St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-05
THE GREAT FAIR.
Twelve Thousand People Gather
to See Johnston and Rich
ball Pace.
The Former Wins the Race, Making
the First Heat on Heavy
Track in 2:13.
General Description of the Other Sports
of This Most Interesting
Day.
Butler Day" To-Day, with an In
teresting Programme for the
Expected Crowd.


world, then President Lowry and Secretary Clarke
and the other managers of the Minneapolis fair
must have been supremely happy yesterday.
more lovely early fall day, both as regards ap-
pearance and temperature, could scarcely be con-
ceved than was yesterday. 1t smiled upon the
management, and it smiled upon over ten thou
sand people who thronged the grounds of the
Northwestern Industrial association at Minneap-
oils yesterday. The breaking morn gave prom
Use of delightful Minnesota day to come, and
the result was that hundreds and thousands from
the two cities of Minneapolis and st. Paul, and
from their sitter cities, as well as the surround
ing country, arrayed themselves sin their best bib
and tucker and clothed with looks of delight, -
hied them to the fair grounds to all
there to be seen. The early trains brought
the people by hundreds and every avenue of
travel was thronged with sturdy farmers with
their wives and little ones. From the time the
gates opened in the morning until afternoon
there was perfect rush of humanity, all intent
upon enjoyment, and they enjoyed themselves.
They surged through exhibition hall, they exam
ined with interest the handiwork of the ladies in
the annex to this hall, and from thence wan
dered through the long row Of stables and pens
filed with horses, cattle. sheep and swine, and
in operation at the extreme end of the grounds.
They heard the whirr of that modern invention,
the roller coaster, and listened to the unearthly
songs and music of the organ grinder and accord
player, and then turned their attention to the
seductive voice of the lemonade compounder and
peanut vender. They bought watermelons and
bananas and ate them in truly democratic
style. In fact they took in the whole show
tbo Of thnir pniO
went home tired out with empty pockets, but all
happy and satisfied They had seen the fair,
and will be ready to see another one next year.
To their credit be it said that although the crowd
amounted to fully ten thousand, it was an orderly
crowd. There was no rioting, quarrelling or
unseemly conduct. The police regulations
were excellent, although there was little if any
need for Their services. Hardly an arrest was
made and no cases of pocket picking or any
other crooked work was reported. The trains to
and from the grounds by the Chicago, Milwaukee
s. st. Paul road, ran with clock-like regularity,
and it moved the large number of people to and
from the groundn with such admirable care and
management that not single accident occurred
to either young or old.
So much by way of generalizing. Most of the
many thousands who visited these fair grounds
yesterday went there out of simple idle curl
osity to see what was to be seen, to put in day
of enjoyment, and then go away and forget they
had been there. There were many others, how
ever, who had higher motive. They went there
to learn something and this class could be found
among the stalls of the cattle, the stables of the
horses, the pens of the sheep and swine, or ex-
aiming with intelligent and critical eyes the
merits of the various and almost numberless va
rie of oil iudG of farD mo i'm nd
machinery.
THE STOCK EXHIBIT.
The exhibit of stock is one of the principal
features of the fair and embraces some of the
finest and best recorded in the herd book.
Messrs. Wilcox, Jackson s. Hirsh, of Swift
county, Mimi, exhibit thirteen head of fine Hol-
stein cattle. F. 2. Lambert, of Leroy, Mimi,
has twenty-three thoroughbred and twenty high
grade cattle of the same breed, which he will
offer for sale at auction to-day. Elias Moses, of
Minneapolis shows seven Jersey cows, three Jer-
sey bulls and ten head of working cattle. The
latter worked in the woods all last winter and
yet they are in splendid condition, the smallest
weighing $3.50 pounds and the heaviest weighing
1850 pounds.
W. C. Nichols & Son, of Cresco, Ia, have
twelve splendid Holsteins on exhibition:
j. NJ, Morse & Sons, of Verona, Wis, show
thirteen head of Devons. which took several
premiums
Geo. Baker & Son, of Hutisford, Dodge county,
Wis, exhibit seventeen head of Devons and
twenty-five head of Merino sheep.
Everett +. Irvine, of Richfeld, Mimi, shows
nine head of graded short horns, and also the
thoroughbred short horn bull. Duke of Fedene
Hill, which captured the first premium.
Mrs. NJ C. Frederick, of Minneapolis, has on
avhi nd ,ha oolf
is but three months old, but weighs 500 pounds.
She is justly proud of that calf.
The display of Jerseys is quite large and ex-
ceptlonally fine.
o. A. Pray and II. E. Brown, of Minneapolis,
both have large herds of splendid short horns on
exhibition.
Hon. W. W. McNair, of Minneapolis, shows
seventeen head of fine short horns.
A. II. Bulls Of Blue Earth county, has nine
head of his thoroughbred Hereford cattle on ex-
hibition, which attract much attention.
j. j. Hills exhibition of Polled Angus and
short horn cattle and his celebrated Shropshire
sheep, although not entered for competition, ex-
cite much curiosity.
{ The display of sheep is confined to the Shrop-
shire, Cotswold and Merinos, and is fairly credit
able.
The exhibit of swine is confined to the Berk-
shire and Chester Whites, and does not cut much
of figure
There is not a single entry made of anything
in the line of poultry. Feathers are ct dis
count.
The display of fruit and vegetables is fairly
passable, but nothing like what it should be and
not title of what the northwest is capable of
showing.
In the line of farming machinery and nipple
ments there is rather full and interesting ex-
hibit, but very little, if anything, that is new.
All the exhibitors have ample facilities for dis
playing the merits of their different articles and
the machinery grounds the liveiest within
the enclosure if the race track is excepted.
THE MINNEAPOLIS WAGON COMPANY.
Among the numerous exhibits made there is
none that attracts more attention than that of
the Minneapolis Wagon company, of which COM
pany j. o. Therein is president and Robert L.
Perry is secretary. This is one of the largest
and best known manufacturing firms in the
northwest. Their manufacturing shops are
located on Nicollet island, and their warehouse
and Office situated at Nos. 1877 and 1879 First
street south. They manufacture farm wagons,
trucks, road carts, hand-otf wagons and sleighs
Mr. Therein is the patentee of the .sTherien
Axle the only thimble skein grooved iron axle
in existence, which they use exclusively in the
manufacture of their heavy and light farm
wagons. This axle is lighter than wooden
axle, several times stronger, easily outwearing
any axle ever made, and at the same time does
not increase the cost Of the wagon.
AS stated above, the company holds this pat
ent, and they are the only manufacturers OF a
farm wagon that can use it. In addition to the
farm wagon, the company makes a specially of
the lumber haul of wagon, using the concord
axle" They also manufacture wood carts COM
plete, light wagons and trucks for city and
country use, bob sleds, wheel barrows and dump
carts. The company has the latest improved
machinery. and are able to produce first-class
work in large or small quantities at the lowest
possible figures. All they ask is that the public
investigate the character and quality of their
work, fully satisfied that they give entire sat
isfaction, both in the quality and price of their
work.