Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-12-22
JUDGE HAMILTON
SPEAKS ON EAR

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ing year, Judge ]. C. S. Hamilton of
Bridport to succeed himself"
Judge J. c. S. Hamilton, in accept
ing the presidency of the Addison
County Agricultural Society, spoke as
follows in accepting the Office for q
second time.
"For the second time you have hon
ored me with this office and l sincerely
thank you. l consider it a great honor
to be at the head of one of the best
agricultural societies in New England
And right now | want to thank the
people of Addison Comfy for their
part in helping to make our fair a sue
cess "And to the officers of this So
ciety, know what you have done and
1 am proud of you. Too much credit
cannot be given our secretary, treas
urer and general superintendent, for
their management, time and labor Ii
was the common expression to hear the
people say, that they had never at
tended better and cleaner fair The
3lSt of last August was a memorable
day for this society. Our gate receipts
were the largest of any one day in the
history of our fair. Our track record
was lowered and that is not all, for on
that day while the Governor was our
guest he undertook to run our fair.
But if ever a man got scorched for med
ding it was he.
"And the way that he managed the
other fairs reminds me of little story.
An old Southerner while wandering
along a small stream, came upon a
darkey, sitting on a foot bridge below
a small dam, his feet dangling in the
waters, and a shot gun across his lap.
What are you doing here, Sambo,' said
the Southerner. oh, Use got a good
job, working here for Massey Little
ton said the darkey. What are you
doing here again asked the Southern
er oh, Is shooting muskrats under
the dam Whereupon a muskrat APP
peared under tine dam. There's one,
look Sambo, why don't you shoot him
Oh no, man, does you think | want to
lose my job;
"The fairs like everything else are
changing You can't have a fair with
out a midway, any more than you
could have one without a horse trot.
And the midway must he such as to
please them all We depend upon the
public for the success of our fair and
it is up to us to do our part
"Therc has been over $4,000 invested
on our grounds, and it takes a large
sum of money every year for repair,
But we mustn't forget that this wa;
all done by one man who did il for the
benefit of tie people in Addison Coun-
ty, and | think | am safe in saying
if it had not been for Col. Ilslcy those
grounds at this time would have been
in use for other purposes. There's not
a fair that passes but what there,
something to learn. | believe that we
can have just as interesting trottlng
and more horses if we cut down the
purses There are two changes that |
would like to see made, when we have
the means to do it, One, what was for
merly the sheep building, which should
he moved a little to the north, for we
need this space that it now occupies,
and the other is the barn at the en-
trance 1t should be moved few feet
to the south so that we can have a
broader opening.
"Friends once more | call to you
we must all do Our best in planning, so
that our fair of 1923 will be such as to
go down on record as the very best