The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-08-24

ufacturers and all others who feel an inter.
est in making this Fair the best we have
ever had, and credit to our State, will
send to Hon. James II. Baker, Secretary of
the Board, at St. Paul, for as many as will
suffice for every town and county in Mime
sofa. Bundles of premium lists will be sent
to publishers of newspapers if they will I'M
dertake to distribute them to their subscri-
bers.
Hon. CAss1us NJ. CLAY, of Kentucky, has
consented to deliver the annual address,
He is known to be first class farmer as
we'll as most eloquent speaker, and we may
expect rich treat in listening to him.
During the evenings of the Fair, it is ex-
pected that the farmers will meet in their
Hall for discussion, and it is hoped they will
come prepared to give accurate information
as to the quantity and quality of the sew
eral kinds of crops raised in their immediate
neighborhoods the present year-informa-
ton in relation to the introduction and sue
cess in raising sheep and stock. their exper>
fence in the cultivation of fruit, and to ex-
change views on the best methods of agri-
culture.
The place selected for the State Fair is
most fortunate. 1t seems almost to have
been designed purposely for it. Roomy
and convenient buildings have been tender
ed to the Society by the generous owners
without charge. The commanding site on
which the Fort stands-at the junction OF
the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers-the
beautiful landscape which it overlooks-the
picturesque valley of the winding Minneso
ia, with its admixture of prairie and wood
ed slopes stretching far to the right, and
the towering bluffs marking the course of
the lordly Mississippi at it rolls its dark
current INCREASINGLY towards the Southern
Gulf, the vast expasse of prairie stretching
far back of the Fort to the wooded shores
of Lake Minnetonka, from whose broad
bosom gleeful Minnehaha gently meanders,
until it suddenly leaps to mipgle with the
food below-with the many associations
attached to the Fort itself-long the out
post of vilization--connected in the minds
of tourists with the Falls of st. Anthony
once the ultima thule of pleasure-seekers
journeying to the north--all combined, rem
der the place selected for the Fair, worthy
of visit, if only for the natural beauty and
romantic interest surrounding it.
The society expect to make arrangements
with the steamboat lines for reduced cost of
passage and freight for those who wish to
attend the Fair or to send articles for exhi>
bition. Due notice of all such arrange
ments will be published.
1t is hoped that newspaper edi' ors, far
mers, mechanics, and the women of Mime
sofa will all and each do everything in their
power to render the fair attractive. Let
every department of industry be represen-
ted. Let the finest animals in each neigh
borhood, samples of superior grain and
vegetables, butter and cheese, needle work,
domestic manufacture, however humble)
specimens of useful machinery and mechan>
ical skill, flowers and pictures, enough to
ill every department, be sent to the exhi-
bition. But above all let the people be
there, for there we can all stand upon one
common platform--the material deveope-
ment of the State. The bountiful harvests
will all have been gathered. Then let the
whole people assemble with evidences of
their labor, genius, and skill. Let it be a
holiday for the people, and time of thanks
giving for the bountiful gifts a kind
Providence has bestowed upon US during
the year past.