Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-10-03

Are but The beings of summers day.
Have held the scale &c empire. rurd the Storm
OF mighty war, then with unwcary'd hand.
Dis,!aining It'll, delicacics. seized
The llough, and greatly independent lived.
-THcNrsov.
Tee Pierce County Fair of 1868 has
shown that under any circumstances, it is
better To hol! some sort Of Fair ;lIan
none az all Last year the Show was put
"tf. because the war WAS Supposed to ab-
sorb all the surplus energies of the people;
This year the same excuse was urged, and
after the Society had decided to announce
al Exhibition. the droulh of MAY and
June. aud the frost> of July and August
50 pincled the products Of fam aud gar
den. that it was thought by some that
the fair would be hardly worth tie hold
inc-pcrhars failure.
We'll, the Annual Fair. (may it never
cease to be oRaHal, IN fact rs WEI, as in
nancy has come and gone and what
have been lis fruits! None can estimate
them in detail, but if there was person
IN attendance who did not feel a thousand
fold rcrail fr lis time and expense in
attending the Show--ropaid in richer
knowledge, in letter social feelings, in
higher respec; for his calling if there
was person who did not lose some pref
miicc, aud gain some jusicr aud more
generous views, personal contact with
most of those present failed to find him
out.
Take the Fair as a general Shoe, it
vas. for the Banner County, nothing
The Ladies Hall looked dcsolate A few
: brilliant colors here aud there-a few
very fine articles; but the impression at
first sight. was. Ladies' Department
lCith nothing al It. But let No fault be
fuund, for that Hall cou,d not hold the
beautiful and 2oo;!ly things to the pre-
laration OF which the ladies of Ptlce
County have devoted their time and
means for tie benefit of our brave soldi-
cr<, and which have been sent forward
10 hospital and field; and in this chan
ncl their sympaihics and their energies
lave justly been directed.
TIE show Of vegetables, compared 10
former years was as | to >. The iaevi-
table "h:g squash was there, but it WAS
brought in a one horse wagon. its weight
less t!.nn hundred POUNDS, looking Ike
half grown dwarf of its ilius,riOus Inc
So, too, Of The cal bages and beets; If
carrots, passnips, winter radisles anil
tu.niI>. there We're nare. J I'm VIM of
Prescott, showed handsome collection
ut s4uashcs, evn,Ir;s.n" some ueble -yec-
imcns Of the : Stcn Narrow AMI ,,:uc
pure liUGhaiGs. Il was demonstrated
BY samples and hv statements Of proiu-
GERS, that the tendency of the improved
varieties Of sqrasLcs Is TO run back to
common sorts. For instance. there was
the pure Hubbard, commcn yello.7, over
grown green. anil large IN rkin squash
al from Hubbard seed. OF seed on
ior<. ll;ere was a sample ~ Eob't Baird
At Tr'n.Lelie, that were up 10 the mark
~ formcr wears. For IL henofi OF the
Eastern reader, let 1t be remarked that
onions are onions 1t he Hammer C. un-
ty' fairs. only when they can throw n
lnise SEED culic saucer into t.;ai pciip
sc; and ly the VIZ Tr:m5'.lc a!uavs
takes the premium on these royal eli
bles. OF POTATOES, aside from those sorts
always exhibited, which :rr as bic as a
mans boot, aud good for nothing except
10 show, tie exhibition was limited. c.
Fox q Oak Grove Displayed a large
variety, in small samples. S'-phen
Collins Of Prescott. and G. Teacllout Of
Clifton. showed samples of Michigan
Peach B.cws. ilir and s;zal.le. The
Peach Bow is probably, IN al respects,
our best fell po;atoe, and ,h cs~were good
samples. But tie NeshonnocGs, shown
by Chester Fox of Oak Grove, deserve
'sroc;a! mention, Cor !; IS commonly sup
lcs,a lat lis variety has run cut in this
country. They were as large and fair,
ns perfect in all respects. a> tie best Of
tLeir kind six or seven years ago. when
Neshunuocks were in their gior,. Ifth;s
Incompatible eaiing potatoe can still he
raised here, with fair size and Weld, and
as free as these SAMPLES from their usual
biotcLcs, Mr.. Fox ought to be called up
on at the next annual meeting OF the So
ciety, TO tell the people ,hoac.
The show of corn was midlling: better
however than was expected after the raw