Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-08
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CLOSING THE BOOKS.
Some Exhibits at the State Fair Which
Deserve More than Passing Comment
Full List Of Premiums Awarded,
Though the State Fair is numbered with
the things of the past, there yet remains
much which deserves mention.
The exhibition of butter was probably the
finest and best ever seen in Minnesota
There were 81 entries in ell, ranging from
two to twelve packages each. Premiums
were awarded the following persons:
BEST ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.
Q. LIE Vesconte, of Hastings, received first
premium of 500; N. M. Prescott, of Castle
Rock, second of $40, and Mrs. Scott, of
Rosemount, third of $5.
For best ten pounds made at any time,
w. w. Howard, of Faribault, got first pre-
MUM of $15; G. LIE Vesconte Hastings,
second of $40, and Wadsworth & Lawrence,
Of Waseca, third of IS. j. G. Bass of
Shakopee received diploma, and there were
two other lots very fine and scarcely dis
tlngulshable: -'-rz 8. -ts- ..s,,,s..
For best ten pounds in rolls, Henry Asp
den, of Excelsior, received, fret premium of
$15; Mrs. Mary E. Kelly, Of Empire, Dakota
county, second of $40, and j. G. Bass, of
Shakopee, third of SIS.
Wadsworth and Lawrence, of Waseca, re-
ceived diplomas in this class for their fancy
exhibit, heretofore spoken of. This display
excited the largest share of attention on the
part OF the visitors of any of the exhibits.
1t was the handicraft of Mrs. Wadsworth, a
lady who has been. in attendance from the
opening day and who is certainly entitled to
the highest credit for the zeal displayed and
the uniqueness and general excellence of
her display. Having been opened on Mon
day. the judges conceived the idea that the
butter, which looked as neat and nice on
Saturday as on the first day, had lost its
freshness, and therefore declined to award
the first premium, to which it was clearly
entitled. ....-
For special premiums offered by the
Higgins Eureka Salt company, gold, silver
and bronze medals, Wadsworth and Law
renee got first, Mrs. Scott, of Rosemont,
second and G. LIE Visconte third.
For special premiums offered by Whittier
& Campbell, Ct Northfeld, w. w. Howard
received first prize, the Cooley Dreamer,
valued at $50. @. LIE visconte second prize, .
$50 churn, and James Washburn, of Nc
Gregor, Iowa, the third prize, tho butter
worker. 49, ~ -. ....a
For the special premiums offered by the
Metropolitan, Windsor house and Mer-
chants hotels for best butter of twenty
pounds G. LeVisconte, of Hastings, received
the Metropolitan butter dish, and w. w.
Howard IF Foriho,11k 49, Ill olo
of the two other hotels.
every prize except one second was given
to butter made by the Cooley process and
churned with the rectangular churn.
A sample of butter made upon the
grounds was certainly very fine article.
For factory cheese the Anoka Grow fac
tory were awarded first premium for six
cheeses; the Tisdale factory, of Mortified,
the second, and Mrs. Mary E. Kelly the
first for dairy cheese.
APPLES, GRAPES, ETC.
A. D. Roe, who exhibits ten varieties of
grapes and thirteen of crab apples, got Sec
ond premium on Hyslop crabs. .a.-
W. H. Ferguson makes small exhibit of
crabs, apples, &c.
A. w. Latham exhibits ten plates of choice
varieties of grapes, also fine samples of
Wealthy, Haas and Duchess apples.
Judge Hawkins exhibit has already been
mentioned. 1t consists chiefly of standard
apples grown on dwarf stocks
L. Il. Carter, st. Peter, made fine exhibit
of Wealthy apples.
apples.
Us. Harris, of La Crescent, exhibits % va
rieties of we'll known standard apples. "a
crabs and several seedlings, and one of pears.
Mr.. Harris received large number of blue
and red ribbons for his fine display and is
no doubt entitled to them oil.
John @. Kramer, of La Crescent, exhibit
ed grape called the Minnesota Beauty.
which is a cross between the Delaware and
the Concord, and is both hardy and fruitful.
John Hart, of Winona, exhibited 25 or 80
varieties of Standard apples, and received
several blue and red ribbons
W. B. Brimhall got nine blue ribbons on
apples and two red ribbons on grapes, be-
sides several second premiums on his splen-
did collection of apples and fruits.
J. P. Grimes, of Lake Calhoun, exhibited
21 Siberians and got several red ribbons.
Rudolph Knapheide exhibited 80 varieties
the finest and best collection of grapes
AND received nine blue ribbons.
FIRST GLASS FAMILY EXHIBIT.
Mrs. }. W. Boxell, of Alton, Washington
county, took first premium on best collec-
ton of Minnesota canned fruits; first pre-
MUM on display of jellies and preserves;
first premium on collection of small fruits
preserved in sugar: first premium on pre-
served large fruit one year old, and took
seven first premiums on different kinds of
preserves, three on jellies, and ten of the
eleven premiums offered for various kinds
of pickles and catsup.
Miss Jane Boxell took seven out of the
nine premiums offered on different kinds of
cake.
j. W. Boxell took first premium on col
lection of roots for cattle and various othe,
premiums.
The Boxell family took thirty-six (36) blue
ribbons and tolerable. sprinkling of red.
Their exhibits, especially those of the ladies',
attracted the attention of crowds of visitors
and were universally admired In the art of
canning and preserving fruits and of making
catsup and cake, Mrs. Boxell and daughter
can certainly be voted to be great successes.
L. NJ. FoRD's EXHIBIT
MI. L. NJ. Ford, of the Groveland nur-
sery, exhibits large and varied display OF
greenhouse plants, thereby filling up large
space in Floral Hall after the Minneapolia
parties, who had bespoken it, had concluded
not to OK libit. This was on Wednesday,
and the space would inevitably have re-
NAMED vacant and marred the looks of the
entire hall, had not Mr.. Ford come to the
rescue, and of hard labor made out most
creditable display, among which his fine
exhibit of geraniums is especially worthy of
mention. Mr.. Ford established the first
greenhouse in Minnesota twenty-five years
ago, in what was then wilderness, but is now
the great New Northwest. He is certainly
qualified to speak as to the horticui-