The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-19
Minnesota State Fair.
st, Paul Blazes With Rows and
Arches Of Many COlOred
Lights.

Grand Military Display on the Fair
Grounds by Soldiers, Old and
Young.
scene from fairy land could not be much
more brilliant than that to be seen on Third
street in 81. Paul At each side OF the
! thoroughfare were lines Of colored lights ar
ranged I'm graceful curves or angles At IN
tervals branches Of many hued lights were
placed, while at the intersection of the cross
streets beautiful arches studded with thA
colored lamps spanned the street or branch
ing from the four corners united at the
center of the spaces to uphold their load
of fiery gems At Bridge square was
perfect bower OF blazing color.
These lines of cleaning lamps. reflected in
the plate glass fronts Of darkened stores,
made vista after vista Of Oriental beauty.
finally fading away In maze OF maly col.
ors The lateral streets looked modestly
pretty with their sprays of colored lamps as
they lighted the pedestrians TO the gorgeous
blaze of Third street, where the mind wns
obliged to search literature sucn as the
Arabian Nights to find q parallel for COM
parison. The ceremonies Of the Yelled
Prophets or the Mardi Gras of the South fur
nish nothing like it.
Add to this the strains OF band music clear
and distinct In the evening air, and it is no
wonder that the streets were almost blocked
with people who were eager to revel In the
scene. Vehicles were forbidden the thor
oughfare that is crowded with them
through all the daylight hourR Clean as
| jk has ak~n ifoo1f haann1A
grand promenade, along which two great
streams of pleasure seekers passed in oppo-
site directions, while the sidewalks were
crowded with spectators. From Sibley
to Wabasha, back and forth the crowd
saunuered, listening to the notes of light and
voIuptuous music while the stars seemed
to blink more rapidly as If in sympathy with
the payety OF the scene As the hours
quickly fed the promenaders disappeared,
the crowd seemed to melt away almost as
suddenly as it gathered, and the picture OF
light and motion, such a one as is well worth
a long ride to witness, vanished, leaving
only the ieweled streeU silent and beautiful.
| M onday.
It may readily be sald that more animals
have come in during the past two days than
| In all the other days since the barns were
opened for their reception. Especially ls
this true in the swine pens, enough entries
having been made to more than NIL the pens
provided. New sheds were built yesterday
morning for the swine unproVided with
quarters at the regular pens. La the STOCK
anu uoIse departments the same Is true, but
in lesser degree, The latest arrival was the
Cosgrove Live stock company's exhibit,
which found place in the barns Horse
men who had horses on ex-
hibition Yesterday for the first time are: n.
P. Clarke, Hugh Paul, l. G. Hogson and
Field Bros AJ the head of CIarke's stable is
Chastler, an imported Clydesdale, haIt
brother of the famous McGregor, the most
celebrated of the Clydes The owner OF this
famous horse, Montgomery Of Scotland. 10
now in America, and will be visitor on the
grounds to-day Next to Chastler is new
importation, senator, prize winner
at the Windsor Royal show last year in Eng
land. In the stalls alougslde are many colts
descended from McGregor. In the same
barn are the Cleveland bays and English
Shires of Field Bros of Cedar Falls, Iowa
At the head of this stable Is Tom Second.
Shire stallion winning the silver medal at the
information &t horse show In brussels last
wear. competing against all ages and breeds
The Fields also show Lord Chancellor,
Cleveland bay of fine pedigree and pr1ze
winner. In his class is shown the young
mare Debutante, q winner OF prizes at other
fairs This stable carried away twenty-one
premiums at the Des Moines contest U.
HIgson shows French draft horses bred In
this state. Mr.. Higson's original purchases
were mares from W Mich his present exhibit
are descended He mas O number Of natives
which will compare with any l ports for
no,nts Hugh Paul of Heron Lake has on
exhlbi ion number Of SSire horses. the head
of his stable being Bonnie Lad, hait-brother
I~.l~ o. Gal
TO Darwin the renowned, belonging 20 daI-
brai,h Bros Others of tine same stable are
Sir George, SuouU Heart, Scarcilhe DICK,
Scarcliffe Duke and Cicero, the latter the
full brother of the prize winner at the Lon
DON England, horse show this year. In the
cattle barns the recent arrivals are Leslie d
Burwell. W. Fl. Jacobs of Wisconsin and
others, Mr.. Jacobs shows Orpheus, Canada
bred Shorthorn two years old, OF the Daisy
family, famous In Shorthorn anna.s
Welcome Chief, another bull shown In this
herd, is OF the Welcome family. In this nerd
are four vearling heifers, prize winners nc
the Des Moines fair. This herd also took
first sweepstakes aG Des Moines over any
size or breed. N. P. Clarke Is an exhibitor OF
cattle as we'll as horses exhibiting four
seur-od bull. Oscar. at the head OF his herd
Oscar is Booth & Bates animal, bred in On
!, tario Following him is Monarch, Orutck-
shank Scotch-bred bull from the Undine fam
ily. Mr. Clarke also shows six COWS as beef
producers. One bull and four COWS Will 90
entered as herd. In the sheep pens the
display is now complete, nearly an entire
train load having arrived on Sunday from
Des MoineR George Harding OF Wisconsin
! shows twenty head of Cotswolds, @. p. Hill
of the same state has SouthdOwns on exhibi-
tion, while George MoKerrow from Wiscon,
sin shows thirteen South Downs, four Oxford
Downs and six Shropshire Downs, making
thirty-four head in all In McKerrows ex-
hibt la one of the heaviest sheep known, be-
ing q ram weighing over 500 pounds I. n.
Porter also shows sheep In the swine de-
partments the display has more particularly
increased, Mr.. Porter shows fine lot OF
Berkshires Mr.. Alex Arnold also has on ex-
hibit a good display of the hlue-black Berk-
shires p D. Rockway Ia an exhibitor or the
, same breed. A number OF the new breed
: Victorias are also found among the SWINE
! at the grounds Chester Whites have also
been brought upon the grounds, but not
having pens ready for their reception
were still In the crates In which they were
shipped. In the Poland China class, G. W.
9 Plank shows twenty-six beauties O. ID.
{ smith also shows an equal number Of the
same breed In this class, @. 4 Hancock also
= has shown twenty-five hogs. The heaviest
. hog shown In this class is boar weighing
over seven hundred pounds
: At the racing stables there are more entries
D than there are accommodations More than
: one hundred horses have been entered for the
I running races alone, and with the large mum.
9 ber Of trotting entries, crowd the capacity
g OF the stables to their utmost The poultry
: departments are the musical places now, a
I least o carload OF cackling. honking, growing
Z uuacking specimens Of the feathered Great
!: ures having been unloaded and given plac'
o In the sheds devoted to the fowlg TouloI
geese, China Whites, Great Bronze and Snow
White turkeys, Games, Light Brahmas, Leg
horns, Langshans, Shanghais, Silver Polisl
and everv other variety and kind known y
r fowl fanciers Of the state In all the part
Of the stock exhibit horses, cattle, sheep
. swine, chickens, geese and ducks, the displa.
: In full, complete and overrunnlng.
q Tuesday.