Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-13
THE TERRITORIAL Fam.
A Large Crowd Ia AHendancs,. Yesterday, Which
Was Tho big Day"
Gov. Howard,s speech n Feature Of III,
Day, to Which Was Added some
Good Horse Racing.

xuC SK0tnl WHICH 1Ckt 16uASOu y0otcIV0y
morning took with it over two hundred Of
our people, all bound for Vermillion to at
tend the fair. The Yankton cornet band
was a portion Of the crowd aud to it's musi-
cal discourses the excursionists were indebt-
ed for entertainment along the road and the
to the fair during the entire day.
The band is now under good organization,
is we'll managed and is developing musical
skill exceedingly creditable to . band so
new at the business. The cheap fare given
by the superintendent of the Dakota South.
ern railroad enabled many to participate in
yesterdays doings who might otherwise
never have witnessed the agricultural dis
play Of 1878, and though the cars were
packed full Of people the trip was pleasantly
accomplished under the direction Of Con-
ductor Rothe, who never permits his equi-
librium to be disturbed by an unusual rush
of business.
At Vermillion the train was quick.
ly unloaded and the visitors repaired
to the fair grounds, a half a mile dis
tant, over the bluffs. The grounds occupied
by the territorial agricultural society be.
long to the Clay county agricultural society
and have been fenced for use several years.
A number of new buildings and stock sheds
had been erected by the people of Vermil.
lion for this occasion and there was plenty
of room for the display and more to spare.
The officers Of the society were all on the
grounds and were industriously attending
to their numerous duties. Their success in
their various capacities is attested by the
absence of complaint On the part of exhibit.
tors and the general good feeling which pre-
vailed on the part Of participants.
THE EXHIBITION
was first class so far as it went, but there is
no use in trying to disguise the fact that it
was somewhat lacking in quantity. The
entries aggregating 257, divided as follows:
Glass A, Cattle, 16; Glass B, horses, 4S;
Glass G, sheep, IL; Glass D,
%; class E, poultry,
s; class +, fruits and flowers, 8; class G.,
farm products, So; class H pantry stores, 26;
class I, agricultural implements, 25 class X,
manufactures, 81; class L, domestic arts
and manufactures, 6; class M, sewing ma
chimes and work, 4; class N, fancy work,
IS; class O, fine arts, IS; class P, miscell-
aneous, 2; class R, mercantile display 2.
The specimens exhibited in the various
we're as attractive as anything
have seen at similar exhibitions, dis
taste and enterprise on the part of
those who produced them and brought them
where the people could see what skill and
and labor mas accomplie he'd on the prairies
Of Dakota.
The show of stock gave evidence Of a
disposition to improve on the original
The beginning is small, but indi-
cative of great results in the future.
In the department %offruits Mrs. F. J. Dew
lit, Of Yankton, was the only exhibitor and
her offering was a small basket of luscious
looking peaches, picked from a tree in her
garden. These peaches were large and we'll
formed and looked good enough to eat.
They are q curiosity and their successful
cultivation is a hint to other fruit growers.
Farm products embrace everything which
the soil will produce, aud Dakota's gigantic
samples were there in full development.
What We saw in this line wa suggestive of
the wish that more of our farmers had felt
sufficient interest in the exhibition to place
their products where they could be seen.
The other departments were well repre-
sented, SO far as the quality of the articles
shown is concerned, and enough wal there
to indicate that the varied industries of Da-
kota are receiving due attention. We can
at any time render a showing which will
compare fayorably with that of any other
new country. Public interest only is lack
ing.
AFTERNOON PROCEEDINGS.
At half past one o'clock in the afternoon
the address of Gov. Howard was In order