The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-10
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ST. p A UL,
THESTATEFAIR. .
The First Day.
A Very Good Display,
but a Better One Expected Tomorrow.
st. Paul Merchants Are Making a Good Show.
A Very Good Display,
But a Better One Expected Tomorrow.


st. Paul Merchants Are Making a 6ood Show.
AS a general thing the attendance
outside Of exhibitors on the first day of
zthe Fair is rather slender, but this af-
sternoon there were good showing of
visitors. The exhibitors had not ceas-
ed coming in with goods as our report
er left the grounds, at six P. N.
and those who had their goods on the
stand were busily arranging them for
tirc attraction of the eye of the visitor.
md what had been done thus FAR was
doae we'll Zach building with its sew.
\ efal dbpaf tmsnn was well displayed
xnd We hone by fomorrow noon to see all
\ spaces Allied. hi Ample accommodations
1 Are madoiHy TIE society this year for
each enni1it1xs The grounds outside,
dssotek'1 seyicultural and other ma
sjShi1ery, Nc well filled, and we are
sorry thatwe + ad not time to make a
detailed notice of each article as we in
teded to do, and shall in our next issue
IS all of our subscribers are
interested parties in this branch of in
; dustry. We shall NOW proceed to make
brief notice of each article and de-
partment which we were able to &C.
quaint ourselves with. Some were
necessarily skipped as we did not meet
the owner; but we shall see all before
We are done. The first building we
s. enter is the Horticultural, which we
found was not entirely filled, but con-
tinually streaming in. The vegetables
so far are principally from the vicinity
of St. Paul. The specimens
from the National Colony, Of Mobiles
. county, were particularly good. Among
the curiosities was some specimens of
s. wheat and oats as they appear after be-
ing preycd on by the grasshoppers.
POULTRY.
The exhibition in this line promises
be good. DR.. j. H. Bryant of this city
already has several coops of different
varieties of chickens and one coop of
pigeons, and cage eff rare rabbits.
Some others we did not learn the names
Of, had their coops ON the ground.
There is expected big lot fIom Mime.
apolis this evening.
H. Breidert and Adam Decker of St.
Paul, have large and fine display of
: coal and wood cooking and heating, par.
. lor and Office stoves. Mr.. Breidert
also exhibits some builders hardware
and tools, etc. But our attention was
!, particularly called to = novelty in
the shape of bee hive, recent patent
by Messrs. Sperry L Chandler Of New
LepdQn, Mimi. It is the most perfect
J and c1nsenient hive we ever had the
oppoFtunity Of examining. As we have
~ slzde to give the details, this time we
\ ~ nfbmise the full workings Of it next
tine Another cunning and curiously
coStKixed trop we mean '
- e1 RAT OR MOUSE TRAP.
~ 1 yin make you laugh to
- Thing work.
trfssfVff FLORAL HALL,
yquk3oge falls upon show case of fine
specimens of custom-made boots, and
all styles Of CATERS, the work Of John
Hood Of this city. At your left are
fine specimens of penmanship, executed
by W. A. Faddis, of the St. Paul Bus.
mess College. At the same time, you
are attracted by a recent novel inven-
tion. styled the Ladies' Work Desk.
The ladies must examine this, as it is
for them.
Floral Hall has been beautifully dec
Grated and presents pleasing appear
ance. Among the exhibitors in this
building is Wick, the celebrated seed
grower Of Rochester, N. Y, who has
some fifty varieties Of choice flowers.
Then comes Truman NJ. Smith, the
fruit grower of Dayton's Bluff. St. Paul.
He has some twenty-three varieties of
grapes and seventeen kinds of wines,
all of which look fine; tame plums,
etc. W. E. Brimhall Of Reserve Town
ship has seven varieties of apples, and
some fine crab apples, plums, &c. Next
we see Mr.. Traverse, who is necessity
in the right place these hot days, with
his ice-cold soda, fruits and confection-
cry. Next is A. II. Bundy. j. c. Fleiher,
and Linke Bros, all Of this city, all
with fine display Of fruits and dow-
.ers. The next building in the order is