The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-10-23
THE SIOUX CITY CORN pAIAcE.

Your special correspondent took
in the Corn Palace at Sioux Cit,
on Monday. The readers of the
STAR have read much of the Corn
Palace for it has been extensiyel,
advertised, but no word painting
can convey anything like a perfect
or an adequate idea of its magnih.
cence and grandeur, and here the
writer shall fail, for the thing itself
impoverishes the capacity of a
newspaper article.
The structure is much larger this
year than any previous. 1t spans
a street, and the street cars and
carriages go through the very cen.
tire OF the building. The immense
auditorium occupies the eastern
end of the building. Here a stage
has been erected sufficiently large
to conveniently seat seventy five
or more persons. In front Of the
stage are several hundred chairs
to be occupied by visitors, during
the band concerts that are given
daily from the stage. This audi.
forum extends to the roof of the
palace. Extending all around the
auditorium on two floors are the
exhibits. The decorations, all of
corn or small grain or grasses, are
beautiful indeed-at a little dis
tance-for like an oil painting, one
must not get too close to see all
the beauties. The sunlight is kept
out and the interior is lighted by
electricity. A number of South
Dakota counties have exhibits
here. The Black Hills exhibit is
one of the finest in the building. 1t
attracts a large crowd continually,
and Mr.. Sidey and also an en-
ploye, are kept busy imparting in
formation of the various ores, rock
fossils, etc, that make up the ex-
hibit. To give a detailed descrip-
ton of the palace is impossible
and l will only mention a few
things that particularly interested
me. Dell Rapids, S. d., has a
complete house built of her jasper.
1t is perfect in architectural de-
sign and finish. 1t sits back from
a green lawn and is indeed a
model. 1t contains 745 pieces of
stone.
The old Kentucky home-a true
representation of an humble log
cottage with alight burning within.
The entrance is reached by passing
through a trellised walk overgrown
with a trailing vine, In front sits
a darby playing the banjo and con-
tentedly smoking a cob pipe. A
little farther to the front is a foun-
tain, where the many sight seers
Stake their thirst.
The various county exhibits are
such as would be seen at a county
fair, and include, from all the
counties of southeastern Dakota,
fair specimens of apples. Tennes-
see and Louisiana each have space
and that space is we'll filled with
the products of those states.
Three bands are in attendance.
The Mexican National Band is a
great attraction. 1t consists of
fifty pieces. The Louisiana
Jubilee Singers give afternoon and
evening concerts in the west wing
of the palace. The daily parades
are very attractive. The parade
on Monday was abandoned be-
cause of the rain, which began fall
ing about nine o'clock, and almost
without cessation until late at
night. Nevertheless a large crowd
visited the palace which had on a
roof that kept out the water except
in a few places.
Tuesday was Norwegian's day
and the sturdy children of the
rugged land of the midnight sun,
gathered in Sioux City by the
thousands. One day was given to
the Norwegians and another to
the Swedes and there is a good
natured strife to see who will make
the best display. The Norwegians
have not spared time, talent, nor
money to make their display a
grand showing.
The parade was headed by a
platoon of mounted police on white
horses. The first float was a ship
of the old Vikings. 1t was sixty
feet long, handsomely mounted,
and with a full crew of thirty five
men. 1t was as nearly as possible
a perfect reproduction of one of
the cruisers of the carly Norwe-
gians who carried to England the
maratime spirit that has made it
the greatest commercial nation of
the world, and who first discovered
the new world.
A company of uniformed horse
back riders followed this float, and
then came another float represent
ing Lief Erickson's landing in
America in the year 1901. These
early Norwegians found it a beau
tiful country, which they named
Vineland, because of the luxuriant
grapes they saw. A map of Vine
land was the central feature of the
aext float.