St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-19

bred in Kentucky, and is pure trottlng
strain. Cox is proud of him. You can see
that by the way he draws the lines over him
and the manner in which his eye kindles
when you talk Of him. feel as if it is a
justifiable pride. would not or could not
refrain from pride were his owner.
The Toofe Farming company makes the
largest exhibit of horses, consisting of thir-
teen head of horses, with Beauty" an i'm
ported Perchron Norman (pure white) at the
head of the stud, weight 1, ZOO; Prior, pure
white stallion, fifteen-sixteenths Norman,
weight 1,700; and Vidoc, half blood four
years old, weight 1,640, and six half breed
colts with four common mares. The
exhibit is very fine one and
demon strates the oft repeated assertion thai
"blood will tell" Henry Lightly shows two
fine horses, one of them, Mark, an imported
Clydesdale, and black stallion, Midnight,
of Norman blood.
CHICKENS.
The chicken business was not very large
but extremely choice, embracing the best
varieties known to this section of country.
Turning my attention from the stock to
the machinery department, l found two prin-
cipal exhibitors, Oscar Ayers and the Keen
an Bros. Both were fine exhibits. The lat
gine l ever saw in motion all over the
grounds. while in the afternoon they set
their threshers, harvesters and other ma
chinery In motion with it.
Entering floral hall found ample evidence
Of the interest felt by Mower county people
in their fair. It's arrangements were under
the direction of DIR. a. Knox and the floral
decorations were arranged by Mrs. Bella
Sherwood. These were placed within and
around Chinese pagoda, in the top of which
hung cage Of fifty canaries, the property of
Mrs. W. H. Sutton ,and the way they swelled
their little throats made the whole room full
of delicious melody.
The particular exhibits were the fruits
(Minnesota), vegetables and seed corn. Of
the latter the exhibit was the largest and
best ever shown in the state. When the
farmer begins raising clover and corn the
DAY Of his prosperity begins to dawn. Mower
county can now be set down as a grain,
stock, log and corn district, and it goes with
this that she is on the high road to prosperity.
l had no time to notice
except in general way, the ladies fancy
work department, or the mercantile exhibits,
but as passed around the room 1 noticed
the Kimball organ always to be found on
deck when fair time comes and always wear
ing the blue ribbon, and 1 also found a
kitchen cabinet made at st. Cloud which
ought to make any housewife happy If kept
well filed
But a detailed account of what I saw at
the Mower county fair would be tiresome to
you and your readers so l must abridge it
somewhat. 1t can all be summed up by
saying that the fair is so much Of a success
as to surprise even the most ssnguine of its
friends and has filed them with an ambition
to have the best county fair in the state
another year and they will do it too. They
are having the best kind Of weather for it
and some nice races.
PROGRAMME OF THE DAY.
The forenoon was consumed In viewing
stock and the grand cavalcade which would
have done credit to our state fair a few
years since. The fine herd OF Holsteins be-
longing to Mr.. A. V. Ellis was photographed
by special artist upon the grounds.