St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-03

AT one O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
fist annual exhibition of the Ramsey county
German agricultural and horticultural soci-
ETY. was opened in Market hall, and will be
kept open all the week till Saturday night
next, so that all who desire to do so can have
an opportunity to see what the society is
capable of producing.
APPEARANCE OF THE HALL.
Market hall has never been so well and so
thoroughly decorated as 1t is now, and what
is better than all the rest, the decorations
mean something. This ornamentation
does not consist of streamers, flags and
gew-gaws, looking pretty enough
to the eye, but signifying nothing to the
mind. On the contrary, the adornments of
the hall on the present occasion point to, and
indicate something useful as well as orna-
mental. They signify what the patient la
Dor of the Germans when directed by culti-
waited intellect can do. These articles that
are to be on exhibition will necessarily form
part of the decorations. From chandelier
to chandelier, and from each chandelier to
the sides and corners of the hall are sus-
pended festoons of oak leaves, arbor vitae
and evergreens, which give a very graceful
appearance to the hall. The stage will he de-
voted to the musicians and the speakers,
though upon the platform will be exhibited
some articles, such as flowers, and
various emblems worked in grain,
such as rakes, sickles, the old fash
Toned harrow and the old pillow. In front
of the stage and just below the footlights, on
a broad groundwork of green, representing
grass are the words Agricultural and Horti-
cultural society. The word agricultural"
is lettered in wheat, oats and barley, the
word 'and'' in corn, and the word ''Horti-
culturar' in flowers. The idea is exceed
ingly appropriate, and attracts the attention
at once. In front and on the side of
the stage are two large beds of flowers
and cclored leaves, while directly in front of
the stage and between the two beds of flow
ers is charming fountain, surrounded
by heavy dark green plants, of water varie
ties. These big-leaved plants give the foun-
tain very natural appearance, and add to
it a very cooling and refreshing tone. In
the rear of The fountain and on either side
of the middle of the hall are two tables COW
cred with a large varirty of hot house plants,
!
and sides of the table, and as the center is
reached there is gradual ascent, forming a
very pretty pyramid. Between these two
tables is another which is covered with cut
| flowers set in wet moss, in different forms,
such as small hills, valleys, and steep noun
tain sides. On these three tables in the
center of the hall, extending from side TO
side are masses of blooming geraniums and
carnations, arranged as above described,
which give very bright, fresh and beauti-
full appearance to the hall. On the two long
sides of the hall commencing at the end
where the stage is, and running down to
ward the other end of the hall is sight for
| the eye that is in search of the practical and
useful. Here is a wilderness of cabbages,
corn, beats, turnips, radishes, celery,
potatoes, pumpkins, squashes, onions,
cucumbers, parsnips, and all other products
of like nature that are usually seen at such
fairs. Further along toward the lower end
of the hall are tables of fruit, with many
varieties of grapes, apples, pickles, honey.
plums, ETC., ETC., and every where all around
| the hall are to be seen the results of the work
of the husbaudman, and the fruits of the
soil as produced by honest labor directed by
! intelligence. The decorating committee
consists of E. F. Lemke, Ernes Venzke,
Alex Kunze, Peter Bohland, August Richter,
/ Nick Poden.
This society has been organized and incor-
porated for nine or ten years, but this is the
first exhibition of the kind they have ever
made, and the readers of the GLOBE are all
assured that 1t is well worth their while to go
| to Market hall and see what world of useful
and beautiful things these patient and indus
trious Germans have brought forth.