New Ulm weekly review., 1889-09-18

/ grounds yesterday. From any point Of van
tage, looking over the grounds, everywhere
could be seen the blue uniforms aud gay
| badges of those who had in the past, or were
| ready in the future to obey the narion's call
to arms The grounds wore a holiday as
pect. The national banner, with It's beauti-
ful coloring and with its forty-two silver
stars set in All azure background, was every
where visible, flying in the cool autumn
breeze. Bands OF music were playing mar
tlal music, and everywhere could be heard
the rat-tat-tat of the drum and the ffes
shrlll scream. There were pretty daughters
or veterans in blue, wearing the coquettiHh
military cap. Battle-scarred veterans were
there with their wives and families They
We're the honored guests Of the day. When
the militia, the national guard, marched
| upon the grounds, headed by the detachment
of the older men bearing the two-score bullet
and ase-worn relics which are all that remain
! OF TIE silken banners, the work of loved
and loving hanGs u generation ago. under
which they had marched and charged. their
enthusiasm aad emotion was intense They
| crowded about the marching troops and let
imagination carry them back quarter of a
| century when they had marched forth to
| battle It was wlrhal pleasing and touch-
| ing sight
The feature of the day was the appearance
OF the three regiments OF infantry Of the
state militia and the battalion of mounted
troops in separate and combined field evolu-
| tlons In all about twelve hundred men
We're present in the four organizations,
thoroughly uniformed anG equipped
and in a high state OF drill
| and military discipline 1t was the oppor-
| tunty OF lifetime for the national guard of
the state. The people learned, perhaps for
| the first time, The proficiency of their mi
! l1tia, which demonstrated to a large extent
the probability of their efficiency in time of
| local or national disturbances. The boys ac-
| quilted themselves nobly.
1t is estimated that there were fully fifty
thousand people on the grounds yesterday
The capacity OF the big grand stand was
fully tested and the hall to the east of the
sands OF others were wandering about the
grounds. Military day was all in all com
plete success.
In the fruit department. the display is now
very complete, and is one of the most at
tractive of the many features in che agri-
cultural hall. Prominena among apple
growers is William Sommerville of Olmsted
county, who shows seventy three varieties
OF apples, embracing ffty-three of the larger
varieties, with twenty kinds OF hybrlds and
crabs. The principal varieties are Duchess
OF Oldenburg, Autumn Streaked, Mcmahon,
White, Red Black, Charley Moth, red and
yellow Anis and the we'll known Wealthy.
There are included in the display TWENTY
seven new Russian varieties. which have
been shown to be the hardest apples for
this country. Another exhibitor is A. W.
Latham OF Excelsior MI. Latham shows
over forty varieties OF grapes, the Concord
grape being the principal one. Other vari-
etes are the Golden Packlngton, Moore's
Early Lady, Rodgers, Worden and that old
standby, the Delaware, SO commonly grown
all over the Northwest Mr.. Latham's ex-
hibi1 has been arranged So that it presents
very pleasing plcture-the light and dark col
| ors being regularly placed. One Of the heavy
exhibitors Of small fruit is F. G Gould Of
Excelsior, we'll known as the grower OF the
grapes which received the first premium at
| the New Orleans exposition in competition
| with the grape growing states Of California
and Ohio
In addition there are numerous displays OF
plums, cherries and hybrid apples. One
noticeable fruit exhibited was q seeding
plum grown by G. W. H Heideman at New
Ulm. The Jewell Nursery Company OF Lake
CITY shows q large number of new seeding
apples, many OF the varieties having been
originated by them J. s. Harris also shows
a large and varied assortment of apples and
hybrids. On Monday there seemed no pros
pec5 that there would be any display of
fruits, as the space allotted for il was almost
entirely unoccupied Yesterday the room
was Insufficient for the amount Of fruit
! brought, or for a very snowy placing of the
same. There are now on exhibit over l5O
varieties OF apples, and many specimens of
| the same variety. Near the fruit exhibi6 is
shown the floral display, verdant bank of
beauty, attracting more attention and ad-
| miration from the lady visitors than any
| other feature. There are also some beauti-
| tul floral designs done in cut flowers Some
designs arranged to advertise city Arm
were beautiful in artistic excellence A new
| shipment of fruit was received in the North
| ern Pacific pavilion yesterday from Walla
| Walla, WASH; also case of wool samples,
enclosed in case made from the various
woods grown in Oregon and Washington.
| AS to Crops
| WASHINGTON, Sept 1O.-The September
crop report of the department. of agriculture
makes the general average of corn 9l, q re-
duction OF nearly points: OF winter wheat,
when harvested, 49, 4, from 92 on July /; CT
| spring wheat 80. 8, an increase from 81 2 in
Aus ust. This makes the general average of
! all wheat S7.6. The general condition of
oats is 80, instead of 923 last month; of