Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-14
THE STATE FAIR.
Gathering of State Officials Bar
baCue- Speeches, ETC.

baCue- Speeches, etc.
1t is impossible to give the individual ex
hibits to any great extent, or Of the enter
tainmentS of each day. 1t may be said, as
of other fairs, that the racing drew better
than anything else but in all the other de
partments there We're a great many people
who came to see and learn. The butter and
cheese exhibit of the fair in the main hall
convinced the most skeptical that the COW
will soon be entitled to high place among
the wealth producers ofthe state.
The visitors at this end of the hall nearly
all had hands and faces sulburned and
weather marked. They look healthy, how
ever, anG exan1 e things in this department
with the critical attention of people used to
the tools and at home among the prod lCtS
shown. Owing to the efforts of the state
butter and cheese association the display is
large and very fine.
Thursday was the great day of the fair,
made so in no small degree by the presence
Ex-Governor Hubbard, most of the state Off
GERS, and other distinguished people, and
possibly not less by the grand barbecue and
the roasted OK. The mayor of Rochester
with the council, attended by the Rochester
band, drew up in front of the Cook house
and formally greeted their guests, and the
procession took up its line of March to the
grounds
AT the grounds the procession was form.
ally greeted by the officers of the fair and
warmly welcomed to the biggest fair the
state has ever seen. The guests were es-
corted to the amphitheater and given choice
seats in that enclosure. The crowds were
then admitted and speedily filled every
available space in the structure. Then COM
menced the grandest display of blooded stock
ever witnessed in the Northwest. All of the
go thoroughbred horses and the man.
moth herds of cattle were reviewed by the
visitors.
This review took up the time till
II o'clock, when the invited guests, the Of
ticers of the fair the city authorities and
the representatives of the press marched to
| the barbaque hall where feast of good
| things awaited them.
Speeches were made by the governor and
Others, the most elaborate, however being
that of Gen. James H. Baker 1t was a care
fully prepared review of the history and ma
terlal pro ress of the State, covering an ex-
tent of information rarely collected for a
! purely ornamental oc aston. After review
ing the civil history of Minnesota, Gen. Bak-
er presents statistics of the growth of agricul-
tural production. the de elopment of manu-
| features, the increase ofcommerce, population
railroads, etc. He paid handsome tribute
to the old settlers,-"the builders and found
ers ola state" In closing he said: Practi-
cally our farmers have had year of royal
abundance. Our mechanics will have
better food and better employment;
! our workshops will find
increased activity Our transportation COM
panies are on the best year of their existence;
our financial institutions will find larger
! loans and safer returns; the new conner will
i open his farm with an abiding hope, and all
our people will celebrate Thanksgiving day
with serene contentment and general joy.