Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-20
FAIRLY, THANK YOU.
THAT rs WHAT THE REMARK rs III
FURIOUS POINTS.
At Lake City the People Are Proud of Their
Fair, ard Pronounce it Big Success-The
Rochester Fair is Also Entirely Sat1sfac-

ESPECIAL Telegramto the Globe.

day Of the fair here was very busy time at
the secretary's office. Almost all of them put
off making their entries until the opening day,
then everything comes With rush. The great
burden of this entire enterprise comes upon
Secretary Gibbs and Treasurer Underwood.
The responsibility is saddled upon them, and
in addition they do most Of the work. Exhib-
its came in yesterday afternoon very literally,
and they will continue to string along for a
day or two yet very good attendance is on
the grounds to-day, but to morrow and next
day we look for the crowd.
The officers Of the association are: president,
j. ID. Trumbull, Maiden Rock, Wis; first vice
president John A. Jackson, Mt. Pleas
ant, Wabashaw county, Mimi; sec
ond vice president, ID. l.. Chilley,
Mazzeppa, Wabaslaw county secretary, Oliver
Gibbs, Lake City, treasurer, j. M. Underwood,
Lake City.
MINNESOTA FRUIT.
The display of fruit is quite large and very
attractive. J. M. Underwood. proprietor of
the Jewell nursery, Lake City, makes fine
showing in apples and grapes. Of the former
was noticed the Duchess, Wealthy, Tetofski,
Early Strawberry, Meaders Winter, Orange,
Hesper Blush Minnesota, A. s. Winter, Haas,
Ben Davis. Walbridge Maiden's Blush Prices
Sweet, Fameuse, Saxton and Others. In the
list of grapes there the Concords, James,
villes and the sweet little Delawares.
Geo. p. Stout, of Lake City, shows two
plates of Golden Russetts and two of Ialman
Sweets, also large plate of Delaware grapes.
Mrs. Geo. Patten Lake City, exhibits Haas
apples and some beautiful Russetts.,
Mrs. i. V. Veeder, Mt. Pleasant, shows Tran
scendents and others.
L. Fl. Whippe displays Transcendents, Hys-
Tops and small crabs, all very pretty.
j. p. Owens, West Albany, enters two vari-
cites of standard apples, two OF crabs, lot of
plums, and q fine display OF articles that come
under other heads.
G. G. Roberts Belvidere, Goodhue county,
enters II large collection of standards and crabs
among which may be mentioned Golden Rus
sett, Haas, Duchess, Ben Davis, Tetofski, Gen.
Grant, Jackson, Transcendent, Hyslop, Mead
ers Winter and others.
Charles Natter, Glasgow, makes fine dis
play of the Alexander apples, one of which
weighed pound and one ounce.
They from tree nine
inches in diameter, and nearly twenty-five feet
in height. The largest apple produced by this
wonderful tree is fourteen and half inches in
circum ference, and there are dozens OF them
that are more than twelve inches around.
s. S. Workman, Lake City, enters several
varieties of grapes, fifteen, nineteen and thirty
two Rogers, Delewares, Concords, and others.
Geo. FL. Hichols, Prescott, Wis, enters a
marvellous collection of Delaware grapes. They
are in solid clusters, very large and uniform,
and all of u beautiful wine color, more temp
ting than the nectar the gods love-
FLORAL EXHIBITS.
Mrs. M. Gilbert, Mt. Pleasant, makes pretty
showing of asters and other delicate beauties
of the fowery kingdom.
Mrs. Hiram Webster, Lake City, brings three
pots of beautiful begonias. different varieties,
fresh and green in all their loneliness.
S. s. Workman Lake City, makes beautiful
display of foliage, towering plants that attract
mark attention and elicit many compliments.
J. Nj. Underwood shows fernery that is not
only beautiful but great curiosity, by reason
of It's dense growth and singular network OF
vines and petals and stamens, so thoroughly
interviewer that it resembles spontaneous
outgrowth of the delicate mountain moss that
is sometimes found clinging to rugged old
upheaval lust under the line OF perpetual
snOW.
Mrs. l.. V. Veeder, Mount Pleasant, exhibits
pansies seeding verbenas, and four punches
of asters, all very pretty.
J. NJ. Underwood makes pretty display of
cut flowers, set in a bed, intermingled with
sprigs of the arbor-vite. Some of the flowers
are arranged in letters. and the Jewell nur-
sery' is spelled out in the unique design.
Mrs. Geo. p. Smith, Lake City, exhibits a
choice collection of foliage and Towering plants
cut flowers, and large variety OF green house
plants.
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
Mrs. j. A. jackson and Miss Jennie Jackson
Mt. Pleasant, exhibits canned fruit, preserves
iellies pickles, tomato butter, cider vinegar
currant wine grape wine, elderberry wine, to-
mato catsup lemon canded, and q long list OF
good things in that line.
Mrs S. s. Workman, Lake City, enters quite
a catalogue of canned cherries, grapes, black
berries, currants, gooseberries and other fruits
s. s. Workman two boxes honey, very fine
Mrs. Charles Gould, Central Point, exhibits
blue plums cider vinegar, tomato catsup and
other articles.
Mrs. H. Cuner, Central Point, brings maple
syrup, currant wine, white currants, tomato
catsup, and variety of pickles.
Mrs. Oliver Gibbs, Lake City, comes with
pitted cherries and unpitted.
Mrs. j. f. Owen, Central Point, exhibits six
teen Jars of pickles, fruits and preserves, cur
1ants, apples, gooseberries, beets, onions toma
toes, cucumbers and other picked articles.
Daisy Stout. eight years DID, and Fam
Stout, ten years DID, exhibit each a prett
cake, the make of their own tiny little selves
They deserve premiums, and they Will &c
them
GRAIN AND VEGETABLES.
E. G. Eaton, Florence, Goodhue county, er
tiers half bushel red globe onions, two varit
ties of radishes, white Belgian carrots, par
nips, sweet corn, two varieties of potatoes, eli
rons, squashes, rutabagas, flat turnips, tom,
toes, green fruit and long catalogue of farl
and garden products. Mr.. Eaton is one of tn
most thorough farmers in the State.
E. M: Vining, Florence Goodhue county
length. 1t is styled the EARLY Compton vari
ty. In addition Mr.. Vining displays 9TH
grains and vegetables.
Charles Gould, superintendent OF this q
partment, exhibits white dent corn, take
from a ten acre field that good judges clai
will yield from sixty to sixty-fve bushels p
acre. Samples of yellow dent look quite
we'll. Mr.. Gould, in addition. shows SON
wonderful sweet corn.
Geo. P. Stout displays new variety
tomatoes that are marvels of beauty and exec
lence. They are styled the Acme.
oh Thorn pson shows half bushe1 of t
white Tripoli onions, half bushel OF anoth
variety, three varieties OF beets, rutabagas Al
other root and garden products.
James l.. Dixon, Centre Point, shows sol
large, beautiful yellow Danivers onions. Th
were very fine.
Edwin Wilson makes display of wondert
mangel-wurzels. One or two of them are
large a snail saw-log.
I'll. S. Denham displays Early Rose potat,
and Peachblows that are large and perfect.
John P. Owen, West Albany, brings h
bushel each of Peachblows and Early Rose.
white rabbit and eight black and white you
ones exhibited by Mr.. Owen attracted or
attention. They are more admired tran a
else at the fair belonging to the animal XII
dom.
j.. H. Whipple displays watermelons. citro
pumpkins squashes, cabbage as large q
bushel basket and other good things of life.
NEEDLE WORK.
Mrs L. V. yeeder Of Mt. Pleasant, exhit
hand made lace and homespun linen h
dred years old They have come down in g