The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-09-26
EAST CALAIS GRANGE FAIR.
Generous Exhibits of Various Products
There.

Editor, Times: 1t was privilege
much enjoyed by one OF your subserlo-
ers to attend in East Calais sept. -
one of the Sweetest" and "cutestO
grange fairs I ever yisited--"sweet
because the whole stage in !. o. T. I.
hall was filled with flowers and plants
void and domestic, cut, potted' col
Iected and arranged by The treat
North American Weed club, to snow
nlant life from lowest to highest
forms. beginning with algae both salt
and fresh water formsl, the lowest OF
the non Towering group; and contih,
1ling by families through moulds ana
mushrooms of the fungi family, to the
llicheus. liverworts, MOSES, ferns, ~
copodiums. sedges, grasses and conf
fers, up to the Towering plants, ae-
cording to the order as given IN the
'sFlora of Vermont. Some OF these
families represented I'll mention at
random, each having numerous genera
exhibited. viz, crowfoot, heath, mint,
pulse. parsley, mallow, madden, rose,
mink. poke. mustard, saxifrage, le-
pumes, spurge, buckwheat, dogbane,
.broomrake, violet, primrose, phlox'
holly. maple, dogwood, willow, oak,
nettle, etc. ANN,
I wish to mention that this little
band of tweed hunters" has come TO
be known locally by the above mi
portant sounding name given to It IN
derision bv the husband OF one OF us
enthusiastic members, who said ne
looked UP to higher things than they
did who peered around upon he
ground.
This same club may, possibly, come
TO be known ~ ito all people IN all
lands" through the Boston Transcript 5
having mentioned it in its article CON
cerning the author of Quests, who
also. is another enthusiastic member
of the club
One of the many specimens of fungi
on exhibition, known to botanists as
"thalus" and to us common people by
the nnromantic name of stink horn,
was carefully enclosed in an alright
glass jar so as not to detract from
the surrounding sweetness.
The fair was "cute" In Its tiny
things xhibited--two-day old filters
of pigs. several companies OF armed pig
my soldiers, each company standing
upon a postcard and recruited tmadel
nv grammar school boy; a hummne
birds nest carefully camouilaged with
moss and lichens; sauce dishes OF ripe
raspberries and beautiful crabapples
articles made by the primary schol
ars. sucking colts, ponies, calves, ban
tams, rabbits, etc.
A young gentleman, 81 years old
was heard to say, after reading the
tag naming the finder and the tive
men whose efforts secured the hum
ming birds nest 81 did better thar
that, for |, all alone, found and Sc
cured a much larger nest, full of eggs,
but he did not claim it To be the one
on exhibition containing turkey eggs
and attracting attention because that
feathered bird has become nearly eN
tinct lin Calais. at any rate).
But sOld Faithful with her "June
horn son." exhibited in one of The
cages among those of the hens aEc
ducks. NAV save the day for future
fairs in East Calais, in the turkey line
at least.
Did this fair in any way resemble
4he Worlds fair or even the state fair
Yes. in a limited way. There war'
draft x,rses, drivers, brood mares
saddle ponies, Jerseys. Ayrshires
brood sows. fruits, vegetables, canned
goods. fancywork, antiques and evel
agents displays and campfire girls.
A shower came up to dampen tn
ground and the ardor of the sports
men. so the sports were cut out, bu
everyone reported a good dinner an
fine grange fair. ] hope to yisi
there again l.. A. ID.