The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-10-04
9gtulturd.
York County Cattle show and Fair.

The annual Show and Fair Of the York
County Agricultural Society. comes Oa next
week, continuing for three days. Our paper
has IN another place the rules and regulations
adopted BY the Committees, to which We
refer the farmers and Others who propose TO
exhibit articles and compete for the premiums
offered. We trust that the exhibition will
DO q creiitable one, and that il will bring
together large number Of the substantial
citizens Of the county to participate in its
pleasures.
As our engagements preclude us from pre-
pairing suitable article suited to the occa-
sion, We transfer the following from the n.
Y. Tribune which, notwithstanding the null
tiplicity Of other matters ofa more exciting
character still finds room in Its columns to
talk Of The Cattle Show. Itsays;-
1--WE consider it cheering omen OF tho
future that the Agricultural Fairs-''Cattlo
Show" is the older but less comprehensive
name-haye not been suspended wholly by
the vicissitudes Of the times. II is a relief
to observe In the newspapers, side by side
with stories Of carnage and contest, reports
Of thee amicable rivalries. in which this
honest farmer pit his fat pigs against the
swine Of his neighbor, and that substantial
ycoman carries away from twenty competitors
the laurels Of the plowins. match. We are
sure that these Innocent festivities have
moral effect quite independent of their prac-
tical usefulness and that they win serve AN
excellent purpose by relaxing the tension Of
the rural mind, which. throughout the past
Summer, he's been kept 50 painially on the
alert. In the times Of public danger, dcs-
pondcncy is more to be dreaded than hostile
arms; for it leads to that oSercstimate of the
importance Of our rcvcrses, and that under
estimate OF our resources, which may bring
US to new panic and overthrow. We are
afraid that our people are too prosaic for the
old Greek custom Of wearing flowers in sea-
son Of national peril; but We fancy that a
comfortable excursion TO the country town,
with his wife and daughters. and day given
20 Sightseeing and the hearing Of good
speeches. will do the farmer M harm. He
will bring back with him, though he win no
premiums. the material Of manya Winter
evenings cuver-ation--rrminiscnces OF e1-
traordinary beeyes, o! miraculous calves, and
Of unprecedented sheep-oi some eornstalk
bearing more ears, Of some corncob bearing
more kernels, than ever stalk or cob bore be-
fore. But he will, il he bc an intelligent
observer. win more than this; for all the
beautiful display. nellowing or moving under
September say, will reveal to him the
dignity and importance Of his calling.
II, In the turmoil and hustle Of the rebel
lion, no has sometimes felt that II was an
uugracious fate which consigned him top peace
ful labors, the triumphs Of the harvcthome
will teach him that he. too, Is con,ending,
though il be only with sterility and the un-
propitious elements; and that every bushel Of
corn which he has produced, every pound Of
beef and pork which hc is ready to send to
market, is contribution TO the stability and
vindication Of the Constitution. Gunpowder
is an excellent thing; but what Is il without
grain? Maneuvering may bc mastery; but
the best tacticjan must have meat for his
soldiers. In days Of commercial depression,
banker may 90 on, month after month.
manipulating the same nsycd roll Of sccuri-
ties, taking nothing. perhaps, and perhaps
adding nothing to its value; butall this time
the sun is shining. the rain and the dews are
falling. the seed ia swelling or sprouting,
the plant is blossoming or bearing. The
richest gold mines are in the meadows Of the
homo-farm. Two bright days in August put
millions Of eagles into the strong boxes Of
Wall street. An untimely rain may make
all the bears happy or all the bulls dismal
When We talk Of ssiscs. we think of castles
only and fortiscations; but q good general
in the field may spend month in bs.ei,;n,
the bee-barels Of the eneuy's commis.ari.,
Herodotus tells US thatat Ssstos the bs.ievea
'.boiled and ate the eor,ls OF their bedsteais :
and this century has witnessed the remain.
ola grand army subsisting principally upon
horseaesh and snow-water.
Every Roman army had herdsOf cattle AM
flocks Of sheep and goats in the rear. Bu
the Roman armies had something better thar
these; they had masses Of muscular men
whose strength had been acquired in the pur
saiis Of husbandry. The legiOnary soldiers
in time Of peace, did not merely live in tn
country, but they were prohibited BY Law