The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-10
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| lngs to sleep. In the right hand front
corner Pond Brothers, and Pond Bros.
& Jorgenson had whole ready made
merchant tailoring nick-nack depart
ment established; and the cool, search.
ing breeze prompted many u wistful
look in that direction, especially at the
fur coat display. Fright over against"
in the left corner of the hall Geo. T..
Brett stood surrounded by the most
tasty, tidy turnout of dry goods it iS |
possible to imagine. We could hardly
convince ourselves that we were not
on the corner of Front and jackson
streets. He had neatly arranged sam
Piles of his principle goods; brocaded
silk velvets, brocaded and plain silks,
elegant plaids, fans, laces, plush cloaks,
Russia circulars, and ulstcrs, of which |
he has the finest line i'm the city. His |
display of imported shawls and blank
cts was immense.
Following on We found Odiard & |
knott with an elaborate display of their
furniture, followed by the next best |
thing, u full line of stoves presided
over by Ii. futile. A sight of them
helped to dispel the morning chilliness.
On to the right we ran athWart the art
department, which is contributed to by
different parties. Geo. b. Ovens mu- |
steal department next "hove" in sight,
and the soul-stirring mystery seemed
prevalent all about. G.. Schmidt was
next neighbor, with full line of har-
nesses and saddlery. Then came Isl
dor Longini with his tasty clothing de-
partment, chuck full of everything
dressy and comfortable; presided over
by MIR. l.. himself. G. ID. Taylor had
Il miniature jewelry store in the next
stall and the shining jewels fairly daz-
zled in the sunlight.
Pegs and soles! here is j. q. Greibel's
whole shoemak er shop, with his COM
plete corps of hands making boots and |
shoes of all kinds. lis the busiest cor
ner in the hall and many visitor gets
IN idea for the first time of how the |
feet are clothed. On the opposite side |
the corner room is occupied by John |
Klein, with the most elaborate of par
lor furniture and carpets. We can I'M
aglnc how delicious it would be to test
the easy chairs awhile, but We must
hasten on to see what the Misses Con-
don have iii their department, and
find it to be every way worthy of their
elegant store. Stitch, stitch, stitch,
says o. q. Winters, whom we find
next with full line of the sewing ma
chimes he handles, of which the Singer
seems to take the lead. Prof. Jache
adjoins this department with Il display
of w. w. Kimball's musical instru-
ments. This is neighbored by +. c..
Heinze's bakery department, which
we determined to- espouse,
but A. b. Smith "rings" and
''hellos" so We step over 10 see what
he calls for and find that he wants
to show us his exhibit of electric bells
and other contrivances. The outfit is
useful and instructive but not being i'm
Il philosophical mood we bid him sue
cess and move on, to Mr.. A. M. Smiths
and Williams d Beach's sleigh and car
riage department.. They are nice,
springy and light, but we must wheel
ourself away to SEE l.. l.. Davis stove
department, which we find embraces
all kinds, and does credit to l.. l.. Il. ii.
Williams stall is next in line, and for
beauty of arrangement, eclipses all. 7.
III. and wifeboth brought their skill and
taste to bear on the department which
accounts for its being in order fine
Everything i'll his line of goods is dis
PLAYED, and the variety is great.
This completes the ''cncrcling reef of eX-
hibits and we turn To the center, which is de-
voted to fancy work, fruit, preserves and
dairy products. The large central stand is
In the form of vast ship, the bow and keel
| being devoted to fancy work and the mid
ship part to fruits, preserves and dairy pro-
ducts Around this tlutters a bevy of busy
lades, who do all they can to have this the
most fascinating department, and its beaut-
ful appearance Is proof positive that they do
not work i'm vain
THE STOCK
The nearnesS OF our press hOnr ana crowd
ed condition OF our columns necesSitatcs u
very superficial account of the extensive
showing OF stock. No department has been
ments are heard ON nil hands some estimat-
ing that the display at the state fair wns no
better.
The Good Thunder Stock company have
their beautiful ClyGle stallion on exhihition
and Mr. Jordan of this CITY exhibits his well
known horse of the same blood, 4. Love
and s. Diliy each has an excellent Young
stallion on the grounds. also Warner & Piper
of Garden CITY show up the hest variety Of
stock. cOmprisinu horses. mares. colts. cows
caIvas and hogs. Their cattle are the beauti,
full Polled Angus and elicit n great deoI of
attention from visitors. The owners feel
Justly proud of these fayorites. Their dis
play of horses, mares and colts is worthy of
extended notice, but we are forced to mere
~ touch upon them. These gentlemen have
one pen of yOung hogs on the grounds which
are little beauties fat. plump and healthy
These young men have started i'm a line of
agricultural life which must lead to success,
and they are doing all Blue Earth county a
lasting favor by the means they invest IN
blooded stock. Mr.. Shaubut exhibits a very
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the majority of the horse stalls with their
fine line of imported and grade horses Their
| lot comprise 4 four-ycar-t,ld stations one
two-ycar-old and one three-year-oid; one
three-year-old mare and colt, one 4-ycur-
old mare and colt and one twO-yeor-ol,i geld
ing These are each worthy of spociaI notice
but to speak collectively, they are as fine n
lot of NOrmanS as any state can produce
| Patrick Lyons of jamestown il on the
ground with n Young Norman ST oIIion kim.
William. This horse was the recipient Of a
great amount of comment for he il Inc.
beatty of the field. Messrs. Hanna & LathrOp
of Beauford have their horse (Io,nt IN cr-
hibtion, and II. Cramer Il handsome a-year-
| old gelding. . Larkin of DecOriu has n
Young HOlsteiu bull, and the Rapidan Stock
same blood. A Jersey bull 4 years old owned
| by w. Thomas of Garden City is a noble look
| ing beast. as is the monster 2-year-oId owned
| by Channell & Haywood which weighs l. 40
| lbs. Another home herd of stock which en-
Good Thunder. These are Shorthorns, and
| speak well for Mr. Houk's judgement in So
| lecting stock, Geo. w. Monks has his Q wear
| old Jersey bull Gu hand, and r. III. Brown of
| Minneapolis has a fine Shorthurn juIl here
| Lilly IL Randall have a 2l1-ycar-Old HOlstcIn
| bull, weighing l $50 pounds and r. IiIIy mas
| bull calf OF the same breed which is n ;iant
| Il. N. Bnynton displays his fine drove of
| ShorthOrn calves averaging s or Q months
old, and it fairly makes the old gentleman
| smile to look upon them, and well he may
| for they are little daisies. A. H. Bulls of
| winnebagO City has a nice drove of Here
foris. Il. Lilly is exhibiting drove of hea,I-
tiful Holstein calves. John Page exhibits
one jack, one Norman mare, and Il span of
druuyht horses. +. Zimmerman has his
Drs,I Il mare ana colt there, and NJ. ). Fall n
Wisnn haS th tr,a n nnn Sof t So, .;,