The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-04

RED WING, MIMI. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST q, 1875.

The general reception of articles at
the Exhibition will be commenced JAN
uary l, 1876, and no articles, Except of
a perishable nature will be admitted
after March 81, 1876.
All articles designed for exhibition,
must be in our hands Gin St. Paul. all
charges paid, not later than February,
1876, and they will be sent to the Ex-
position and placed in the proper de-.
partment, free of expense to the exhibi-
tor.
WHAT CAN OUR STATE SEND?
Although we cannot compete with
some older States, in their varied manu.
factures and we'll developed industries,
the growth of many years, we can ex-
hibit much showing our natural resour-
ces, and the results Of our twenty-five
years development as separate COM
monwealth. First and chiefly, our
splendid agricultural resources must be
set forth. We can send selected speci-
mems of our wheat and other cereals :;
Of our unsurpassed vegetables; Of our
luxuriant plants and grasses, native and
cultivated ; Of our forest wood and lum-
Der, our minerals, building stones. soil,
&C., and of such manufactures as are
carried on in our State, together with
works of art, natural curiosities, and
any other matters Of value or interest,
that come within the scope of the classi-
fcation; and there are doubtless many
other classes of objects and material, too
numerous to specify here, but which
will suggest themselves to the ingenuity
of our citizens, which will aid in max
ing our Minnesota Department one of
value and interest.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS.
Prof: N. H. Winchell, of the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota, State Geologist, has
kindly volunteered to collect full cab
met of minerals, ores, and soils Of our
State; and all communications on this
subject may be directed to him, at Min
neapolis.
To Prof. Chas. Y. Lacy, of the Agri-
cultural Department Of the State Uni
versity, has been assigned the duty of
collecting specimens of forest woods,
plants, grasses, etc. Those willing to
aid may address him directly.
Agricultural County Societies are es-
pecially requested to aid the work by
offering premiums for superior specimens
of products and manufactures, with the
understanding that these will, so far as
can be done from the space allotted for
our State, be received for exhibition at
the Centennial.
APPLICATIONS FOR SPACE.
may be made to the Secretary Of this
Board, as early as possible, by whom
they will be forwarded to the Director
General. They should state clearly the
article to be exhibited, size in feet or
inches, ETC., and what kind of space is
wished, floor, counter. or wall, or out
door, uncovered space.
The means provided this Board for
carrying on its work are so limited,
barely sufficient for its incidental ex-
penses, that for the present none can be
diverted for special purposes. We must
therefore rely on the liberality and pub
lie spirit of exhibitors themselves, to
collect and forward articles to us de-
signed for exhibition.
Finally, we
APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF M1NNEs Sofa
to aid in the work from motives of State
pride and public welfare, if for no other
incentive, by becoming exhibitors so far
as they can, and also in subscribing for
shares of the stock. Let it not be said
in future that our State, with her INTEL
ligent, industrious and patriotic people,
sent little or nothing of value to this col.
lection of the worlds industry, or gave
little or nothing to aid its finances. AL
ways foremost in every good work, we
must not fail to be creditably exhibited
at this Centennial Anniversary of our
Republic, when foreign countries and
distant nations are contributing 50 lib
orally.
W: W. FoLwELL, President, Mime
J. PARIS iRfs; GIBSON, Minneapolis,
PENNOCK PUSEY, St. Paul,
PHILIP s. HARRIS, St. Paul,
j.. F. WILLIAMS, Secretary, St. Paul.