Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-09-14
The Fair.

amount of Fair matter that we are having in
our columns about these times. This is the
season for fairs, and now is the harvest time.
1t is true, as often said, that Agriculture and
Manufactures are the creators, as other hui
mSispursuits are the defenders and support
efs, bf national power. Next week, as every
body knoWs, the Cedar Valley Agricultural
Fair is to be held in our midst, the great pur-
pose Of whichis, to make display Of what
has been donc-and so can be done again
in the improvement of the basis of all pros
porous communities. Wehave reason to be-
lieve that no expense, labor and skill have
been spared to give eclat to the coming dem
onstratio1 that material progress is one of
the characteristics, and that the Cedar YAH
10y tSn ado up brown all and Singular,
the appurtcnances and appliances thercunto
l belonging + '3+ .sv' .1i' ~ 02'7 '8.'
Only think Of it, what large amount of
scieaee, industry and thought is wrapped up
in big bulr $ hide or concealed in the tactical
laboratories of those fine cows How much
Study and long experience is displayed in
those fine, horses and mules, and how the
brain has been racked to make a simple
round and round movement perform such a
variety of uses, equal nearly to the action Of
the human organism! True, and why not !?
Our bodies are but divinely constructed ma
chimes the man is within, and sends his
Life fnitely into the wood and iron; they act
not Of themselves, but of the spirit that rules
and regulates Well, suppose everybody
and every-body's relatives will be here, to
see what there is, and we say if any 60 away
without having learned anything, it will be
their own fault 49, .. ~. n p , r.s,.
2. We copy from the September number of
the american Agriculturalist the following
appropriate remarks upon the subject of
Fairs , .s, E.. r., ~, s7& '.,s. ~,
= The fair season has already opened
whom the treasures of the field and orchard,
the garden and dollhouse, the sly and the
stablc, are tempting displayed under the
white tents, and in rough board STALLS The
very name Of fair calls up long loaded tables
ofliscious fruits. purple clusters Of the vine,
downy peaches, plums blushing through the
powdered bloom, heaps of yellow pears and
crimson apples, great rows Of bags, pens of
sleek porkers and patient sheep, stalls of
neghitig isteeds and smooth-ribbed cattle,
and last but not least acres of good-natured
ren, women, and children, mostly hailing
from the farm, and given up to the enjoy
rncnt Of the festal day. We are sorry to
learn that some of the fairs will be altogether
omitted this year, and that in many others
prudence win compel the absence Of all the
bovine tribes. Statelya Durhams, acomely
Deyons, and homely Attorneys viii no more
occupy the stalls. The pulmonary murrain
is a reality in many of our districts, and it is
doubtless the part of wisdom to prevent all
unnecessary hcrding of cattle But without
this special attraction Of our Autumn shows,
they are well worth attending We consider
them worth far more than they cost, as a
holiday for farmers. AS class they are
more oyerworked, and have fewer opportu-
mites for social gatherings and enjoyment
thar other people. The farm, as a rule, is
short handed, having at least three times as
much work in hand as can be done by the
present 'aboring force, and there never seems
to eoale dry Of relaxation. The boysT can
not 90 fishing until planting is over, and
then they must take a rainy afternoon. Then
hoenlg Is pressing, and the moving presses
stu harder, and the scythes are s-harily put
up for the Summer before the fairs are an
nounced. 1t is meet, after the fatigues of
the Summer work are over, that all the sons
and daughters Of the farm should have
grand rally, and look at each others faces,
as well as at the products Of the SOIL Old
ties Of friendship are strengthened, and new
ac4uartances mutually pleasant and profita-
bic are formed. The day is bright spot in
the circle, and q thousand pleasant memories
cluster around it. an ga s8Tgr
But there is direct utility as well as social
enjoyment on these occasions. It IS impossi-
BILE that the Industry Of whole country
shonld be fifty represented at a fair without
furnishing many profitable suggestions to
every intelligent farmer. Our farmers are by
no means SO well stocked with tools and the
best breeds of animals, that there is not room
for some kind of Improvement on almost
every farm. Every one who goes with dis
position TO siearn will find something new,
some invention saving labor, or some sugges-
ton that will make present processes of labor
more productive. The mind will receive a
large accession Of palbulum for future diges-
ton, and the facts OF day viii furnish