Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-14
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list OF the sad inc Ixsa ibsts,


The second ,l,l;sT irof tie Morrison
Sass,,ttlity cultilral as al,enea
on Tuessla Inst and vas continued for
three DAYS a larges crowd Mas. in atten.
dance on each day, and neral satisfact-
.tion was es pressed with IL the manner in
which the fair WAS conducted. Tie ex-
.hibition: Of farm produce was far from
what itmi sht have been If he. farmers
had taken the pre,'er amounfof interest
The live sock exhibit was also light.
The balloon ascension on the first t!av.
attracted a large crowd and occurred,
about o'n1ocd p. tn. The balloon, went
up few hundred feet and was carried
north about two miles by the wind Lot
tie St. Claire the lady aeronatt who went
no in the balloon, landed with 3 few
light bruises. Most of the merchants
of the town had exhibitions of their
goods at the fair. j. Berg had an exhibit
Of Garland heating and coal stoves, and
Yale heating stoves. Foisy Bros had a
display Of boots and shoes, clothing,
gentlemen's furnishing goods, and other
articles. VIM Butler had display of
fancy goods. Maurin s. Medved bad on
exhibition a general line of dry goods,
boots and shoes etc. Some fine ladies
cloaks we're shown, also samples Of
wooden goods. Fred Pantzke had dis
play Of fine boots and shoes made at his
shop. Richard Bros. made a speciality
in their display Of wooden goe,1s. Sim
mons & Steele had d fine collection of
goods on the grounds, making a special
Of articles attractive to ladies, such as
fine dress goods, laces, dress trimmings,
etc. J. Wetzel had show case filled
with samples Of the different articles.
kept on sale at his drug store. Tutt]e &
Churchill had display of books, albums
fancy wiring paper, musical jnstru
ments, trunks, pictures and great num-
Der of articles for sale at their furniture
store. Mrs. L. Perley had fine display Of
the latest styles Of n,illjnary goods. A..
G. Megquier bad Two organs on exhibit
ion A. D, Wilkinson. representing L.
t. May & Co., had an exhibition of
apples and grapes grown in this state
from the Canadian Nursery stocks i'm
ported by the firm.
r. J. Richardson & Co. had on exhib-
ition several sewing machines, operated
by Miss Herman Rasico. and Miss Ellen
Lafond. Il fine Eau Claire Chilled
rlow was also Oh exhibition by them and
the impression made upon the farmers
was very favorable, as several plows
were sold.
e. W. Collins, sewing machine agent
had several machines in the hall--the
Domestic, ST. John rnd New Homeland
some fine work was done By them. Far
rand & Raymond had some samples of
moulding from their factory. W. E.
Raymond has some building plans on
exhibition.
Mrs. w. L. Dow displayed hand
some quilt and rug.
There was some fine samples Of French
decorative art, by Mrs. A. c. Mcguire,
Martin Scott exhibited several fine
brick from his west side brick yard.
Or. Simmons, Hon N. Richardson
and Mrs. @. A. Churchill and others had
interesting miscellaneous articles and
relics to attract the attention of the
crowd.
\ couple Of sn"igators which Theodore
Bredfe}d brought from Florida were in a
glass show Case
John New born had about the largest
display vegetables, and some of them
were remark ablv large. Henry Hill ex-
hl'ited some large potatoes, and VIM.
Pedley some excellent corn.
II the live stock exhibit were found
some very fat cattle and hogs. Steve
Muncy had a large Poland China sow
weighing $50 pounds, with litter of
seven pigs four months old. Without
doubt they were the finest ever seen in
the county. VIM. Pedley exhibited a two
year old stallion weighing 200 pounds,
r. Neil had several Of his horses and
mules at the fair.
Up TO the time Of gong to press the
awarding committees hadsnot fled their
reports with the secretary, and the pub
'lication Of their reports next week will
show who had the best exhibit in each Of
the different classes.