Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-10-01
IN FLORAL HALL

The exhibit of the Vail Agriculture
al school is in charge OF &. a. PIKE
and this is the fifth fair that this
school has shown their cXhibit-M i'd
dlcbury, Rutland, White River June
ton and Woodstock, before the ST
JohnsbuIy fair and they go to the
Valley fair ut Brattleboro next week.
This is a part Of the advertising plan
OF the State Board OF Education TO
give the agricultural school greater
publicity and Mr.. Pike has found that
in other parts of the state many OF
the farmers do not know much about
the great advantages of this school.
The exhibit consists of Il drawing OF
the land and buildings, many views
of both the buildings and the stock
ald small library.
Sergt. Sleltz and Corporal van
Walkenburg have Il booth to interest
young men in enlisting the National
army full of war souvenirs that at
tract much attention. There is a
Browning machine gun which did cf-
fectve service with the 2Gth division,
firing COO shots Il minute. There is
also Il rapid fire machine gun and q
Calling gun That WAS badly shot to
pieces overseas, but had been re
modelled. Other interesting souvGn-
irs are range finders, infantry and
acroplane finders, trench knife, Ger
man pistol holster and Il map case.
This is the sixth fair that these Off
GERS have attended and they have al
ready secured two cnliStmentS. Om
of the most interesting parts OF then
exhibit is the big five ton Liberty
truck which stands by the m;iin n;ttc
This contains the latest model OF :!
Liberty motor and the officers founc
it somewhat difficult to cross some OF
the wooden bridges in Vermont il
their cross country run.
Henry J. Goodrich and Il. NJ
Ram exhibit for their firm the In
ternational one pipe heater, feul
Glcnwood ranges and the GlenWooa
heating stoves. Then. exhibit is well
located in Floral Hall and attracts
much attention.
A. l.. Bailey is exhibiting at Il
fairs this year and this is the 10th
fair where his goods have bees
shown. Centrally located in Floral
hall there WAS always a GROVE
around this booth and good music
kept the crowd interested. Mr.. Bailey
shows a Henry F. Miller piano, an
Estey player piano, a Wellington
piano, u Euphona player and the Vic
tor, Edison, Columbia and Brunswick
monographs. Mrs. Jennie Willie
presdcs at the piano and Mrs
Warren Gaskcll exhibits the phono,
graphs.
c. 3. Chase has a large exhibit o.
bicycles, guns and sporting goods
Mr.. Chase handles the Winchester
rifles and the johnson motor vince,
as we'll as large line of sporting
goods. Wendell Cobleigh is helping
him in this booth.
The Peck Company are demon
strating Lyknu polish and Lubrikt
for automobiles. Both exhibits at
tractcd many visitors. Miss Adam
of Worcester has charge of the Lyk-
nu exhibit and Alexander Healey ant
II. A. Ford explain the merits of the
automobile oil.
Herbert V. Comfy shows the Ster-
ling heaters, including both furnaces
and ranppS These are manufactured
by the Sill Stove forks at Rochester
N. Y, and a half carload or range:
intended for the Caledonia fair i:
still on the road somewhere between
Rochester and st. Johnsbury. MI
Comfy exhibits pipeless furnace
which is attracting much attention
Park G. Pollard have on exhibit ono
of their well-known poultry products
The woman's department of the
Caledonia Farm Bureau is in charge
of Miss Kelley, home demonstration
and Miss Charlotte Pierpont of Bur
lington is also with this exhibit. Mis-;
Pierpont has brought over from Bur
lington rural lunch cabinet whicl
has attracted much attention. Thcs'
is also Il cleaning exhibit, an exhibi
of canned goods, samples of food
which the body needs, charts, spec;
mems Of sewing and many other inter
esting articles. Though less than
year old this branch of the Caledoni;
Farm Bureau has now almost 900