St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-06
exhibitors HUSTLE!
The Laggard Will Be Left in
Fitting Space at the
State Fair.
Everything Drawing to a
Focus for the Opening
on Monday.
Lady Riders Hardening Their
Muscles by Frequent
Brushes.
News and Comment Picked
Up From the Prepara-
tory Scenes.

0SO@AOSs
Another fine day closed last night
upon long forward reach in the State
Fair preparations. Work was being
done all day in every department., and
Secretary w. NJ. Liggett had the salts
faction of seeing good days labor
done at night. In the main building
some work was done on exhibits, but
quite number of firms have not
touched their spaces and will be be-
hind hand if they do not COM
mence to hustle early this morn
Ing. Superintendent d. III. Moon
becomes as wroth with the laggards as
his jolly nature will permit. He argues
justly that the slow coaches are dealing
unfairly with the loyal exhibitors VINO
are putting in their best endeavors to
have the main building in good order
for opening on Monday morning. With
the case fairly presented it is probable
that the remaining exhibitors will ''get
hustle on themselves" and have work
on their exhibits commence energetic
ally to-day.
The board of managers met at the fair
grounds yesterday afternoon In eXecu-
tive session. There were present Presi-
dent f. c. Pillsbury, First Vice Presi-
dent d. Ii. Moon, Secretary w. N. Lig-
Northfield; Col. Clarke Chambers, of
Owatonna; John F. Norrish, of Hast
ingS; John Cooper. of st. Cloud. and j.
j. Alexander, of Mortified. After at
tending to routine business for couple
OF hours the whole party. together with
several newspaper men who came
at Mr.. Pillsbury's invitation, adj
journed to the club house, and
from IFS pleasant verandas watched
Villa Poole and Jennie K. Rush take d
practice dash around the race track.
The ladies are riding every day in train
ing for the great ten mile race next
Wednesday. This race is being talked
about all over the state and seems bound
to be the great drawing card Of the fair.
There is now prospect that the winner
will be challenged for another race for
a later date during the fair. After
cracking jokes and telling horse stories
Oh the yerandas the gentlemen adj
journed to the dining room where Mf.
Pillsbury presided in genial manner
over fine collation. served in the excel
lent style for which the house is already
noted. =
The main building presented lively
appearance yesterday. The ladies' de-
partment is being fitted up; the work of
the art division was commenced. and
the following firms commenced work ON
their exhibits: Goodyear Rubber COM
pany, Pillsbury-W ashburn Milling COM
pany. Nathan Ford, Nutting's candy
counter, j. l.. Hudson. August Open
beimer & Co., w. j. Dyer & Bro,
North Star WOODEN mill. Horton Por-
trait company, Plymouth clothing
house, st. Paul stained glass, Indexes
Warner & Schumacher, Kingsland
Smith & Co.. Creelman, Mccormick u
Co., Mannheimer Bros. P. G. Justus,
Field Manufacturing company, Smith
d Farwell, DR.. Hurd, Pioneer Press,
Finch, Van Slyck d Co., Shliek d Co.,
Anheuser-Busch Brewing company,
Mast. Buford q Burwell Co., Horne d
DAM Co.
H. E. Rice is making very artistic
arrangement of the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing company's exhibit. 1t is a
pyramid about fifteen feet high, which
will be covered with samples of the
goods of the concern.
The big refrigerator in dairy hall was
loaded with ice yesterday morning. 1t
took four large loads to fill the ice
chamber.
The engine which will furnish the
power for dairy hall and the machinery
building arrived at the grounds yester-
day, and will be placed in position to-
day. A solid brick foundation is being
built for it to stand upon. A supply of
coal was hauled in for the furnace,
which will be fired up in day or SO.
Nearly every building devoted to ag-
ricultural implements had more or less
machinery under cover yesterday. This
includes Self-binderS, reapers, mowers,
hay rakeS, harrOws. corn drills, ploWS,
as we'll as wagons, buggies and car
riages. Some OF the buildings belonging
TO particular firms are being handsome
ly decorated.
Wind mills in the vicinity of the ma
chlnery department make very good
display.
A portion of the union depot car
sheds ~ being fenced off for the
handling of the Groves during fair
week. The sale of season tickets and
box seats for fair week commenced yes
terGay morning at the Newmarket the
alter i'll st. Paul, and the Grand opera
house in Minneapolis. The boxes sell
for $40 for the season. or $3.50 for sim
gle day. They contain five chairs each
The sale commences well, and there is
prospect of a good demand for the
boxes.
The members of the board of manag-
ers who attended yesterdays meeting
reported great deal of interest in the
State Fair throughout the country dis
tricts, and say there will be a large at
tendance of farmers and residents of
towns and villages from all over the
state.
The official bulletins of the fair COM
menced to come off the press yesterday
afternoon, and will be distributed
fhrOnUhnnf tho q 70 nd two nit
Ing the next fair week. The bulletin is
large quarto book containing adver-
tisements of many of the leading bust
ness concerns of St. Paul and the state.
The programme appears In the center
OF each page. and gives the events OF
the fair as far as possible at the time
the book was made up. The whole is a
handsome specimen Of the printers art.
BLOWERS AND EEACrr