The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-06

An Flace Until NightfaII tbn
Sishtseers Found Plenty tn In
terest Them Aside From tho r.
citing Cycling Exents ON +,,o ca.
Fair Track.
Ihere may be bigger shows and hot
tSr SHOWS, but they are not held here
"pouts' ana the Minnesota state fair
WHICH opened yesterday, proves attrac,
'ioH enough for the people of the state
'hls IalI. The opening was most on
Splclous, and the management argree
from the attendance yesterday that
'"e exhibition will be a financial suc-
cess The gate keepers reported loe+
hlght that about S,4O0 people naeeed
the gates. This included all claseoa op
people, and the official returns of Maid
admissions have not vet been com
pied That the attendance was Iarga
comparatively, is shown in the fact
that on the first day Of the exposi-
tlon last year, the attendance was onIv
o'fzo' While the year before it was I O0O
below that figure. The inference ia
that the fair will break some records
this year.
Inc general aspect of the grounds is
ABOUT as usual. The grass is not az
green as 1t has been in other wears
Inc pressure of feet encased in gov
ernment shoes did much more effective
Worh than the lawn mower could. and
tnefe is very little grass anywhere
ne buildings have been brushed up
10 considerable extent, and from the
top or most Of them the Stars and
Strupes are flying. Signs Of every pos
slple description, from the modest one
| settlng forth the merits of the dog
power churn to the bold depletion of
Wlid and savage beasts being nut
through their PAGES by young and
lovely women, line the avenues, and
down the old midway there Is the usual
list Of booths, where the gentleman
who has an entry to tender for the
Whiskers exhibit may have his picture
took" or feed himself lemonade Of
the color of the liquid in which the
bacteriologist keeps his yellow fever
bacilli. There Is nothing lacking in
| the attractions that are by tradition
held to be dear to the bucolic heart.
and the person from the rural parts.
who Is going in for dissipation of the
lnnocuous sort, can get just what he
|
the privilege of betting on a lock game.
This latter industry Is not likely to
thrive, for there are a dozen eagle
eyed detectives on the grounds, be-
sides a large detail of policemen in
uniform, under the direction Of Ser
geant Ryan. The policemen and de-
tectives were thick enough In the crowd
to absolutely prevent any work from
! hAinpr hxyO
very few of the better known crooked
ones on the grounds. In fact, up to
last night the massive stone guard
house had only been used for the in
generation OF a dozen youngsters
whose desire to see the fair overcame
their sense of right They got over
the fence and were captured by one
OF the state fair police. Four Of them
made a break for liberty, and got out
of the air hole up near the roof OF the
! Jail. One Of the escaped ones was cap
| tured, but he was turned loose with
the rest of them last night.
SCENE WAS BRILLIANT.
! The scenes on the grounds yester-
| day afternoon were brilliant enough
to interest any one. The immensity
of the grounds makes it quite possible
to lose a few thousand people Inside
the gates without any trouble, and
there was no indication of crowding
in spite Of the 5000 people who were
moving about. The visitors were al
together from the cities Very few
country people were n-comparatively.
! There had been a notable increase
in the railroad travel, but there was
nothing like the showing from the
| country that will be made along to-
ward the middle of the week The
holiday keepers from st. Paul and
Minneapolis turned out with their fam
/ lilies to see the big show on labor's
! holiday. They saw it all. There was
naturally some disappointment; there
| always is, for it is not possible 10
teach the exhibitors that their exhibits
must be in place when the gates are
opened All day long the work of the
decorators was going on in the main
building; the agricultural building was
even worse off than the main build
ing, for most Of the county managers
only arrived on the grounds with their
stock late Sunday or early yesterday,
and it will take most of today to put
the exhibits in shape. horticultural
hall was approaching completion in its
exhibits last night. 1t will show the
handsomest interior on the grounds
today, and the fruit exhibits are very
large. Even the live stock buildings
were not filed yesterday and will not
be before noon today. The practice OF
deferring the commencement Of judg-
ing the exhibits may be responsible for
the dilatory tactics of the exhibitors,
but 1t Is a fact that they do not send
in their stock until the last possible
moment. All Of the exhibits will be In
place today, however.
In spite of the delay of the exhibitors
there was more to be seen yesterday
than one person could possibly expect
to look at in one day. Most of the Vls-
itors seemed to appreciate this, and the
greater number of them rushed
through the exhibition buildings ysster-
day and made their way at once over
to the track to see the bicycle races.
There was an entire absence OF the
man from the country who comes TO
see the show, who pays his money at
the gate and who begins sightseeing
hour-as he really is In experience.
Your country visitor goes at it syste-
matically and takes his pleasure Sc
dately and slowly, as though dlgesting
all he saw. He makes the main build
ing first, the horticultural hall, then