St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-06
ROCHESTER FAIR.
A Splendidly Contested Race Be
tween HerOd and Silas
Wright.
Five Mile Bicycle Race-Skating EX-
hibitiOn-Special Mercantile
Exhibits.
Large Attendance and the Fair from First
to Last Success.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

And it wouldn't sound well to utter
The thoughts that are in my mind.
Every movable thing pointed due north when |
the sush yesterday morning. The flags and |
streamers stood out in that direction at right !
angles from their stats, the smoke shot out
north it left the chimneys, the dust
went north, and everybody looked north when
ever they came in contact with the wind |
and dirt, just as If they were expecting some
one.
Some impious wretches were disposed to muir
mur at this further visitation of divine provi-
dence, but at GLOBE headquarters it was remem-
bered that few years ago we were wading IN
mud most OF the time, and here the fifth day Of
this great fair opened without drop of rain to
mar the occasion. The crowd yesterday and
Wednesday has left the association out of debt,
and the officers and directors of the Southern
Minnesota Fair association feel consequently
happy, as they have good reason to.
An right here it is eminently proper and just
that the management of this fair should have
word of commendation. Nothing succeeds like
success is good adage, and it certainly is appro-
priately quoted concerning this fair. Particular
credit is certainly due to Secretary Van Campen,
of Winona, for his indefatigable labors to make
this fair a success. The success OF any fair de-
pends largely upon its secretary, and it is only
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success. The president of the association
Hon. D. a. Morrison has also given his time and
energies in the same direction and as body the
entire list of officers have worked to win, worked
for their fair, for their beautiful city and for
southern Minnesota. 1t has been simply an ag-
ricultural and mechanical fair. There have been
no high priced celebrities and no enormous
purses, but each day has had an attractive pro-
gramme and the races have been more than
usually attractive and interesting and the record
the best ever made on t..s track,
The weather aside fro3 the fearful wind
clear through warm and by the industrious use
of the street sprinkler the main street of the
fair grounds and the track in front of the Ampi-
theater was kept in comfortable condition.
RocHEsTER's DAY.
By preconcerted agreement among the mer-
chants and business men of Rochester this was
made the city day at IL m. All places of bust
ness were closed and the employees given the
chance to attend the fair during the afternoon.
The attendance from abroad was not so large
| as the two previous days. The average farmer
who stops work at this busy season of the year
and drives from ten to twenty miles to take in
the far, cannot afford to spare but one day and
| Friday did not see so many of them, as matter
of course, as Wednesday and Thursday. The
people turned out, and although not big crowd
was to be seen, no one felt lonesome.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
Walking about the grounds and through the
exposition buildings during the early mornig
when there was no crowd to jostle against him,
| the GLOBE representative had fine chance of
seeing some of the most notable exhibits, which
are noted for the benefit of those who were so
unfortunate uss not to be able to be present
and see it for themselves.
! WHITE SEWING MACHINE.
| The White sewing machine, manufactured at
| Cleveland, Ohio, aud northwestern distributing
| Office at st. Paul, is an exhibition represented
| by Mr.. S. F. Rawley and Miss A. E. Pierson.
| They made fine display Of work done their
machines, no doubt the finest done by any ma
chine the grounds. The White does not
claim any one special feature, but invites the
attention of the public to their broad claim Of
superiority: Its light running, noiseless, care
in construction, features of durability, finish of
machine and woodwork, self threading qualities,
its automatic bobbin winder, its belt shifting
| device, its great range of work. There are al
ready 100000 in use. 1t is the most modern
machine in the market. See it before you buy.
wINOSA BINDEE.
The W1nona binder and mower, exhibited, was
most favorably commented upon by all who Wis
tied the fair, and many congratulated Messrs.
Robertson Bros, of Rochester. upon their good
fortune OF having secured the agency for these
machines. They will be on permanent exhibition
at their store at Rochester.
POULTRY DISPLAY.
Chas H. Belding, of Saphier, Wis, breeder
of pure bred poultry, had the largest display and
took the most premiums of any exhibitor. He
breeds from the best strains. He had on exhi-
bition the followine varieties: light and dark
Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, brown and partridge
Cochins, white and brown Leghorns, black
Spanish, s. S. Hamburgs, golden and silver Po-
lish, B. r. red Bantams, White Piles, B. r.
Games, Rouen, Pekin and Muscovy ducks, nam
outh bronze and white Holland turkeys.
wISoSA PLow WORKS.
Thomas Hurd, representing the Winona Plow
compsny's works, made the largest display of
steel and wood beam plows on the grounds
The hardness of the steel in the Winona plows
make them superior to any other plow.
THE DOMESTIC.
As usual this fayorite machine made very
fine display. and its operators were kept busy
during the entire week OF the fair. It is most
appropriately named, for it is adapted to gen.
eral family use to q more perfect extent than any
OF its competitors. A child OF ten years can
handle it and it at once becomes a member of
in Its operation and easily handled it is yet capa
BILE Of as wide range of work as any machine
ever made. All the Improvements known to the
manufacture Of sewing machines are in use by
, the Domestic Among such are its underbraider
and its appliances for doing decorative art
needlework, which latter enables the operator
to produce work of superior merit. The
Domestic possesses the exclusive use of the
best woodwork for drawers and table cover and
in its construction no element is allowed to enter
which is not the best possible to be obtained
! anywhere. There are more good points in this
machine, which novice can at once see and
comprehend, than can be pointed out by many
an expert in other machines. The exhibit at
the Rochester fair was under the charge of NJ
L. Barber, travelling agent for the northwest,
aud to his zeal and experience as operator the
attractive features Of the exhibit is due. No one
who ever saw a Domestic operate can hesitate as
to what machine to purchase.
on THE TRACK.
The grand morning cavalcade consisted of the
studs of thoroughbred Norman, Clydesdale and
other horses with some Of their get and some
very fine FLIES, and the herds of thoroughbred
and grade cattle. Several very fine herds of
Holstein and Jerseys and one herd each of Here
fords aud Short Horns were shown and the nun
Der and excellence of the thoroughbred horses
was without comparison. Among the horses was
fine five year old illy bred by Jay LaDue of
Rochester, from Hamdallah. owned BY
the Graves Bros of this city and dam by Alex.
ander. Her name is Utopia and she was sold
one year ago to a Dublin, Ireland, gentleman
for 81, 900, for gentleman's roadster and wher
she took the race in the three minute class OF
Wednesday winning the third, fourth and fifth
was ever entered in it began to be understood
that she was pretty fair roadster She is {
full sister to Silas Wright and will live to honor
I her spurdy brother