr.. Dyer read also the treas
irers report as follows:
From Dec. S, 1917, to Dec, 4, 1918
Receipts
Cash on hand Dec. S, 1917 ------ S4S "a
Manure sold ---------------------- 10 90