St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-19
HASTINGS FAIR.
A Day Spent Among the Exhibits
and Viewing the Stock.
Close of the Eair---A Day of Races, Etc.

Especial Telegram to the Globe.
HASTINGS, Mimi, Sept. 1S.-The fair
closed here to-day. The weather has been
cool and pleasant, nevertheless the attend
ance has been comparatively small. As to-
day was the close of the fair but few were
expected to attend, but throughout the whole
fair there has been noticeable falling off of
visitors as compared with previous years,
while the gate receipts show marked de-
crease. While this is undoubtedly true the
management claim that the association has
had prosperous season.
The morning was devoted by the visitors
to viewing the stock and other exhibits,
many of them visiting Agricultural hall
where the local manufacturers displayed
their goods, and where the farmers of
the county displayed their entries
of vegetables, etc. Prominent among
these was the dairy department, where
cheese, butter. etc., manufactured at the
diaries of the county were tastefully dis
played. The pantry stores, consisting Of
iellies, pickles, apples, bread, pies, and, in
fact, every article found in q well regulated
pantry, also attracted much attention. The
vegetables were constructed into pyramid,
occupying one corner of the room. The
ha, DWARF display by Joseph Firner, OF Has
tings, was also very fine. Not only was all
kinds Of hardware, including stoves, repre-
sented, but u miniature design of the school
house here had been constructed cut Of bolts,
screws, and othes small articles in the hard
ware line, and doomed up quite natural in
the background. On eack side OF this was a
design, representing a deer, constructed
out Of tacks, rivets, bolts, etc.
Next to the display OF hardware was
the harness display of Fred S.
Church, all kinds of harness and saddles
being represented, which in turn was fol-
lowed by a display of carpets by j. F. Nor
IRISH. The latter display was very creditable,
all of the fine and medium grades of car
pets being represented. j. G. Mertz had q
display of furniture, and Julius Kock of furs,
the latter including lap robes, coats, capes,
etc. The New York store had on exhibition
a general line of boots, shoes, dress goods,
etc. The fine art department, including
photographs, oil paintings, brass work, ETC.,
was also very fine.
The display of live stock is said to be the
largest ever entered at fair here. The
horses include entries in the classes of thor
oughbreds, trotting strains, Clydesdales,
Normans, horses for all work, draft horses,
carriage teams, Clydesdale grades, Norman
grades, sweepstakes and English shires. In
each of these grades there arc from one to q
dozen entries. In cattle there were entries
in half dozen classes, including Durhams,
Attorneys and Jerseys, Devons, grades and
sweepstakes. In these classes the entries
range from one to half dozen. There were
three classes represented in sheep-Oxford
Downs and coarse wool. In swine only two
classes were epresented-Poland and Berk
shire. There were only two entries in the
| poultry display.
The morning was devoted entirely to view
| ing the stock. stock sales, and the remainder
Of the time was utilized in discussing Don
nelly's candidacy for congress and his pros
pect for election.