St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-15
ST. PAUL'S DAY.
It was the Greatest and Best Day Of the
Fair and Glorious
Success.
The Fair Grounds Dedicated to the Inter
ests of Minnesota With Imposing
Ceremonies.
Vast Throngs From Both Cities and the
State Flood the Inclosure All
Day.
Lacrosse ames and Drills by Compa-
ny ID and the United states Bat
terry Lend Interest
IN Extraordinary Day of Racing--
Favorftcs Win in Most EVENTS
Exciting Contests.
The Tyvo-Twenty Race Unfinished
Who Were There--Some Great
Races To-Day.
Lacrosse James and Drills by Compa-
ny ID and the United states Bat
terry Lend Interest.
IN Extraordinary Day of RACING
Favorites Win in Most EVENTS
Exciting Contests.
The Two-Twenty Race Unfinished
Who Were There--Some Great
Races To-Day.
The ST. Paul Day.

IN giving St. Paul good fair day. At mid
night the heavens were overcast with clouds
and it was feared that that they might
break into showers in the morning, but the
morning sun blaZed out from an almost
cloudlesS sky. it was typical Minnesota
autumn day, cool, breezy, clear and brac-
ing. with an atmosphere that eXhilarated
like champagne.
Early in the morning trains began to
come into St. Paul and Minneapolis
crowded Extras were run on most of the
roads and several OF them found their IA
cilitieS for moving passengers severely
taxed. The earliest trains 10 the fair
grounds were we'll loaded Three or four
were kept moving from each city all day.
The Manitoba road exercised all possible
celebrity i'll accommodating the crowds. AT
the fair grounds depot engines were kept
waiting fOr each train when it came. The
grounds are so big that it was several hours
before they appeared at all crowded, but
as the heavily-loaded trains kept
coming at intervals of eight or ten minutes,
the different avenues of the fair grounds
began to be black with people and before
noon fully II, 900 had passed through the
gates. All the departments Of the eX-
hibitiOn were crowded full of people and
it soon began to require good generaIship
10 UlLkC NluICh ijtoSd4t IliIOuSl Illc ClOh uS
from one part OF the grounds TO another.
The double band arrived before 10 o'clock
and at about II the lacrosse club came out.
They went Immediately to the secretarys
building where they dOnned their uniforms,
OF which very attractive feature is pair
of bare legs. They were Immediately es-
cOrted to the interior OF the race course,
where the game began Immediately. Com
pany ID arrived at about 1880 and was met
by the band. They paraded up and down
the main avenue, i'll front of the GLOBE
Office, attracting the applause Of the multi
tude by the absolute precision of their evO-
lutiOnS. Meanwhile to the south of the
main building the artillery
FROM FORT SMELLING
lad pitched their camp and was preparing
Tor its maneuyers, 50 that the crowd was
divided into three parts, either of which
would make a respectable crowd at an Ordi
nary fair, and the crowds kept coming. It
was but a few minutes after II o'clock when
the train came that brought the governor
and the officials that were participants in
the dedicatory exercises. They formed in
double line at the depot, Gov. Hubbard and
Mayors Rice and Piisbury leading, and the
officials of st. Paul and Ramsey county fol-
lowing, the company being led by the band
and Company ID. They went to the plat
form that had been erected at the south end
of the main building, where the SolemnitieS
were perpetrated iii due form, as recorded
elsewhere.
The speech-makng was short, the dis
tnguiShed gentlemen who took part in the
dedicatOry exercises evidently recognizing
the fact that there were other events that
would hold the attention of the crowd more
closely. But the speeches We're aDprOpri-
ate, and no hint was heard, either from the
county that gave the grounds, the board of
agriculture that received them or the gen.
eral populace that had fun on them, that
they were not of ample length. No sooner
We're the dedicatory exercises over than
there was Il general scattering 10 witness the
exhibition drill of Company ID, in front of
the amphitheater. Two little buildings had
been erected just about at the center Of
the amphitheater, in the rear, where
the tickets to the amphitheater were sold,
and there was lively work for the men in
side for an hour, while the StairWayS lead
ing to the seats were packed. The drill
was one Of Company DIS hest and the ap-
plause that followed some of the move
mentS could be heard above all the thou
sand and one huchSterS and bands and gen
eral hubbub, clear down on the railroad
tracks.
1ilE 1IblhA
from the grounds to the amphitheater did
not seem TO lessen the crowd that kept coll
Stantly moving about the grounds and
through the buildings. 1t was surging,
conStantly-moving crowd that never rested,
but kept constantly on the grand round in
search of something new and entertaining
Here and there groups halted for a moment
to compare notes and map out a new pro-
gram that should include some Spe-
cial exhibit which had not been
duly inspected on the first haSty
round, or at which a particularly choice
article of picture card was being dipayed,
with the desire to procure one extra for
Susie or Jennie who couldn't come to-day.
but who must be remembered by the more
fOrtunateS. Others, including pairs and
trioS OF youth from the country, who had
become somewhat confused from too fire.
Quent potations at the refreShment booths,
stood and argued hOtly as to the merits of
the various trotters and the good looks of
the city fellerS passing in review before
them. These latter occasionally sought the
privacy and comfort to be found only on the
spacious piazZaS of the GLOBE Office, where
they discussed the scenes and incidents of
the day. The youth of the city OCCASION
ally sought the friendly support of some
lunch counter there 10 .deplOre their pie
beian surroundings and the tameness of the
attractions. The colored citizens were out
in force, and enjoyed the day with zeal
as keen as that of the white folks. Pater
and mater familaS with long line of de-
scendantS were there, constantly solicitous
as to the whereabouts ''of them children, -
who, banded together hand in hand, per-
sisted i'll roaming away to the uttermoSt
parts of the grounds in the wild endeayor to
Ferret out something not yet seen. And
then there were the people that came III
their carriages, lOunging lazily on uphois-
tered cushions and gazing superciliously
upon tired and thirsty pedestrians struggling
through the crowds, batfied and annoyed by
the muscular winds and binding dust.
The young man and his best girl was
there, both from the city and the country.
and he was there i'll vast numbers and in
finite variety. Sometimes he strobe far in
advance OF the comely maiden. who fol-
lowed meekly and apparently satisfied. while
sometimes with locked arms and love-lit
eyes they simply existed, deliciously obliv-
ious of their surroundings and only cogni-
zant of the halcyon and vociferous time thew
were having themselves.
THE FAKIR AND HUCKsTER
were diligent and annoying as usual, fore
ing their works upon the unsophisticated
and doing thriving trade generally. Oc-
casionally. as a wild burst of applause
welled up and down from the amphithea-
ter, the knowing swain impaired to his
hIiSSfullv IGNORANT sweat heart that fhara