Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-10-27

ber Of horses and carriages, repaired 70 he
ground, and while waiting, the appearance Of
the ladies, (Which by the way, was much longer
than it should have heen,) they were amused
with several ludicrous attempts at horseman.
ship, more Of the John Gilpin and Rip Van
Winkle school, than of that order of merit an
nounced in the bills. The most perfect horse
on the ground was owned by Mr.. Peter Hop
kins. Though a fne-loolsing animal, yet il
was by no means, a fast horse; or, if so, we
failed to appreciate its merits. Mr.. lack
Taylor exhibited q. young horse, not SO trim an
animal as that Of Mr.. Hopkins, but Of greater
speed. The fastest and most spirited horse
was owned by Mr.. Cole Martin, Of this city.
After various and diversified fsats of horse
manship by some of the uninitiated, which af-
forded infinite amusement to the crowd, the la
dies made their appearance, decked in various
colored dresses, and riding various colored
horses. In our opinin the most graceful ri er
of the four ladies', was Mrs. Lennon, of St
Anthony, whose neat and tidy figure clothed in
plain suit Of drab, was conspicuously and de-
cidedly the most attractive Of all, not only for
the graceful manner in which she sat upon her
grey horse, but the easy manner in which she
rode it. She took the second prize, which was
$1,000. Next in merit, we think Mrs. Allen
rode well, exceedingly we'll, in view Of the fact
that she rode a strange horse that never before
had been managed by lady. twas the high
spirited black, owned by Mr.. Cole Martin, Of
this city. She was dressed in light blue silk,
and took the first prize, Silver Cake Basket,
worth $25, bu: unfortunately lost her gold
watch, valued at $50. Mrs. Edwards, of Min
neapolis, with a black skirt and red basque, rode
well, but did not seem to have so perfect con.
troll over her horse as the other two ladies'
Mrs. Davie, of Minneapolis, wearing black
skirt with green basque, rode a cream-colored
pony, which was bent on going ahead, and
did 60 ahead of the other horses. 1t gave the
lady so much trouble that it was impossible for
her to ride we'll or even gracefully. After rid
ing in circuit for nearly an hour, the ladies
withdrew, and the crowd dispersed, some to
visit the Fair again, and others vending their
way hcmeward, all more or less highly pleased
with this part of the exhibition.
The Agricultural and mech, nical display Of
the Fair, we do not think was as good as last
year. We saw but few fowls, no geese, no
turkeys, but few hogs, and a number ofinferior
manufactured articles. The display Of the
Fine Arts and Needle work, was better this
year than last.
CHIcKENs.-Only few on exhibition
Several Shangh.is exhibited by r. F. Stillman,
of Minneapolis, S months old, were very large
and in good condition. The same gentleman
exhibited several Brama Pootra Fowls, and a
Blue Shanghai.
VIM. Nottingham and Rev. J. C. Whit
ney, had on exhibition a coop Of chickens. re-
markable for their size. Others were exhibit
ed by w. H. Lauderdale, of Bass Lake, Hem
nepin County, and R. G. Aidrich of Lakeland.
The above constituted all the fowls ON exhibi-
tion.
PorAroEs.-Quite a display Of these fine
vegetables was made, but the largest and finest
looking came from the farm of r. B. Gibson,
of Bloomington. He raised 56s bushels from
the acre planted on sandy soil.
The bes, variety Of Vegetables was exhibited
by Mr.. Larpenteur. Of St. Paul Onhis stand
we noticed potatoes, cabbages, beets, turnips,
peppers, &c., &c.
In the fine arts, we noticed an excellent pic.
ture. beautifully worked, by Mrs. Presley, Of
St. Paul; landscape, by Mrs. L. M. Ford,
we'll executed-ano.hsr by Mr.. Messers. A
Pencil Drawing by Mrs. E. L. Whitney, was
very fine-another by Mr.. ID. A. Curtiss, Of
St. Anthony, exhibited considerable artistic
ability. Paintings in water colors by Mrs.
]. C. Burbank, were Of high order.
The display Of needle work was better than
on any former occasion. We noticed Rose
Quilt particularly, valued at 500, which was
very beautiful and very perfect. Itwas owned
by Mrs. Wilkins. We also noticed many
mats, quilts, &c., &C., which did great credi,
to their respective owners. .-
Being otherwise engaged while at the Fair,
we have not been as minute in particularizine
as was our intention, but we think we have
given sufficient list Of the articles to show
that the farmers of Henuepin County have nc
occasion to feel ashamed Of their Second An.
nual County Fair. .--
Much praise is due the Committee and the
ladies. for their efforts in behalf Of Agriculture
and the Fine Arts, and we hope the next FAN
will greatly outrival its predecessor.
PRISrER's RoLLERs.-ws clipped An article
from some paper, in which it was stated that
composition rollers made of glue and sugar, were
| superior to those made of glue and molases.-