The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-10-28
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2s, 1854.
Hennepin County Agricultural Fair.

1t was really a matter Of regret and disap-
pointment to oil. that our farmer friends Of
Hennepin, had not an earlier public notice of
their Fair, which took place on Friday, and al
SO that the weather upon the day Of exhibition
aud for two days previous. proved to be of
about as stormy and disagreeable character as
any ''spelf' that has ever visited our climate.
Had mouths notice been given of the inter-
csting event, and the weather proved fine,
in addition to the stock and products of their
own fertile farms, We have no doubt the farm
ers of Ramsey, Benton, Washington, &c., would
have peen with their Hennepin brethren, with
specimens of their crops, to swell the exhibit
ton and add interest aud eclat to the occa-
sion.
But even with these disadvantages, the exhi-
bitiOn at Minneapolis on Friday was one credi-
table in the highest degree to the industry skill
and enterprise of the men and women of Hen
nepin. 1t was such show of the fruits of a
bountiful harvest as made the heart of every
true Mime otan rejoice and feel doubly proud
Ofhis adopted land and such a gathering of
stalwart and intelligent tillers of the soil as
would convince stranger at a glance, that
Minnesota is submitting her broad and fertile
acres to the hands of ycomanry not surpass-
ed in any respect 10y the inhabitants of any
country on the globe. AS the first agricultu-
raj exhibition in the Territory, the Hcnnepin
County Fair of Frid y, October 10th, 1854, will
stand forever as an era to mark the commence
ment of those useful and agreeable convoca-
tions among us, which are to he kept up to the
end Of time, and from year to year do their
great work in expanding the minds and en-
Tightening the views of our farming population
and in developing the resources and capabil-
tiles of this garden land of the Northwest.
We arrived upon the Fair grounds about
two o'clock in the afternoon, and found scene
of activity and high animation quite at va
Rance with the dull and gloomy atmosphere
selected upon the beautiful level prairie some
three or four hundred yards back from the Fer
ry Landing. Cattle pens and stalls, and a
convenient enclosure for the exhibition of ag-
ricultural products, had been evidently pre-
pared in hurry. but they answered the pur-
pose as well as the more costly paraphernlia
which we find on similar occasions in older
communities; and were in perfect harmony
with the new and primitive state of everything
else around. llcnnepin, it must be recollect
ed, is only two year old county ; and keep
ing this fact in vicw,t Fair, the arrangements,
and the number of people present, were truly
wonderful.
| st. Paul was well represented on the occa-
sion. We had present Gov. German. ex-Gov.
Ramsey, three editors, and any number of
tradesmcn merchants, lawyers, &C., from our
goOdly city. AS We have minated, notwith-
standing the dullness Of the weather, our Hen
nepn friends were in the best of spirits, and ap-
pearcd not only to enjoy the excitement Incl
dent to the occasion themselves. but to appear
perfectly at home in doing all in their power
to make their guests happy. and to induce them
to enter into the spirit OF the scene. There
was Col. Stevens, the President of the IIennc-
pin County Agricultural Society, fully in his
glory. lie may, without oTense to any one, he
called the Father of the County, as he was
about the first actual settler within its borders,
and has worked for it ever since with a zeal
and success that will never be repaid There
also we found among the most Jealous, our old
friends Hoag. S. W. Case, Carney. Bickford
Bassett, Hanson, Murphy, and sundry others
of the Pioneer Farmers ON the west side of the
Missssippi--alld doing their utmost to have the
exhibition go off pleasantly and prolitably
Our brother Ilotchkiss, Of the Northwestern
Democrat. laid down the quill for the day. and
devoted himself manfully to work assigned him
upon one of the Committees. Mr.. Jones, 1.-the
man of bricks at Mnneapois--whom we have
heretofore alluded to as getting up the best
and most beautiful article in the brick line we
have ever sccn--was also busy in pointing out
to visitors the attractions of the Fair and in
making himself generally useful
The Fair Grounds were enlvened by the
presence of many ladics--thc wives and daush-
ters of those leading spirits, the originators and
active men of the exhibition Their presence
was happy incident of the occasion. and had
its due share in adding to the interest of the
day, so generally appreciated by all present
STOCK EXHIBITED
Horses.-The entries of horses were quite
limited. Mr.. John Corlnac presented an Gle
giant iron grey gelding. five years old, of Me-
doc blood. recently purchased by the present
owner in Illinois, lie is said to be "two-forty
horse under the saddle
Two span of heavy draught horses, owned by
ono ofthe Mcssrs. Hanson attracted general at
tention. The Off-whee-horse is monster, we'll
built, however, and we should judge would
weigh at least twelve hundred. lie measures
seventeen hands.
Horned CatNe.-Mr. Isaac Wales exhibited
two year old bull, strongly approaching
full-blood long horned Durham. He was brought
from Indiana late in the season. and has not yet
recovered from the effects of a six days resi-
dence alongside the boilers of steamboat un-
der way in hot weather. He is splendid spec
linen of his kind, and cannot fail to be a great