The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-10-06

farmer is not disturbed by financial
! revolution if he but attends to his legiti-
mate business and does not become n
specializing farmer. A crisis ike that OF
1857, may ovcrtake the country; he W.T.,
nesses no sleepless nights or anxious days.
for he has an abundant ballast for such
an emergency in his vessel which sefely
outrides any financial storm. Not 50
with the speculator. He could make his
thousands upon thousands. of dollars at
fictitious valuations on wild lands and viii
lage lots. BY marking up bis lands one
thousand dollars each morning, he figures
himself up to be q naaar OF consequence,
imagining himself a safe and judicious
Spectator. But cloud in the financial
horizon appears in the east, which con-
tinuos to spread until it overshadows the
entire civilized world And when the
! cloud bursts, as soon it must, tie anchor
of many speculative vessel gives way,
and they are driven at random by tho
storms Of adversely, until they go down
in the general crash. @ aa s.
The producing class can look on and
sympathize with the unfortunate adven-
tuwer, with the assurance that they arc
entirely secure, so long as they attend to
o.
their legitimate business, and adopt tho
true policy, to sell more than they bury.
The financial rcvoIutien that is distracting
this nation will have Beneficial effect
upon this section of our country Ii will
teach us that the true source of wealth. is
in the cultivation of the soil, ard many
will be induced to turn their attention TO
agriculture who heretofore devoted their
energies to speculation. If one-fourth of
the lands in tho counties Of Pierce and
St. Croix had this year been under cult
walton with the high prices TINT grain
now brings, those counties would to-day
be so rich that the cry Of hard times
would be novelty in our midst. But
few years, at the longest, and this section
of Wisconsin must attract attenti on
When the fact becomes generally known,
that the great Land Grant Railroad is
under contract to be built, and its CON-
pletion in few years is fixed fact,
whereby the waters of Lake Superior arc
to be connected by railroad with the Mis-
sissippi, thereby opening the eastern mar
kets for our surplus products by way Of
the lakes, bringing ms rs near the city of
New York as is the city of Chicago.
When the people in the eastern States
TN lerstand and appreciate the many adj
vantages we possess, when they become
conversant with the quality of the soil, -.
when. they discover tho beauties of our
country in its native state, as they cast
the eye over our magnificent prairies COW
cred with the rich carpeting of nature,
studded with innumerable varieties Of
flowers, tinged with vermllion hues by
the great Architect of the Universe Il
say when all the advantages this country
possesses shall become known to those
DESTROYS of finding permanent home in
the west, then will this portion of tle
Great West become speedily settled, and
our prairies and openings become vocal
with the soprano Of civilization.
Although the main object Of this soci-
ETY. is the encouragement of improves
ment III agriculture, still it holds ont in-
ducements for competition in other arts.
And it may not be inappropriate On the
present occasion to refer to some of them.
Among the many specimens of female
art aud ingenuity on exhibition here. I
notice number Of elegant paintings and
/ drawings, and also great variety Of en-
broidery and needle work, which from
the elegance of finish, to execute would be
an honor to ladies iii any country. The
lady that has acquired the art of painting
skillfully, possesses an accomplishment
taat she has reason to be proud Of
Among the Italians the art of painting
has nearly reached perfection. In the
sixth century there were many paintings
in Italy 50 skillfully executed that by
many they were considered as not the
work of mortals, but were attributed to
angels OF blessed spirits. Ono Of this
class was representation of the Saviour,
kept SO sacred that It was with great diff
ficulty that niortals could gain access to it.
70 develop christian style Of painting
was no easy task for the artist. The
representation of the human figure used
by the ancient Grecian artists would recall
the odious features of Paganism. This
then, mast be given up. Finally, in their
representation of Jesus and his apostles,
they adopted the features Of the jews.
Tn the figure, they initiated the external
appearance of some bishop. The hands
were often lifted ASSN blessing, or ole
/ hand was laid upon the breast, and in tn 9
! t,e nner were the founders of the christian
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