The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-10
THE FAIR.
Tho Most Extensive Display of Artificial,
Mechanical and Agricultural Pro-
ducts Ever Seen in South
western Minnesota.

"Wednesday morning the all behold
ing sun arose with the expression of
beauty and cOmplacence common to
him when in the most favorable moods,
and the heavens threw down their most
encouraging tints, thereby creating in
the minds of Mankatoitcs pulsation
of gladness, for the inevitable conclu-
sion was that fair week would be all
that was desired as To favorable. wealth
or. The managers having completed
Floral Hall, the business men com
menced ut once to repair to the spot
with their goods, and the ladies put
forth great effort to have the depart
ment of art, fancy work, etc, in
full trim at the earliest possible mo-
ment. Great credit is due to them for
the splendid appearance the hall pre-
sents, and when we consider the late
ness of the hour, at which they began
the work, it is not saying too much to
remark that all praise is due them.
AT TIE GROUNDS.
AS we go to press the fair is at its
climax, so we are constrained to sim
ply give a general outline of the exhib-
it's.
First in the van is &. Aultman & Co. g
farm machinery department, consisting
of Buckeye mower, elevator binder,
platform binder, all attached by SHAFT
and belt to an upright monitor engine
of their manufacture, together with a
Miller's new model vibrator thresher,
all of which was run at once by the en-
CINE. 1t is wonderful to see the ease
and beauty of operation here displayed
in this wonderful combination of me-
chanical principles.
We stepped to the left of this display
and there encountered +. NJ. Pope's
display of farm machinery of all kinds,
comprising ID. S. Morgan 4 Co. = Tr-
umph reaper and new Clipper mower,
Rushford wagons, disc harrow, barrel
cart, Elwood's sulky pillow, Little
Giant wire stretcher, patent bag holder
and barrel churns. Next door neigh
Dor to this il the Dcering harvest ma
chinery stand i'm care of +. III. Skillings,
general agent for Southern Minnesota |
and Central Dakota. Here are found |
the Junior Deering binder, Standard |
Deering binder, Giant and Standard |
mowers. These are connected with |
the former two, and operated by the |
same power. A brief inspection could |
not but convince one of the excellen-
cies of all this machinery and create an |
impulse of pride, that Mankato is made |
the home of such wonderful produce
tions of mechanical ingenuity, and how
suggestive of the standing of civilized
man over barbarism. A step further
on led us to the father of harvesters.
the Mccormick. In a snugly built
structure were placed their steel har-
vester and binder, Daisy single wheeled
reaper, and No. iron mower, attached
to a farm engine and displayed i'm OPP
Grafton. Mr.. w. K. b. Smythe, gen-
eral agent, has built this building per-
and will occupy it at each
fair hereafter. Mccormick
is too well known to require
in its favor. All we will say
is that it still keeps apace of the times
i'm all improvements, and their various
are wonderful. Mr.. Smythe
has been with the company Is years,
and stands among their oldest agents.
He says they are adding new buildings
To their already extensive works. A
new store house, alone, is being built
which will hold 10, 600 machines. They
nave pTOuuccu tillS year OU,UUU ma
chimes, and then they fell short. Be-
ing eager to get first lingering look
into the beautiful floral hall, we "mov.
ed on" and soon found ourselves lost
among the vehicles in Mr.. Jensen's
carriage emporium. Jensen is "small,"
but mighty when you talk about car
riages. We can see no need of sending
abroad for easy, comfortable, beautiful
md substantial conveyances, with such
at home. After gorging
,ur vision on these, we took fright !
wheel" and met the same specie from
he shop of Williams d Beach. Their
equation is already well estab- {
ished and there is no need for our at
empting to gain them further glory by
lttering their praise, but we wish to
ay that the articles on display were as
God as any to be found i'm the north /
vest. A. NJ Smith. another of the
Wheel and axle fraternity, had several
f his Y Y X wagons on exhibition.
their metal has been sufficiently tried {