The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-10-17


Praise the name Of God most high
Praise him all below the sky,
Praise him all We heavenly host
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost;
As through countless ages past,
Eyermore his praise shall last
At the conclusion of the singing, selections
from the litany and collect of the Episcopal
Church service were read by Rev. DR.. Van
lngen, after which the society was called to
order by j. w. Selby, who said that it was
impossible to announce the premiums now,
but the list would be published in the daily
papers on Monday, when exhibitors would
learn who were entitled to premiums, and
where to find them.
At this stage of the proceedings, (having
secured seat sometime before for the pur-
pose of reporting the Grafton, &c., a Brief
Authority Officer of the Society ordered us
to leave, as he wanted the seat for some of
has friends. We complied, wondering at this
new kink a brother reporter who had had
no seat at all, consoled us by limiting that it
was general thing for press reporters, from
their personal appearance, to be mistaken for
common persons, and treated accordingly
We felt easier but lost the whole of the
subsequent proceedings. We were told,
however, that the President delivered an ora
ton.
The Society held business meeting after
ward, however, and elected the following
LIST OF OFFICERS.
Presiaent-Judge Sherburne.
Iice President-J W. Selby.
Treasrsr-S. P. Snyder, Minneapolis.
'Seceret@y-John Murray, Jr., Minneapo-
lis.
Corresponding !Seeretory-L. NJ. Ford.
Executive Commitee-H. T. Welles, Chm.
J. S. Prince ST. Paul, j. w. Bass, St Paul.
j. w. Furber, Cottage Grove, E. n. Stod-
dard, Minneapolis, J. P. Plummer, Brooklyn,
Dacota CO.
BUSINESS STATISTICS OF THE FAIR.
We were told by the Treasurer that the
receipts for the whole three days, amounted
to nearly 500. The premiums awarded by
the Committees of Judges, amounted to
S6l4; the reports were put into the hands
of the Executive Committee, who adjusted
the amounts Of the premiums to the funds
accumulated. We think no one will object
to this. Some of the premiums offered are
entirely disproportioned to the value or utili-
ty of the articles entered. Small and merely
curious articles Of handiwork, subscribing no
useful end except to exhibit the result of idle
amusement, we're set down for premumds of
So or IS, when $3.50 would have been bet
ter proportion of reward
Of the $1,000 subscribed by the people of
st. Paul, towards the Fair, but 5000 were
ever paid in. The crisis and pressure which
occurred since then, has put it beyond the
power of the subscribers to pay the amount
promised in most cases. Very probably,
however, with revision of the rates of pre-
miums, the amount taken in will pay for all
the expenses incurred by the Society.
GENERAL REMARKS
We cannot refrain, in concluding our des-
cription Of the proceedings of this Fair, from
expressing the general opinion that it did not
come up to our expectations in many points.
Numerous departments of domestic industry
and manufactures, and fabrics were unrepre-
sented my single competitor. Even from
our own city, in the midst of which the Fair
was held, many of our artizans sent in not
one specimen of their skill and talent, though
the class was not represented.
The object of these fairs is to stimulate in
dustry and higher order of skill by the
wholesome incentive of rivalry and prefer
ment. Visited by all classes of persons, a
knowledge of the arts thus becomes gener-
ally spread abroad. Mechancians see all the
new improvements in their line, and 80 with
all other trades and occupations. The mere
struggle for the premium is not induced by
by the real object of a Fair 1t is only to
call forth competition. But when those per-
sons for whose benefit principally such fairs
fairs are gotten up neglect to do their part
in sustaining them, and attending them, no
wonder the show is called meagre, and the
affair failure, We do not assert that the
present one was. 1t was not the fault GER
tainly of the managers, by whose tact alone
it was rescued from being an utter sizzle,"
that it was not more successful. Many eau
ses conspired against it's success, foremost,
probably amongst which was the fnanan-
cial embarrassments besesetting all classes.
Let all our mechanics, artizans, and manu-
facturers learn lesson from this. We could
name twenty branches of manufactures well
represented in our city alone, which were not
represented in the Territorial fair. We may
not soon again have State fair held at St.
Paul-artizans and manufacturers remem
Der the above remarks, and exhibit more of
that intelligent enterprise which is sure to
reap for the originator good harvest of
profit.
The committee on horses, after a careful
examination, offer the following report:
For tbs best Trotting Stations which has
neen Kept as stock horse within the Ter.
IiIory Tor the past season:
ISL premium was awarded to ssVermont Nor.
mn owned by j. s. May, St. Paul 500 on
NoTE.-The stallion "Nimrod ~ nterad h.,
A. b; k'ngsbury, Of Minneapolis, was pro.
Ssted against, in consequence of having not
s'o>d for the required number of mares