Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-08-31

Something About the Fair.
The first Of September is here, the time
when in seasons ofplenty, the trees are bend
irg bsnath the weight Of luscious fruits, and
the granaries Of the husbandman are filed
with the rich products Of his labor.
u AUTUMN.
In the eountry Obi it is a season that
makes glad the heart Of mantle season
when the scorching rays Of the summer sun
are superseded by the cool, quiet, dreamy
days of Autumn-whe the woods are dress
ed in purple and gold, and the purling streams
and singing birds echo and re-echo the music
Of the soul.
Cold, indeed, must be the heart that does
not thrill With raptlrous feelings of praise
Ind sdoration to the great Oliver, who has
adapted all things and Ill seasons to our hap
piness and improvement.
Autumn is the time, Of the Annual festivals
Of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts.
FOURTH ANNUAL FAIR OF THE CEDAR VALLEY
~ KF AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. IN
CHS great Harvest home gathering Of our
young and noble Valley has become matter
Of history permanent institution. The
coming Fair will, no doubt, prove to be the
best Fair ever held in Northern Iowa. 1t
will be proud display, not only of the pro-
dues Of our beautiful Valley, but also Of the
Producers,-th industrious and independent
Farmers, and the intelligent and skflfuf Me-
chanics, with their wives and their sons and
daughters; such display as can only be
made in our free and enlightened country.
No person who is believer in Progress
and Improvement" which is the motto of the
age, can afford to stay away from this Annu-
Il festival ~
All the world Is moving forward,
sFE Progress swells on every gale, tN
=. Own We no such word . I" FALL"
IT'S an age Of wondrous beauty,
Deserts blossom Is the rose; ~
And the heavenly stream Of duty;
-F "A, In Times ocean brightly fowe
- All the world Is moving forward, 50
Progress sweeps every gale,
E.s Mind Is proudly rushing onward, p!
%" There Is no such word as fall. '~
FIX roR THE FAIR.
Having secured the advantages which are
10 arise from the permanent location of the !
Cedar Valley Fair, we hope there will be
universal feeling of emulation among otrpro-
ducers, merchants, and manufacturers, to give
as much eclat to it as possible, by making it
the Fair of the season. Now will not every
man, woman and child, in Cedar Falls and
vicinity prepare something for the fair. So
then let us have horses, cattle, pigs, sheep,
and poultry, the fruit, flowers, vegetables,
farm implemen&s, domestic manufactures, the
bed quilts, the shells, the worsted work, the
pictures, and in fact everything we manufac-
tire be on exhibition. Let it be an era long
TO be remembered, an unmistakablc evidence
that thsre is waking up among the masses.
If we would keep pace with our Sister States
in agricultural and mechanical improvements
we should support it.
SKIES BRIGHT. |
We have from all quarters the cheering
news Of good attendance to this home festi-
val of labor Then remember that the fair of
1860 will be rouse1.
ARRANGEMENTS.
The Stock Company are progressing finely
with their improvements; asubstantial fence
8 feet high is being put up around the entire
ground. A very imposing gateway and two
offices are now being built on Sixth Street
opposite Franklin Street. Cattle and horse
stalls, hog and sheep pens, will be put ups
Two. large tents, 60xso, have been ordered
from the East and will be here in time. One |
viii be used for a Floral Hall, the other for
Mechanical and Manufactured articles. An
other large Hall viii be erected for discretion
ary articles. A Judges, Stand win be con-
structed, two stories high, the lower story for
the Judges, and the upper for the Band. A
track one-third of a mile around and two rods
in width win be made. Carriage ways will
be laid out, and bordered with good fender
rails, as line of demarkation between horse
foot and Dragons"
as - AN ADDRESS
win Be delivered by Dr.. GEoRnE SPRAouE on
the last day At one o'clock P. n.
ADMlrTANcE.