The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-09-19
A N ~ u AL T A [ r
OF THE
Pierce Go. Agricultural Society.

In ancient times. the sacred plough employ d
The kings, and awful fathers of mankind
And some, with whom compared your insect
tribes
Are but the beings of a summers day,
Have held the scale of empire, ruled the storm
OF mighty war, then, with unweary'd hand,
Disdaining little delicacies, seized
The plough, and greatly independent lived.
Thomson's Seasons.
The Second Annual Fair of the Pierce
Co. Agricultural Society, was held al
Prescott on Wednesday and Thursday OF
last week. The city of Prescott had
made generous provisions for the Fair
and the grounds themselves were admira-
bly, adapted to the purpose. The build
ings for the reception of articles were
convenient and substantial, and all the
arrangements had been well Completed
A track for showing horses, was pre-
pared within the enclosure, while with
out was larger one, on which fast nags
could display their speed, and their dri-
vers, display their skill. The first day
was fine, and large number of entries
were made. On the morning of the sec
ond day, the people from the comfy be-
gan to pour in, and it was evident that n
general feeling of interest had been awak-
ened. They came in double wagon loads
in single wagon loads,-on horseback
and OH foot. Some of those honest old
farm wagons brought in famous loads,
and with their contents formed not the
least interesting part of the show
There would be the proprietor of the
load, rugged with health and hronzed BY
toll; his wife, good woman, but looking
somewhat worn by housewifely, and ma
ternal cares; the girl in the glory Of her
best bonnet, her biggest hoops, and her
gayest dress-a little more than q child,
and a little less than woman, little
bashful and little vain, deriving equal
enjoyment from the pleasure Of seeing
and the pleasure Of being seen; the boy
of ten or twelve summers, ruddy. clean,
clear-oyea and eager; and lastly,th ba-
by, rather pulpy just now, but giving
promise Of something more substantial
hereafter. Then there is slowed away
in the capacious box Of the wagon q bag
of wheat, fit to make loaf for q king,
or cake for bride; potatoes, great
lusty fellows, who cannot lie together
without crowding, and other grains and
vegetables, with perhaps s. huge water
melon, a green looking customer, but
red as cipret within; or q muskmelon
whose rich oder prompts the immediate
enquiry-"What'll you take for that. =
Then the horseman comes dashing in
with free and easy style, and a jaunty
manner, and y knowing look, MS if he
knew, rs he does, that he is the fellow
to raise an excitement. Then there is
the fellow who talks loud and necessarily
swears considerably, smokes immoderate-
", and is vulgar and familiar. There
are gentlemen and ladies' too, who come
to observe and learn, and boys and girls
who como for the sake of coming togoth-
er and host of others, Of differing ma
lures, looks and manners, who come be-
cause it is FAIR Day.
The Fair, taken as whole, was a
complete success,--going beyond the ex-
pectation of the most hopeful. There
was large show of field grains, of q
quality not easily surpassed, while the
display of vegetables was matter of sur
prise and pride to every one present.
1t was without exception, the best col
lection VIC ever saw, and such seemed
to be the universal feeling. Some gen
tlemen present, who had just come from
New York, assured us that tho Empire
State could produce nothing like what
they there saw.
GRAIN.
There was large amount of wheat, O
different varieties, on exhibition, all O
which, with few exceptions, was of supe
rior quality. D. B. Bailey showed some
fine Rio Grande wheat, also some low
land Scotch: Levi Bailey showed some
good lowland Scotch; G. M. Stafford haC
some Red Winter wheat; Ellsworth
Childs, showed a fLe article of Rie
Grande, plump and perfectly clean; L. L
Lewis had some excellent White White
wheat; H. Huddleston some Blue join
Winter wheat, good article, but litti
grown; P. d. Pierce and NJ. A. Dreibel
bis each showed some Rio Grande, of goo,
quality, but not clean; Geo. A. Dill ha,
a good article Of Winter Wheat; Mrs
Chas. r. Tyler, some California an,