New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-17

The annual agricultural and industri-
al fair Of the Brown County Agricul-
tural Society was held In and around
Turner Hall last Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday forenoon was devoted to the
entry and arrangement Of the various
articles, and the doors to floral and agg-
ricultural hall were not formerly
thrown open to visitors until ! p. m.
The attendance on Saturday afternoon
was painfully small, but on Sunday the
hall was crowded from the hour Of
opening until the breaking up of the
fair, and as many as one thousand peo-
pie were present at one time.
THE EXHIBIT
in the live stock department. was in
some respects even smaller than in
former years, but as a whole it com.
pared favorably with that of last year.
The great want of the society is stab.
ling accommodation, and until such are
erected we cannot expect much inn
provement in this department.. The
exhibit in
THE POULTRY DEPARTMENT
was a decided improvement over last
year, although we believe the only ex-
hibitors were from this city. In view
of the fact that every farmer has poul.
try, we can see no reason why this
department should from year to year
be neglected, and we hope to see de-
cided improvement in the number of
exhibitors next year. So little was
exhibited in
THE MACHINERY DEPARTMENT
that it is barley worth while the men.
ton. One sulky plow, one evaporator
and one of the Farmers Friend fan
ing mills constituting tho intire exhib-
it. The latter machine is manufac'
tured by G. F. Held of this city, and
is no doubt one of the best tanning
mills sold in this vicinity.
The display of fruit, vegetables,
grain, &c., was remarkably fine. Al
though not as large as could b. wished
for, what was exhibited was fully as
good as anything shown at the State
Fair. One new feature in the this de-
partment, and which attracted univer.
sal attention, was a collection of gras-
SEES, representing thirty two species,
gathered and exhibited by Mr.. B. Ju.
nj. The specimens were all properly
Unidentified and labeled. The number
is large one considering the short
time and the season in which the col.
lecting was done. The graminiaciar
or grass family is perhaps the most
important to man of all the vegetable
kingdom as it furnishes so many arti'
cles of food forman and beast; such as
our bread stuffs, wheat, rye, corn,
sugar cane, etc.
The large variety of apples and
grapes shown was really pleasing to
behold. The largest variety of fruit
was exhibited by II. Vajen of this
city, and the largest assortment OF
apples by H. Miller of CORTLAND. Mr..
Thiele, Mr.. Mack, Mr.. Runk and sew
eral others also exhibited some fine
specimens of various kinds of fruit.
The exhibit in this branch increases
in extent from year to year, which
demonstrates that Minnesota at nc
distant day will raise enough fruit fol-
home consumption. This branch OF
industry can not be encouraged toe
much, and every owner of quarter OF
half acre lot should plant reasonable
number of fruit trees. InAthis depart
ment Mr.. John Hauensteip, made a
very attractive display of ! & and ex.
port bottle beer, the y hole being
tastefully decorated with growing
hops. Mrs. Flo:ian' Hess had hel
large variety IF plants and fiowera
neatly arranged along the front of the
stage, which added greatly to the at
fractions in this hall.
FLORAL HALL,
as usual, offered the greatest attrac
| tons, but what we said Of this depart
ment last year might be here repeated
in fact the interest taken in this de
partment by our merchants was moi
| even as universal as it was last year
What was wanting in quantity was
however, made up inequality. Among
the most noteworthy exhibits in thi'
department were the oil paintings ex
ecuted by Ig. Schwendinger and hi
sons, also the marble monuments man
ufactured by the same parties, both o!
which are new industries in this coun
ty and should be encouraged by oul
citizens. Thousands Of dollars have
gone from this city alone in payment
for marble headstones and monuments
which necessity is now obyiated. Thu
exhibits made by Mr.. Schwendingel
show him to be skilled workman ant
he is no doubt prepared to meet tn,
prices of the Mankato and St. Pete
marble cutters. Emil Setter also mad,
a very nice display Of photographs AM
other works of art turned out at hi
art studio, cornerB Broadway and Cente
street. Mrs. Reitz and one or tw,
other parties exhibited some beautiful