The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-09-27
SUCCESS!
Annual Fair of the
3 Redwood Co. AgriCu1tur-
al Society.
Nearly One thousand Entries on
Exhibition and Compel.
ing for Prizes.
The Track Record Lowered to q
25-1-2 Amid Great En-
thuSiaSm.

Ihe twenty-first annual fair OF the
Redwood County Agricultural society
is at an end and has gone into history
as the most successful fair ever held
in the history of Redwood county.
The attendance was larger, the ex-
hibits we're more numerous and bet
ter, and the crowd was as we'll pleased
as any crowd ever has been. The
premiums were such as to bring out
competition, but neither President
Tyson or Secretary Dornberg ever
anticipated such a swarm of entrees,
and the two officers were kept busy
working all of Wednesday and Thurs
day nights in order to keep up with
the procession. In agricultural hall,
huge pumpkins, squash, beets, long
ears aof yellow and white dent corn,
-watermelons, wheat, oats, flax and all
other kinds of cereals were on exhibi-
ton, and it proved that notwithstand-
ing the dry weather Redwood county
has more then held her own in the
fine quality of products. In floral
hall, the ladies found many things to
pmuse their sensitiye and delicate
tastes, and the large number of
articles in competition made it diff
cult for the committee to make awards.
The stock pens, barns, etc., were all
filled with handsome, sleek animals,
and blue and red tags, emblems of
awards we're floating everywhere.
Murry Warner had fine herd of
pigs there, ank other exhibitors shar-
ed honors with him.
The financial end OF the fair has
been sustained by the public in way
that pleases the managers. Indeed
it has knocked out of sight the dis
count predicted by many on account
of the dry season. The gross receipts
are reported at upwards of $500, which
will insure the payment of all premi-
ums in full, as usual, and leave neat
little sum for further improvement OF
the society's grounds.
There is something of the beautiful
in the Waterman group on exhibition
in floral hall of the agricultural build
ings at the county fair last week. A
collection of eight or ten magnificent
paintings from nature, rejecting the
art and talent of Miss Waterman
composed the group. Each was per-
feet. The painting of cherries was
exquisite. The Redwood bridge was
realistic. The various fruit limitations
SO perfect that the reflection caused
by the blending of the light and shade
was strikingly visible on the table
on which the fruit lay while the artist
was at work. The kittens we're so nat
ural as to almost give them life, while
the painting of The Redwood Ga
zette,' on which is resting peaches,
pears, and the white and black grapes,
was marvelously done. In this diff
fcult work Miss Waterman has accu-
rately portrayed the heading of this
paper, the headlines, "Now for the
Boom" over the gold mine article of
few weeks ago, Burmeister's adv. and
that of the Royal. Each and every
letter and fold is perfect to the orig
inal, and the smaller type is brought
out so that in some instances it can be
read. Miss Waterman has won laurels
before, but this effort quite exceeds all
previous efforts.
Mrs. w. P. Dunnington also ex-
hibited a painting of pansies resting
on the front page of this paper. Her