The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
FRIDAY.

FRIDAY
A terrible gale of wind continued through
out the day and raised such binding and
suffocating clouds of dust as to seriously in
terfeIe with the %enjoyments of the moment.
Friday is considered the gala day of Fair
week. The blue and the red ribbons are
placed, and the day is also generally set apart
BY the farmers in this vicinity as the one on
which to attend the Fair with their families.
They were here to-day, and formed part of
the largest attendance that has ever made the
hearts of the directors glad.
THE HOME DEPARTMENT
is the repository of the triumphs of the cul-
mary art. A sight of the present display
would tempt a fasting amer to eschew his
abstinence from food, or excite the stated ap-
petite of a surfeited gourmand. Mounds of
luscious looking edlbles artistically arranged
in glass cases greet the eye Of the visitor at
every step. On the one hand bread, r~ivalling
the drifted snow in purity and whiteness, and
the foam of the sea in lightness, reigns the
queen of the table surrounded by her satel-
lites on the other, rolls of pure, firm golden
butter, like huge, auriferous nuggets lay piled
one upon the other in all their enticing rich
ness. Cakes that would make the palsied
jaws of q -centenarian wag involuntarily
with gustatory delight are flanked by tarts
and pies that cause the salivary glands to
yield their hidden secretiOns in most gener-
Gus profusion. Jellies that a king would
envy encased in tiny glass jars displaying the
mellow hues or the vivid colors of the rain
bow are ranged in most tantalizlng
proximity to the passer-by. Here,
pickles, rivalling in beauty and SYM
metry elongated emeralds, and whose
pleasant acidity would serve as an appetizer
and relisher of a dish of leathcrn slapjacks
from the cuisine of a forty-niner are bottled
and quietly await the advent of the despoiler.
And there are creamy cheese, the pure
essence of our sweet, nutritious grasses, but
you yum. it makes me really hungry tc
mention them and l will quit.
All these delicaties are surrounded and sci
off with a profusion of exotic plants from the
Conservatives of exhibitors, and cut flowers
arranged in bouquets of tasty designs ant
~faultless proportions. In this department are
several specimens of camel coal from Carbon
Moor, on the old Mullan road. This eXhibi
I is the best eyer made at any of our fairs.
Mr.. Thos. Cruise shows some beautiful va
riegated silver bearing quarts from the cele
brated Drum Lummond lode, on Silve
creek. Mr.. C.'s entry Is the only one mad
r in the mineral department. Where are min
ers, and where are their cabinets of ores
, They are certainly not here to show the east
ern visitor that we have mines in Montana.
: TIE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT,
| though not as overtlowingly filed as it coul'
l be, still bears unimpeachablu testimony tina
l our favored Territory was designed by an all
wise Providence for the abode of a civilize'
: people, in which to build comfortable homes
Notwithstanding Gen. Hazen has written
: down, and an act of Congress has declared
: to be a desert. The exhibit is creditable
| taking into consideration the fact that farmer
e have not yet finished their harvesting. pre-
Guiding the possibility of bringing in neN
l grain for exhibition, and vegetables not be
L lllS mdtuIcu SulllCltlIlS W "diiduI lLcli d.
e pearance here in quantities. The fair wa
| set at too early a date to accommodate eXhi
bitions in this department.
. Among many fine exhibits on the tables
. a box Of rich looking apples, grown and Ell
tered by Mr.. Hartman, of Bitter Root valley
They consist of three varieties of standa:
and two of crab. The blue ribbon ornament
them. A load of fine timothy hay is on til
ground. This exhibit was called forth by
special premium of fifty dollars offered by I
c. Powers X Co. for the best 500 pounds {
this provender.
= TIE POULTRY DEPARTMENT
= Should he seen to he appreciated. If Rom
, still keeps her geese sacred to the GOODIES
Juno, some reason exists for the absence {
|, those particular fowls, but as chickens are nc
4 considered sacred birds in this land, it hs
been suggested hat the reason for the limi
ed number shown here is that the good house
wives of the country have generously sacr
feed them to appease the voracious appetite
OF newspaper agents and preachers. If tn
be so we do not complain.