Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-17
THE GREAT FAIRS.

Thorough Cosmopolitan Sees and Won
ders at What He saw-Pen Sketches Of
the st, Paul and Minneapolis Events,
The TuoJ, Field and Farm of New York,
in its issue of the 18th, contains lengthy
letter by one of its editors indited from Min
Great Meetings in Minnesota As the
writer was the guest of a citizen of Mime
apolis, and spent most of his time there, the
Minneapolis coloring given his letter can be
excused. We extract as follows:
A RosEATE DREAM.
All the week Minnesota has been in an up-
roar. The rivalry between the cities of ST.
Paul and Minneapolis may be described as
intense, and it presents its amusing phases
to the stranger of cosmopolitan tastes.
Both are handsome cities, and each possesses
many attractio, as place of residence He
who partakes of their hospitality wishes
from the bottom of his heart
that they could dwell in peace,
but as such appears to be out of
the question, he is forced to declare himself
neutral when the question is under discus
sion. One cause of the rivalry is the rapid
growth of Minneapolis. Mr.. w. w. Eastman
whose guest am, and whose charming resi-
dence on NicoIlet island faces the river, tells
me that when he came here twenty-five years
ago, st. Paul was even then a city of pre-
tensions, while Minneapolis was bnt stray
Cling village.
1t is the dream of those who take pride in
Minnesota, that here, upon the banks of the
Mississippi, the great inland city of the
American Continent will be an accomplished
fact in the future-that the vacant lots be-
tween st. Paul and Minneapolis will be
covered with buildings, and the rivalry end
by tne two cities being merged into one. It
is rosy dream, and when it is realized l
shall be content to go hence.
THE BENCH SHOW.
One of the features of attraction at the
st. Paul fair was the bench show, held un-
der the auspices of the Minnesota Kennel
club, and superintended by Charles Lincoln
The show was not large, but some very good
dogs challenged attention. l send you list
of the entries and awards for the field and
kennel department.
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
Both at ST. Paul and Minneapolis the
vegetable and fruit display was excellent.
| have travelled a good deal, but nowhere
have | seen such monster specimens of
beats, cabbages, potatoes, DC, as here. The
virgin soil of the State is wonderfully fruit
full. The apples and plums on exhibition
also are large and fine favored. When |
looked around me could hardly believe my
eyes.
THE PRESIDENTS DAY.
Thursday was oppressively hot for the
season. 1 ran down to st. Paul in the morn
ing and found the city gayly decorated with
flags and crowded with humanity. Presi-
dent Hayes and party were the magnates.
The procession moved to the fair grounds,
and taxed to the utmost the accommoda-
tons of the Enclosure. 1t was a great gather
ing of the masses, and it was day which
the President should remember with pride
| Among the amusements offered were the
shooting of Carver and Bogardus and the
turf contests. Charley Green drove Edwin
Forrest against time, and was dis
appointed in the performance of the horse.
The bay gelding broke badly, cast a shoe,
and trotted his first mile in 2:19.
HAYES AT MINNEAPOLIS.
The President, like Rarus, has been
bone of contention between the rival fairs of
the rival cities. AS Senator Blaine did not
honor the st. Paul exhibition with his pres
ence, influences were at work to keep Mr..
Hayes away from the Minneapolis exposi-
ton. The President, however, was not in
sympathy with the wrangling Friday after
| noon he telegraphed from the North, where
| he had gone after his day at
| st. Paul, that he would be in Minneapolis on
| Saturday, and the announcement stilled the
| troubled waters. Had the President acted
upon the advice of pretended friends, and
| gwen Minneapolis the go-by, he would have
committed one Of the greatest mistakes of
his life. He would have stood in the posi-
! ton of one who had hired himself to show
man. have the inside history at my finger
ends, and therefore know of what l write.
The excitement began on Wednesday, and it
still continues. AS the population of the
State is less than New York city, | wonder
from day to day where the thousands come
from The entire Northwest, it would APP
pear, has been camped in and around St.
Paul and Minneapolis since Sunday. 1t is a
week which visitors from the East will never
forget. ! have talked with SO many people,
|
that | have had no time to write of the meet
ings as I should like to write. My notes
are of the most hurried description.
! THE HEART OF THE NORTHWEST.
The rain last night and this morning was
refreshing, but it spoiled the track for trot-
| ting in the forenoon. The races were not
commenced until half-past two o'clock. The
time, however, was we'll occupied. President
Hayes and party made the rounds of the e1-
position, and naturally were regarded by the
thousands of spectators as part of the
show. The President and Attorney General
| Devens addressed the multitude from
the judges stand on the
race course, and were gener-
ously applauded. A Union soldier contribut-
ed bible, his only possession, to be sold
for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers
of the South, and it was auctioned off at the
close of the Presidents speech Mr.. J.
Case, wife of the owner of Gov. Sprague
purchasing it for 500. The incident shows
that the heart of the Northwest beats kindly
for the South
The Last Hope Dissipated.
| st. Louis RepubIican-Dem