St. Paul daily globe., 1884-08-31
THE GREAT FAIR.
Things are Beginning to Take Shape
The Main Building and
Stock Hall.
The Agricultural Machinery Display, and
Other Points--"All Space Taken,"
Is the Word.
The Biggest Horse, Cattle and Vegetable
Show Yet-And in all Respects the
Greatest Yet.
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Tie Programme for the Great SIO,c--Mo1s-
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The preparations for tine great fair and indus
trial exposition which begins Monday are now
being pushed, and the fair grounds yesterday
were alive with busy people arranging displays,
bringing in stock, making entries, etc. Secre-
tary Clarke and his corps of assistants seemed to
more than have their hands full but found time
to give the GLOBE few particulars as to what is
| going on. People who have attended the great
Minneapolis fairs in former years, can, when
they realize that the coming one is in reality 60
ing to surpass in every feature those grand dis
plays Of agricultural ana industrial wealth. form
some idea of the consequent labor and pains
| taking involved,
! IN THE FIRST PLACE
| The grounds have been put in the best of shape ;
load after load of debris from the G. A. r. en-
campment has been removed the buildings
have been cleaned and decorated; the main
building and fence whitewashed; the cattle pens
and buildings for stock carefully overhauled and
repaired, while numerous Improvements have
been made and conveniences added.
THE MAIN BUILDING
Is already being fitted up. Every inch of space
|
already there with their goods fitting up their
stalls, The center has been reserved for the dis
play of flowers and plants. Small fruits, vege-
| tables, grains ETC., will occupy the east end, and
the remainder will be given over to visitors,
among whom are the following beginning at the
left as you enter
Stark & Darrow, harness and horse clothing
John r. Barnum, trunks and valises; the Ply
| h ole oJ..t,o q,
Co., upholsterers house furnishers and decor
ators; Folds & Griffith, carpets, rugs, etc. Dale,
Barnes & Morse, merchandise of their own man
ufacture; Bener Bros, mantels and gas fixtures !;
! Foster Bros, display of the Meridian Silver Plate
| company's wares: Witte Bros, carvings and
decorations; Louis Laramie, harnesses etc. :;
Foss 81 Star, decorated pottery, china, glass
ware, ETC.. the North Star Woole mills, large
| case of goods Of their own manufacture; Skin
ner & Sly. the Minneapolis liquid paints Pray
Manufacturing company, flour milling machinery
B. P. Schuler, -four milling machinery; Deitz s.
Mackey, stoves and household articles: Miller
Bros. hardware, Buffalo standard scales, cathe-
dral glass, ETC.; NJ. Briggs s. Son, safes; Nc
Neal & Urban. safes; St. Paul Terra Gotta Lum-
Der company; Northwestern Cement Paving
company; Minnesota Cement Pipe company.
assigned to the following exhibitors Taylor s.
Caldwell, confectionery; Eli & Hutchins, shirts !;
the Archibald Commercial college; Florida curl
osities Goodwin facie lotto; New York Sewing
Machine company; Brunswick u Co.. billiard
tables Remington standard type writers; Hall
type writers; Leische & Schneider, jewery
cases; Adam Harnng, dyed goods; Blye's arti-
fetal limbs; one minute coffee and tea pots :;
| tha (Ncr, al Al
lege; Paris, Merton g. Co., wholesale confec-
tionary; dairy machines; washing machines !;
Brunswick & Blake, billiard tables the Foote
fire extinguisher; Malones surgical instruments
and artificial limbs; Ltchield Lthography COM
pany; Atwood magnetic shields Traverse Bros.
bindery: Fleu Bros, bird store, pet stock; Acme
| Fire Kindling company. There will be other ex-
hibits also, but the foregoing will suffice to give
an idea of what is destined to greet the eye when
| all is in readiness
The textile fabric and needework department
occupies the art gallery building attached to the
main bnilding, and here will be also display Of
the Century pianos and organs.
In the stock hall all space has been assigned,
the box stalls being reserved for Jay Eye See,
Phallas, Gurgle, Johnston, Richbal and other
high toned nags, while the blooded horses will
occupy the stalls. Yesterday was too early, Of
course, for much of the stock to be on hand but
in the afternoon the arrivals were numerous
George Case has twenty three Normans, which
arrived from Belgium only Wednesday and were
| brought directly to the grounds. They appear
to be in excellent condition and magnificent
animals. Ten are stations and the others brood
mares and colts. ''Brlant,' Mr.. Case's great
Norman stallion, which weighs 2,131 pounds. is
also there. II. j. De Lancy, OF Northfeld, has
his famous Norman stations prince Imperial, ~
'sGriswold, ''Brone,'' and three Others
There are numerous other horses in the stock
hall, but the great majority of the entries are
yet to appear The trottng horses are on hand
earlier, however, and many of the stalls in stables
are taken already.
The exhibit of cattle is going to be very large
and many of the bovines have already arrived,
among which are Henry f. Browns Browndale
herd of shorthorns. E. Moses, of Minneapolis
has 8 head of Jerseys; W. A. Clark, Jerseys
and grades; DR.. j. A. Bowman, Jerseys
j. W. Morse, 13 Devonshire cattle; j. A. Smith,
of Minneapolis 9 Polled Galloways; w. c.
Nicolls Il Son, OF Cresco, Iowa, Holland cattle
F.. b. Lambert of Leroy, IS Hollands Pond
Bros, of Bloomington, also have fine drove OF
these CATTLE j. J. Hill, St. Paul, Jerseys ant
Short horns; Geo. Baker, of Huesberford Dodge
county, II Devons; Bulls, OF Winnebago City
s Herefords; E. f. Irwin and Jas. A. Bull, Of
Rchfeld, thoroughbred cattle. The cattle are
coming in hourly on the various roads ant
a temporary stock yard has been provided neal
the fair grounds.
THE AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT DISPLAY
is going to be simply immense, and this inter
esting portion of the exposition is already unde
way.
A forty horse power Atlas engine has been Sc
up and will furnish motive power TO all the ma
chinery. Fuller & johnson, harvesting machin
cry; D. NJ. Osborn & Co., harvesting machinery
and the Denett company's display occupy large
covered platform; Emerson Talcott & Co. hav,
put up building 40x30 to display their machin
cry. The Plano Manufacturing company has
building of its own. The Minneapolis Harveste
works occupies the accustomed stand; the Mo
line plow works has large tent
John Deere & Co.'S machinery occu
pies large platform; the McCormacl
company has put up n new building; the Jack
son Wagon company have a new two story build
ing, and minstrel band is to be one feature O.
its display; c. Aultman s. Co, exhibit the Buck
eve machines at their old stand; the Deerin!
harvesting machinery has q fine building; tn,
Minneapolis Wagon works are making prepera
tions for a large display; the patentee of tn,
Fowler washing machinery has come clear from
Deadwood and set up tent; the Walter A
Wood machinery occupies a conspicuous stand
the Monitor Plow works has platform 80 4C
feet; Christian & Orvis have a big display O
buggies already on the ground :Furst s. Bradley
agricultural implements; st. Paul is well repre-
sented.
The St. Paul Storing, Forwarding & Imple
ment company will have fine exhibit. The ST
Paul Harvester building contains display OF C
B. Thurston's agricultural implements: the st
Paul Plow works makes good show Mast Bu
| ford & Burwell exhibit farm machinery and iror
turbine wheel and engine.
The foregoing is but cursory glance at tn,