The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-09-04

tensIve display of goods from ms drus
house, including II cabinet of toilet sets
of the most skillful style and finish, to
gether with numerous other small arti
cles. Also Il cabinet of the finer surgical
instruments and appliances. He has be
sides these Il table laden with minerals
fine sponges and a MYRIAD of other arti
cles peculiar To his trade. The whole
makes.a an elaborate showing.
o. SCHMIDT
occupies space with aH interesting col
| lection of harnesses, robes, carriage
| afghans, blankets, harness trimmings
saddlery, etc., etc, of course arranged
in the most becoming manner.
CLAYTON 4 ANDREWS
make splendid showing of their musi.
cal Instruments and musical merChan-
| disc. We observed one upright piano
and n Story x Clarke organ. Also Il
large upright case of smaller Instruments
sheet music, etc.
! CONWAY Il DEARBORN,
| hold the fort next 10 the above, with Il
lastly arranged display of boots, shoes,
and other articles incident Ia their line
of business.
! GEO. Is. OWEN
occupies double space, one part devoted
to the White sewing machine, and the
other To his line of musical instruments.
He has one each of the Packard. Mason
q Hamln. and Esty organs. and Num-
Der of his machines. He exhibits. a
great deal of the fancy work done upon
the White machines
JOHN KLEIN
has very elaborate collection of ear
pets, plush trimmed furniture, and Il
folding spring bed. This is an extreme
" rich looking display, and attracts Il
great deal of attention.
THE GARMENT CUTTER
is represented and elicits much atten-
ton.
T.. q. COLLINS y CO.
are on hand with Il. large collection of
books, newspapers and periodicals. all
arranged in the height of tasty arrange
ment, and il makes Il most delightful
showing.
THE PALACE RESTAURANT
makes Il highly commendable showing
of cakes, cookies, pies and Innumcrable
other delicacics, along with samples of
their various kinds of bread. licinZe X
Go. have done themselves proud in this.
MRS. J. l.. CHRISTENSEN
has her collection of shells, ferns, grass
es, geological selections and other natur-
al rurioslties of the Pacific coast gather
ed during her visit Ia California last win
ter. These are Il very interesting cab
met.
THE FREE PRESS HEADQUARTERS
occupies one of the booths and has been
honorcd with scores of calls from our
friends for all of which we feel duly
grateful. Over two thousand copies of
our Fair edition and supplement are
being distributed gratuitously together
with several hundred copies of the
weekly Pioneer Press.
MAX KRoLiK
has display of his boots and shoes and
gents furnishing goods, which ~ the
embodiment of tasty arrangement. lie
certainly exhausted his well known fac
ulty for unique arrangement in making
this showing.
T. II. WILLIAMS
exhibits well assorted collection of ar
lists materials, house decorating goods,
paints, etc. He has his booth complete
ly covered with his most beautiful wall
paper, which lends splcndOr To the
scene.
THE MANKATO MATTRESS CO.
are represented with sample of all
their manufactures, including all kinds
of bed springs and the several makes of
mattresses.
MRS. l.. &. SCHROEDER,
agent for the Domestic sewing machine
in this city, occupies space in the hall
ri Ia har pnaahinal and hos IN Ilr,,. COL.
lection of embroidering and etching,
which was done on the Domestic. One
sample of this deserves mention. 1t is
II large hollyhock, Worked in cresinc and
tensil. IL is worked on Il velvet back
ground and is in a frame 3x54 feet in cX-
tent
REFRESHMENTS.
The inner man is not neglected, for
there are abundant means for his
nourishment there.
The ladies of the w. &. L. 4. have a
stand in front of floral hall, where coffee,
lemonade, ice cream, sandwiches, etc,
are dealt out to the hungry and thirsty,
while further up the ladies of the NJ. T..
church provide II more substantial bill Of
fare in their spacious boarding tent, and
hundreds are supplied with dinner each
day. ID. Herbert is on the ground also
with menu abundant and various, and all
of these are doing rushing business
w. III. Anderson provides the boys with
fresh roasted peanuts, which he pre-
pares on the grounds.
FARM PRODUCTS.
The display of field and garden pro-
duets is not large, but it is good
so far as il goes. The largest collection
came from the hospital farm al st. Pc
ter, and aside from tins the exhibit is
very limited. II should not be So IN a
county prolific Of mammoth vegetables
and good cereals. A goodly display Of
fowls rs on hand, but We did not learn
lactssutlicicnt To warrant MS in particu.
larlzing.