The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-09-26
PUTS GARDEN CITY
RIGHT ON THE MAP
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Garden City is ON the map, put
there by the fair which was held
there yesterday and today under the
auspices of the Blue Earth County
Agricultural society, an institution
that has been in existence fifty-two
years and has held it's show annually
almost without interruption during
that time. The fair this year is
up to the usual standard of excel
lence. The exhibits are many, and
they represent everything from the
smallest potato in the vegetable dis
play to the largest stallion in the
horse stalls. Floral hall is thing
OF beauty. Here can be found a
large assortment of everything that
pleaSes the eye. Fancy work, paint
ings and all the pretty things that
please the eye and are especially
attractive to the ladies-old and
young. Mrs. Matte Dane of Man
hato has a very nice exhibit of paint
Mrs. lorlns's curio Corner.
Mrs. E. s. Loring, aged seventy
five, long resident of Garden City,
conducts her curio corner in floral
hall, and this spot is center of
attraction. Mrs Loring certainly is
genius. She is an artist, both in
the design of the many articles
which she has on display, and the
color schemes with which they are
adorned. This year Mrs. Loring has
a large number of new designs
original conceptions which would
add greatly to the beauty of any
home.
In floral hall is the fruit exhibit.
There are all told more than 400
entries of all kinds of fruits all from
the orchards of Blue Earth county.
The display Of vegetables is credit
able and is an exhibition of the fer
tility of the soil in this county The
display includes everything that the
soil can produce in the shape of
vegetables. The corn exhibit is par
excellence and demonstrates fully
that Blue Earth county is right in
the corn belt The corn show in
itself is creditable to the fair.
Livestock and Cattle.
The Garden City fair, always was
noted for its remarkable display of
livestock-cattle, sheep, hogs and
horses. This year the exhibit may
be said to be larger than ever. The
stalls and pens are crowded to ca
pacity and large number of horses
are arranged outside the enclosures
Among the exhibitors of cattle,
horses, sheep and hogs are: c. H.
Randall, Franc Thurston, f. A. Win
gen. F. NJ. Washburn, August Wendt-
landt, Tom Norman, L. Fl. Moses, l..
F. Maker T, II. Mertesdorf, Jacob
Nelson, B. L. Petrah, Frank Rich
ardson, George Richardson, NJ. F.
Crane, William Eberhart, John Duff
field, Charles Evans, Richard Eber.
hart, William Franklin, o. F.. Golden
star, F. S. Hemingway, G. E. Austin,
Ed Burke, P. A. Buss, " A. Buckles,
W. j. Bryson, S. w. Buckles, Earl
Bowen, C. E. Conklin.
The hog exhibit is not as large as
usual owing to the hog cholera.
The Dining Hall.
One of the points of interest on
the grounds is the dining hall which
is maintained under the excellent
supervision of the Ladies' Industrial
society of the Christian church, Gar
den City. This society was organ
ICED in 1890, with Mrs. Susan Rich.
ardson as president; Mrs. T. F.
Mills, treasurer, and Mrs. e. w
Gates, secretary. For twenty years
the ladies have served meals on the
fair grounds, and their chicken pie
dinners have become famous through
out the length and breadth of Blue
Earth county In the twenty years
they have served meals on the
grounds it is estimated that they
have fed something like $4,000 PEG
pie. The average income per fair
is estimated at about s275. About
108 chickens are consumed on
Chicken pie day" The present off
GERS of the society are: President
Mrs. E. w. Gates; secretary, Mrs
John Osgood; treasurer, Mrs. Nettie
Mills. Many of the, original mem
bers of the society are living in and
near Garden City and they assist in
serving meals at each recurring
fair. A number of ladies who are
not members of the society LEND
their assistance on these occasions
More than 400 people were served