Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-10-08
OUR RAILROAD EXHIBIT,

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Arrival Of the Daknts Car of Products at
Milwaukee-ltB Drawn aGood Audience.
Milwaukee 6entinel.
The product carr OF the Milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad, containing samples
of grain and vegetable products grown
along the lines; Of the company
in central and Ssouthern Dakota,
arrived at the Union depot yesterday :,
and was sidetracksd near Canal street,
west of the immigrant depot. In spite
of the disagreeable weather, the car was
visited by large number of people yes
terday, by whom the contents of the car
were greatly admired.
/ The car u IN. setkasry passenger coach
with the seats removed. and with shelves
iencircling the interior. The outer sides
of the car are decorated with oil paint.
ings representing the Dakota harvest
fields and south Dakota landscape views
Painted on either side is the following
inscription:
Samples Of Dakota Producta
Along tie Line of the
Chicago, Milwaukee l. st. Paul Railway.
The car is in charge Of w. E. Powell,
general immigration agent, and asso.
ciated with him in the work of fitting up
the car are G. q. Henderson, and D. H.
Moses, the company's Dakota agent.
TIE exhibits are from Clay, Union, Lin.
coin, Yankton, Bon Homme aud other
counties in Dakota, reached by the st.
Paul railway. The car will be taken to
Chicago this morning, and from thence
to Detroit, Buffalo, New England and
the Canadas. After an absence of two
months in the east, the car will be taken
to New Orleans for exhibition at the
worlds fair.
The interior Of the coach presented q
very attractive appearance. The roof
was tas:eiully trimmed with aox, grasses
and grains, wrought into numerous
designs and artistlcslly arranged. Right
underneath the roof were hung eight OF
nine different varieties of corn in the
ear-yellow dent, yellow flint, white flint
strawberry, etc. The white Hint corr
grows to length OF 14115 inches. Below
the corn display are the shelves contain
ing specimens Of Dakota vegetables
There are sweet potatoes, weighing
pounds each, from fankton; Irist
potatoes grown in Elk Point, Unior
county; cucumbers, egg plant, water ant
muskmelons, sQuashee, beets, cabbage
and all kinds of fruit. A Adisplay is also
made of preserves from Sioux Falls, con
sieting of plums, blackberries, rasp
berries, gooseberries, currants. Th,
vegetables, many of them, are of mon
strous size. Several Of the beets weigl
from II to 20 pounds, and ar,
Igrown in Brown county. Or
the floor are sweet pumpkins
weighing 80 pounds, watermelon from
Yankton weighing 80 pounds, and othel
samples of vegetables of far more thar
the usual weight. The largest is
squash, raised by o. v. Knowles. a
Karam, Lincoln county. It's circum
Ifesencei is 8 feet and / inch. and ii
weight 1856 pounds, There are also sam
piles Of wheat, oats. rye, barley and fax
Eof superior quality. Tie spare room
lin the car is occupied ~ exhibits Q
bunch grass 2 feet high, timothy will
heads inches long, blue. joint grass u
feet high. and red-top 8 feet high. l
show ls also made of peanuts grown j,
;Yankton. They grow upon vines slik,
potatoes, and are dug from the ground
! There are specimens Of Sioux FalIs gran
lite. very hard, and capable of 8 ltin,
polish, as emooth as marble
There also arrived at the Union depot
yesterday, locomotive and tender, con
strncted entirely; Of wheat, oats ant
evergreen sprigs. The locomotive i
eight feet in length, and every festur
OF the ordinary railway engine is re
produced in miniature. The COW
catcher, bell, whistle, draye.wheele
steam: chest. piston roads, headlight an