The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-09-06

Bros, to the boy showing the largest
pumpkin.-Clifford Barnes, Mankato.
Five pounds of Tycoon tea or its value
| in other goods offered by Carl Dice, for
| display Of corn-David Quinn.
Five dollars in goods offered by Will
liams Il Randall, for the best brood mare
with colt by her side-W. IL. Sharp,
Belgrade.
Five dollar Misses saddle offered by
w. b. Walker & Son, to be competed
for display of horsemanship on track by
farmers daugthers--Miss Mabel Peart,
Belgrade.
$iO offered by r. d. Hubbard,-$5 for
the best loaf of bread from Superlative;
So for the second best loaf of bread from
Superlative So for the third best loaf OF
bread from Superlative,- Katie Car
ter; I'd, Mrs. N, p. Nelson, 3rd, Della
Owen, al. of Mankato.
Stallion bride for the best draught
stallion of any breed owned in county,
by G. Schmidt & Son,-R. l.. Houk,
Good Thunder.
Stallion bride for the best 2-year-old
stallion colt owned In county, by John
Krost-John Barnard.
| Handsome baby carriage offered by
the Model Clothing House to the pref
tiest baby.-Mrs. Lomberg, Mankato.
1 NOTES.
An attempt was made to get three old
bachelors to act as judges for the baby
show, but none would serve. 1t would
have been necessary to have taken them
by force.
M. j. Cuddy, of South Bend, exhibits
along with his poultry two cages contain
Ing rabbits, one pair of large ones, and
one single small one.
G.. L. Hoods two-year old colt "Jack"
is fine animal and his praise is IN ev-
eryone's mouth. He has the making of
very valuable racer and his owner is
Justly proud of him. N. p. Lees Sena-
tor l." is just such another horse.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Lockerby has an exhibit
of fruit canned cold or without cooking,
by a process known to few besides her
self. The fruit keeps perfectly and does
not change in the least in appearance.
A running race of one-half mile heat
was had yesterday afternoon between
VIM. Dennison's "Dexter" and Andrew
V. Burke's Cyclone" The former
comes from AmbOy, and the latter from
near st. Peter. Cyclone was declared
the winner, but there was some dispute
about it, and another similar race was
run this morning for purse of s.. Cy-
clone bolted the track, and Dexter was
given the race. Both are good runners.
Space forbade full mention of the
vegetable exhibits yesterday, and many
fine displays were omitted. This de-
partment is very fully represented, and
among those not yet mentioned, the ex-
hibits of the following persons are very
fine: IL. w. Mendenhall, Mrs. l.. Damn,
Rapidan; Mason Hynson, III. Tuttle, ID.
G. Evans, +. Madison, South Bend; j.
Koppen, Belgrade; w. L. Wilson, l..
Wilson, F. Barnard, Mrs. n. P. Nelson,
J. Knoll, G. f. Thayer, j. Barnard, Mrs.
L. Wilson, A. B. Sweet, L. Lorentz, B.
T. Roy and Kolbert & Wheeler. The
latter have % entries, and Mr.. Koppen
has Is entries. Every kind of vegetable
that Minnesota soil produces, and that
means about all in America, are repre-
sented here by the best of the variety.
Among the exhibits in Floral hall is
pretty crocheted rug, six feet square, by
Mrs. John Williams.
The gate receipts Yesterday were $712.-
81, 1t is estimated that the attendance
was from 1900 to $500. In case there
is a fair crowd to-day, the association
will come out even in its finances. The
liquor selling privilege brought $l25, but
it is thought that the fact that liquor was
sold on the grounds reduced the gate
receipts much more than that amount.
Mr.. G. l.. McFadden shows pieced
quilt of 5000 pieces made by his grand
mother who is SO years Of age.
Prof. Forde shows off Geo. B. OWENS
Estey pianos and organs. Three of his
pupils, the Anderson children, enter
tanned the crowd with trios Yesterday.