Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-10-04
Territorial Fair.

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>. Situated on Ten Mile creek. at 4 distanc
of about two miles from Helena. are III
grounds of the Montana Agricultural
-. Mineral and Mechanical Association.
81 The eighth annual Fair of this associa
O. ton was held here during the past week
n Most of the time the weather was pleasant
k Il cold wind on Wednesday. another Oh
Friday and a short r;iin-storIn Saturday
p were the exceptions. The attendance wa.
>. large. especially on the last three days
!, Nearly tou. hundred and fifty premium:
were Offered. amounting - over $500.
4 LIVE STOCK.
. The horses took the lead in the 1--we
stock exhibition. being well represented.
: Several mules and colts were also ON exhi-
n biiiun. The cattle did not seem to have
received much attention, less than = dozen
. being exhibited. hut the most of them
were very fine animals. No sheep We're on
exhibition. tie Indian troubles of Eastern
Montana no doubt tending TO keep the
sheep men ut home. III least such i tie eN-
PLANTATION Of the Hts5GHdman.. From our
own county the Edwards brothers We're
expected. but unfortunately their sheep
strayeI away from them on the divide be
tween GalIatin City and Galen's. and they
were unable to put in their appearance at
the fair. The liberal premiums offered.
over $50. should have drawn other com
pettors. Liberal premiums were also of
tered in the poultry department. Still the
exhibition WAS not near what it should
have been. But few hogs were exhibited.
but. the few on exhibition were large fit
ones. of good breeds, and carried away the
premiums.
Considering that a large number of the .
farmers are hlsily engaged in thrcsliing. i
the
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
was well represented The small grains.
wheat. rye. oats. barley. buckwheat and
millet could hardly be eNcelled. Willie the
corn on exhibition proves that with proper
care and attention we can raise all we will
ever need for nome consumption. The
vegetable exhibit WAS very good. and we
noticed SOME enormous rutabagaS. White
turnips. beets. caTIlitlowers. pumpkins and
cabba@ts. Several cabbages in the lot
were awarded the first premium. They
measured forty inches i'll circumference
For some reason the potatoes this year
We're not us large as usual. We failed to
find potatoe on exhibition that would
weigh two pounds. while heretofore pota-
Des weighing over three pOu nds were of
ten exhibited. The exhibit of carrots
tomatoes. onions. celery. nutmeg
melons. peas and cucumbers was good. :
Some excellent beans. both white and
Mexican were on exhibition. Beans are
used very much in this Territory. and we
are glad to see that some of orr farmers
ire giving them attention. We have heard
persons say that the season here is entirely
TOO short to raise beans. but the fact tha,
hey have been successfully raised offsets!
Ill assertions and belief TO The contrary.
The
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT II
vas not very well represented rs far as
mount is concerned but what articles ~
we're exhibited were excellent. especially a
he Montana made buggy and sleigh. and
he joiners' and bl:icksmiths' work.
Among the latter we noticed a Spanish
'ridle bit made by James B. Finch of
'ozeman. 1t did not compete for pre-
MUM. but was simply on exhibition.
The Montana cured hams and side bacon :
N exhibition can not be excelled in any
ountry. ~ much might also be said Of u;
ONE cturant vinegar. p
The sets OF common and double harness :,
nj the pairs of boots and shoes We're ex- q
client. az
The collections of fiIrs and gloves were @
&c best we have ever seen. III
In the -
MINERAL. DEPARTMENT -
1lendid specimens OF building stone. cut !.
iarble. siiver-bearing quartz. galena. cop .,
er. iron and other Ores were exhibited. :,
FLORAL TAIL. i
which was conferred The Ladies Depart ar
lent. was undoubtedly the most attractive til
DOT on the grounds. Our feeble pen pl
lis 10 describe and DO it justice. All pc
'ounc Il large room and in tile center, on an
ld above large tables. were dis, Iayet!. in til
he most attractive manner. all varieties of on
'eGle and fancy work. Over one hum ha
'cd premiums were offered in this .le,r,rt- CT
sht ny lie Association. and many speci.I pc
'paltlms by Iieiena en:erprisinr business
en- Eleven women competed for thc tot
i've 10 s't awarded the one maxine tbe the
st display. llrs. Dir. EngereoIl being sue dis
s>lui. 10 say mat .cr display. as well aPl
the one made by Mrs. W. +. Sanders DO,
ID Others. was beautiful. is blu. f,in, sta
:iise for such nagnificcn: work. \ man by
uid stand and admire it for days at a 10
ne. AMI no person can leave the room ed
tiout tie conviction being forced upon thi
n that. as nsu.l. the ladies have excelled gu:
G men. and ti.af if they had had charge
the other exhibits. There would have ma
Ell herds of live animals on exhibition. Ar
d ten bushels OF vegetables. TO where ria
IRE was one. We stand and LOOK at il. iEI
miring il. and realizing that il would be lPl
Impossible task 10 describe IL. We pass >
through! the crowd. for TIE hill was 'iol
Of people nearly all the time. noticing bet
icies OF special value and beauty. Time VII
space forbid our noticing many things. ing
I we were partiirlaiiy struck with the fan
tie displayed by girl u years Of age.
Sc eta Sands, and were glad to know
1t she was awarded Special premium !,
the judges. We also noticed l,e,,,ti- s,.,
Knit quilt, knit this year by woman Tho
years OF age. A magnificent piece Of pie
rsted embroidery on lambrequin. and sect
0 portraits worked on canvas with
rsted, both by Miss Kate O'Conneu Of NJ,
lena. A sofa pillow made and exhibit =
BY Miss Mary Hunter, of Bozeman. like ar I
iainbrequin above mentioned. was no fra