The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-28

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TO
MADISON.
Here the Dane county fair was
open. The display was very com
plete, but did not approach the ex-
tensiveness Of the ''dual city'' dis
plays.
NORTHERN PACIFIC.
By far the finest and most artistic
ally arranged display of grain aud
vegetables anywhere to be found
upon the whole grounds, were from
the fertile lands along the line OF
the Northern Pacific railroad. This
department occupied about forty
feet in length of Agricultural Hall,
and was under the management of
Mr.. o. J. Johnson, the company's
immigration agent. I visited this
section several times during my
stay and always found Mr.. Johnson
buisly engaged distributing circulars
and imparting inform alton to the
dense crowd gathered around him.
| perhaps took more interest in
this display than any oUher; if | did
it was because I was attracted each
time by the tlEong there, which
stood admiring the products and
listening to the glowing and truth
ful descriptions of the country Civ
en- by Mr.. Johnson, first in English,
then in the Norwegian tongue. Ex-
hibitious of that kind do more to
enlighten outsiders than ten times
the cost expended in paper adyer-
tising. What practical farmers
want is to see the harvest fruit with
their own eyes, and come in con-
tact with men whose statements
bear impartial candor upon their
Mr.. Johnson was ac-
corded the first premiums in the
minds of all, but as the fair was not
open to competition from other
states he could not claim what the
judges told him was his rightful
due.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
The fair and the political conven-
tion the same week attracted large
crowds to the beautiful capital city.
The address at the fair by Hon.
Jas. r. Doolittle was a good one
Among the prominent men of the
state whom | noticed upon the
grounds, viewing the wealth Of the
soil, the display Of handiwork snd
expibitlon of animals, or saw them
at the Park Hotel filing up their
capacities in the dining room, or
found them clustered in knotted
groups in the halls planning for the
politicsl combatS, or heard them in
the assembly chambers nominating
their caIunany bearers, were the fol-
lowing: Ex-Congrcssman Jerry M.
Rusk, Senator Bill Price, Ex-Gov.
" ashburne, Judge II. ID. Brown,
Senator DooIittle, Ex-Gov. J. j.
Lewis, Speaker Cassody of the AS
sembIy, Gen Thos. S. Allen, Ex-
Secty. of State Il. Breese, Con
gressmen Caswell, Williams, Halle
ton, Humphreys and Pound. Ex-
Gov. Ludington, Senators J. c..
Howe and Angus Cameron.
PRESIDENT HAYES.
AS in Minnesota, | am still ac-
companied to this point by Presi-
dent Hayes and party. The recep-
tion at the capital was an elegant
affair. We both roomed at the
Park Hotel, he occupying sc which
was lastly decorated, while scared,
snored and slumbered far above
him in $50, in plain and unosten-
tatious manner void of any decora-
ton or display.
P0D. TAYLOR.
Hod. Taylor, late envoy extratordi-
nary aud minister penitentiary with
Queens ordinary, and Ex-Asst. to
the Pope, and Sergeant at Arms in
the Vatican, who is now home
among his many friends, from the
Paris Exposition and the Holy
Land, was in Madison. Hod says
there is some boss pine and hay
meadow on the Holy Land tract,
the best he ever saw out of doors.
Hod and one of the Cardinals went
out in the woods there and struck q
new blaze which brought them to
the camp Of old Garibaldi, who was