Morris tribune., 1888-09-26
FAIR NOTES.


| and attracted it's share of attention.
IBy far the sweetest" exhibit in
| the lot was that of F. A. Hancock,
consisting of case of honey weigh
| ing seven pounds. This display was
the product ofhis hive of bees. who
were just twelve days in making it.
AS the ladies say, sit was just too
>sweet for anything"
The display of bread, butter, cakes,
preserves, &C., was, very fine and
made We editors mouth water, but the
judges failed to ask. him to sample
the same, so we cannot express as de-
cided an opinion as to their merits as
we should have liked to. We hope
they will take this hint and do better
next time.
{ III passing around the hall our at
itention was attracted by four crayon
Fsketcles, the work Of Miss Gusta
Husevold, Of Cyrus. The execution
was very sfine and showed a large
amount Of genius and hard work up
on the part of the young lady. Miss
Husevold Is now in attendance upon
the art academy In Minneapolis, and
If these specimes are any criterion,
she has bright future before her.
The TRIBUNE wishes her all manner
of success in her chosen path.
The largest and most varied display
of vegetables we noticed was that of
%. B. Smith. 1t consisted of potatoes,
isquashes, corn, parsnips, beets melons,
pumpkins, &c, and would be a credit
10 any county. Such squashes and
potatoes we have not seen for years,
why, one of his squashes weighed SO
pounds, and six of them together
weighed 376 pounds, and his potatoes
were in proportion to them. Mr..
Smith deserves credit for the size and
variety of his exhibit.
r Talk about not being able to raise
corn in Stevens county! Why If the
croakers who say so had been at the
fair and once set their eyes on the
exhibit of Geo, 8. Hathaway they
would be forever silenced. Mr.. Hath
away had some as fine flint and dent
corn on exhibition as il has ever been
our pleasure to see, even in corn rails
ing Illinois. Nor was this all. He
had some excellent specimens of cab
bages, beets, carrots and potatoes.
There was also quite curiosity in
his exhibit in the shape of bunch of
Afloan millet. Taken all together it
was very fne display.
There was large number Of other
fine exhibits of vegetables, including
tomatoes, celery, &c, besides those
mentioned above, but we were unable
to learn the names of the owners.
One the pl easant diversionsat the
close of the fair Saturday was a
couple of horse races, which were
witnessed by a large crowd. The
first was between "Black Diamond"
and colt owned by John Barrett of.
the town of Stevens, and was won
by the colt by two lengths. The colt
Is only two years old and Is q very
fine one, aud Mr.. Barrett is justly
proud of him. The other race was pe-
litween horses owned by Eugene At
wood and NJ. Iago, and was won by
Igao's horse.
We were pleased to meet Mr.. H.
D. Tenny at the fair. He formerly
resided at Concord, N. FL. where we
learned our trade. OF course we had
an agreeable chat WITH Comrade
Tenny about old times Away down
East
There was an occasional politician
at the fair. Among others we noticed
A. s. Crossfield, candidate for repre-
sedtative for this district; but at the
time we saw him he was trying with
all the persuasive eloquence he could
collect together to convince granger
that he was the exclusive proprietor
ola little the finest Polled Argus
heifer to be found within the bounda-
ries of the great state of Minnesota.
Sheriff Munro was completely used
up In performing the laborious duties
Of awarding premiums.
David Rose, of Donnelly, good
speciman of Scotch Highlander,
was one Of the men whose acquain-
tance we formed at the fair. David
was very proud as the owner OF a
yearling bull of '.Old Scotia's'' favor
tie breed, Polled Argus. And well he
might be, for a finer specimen Of that
noted breed was rarely ever seen.
Chris Gaarder complained that
certain parties entered colts for pre-
MUM 40 four months old, when in
| fact, he said, they were six months old
and he could prove it.
i Fletcher T. Smith, Of Herman, was
at the fair. He said he had nothing
on exhibition, butiF there had been a
/ premium off red for the finest speci-
men Of baby he could have taken
first prize On that little girl that ar.
rived at his home ON the 18th OF last
August.
! Esquire Gillespie made himselfuse'