The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-11-24
..Suall Potatoes

The River is about closing-we have no
mails-smal chances for making an interest
ing paper these days-and so we may as well,
for the moment, speak of ssmall potatoes"
The CoMMITTE ON FINE ARTs.-The re-
port made by one member of this committee
has created some little excitement among
the fractions of ideas remaining in the head,
or some other part of a single individual. In
explanation. Justice demands that we should
state that DR.. Ames, after the failure OF the
whole committee to make report, waited
upon us and stated that Mr.. Owens, of the
Minnesotian, had authorised him to make a
report upon our own responsibility, and sign
his name to it, to which we objected; mainly
from the fact that, to meet the capricious
judgment of Mr.. Owens, it would be neces-
sary to alter that report at least twice every
day. The Doctor then, in behalf of the man
ayers requested us to make a report upon
our own responsibility, which was done with
the aid Of gentlemen known to us as compe-
tent judges of the merits of picture of any
kind, and who could pass upon the merits OF
the productions of individuals without taking
their residence into account We have no
objection to persons dissenting from our re-
port, and it may be that the merits OF MIR:
Whitney's pictures demand that we should
nct.-Hotchkiss.
Well, Hitch, if we must come down to
your small potato basis, we simply say there
is - fib out between you and your
friend, DR.. Ames-somewhcr The Dec. is
mistaken, or you are mistaken, or the Doc.
wishes to figure a leetle too fine, or you wish
to throw the responsibility of a very mean
act of your own upon the Doc, or the Doc.
and you have connived to place the editors
of the Times and Minnesotian in false
position before the public. We say, as we
said before, that next year you must consent
to be an Agricultural, Horticultural, Flori-
cultural, Pathological, Scientific, Mechanical,
Artistical, "Small Potato" Fair all by your
self-with Doc. Ames on hand to yell him
self hoarse in calling up the people to view
the "hanimil."
So much for s'Small Potatoes" Editor
Ames-not the Doc. by a long odds-who
was one Of the committee, but was unable
to serve on account of sickness in his family,
views the matter in this light:
"FAIR" REPoRs.-THE DAGuERREoTYpEs.
AT the recent Fair, daguerreotypes were
exhibited by Mcneil of this city, and Whit
ney of St. Paul. They were referred to the
committee on fine arts, which committee was
made of six editors, including ourself. Pre-
vented fran meeting with the rest of the
committee, we said to Mr. Owens, the chair
man, that we could find no fault with any
report he pleased to make So said Mr.. New
son of the Times. We were little aston
ished to find, when the reports came out,
that instead of a repost prepared by the
chairman, the public were favored with one
mace up independently by single member
of the committee-Mr. Hotchkiss of the
North Western Democrat-prefaced with an
apology that the committee could not
be got together. We were also sur
prised to find that the first premium for
daguerreotypeS were awarded to Mr. Mo-
nell, OF st. Anthony; though we concluded
it was because, as Mr.. II. stated in his I'M
authorized report, part of Mr.. Whitney's
pictures We're exhibited at last years fair:
The editor of the Times also pub
fishes his dissent from the report of Mr..
Hotchkiss. For ourself, we were pleased
with all the pictures and it never occurred
to us to inquire where an artist lived in order
to determine whether his pictures were well
executed or not. We should have voted
Whitney "No. l."