The Worthington advance., 1880-09-09
Minnesota State Fair.


Minnesota State Agricultural society. opened
at R 'chester, Olms,ed county. on Monday.
August 8uth, and continued through eli the
Remaining days OF the week. As usual on the
drst day VI such occasions, the attendance
was rather lixAt. The weather was damp aud
Cloudy Monday night md Tuesday morning,
the escoud day, aud rainy, and this detracted
fair. But at noon On tuesday, the rain ceased,
and bright sunshine put new life Into the tx.
hiollivn, and ail was lite and activity. Suita-
bic buildings and halls, for the exhibition Of
macnlnery, farm prod duce, ETC., were provided,
aIsv for The accommodation OF Of exhibitors
and Visitors. The ladies had a
Opposite The race course would seat 2UUU.
Floral hall Was bower of beauty. The race
course Was dried o1t during the afternoon, 20
that The races came ot according to the pro.
gramme.
Wednesday, the third day of the fair, open.
ed bright aud beautiful, aud The number Of
exhiultors and visitors was greatly augment
ed. 6iue shows, retreshmelt stands, bo.ths,
etc., fpi uug up as II by magic on every hand.
The show vi bio.d-d cattle was splendid, aud
tho show Of horses was very fair. The show
of sheep and hogs was limited. The diepla y
VI machinery was very large. The fruit dis.
play. while not as large Ms Ut previous fairs,
sota can ra's. in abundance the fiuest Of fruit.
The railroad display made by the
Winoaa q st. Peter railroad Company and
uiancnes W. one Of the duest ever '0ade In
The s. ate comprising IMPLIES OF Ill kinds Of
g. ain, fruit, vegetables Grasses, from - coun-
Ties III Mluresota, ind counties In Dakota
Territory. The display of the st. Paul, Min.
neapoll, i. Manitoba ,oad attracted much
notice. 1hv attendance on this day was very
la' &c, and BY noon there was fully 6,UO peUL
pie Un the ground, and over - 6OU were taken
Ut the ga.e. A 2p m the races came OFT
according TO the programme Of the day.
Thursday September 2, was 1eally the
great day If the lair. No less than 10000 peo.
pie were in attendance. Gov. Plllsburv up.
address. He was followed by remarks from
President Folwell Of the state Univerity, and
and ex-Gov. Sherwood. The receipts OF the
day were over tsSO0. The races were
called pr'mptly at $50 .. m.
On Friday September 3, the attend
ance was not neatly a. large as on the either
OF the other two previous days, and
fair: The grand csvalcade Of all the the
animals lon exhibition took place at ten q.
NJ, and was 4 splendid sight. The total re-
ceipts of the fair thus far are about $1,000,
The executive committee on Thursday eve.
mug, decided to hold the next annual fair at
hocheater, commencing on the first Monday
ln September. and to continue through the
week. Nea'ly all the animals and articles on
exhibition remained on the ground, but pre-.
parations were being made for their early re-.
moval on Saturday.
Early oa the morning of Saturday, Septem.
Der 4tD, the sixth and last day OF the fair.
exhibitors began to remove their animals and
articles, and BY noon the buildings were dis.
manlled.
The general display, while not large, was
excellent, especially in tho live stock line.
The races, while not participated In by any
horses Of world. wide fame, were tine exhibi.
tions Of hpeed and the time made was very
ereditable The show Of the products Of the
Safe made ~ the Winona / st. Peter rail-.
road company, aud by the ct. Paul, Mlnneap.
oils Manitoba road, was sufficient to con.
vince all Of the wonderful fertility OF Mime.
sofa soil and the adaptsbility of her climate
to the growth and maturity of all kinds of
grain. vegetables and many kinds Of fruit,
such as apples, grapes, plums, etc. The to-
tai receipts will not vary much from $4,000
and a. the fair has been run on economical
principles both as regards premiums and
expenses, tits safe to say that after every
dollar OF present and past Indebtedness has
been paid there will be q fair amount Of sur
plus In the treasury.