The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-09-22
FAIR CLOSES.
Street Fair is Now a Matter of
History.
The Citizens Carriage Parade Friday
Night ...Fair Came Out Ahead
Financially.

| The second annual harvest festival
and street fair came to close Friday
night. The fair was success fnan'
cially, as the association will be able to
meet all of its debts The exact ex.
penses have not yet been ascertained,
but the directors will meet within
few days and balance the books.
The premiums are being given out as
fast as called for and it is the desire
that everyone having premium COM
ing call promptly at the secretary's Of
fee and get an order.
The closing event of the fair was the
citizens carriage parade. 1t was some
thing new for Mankato, but large
number joined the parade, and many of
the carriages were tastefully decorated
and presented very attractive appear
ance. The parade was late in starting,
but the thousands of people who lined
both sides of Front street waited pa
tiently. Coils. johnson and Mead led
the column and two bands furnished
music. II. P. Jensen had a populous
float, carrying all of the young ladies
who have served at the Methodist hotel
during the week.
The two most beautifully decorated
carriages in line were those driven by
Fred Manderfeld and L. P. Hunt The
former trap was trimmed to represent
red roses, the decorations being designed
and superintended by Miss Ida Mander.
field The decorations on MIR. Hunts
surry were of light and dark pink roses.
and were designed by Mrs. Hunt, as
sisted by the Misses Liedloff and Fire
stone There were several other pretty
decorated rigs, but the labor and taste
displayed on these two vehicles men
toned deserve special reference.
| There was an amusing takeof on
Sunday closing, representing scene of
conviviality on one of the wooded side
hills of the city, with group gathered
around keg of beer.
The fair association cut off expenses
the last day by dropping the repetition
of the burlesque parade and two bal
loon ascensions. The officers of the as
ISOLATION estimate that the the trouble
in regard to the gamblers and fakirs re-
duced the receipts from this source by
$3.50 1t was necessary to prune down
the expenses in order to come out even.
The ball game Friday afternoon
was a good one Fairmont won the
game by score of eight to four.
The streets we're crowded Friday
afternoon in spite of the unfavorable
weather during the forenoon.
| That the attendance was not large
was due to combination of circum-
stances A great many came to see
Buffalo Bill who did not feel like COM
ing again so soon. The state fair and
county fair coming just before the
street fair cut off good many people.
Then, again, many farmers were busy
with their blowing, corn cutting and
threshing, The -four throwing episode
of last year probably had it's effect. A
three days fair in October would prob
ably have drawn larger crowd than
came to the city this week.
The work of removing the exhibits
was well along Saturday forenoon.
| Complaint has been made by a board
or at the Harper house that two over
coats belonging to him were stolen from
his room Friday. He thinks that
certain of the gamblers took them when
they departed.
The schifferslechen on the Minnesota
river Thursday afternoon was witnessed
by large crowd of people. Two con-
tests were had. The pony race on
Front street was won by Toodles Root.
SUNDAYS EXCURSION