The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-27


farm in the North West. Soon more be
gan to try farming, and as there was a
home market for all that was raised, 1t
proved very profitable business. In
1913 the first farm was opened in the
present st. Croix CO.
The speaker closed by proposing the
following sentiment to the Lumbermen
of the St. Croix Valley:
eMay their shadows never be less"
may they always be enabled to chop Log
ic with any; to goad Vice; to hand spike
Error; to cant-dog Hypocrisy; to boat
Superstition down the river, and file the
rough edges from all would be Western
men.
6. The natal soil of the members of
this Society May its sun shine as
brightly, its fires burn as cheerfully, and
its fruits ripen as beautifully as IN our
favored West.
Response by DR.. OrIs HorT.
The DR.. kindly wished the odd Places
might preserve all the charms for others,
they had in earlier days for us. He SAID
he would admit the ''sun might Sumo as
brightly, and the fire burn as cheertully,"
in our former homes, rs here. But the
fruits would never ripen as bountifully.-
| Us loved tho land he had left, but loved
his Western home far better. While he
should ever remember and love those left
behind, he wished they might be induced
to turn their faces towards the "Sunset
Land"
I. The Farmers of the st. Croix Val
ley.
Response by c. B. Cox.
Mr.. Cox sail he could checrfully re-
spond to the sentiment just given. The
Farmers are the true heroes. No class
of men ever performed moro truly noble
| deeds than have the Farmers of tho st.
Croix Valley. While other heroes toll
for future honors, the Farmer seeks no
such reward. He works from morn till
night and only asks that tho wants OF his
family may be supplied. But he finds,
in thus doing his duty, a richer reward
by seeing the country developed and
its institutions prospcring by the labor Of
his hands. No tokens Of fame can add
| to the greatness and worth of those who
thus rule the world, by faithfully perform
inc their humble duty.
8. The Farmers of this society.
Response by DR.. O1Is HoYr.
The DR.. spoke at considerable length
of the great fertility of the country, and
Of the rapidity with which it has dovcl-
oped He gave some statistics Of the
grain raised few years ago, and at pre-
sent, and closed by hoping that our
Farmers might show to the world that
the North West is unsurpassed for the
fertility of its soil, and the enterprise of
its cultivators.
8. The Pioneer Merchants Of the St.
Croix Valley.
Response by Col. J. HUcHEs.
The Col. said he felt altogether OF of
place in responding t, a sentiment to the
merchants, but as he had been requested
to do so. he would comply He said he
once heard of miller who was riding
along the road, and meeting a small lad
thought he woald have little sport at
tho boys expense. Tho miller stopped,
and as the boy come up addressed him
with, "Boy, l want You should tell me
al you know, and all that you don't
know The lad hesitated a moment,
and then frankly replied. Il know mil
ors always have fat hogs, but l don't
know whose grain they fat them with"
(Just here the speaker said he wished
Mr.. Cox would stop shaking his fist Mt
| him) So | know that the Pioneer
Merchants have plenty of money, but |
don't know how they get it. The Col
refFered to the difficulty with which the
merchants in the early settlement of the
country obtained their goods, and Of the
huge freightage they were compelled to
pay. lie closed by comparing the mer
camille interests of the past with the pre-
sent, and showing the great increase in
the sale of goods in this section of the
country.
10. The Pioneer Press.
Response by Col. ]. HUHGEs.
The COL SAID he was the first man
who ever published a paper in the North
West. He came to St. Paul and started
a paper when it was but very small vii
lage. From there he cmo to Hudson
and issued the first Daner above La