St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-16
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FAIR.
Entries in Floral Hall and Other
Departments.

Special TO the Globe
ROCHESTER,. Sept. 15.-Several more
entries have been made in floral hall. A.
7. Stebbns It Co. have a very attractive
display Of stoves and ranges. d. S. Grimes,
IF Denver Col, contributes a rare and
beautiful collection of minerals. A. Nelson
las an extraordinarily fine display of car
pets. Madras. curtains, Smyrna rugs. etc..
and has made mis- corner among the most
attractive in the whole building Gimbert
a Whiting have very good display Of
canned goods and groceries. But the most
unusual and finest exhibit is that of Leet IL
knOwtOn in fur goods. carriage robes. fine
coats. etc. hung in an artistic manner which
makes that corner much admired. The dis
play of painted banners. AfghanS. paint
ingS on silk and designs with worsted
work, occupy the west wing and are truly
fine. In the art gallery the exhibit is the
finest ever held in Southern Minnesota.
Paintings in oil, water cOlOrs, etchingS
and ornamental articles in hammered
brass make handsome corner.
The entries in this department continue to
pour in and it will be day or so before a
thorough description can be given. E. o.
Nelson of Minneapolis. has established a
card stand in one corner and has to ply his
pen vigorously to keep up with orders. The
apple and fruit exhibit this year presents
some fine displays. Sidney Corp OF Ham
mOnd. Mimi. entered as an amateur for
the greatest variety, and has some very
fine specimens He has specimens of crab
apples he grew twenty years ago and spec
linens showing the
IMPROVEMENT IN GRATING
in that time. McMahOn White and Au-
tumn Streaked predominant in his exhibit.
William SOmerville, EyOta. has a general
display of winter and summer apples. j.
W. Hart. Dover Center, collection of seed
lings. A. ". Sias entered for greatest va
Tiety. W. o. Crittenden greatest variety
and hybridS. Charles COrnforth has fine
exhibit of grapes, as has also Mr.. Neher-
mire. 0. NJ. Lord, Minnesota City, has an
exhibit of ten varieties of native plumS. of
which the Rollingstone is most prominent.
VIM. McRenry has a general exhibit of
plums. apples and potatoes. Wendell Wire,
of Viola, has an attractive display OF
apples The exhibit of horses this year is
unusually large. All the stalls are filled
and number had to be placed in cattle
stalls The largest exhibit is made by
Leonard Johnson. of Castle Rock. Mimi,
>,
among them a mare with three of her own
colts and a French coach horse. DR.. D..
NJ Berkman has two imported Norman
and one imported Cleveland Bay stallion.
one seven-eig gifts Norman. and three year
Old trOtting lilly. Raesder Bros, Wau-
kegan. ILL.,, have ten head of
CLYDESDALES,
nearly all imported, five head stations, two
1It o~,1
Ferguson q Knapp, city, have two I'M
ported PercherOn stations. one grade Per
cheron stallion. Albert Harrington, city.
imported Norman stallion with three colts
sired bv him. Smith Bros. John r. La
Due Hiram Adams Simonds & ClOugh, A.
T. Stebbins, John Rowley, Graves Bros.
John w. GrOeSbeck. al this city, have fine
strings of trotters and thoroughbreds. W.
i. Mcdonald. Buffalo, n. Y. has Villette;
NJ f. McHenry, Genesseo, H.. has Long
fellow Whip. and X. F. Jones' Harry C,
and Ben Stanley. Detroit, Mich: Johnny
Palmer La Crosse: Ed Howard, of Eau
Claire. Wis. and others, have some fine
trotterS The show of swine is excellent
w. J. Eaton. city, has four pens DurOc
Jerseys. T. y. POrtor, Marion, has six
pens of Berkshires, comprising sixteen
head. c. ID. Smith has nine pens of PO-
land Chinas; Fred c. Smith, town OF Roch-
ester, Poland China SOW and pen of
Essex: John Ferguson. Fremont. Mimi,
Poland ChinaS. There are several more
fine pens of swine. but lack of space for
bids further description. The sheep dis
play is very poor this year. J. c. Eaton
of Rochester has a beautiful flock of Ok
ford Downs and flock of ten CotSwolds
Thomas Porter exhibit of eighteen Merinos
is good; also Col s. Olin'S flock of eleven
MerinOS