St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-07
RAMSEY COUNTY FAIR.
By the German Agricultural and HOr-
ticultural Association.
Close Of the Very Successful First Annua
Exhibition at Market Hall.
A Little Speech by Sitting BulI--FulI List
of Premium Awards.


agricultural and horticultural fair of Ramsey
county closed at 10 O'Clock last night, having
been better attendance during the day and
evening than on any preceding day in the
weeks session..
The earlier part Of the evening Sitting
Bull and party occupied the stage, after hav-
ing taken a survey of the wealth of flowers,
foliage, fruits and vegetables in the main
hall, and just before his departure the cele-
brated Indian chief and his interpreter Mr..
Primeau, were introduced to the audience by
Secretary A. Bohland of the society, and
Sitting Bull made the following speech:
''The Great Spirit above US rules all and
makes things grow as they do. was raised
on the wide prairie and my occupation has
been hunting wild animals. / have been on
the reservation only three years and am try
ing to be civilized and have my children be
the same. l am astonished to see the great
display of flowers, grapes, apples and pump
kins here. We Indians have raised some of
these on the reservation, and in the future
we hope to succeed in raising better things
than we have. When 1 go home 1 will tell
my children what l have seen here and try
and get them to lead Christian life and
do, and to be good Christians
During the evening a committee were long
in selecting the best specimens of vegetables,
seeds and fruits to be sent TO the State fair
at Owatonna for exhibition, and all of these
which can be procured will be sent to the
Worlds Fair at New Orleans, next Deem
Der.
PREMIUMS.
The following premiums were awarded
yesterday by the several committees:
Mrs. Lorenzo HOyt, best roll of butter, first
premium.
Rudolph Knapheide, honey in jars and
boxes, first premium for BOTH
Best gold and silver cake and ginger bread
Mrs. Spangenberg.
Best display OF preserved grapes and straw
berries, Aug. Giesman.
Best display OF pickles, Mrs. August Gies-
man.
Best six bottles of wine, Fritz Spangen-
berg.
Best display of greenhouse plants (by anna
teur), Mrs. T. j. Carron, second premium.
Verzke Bros, best display of greenhouse
plants, first premium; geraniums, first;
geraniums, single. in bloom, second; double,
in bloom, second; fuchias, second: single
fuchias, in bloom, first; foliage plants, sec
ond; basket of cut flowers, first; hand bo-
quet, first; trailing vines, verbenas, first;
tube roses, first; hanging basket, first; floral
design, second.
Louis Edelfson, best collection cactus, first
premium; single plant, first; best single
geranium, first.
Mrs. John Zirkelback, best collection of
greenhouse plants (by an amateur), first pre-
MUM.
Z. F. Lemke, display geraniums, third :;
fuschias, third; roses, second; coleus, first;
hand boquet, second: floral design first.
w. A. Lemke, best display of roses, first
premium; double geraniums, first; tube roses
second; basket cut flowers, second; coleus,
second; fuschias, third.
Alex. Kunze, best display of dahlias, first
premium; pansies, first; asters, first; gladio-
lus, first.
Rudolph Knapheide, best plate of Haas
and Wealthy apples, second premium.
VIM. E. Brimhall, best display of wealthy
apples, second premium.
A. Giesman, plate of Duchess apples,
second premium; plate of Haas apples,
first.
F. W. Mueller, plate of wealthy apples,
first premium.
August Colletz, plate of Duchess apples,
first premium.
Rudolph Knapheide, first premiums for the
greatest variety of grapes, for Concords, Nos
q, 4, and 9; for best collection of native
plums. He was awarded second premiums
for the best display of Northern Muscatine
grapes, and for plates of ''transcendent' and
Hyslop crab apples.
w. E. Brimhall, first premiums for Min
nesota and Meaden Winter crab apples and
North Muscatine grapes. Second premium
for Delaware grapes, and second for greatest
collection of native varieties of grapes.
Peter Bohland, first premiums for Hyslop
crab apples and native plums.
Jacob Hinkel, second premium for native
plums.
Fritz Montei, first premium on display of
cabbage plants.
Lorenzo Hoyt, first premium on trans
cendents.
Carl Peters, fat Dutch cabbage, second !;
Boston Monroe squash, first; beets, second.
VIM. E. Brimhall, single variety tomatoes,
first and second.
Geo. w. Willie, long blood beets, first;
stalks of celery, second.
Fritz Spangenberg, greatest display of DO
tatoes, second.
Frederick Hasscanmer, best show of cab
bage. first; cucumbers, first; achme toma-
toes, first; SNOWFALL caulihower second; field
pumpkin, first; rutabagas, first.
Joshua Robertson, mammoth squash, FIRST.
August Richter, greatest display of pota-
toes, first; varieties OF tomatoes, second;
yellow rutabaga, first; TARTAN squash, first;
Holland squash, first; White Portugal
squash, first
August Whitman, turnips, first; Conquerer
tomatoes, first; red Watershed onions, sec
ond; drumhead cabbage, first; fall potatoes,
first.
Aug. Whitman, yellow onions, second.
John Kronz, forty-eight varieties vegeta-
bles first.
Peter CGrdell, Burbank Seeding potatoes,
first; drumhead cabbage second.
Peter Bohland, field pumpkin, second;
Beauty Of Hebron potatoes, second; Peerless
potatoes, first.
Herman Christoph, largest display of vege-
tables, second.
Jacob Hinkel, yellow onions, first.
VIM. Boese, purple cabbage, second; Hub
bard squash, second, kohlerabi, second.
John Lorenz, SNOWFALL caulifiower, first;
egg plant, first; sweet Spanish pepper, sec
ond; Victoria rhubarb, first; satisfy, sec
ond.
A. Rowe, orange carrots, first; parsnips,
first; satisfy, first; purple cabbage, first; ac-
me tomatoes, second; globe onion, first; egg
plant, second; bell pepper, first.
Alex. Kunze, green curled endine, first;
white Vienna kohlrabi. first; Long Island
watermelon, first; white spined cucumber,
second; white summer turnips. first; Jersey
Wakefield cabbage, first; fat Dutch cabbage,
first.
Rudolph Knapheide, winter wheat and rye
and barley, first; spring wheat, first and
second; yellow Dent corn, second; six stalks
same, first; buckwheat, second; white beans,
first; ears yellow Dent corn, second.
W E Rrimhall. ears white Dent corr,