Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-10-06


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awaken in the breast of the agricultur-
ist a love for his prairie home, amid
lowing hcrfts and downy iiock-, j.ranc-
ing steeds, waving harvests aud Eoldan
fruits. May every farmer make home
more attractivc--cvcry homestead sho'd
be u paradise, q bower of beauty and
happiness. Do not let us permit Wild
ness and waste to reign around us,
when by the magic wand of industry
the demon of desoiation will vanish,
and the goddess OF prosperity and beau
ty shower her golden g0rlands upon us,
and wlicn the morning sun lightens
the world, and you look from your win
dows upon the prairie before you, spark
ling with dewy diamonds, and the air
vocal with the songs of the birds, and
the breeze watts to your delighted senses
the delicious odor of fruits and flowers,
can you imagine Il scene more enchant-
ing? With your dear ones around YOU
what n heaven you possess, and who
would exchange such a treasure for all
the gold that glittcrs, or the jewels that
sparkle in monarchs' crowns? Truly,
in the language of the poet, can you ex-
claim:
Here love his golden shaft employs,
Hero lights his constant lninp
And waves his purple wings,
And rcVels.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I'm behalf
of the Directors of the Iowa State Ag-
ricultural Society, / have the honor to
welcome you, delegates from kindred
Associations, rs well ~ exhibitors and
visitors, to this our Twelfth Annual
Exhibition.
Upon the committees appointed to
make decisions as to the relative mer-
its of the different animals and arti-
clcs on exhibition, the success of the
Fair in n great measure Depends
Therefore consider well your decisions,
and let merit alone govern them.-
More responsibility rests upon the
committees than upon all others en-
gagged in the management of the Fair.
In order that you may discharge your
duties faithfully and impartially, look
well to the instructions provided for
the respective departments.
The Marshals, Superintendent and
Police should make themselves famil-
Tar with their respective .dutics.--
They should be obliging and gentle
manly toward all ; be prompt in carry
ing out the rules Of the exhibition, and
the laws of the State.
To all, officers, comttces. exhibitors,
and visitors, we would say, let all things
be done well; let there be uited effort
to secure harmony and good will, and
| am sure that you will all unite with
me in the wish that nothing may occur,
from first to last, to mar the happiness
Of any that may favor us with their
presence. May we, one and all, seek to
preserve the good name and the unim-
peachable integrity that our Society
has secured to itself under the able adj
ministration of its late honorable Prcsi-
dent.
TO our gallant Iowa soldery would
especially extend n most hearty wei
come. 1t is to your incorruptible pat
riotism and heroic valor that we arc
PERMITTED to meet here to-day, with
none to modest or make afraid. When
sacrilegious hands struck down the
dear Old Flag, and assailed the life,
liberty and happiness of every citizen
of the Federal Union, you sprang to
arms, and SO nobiy did you bear your
part in the bloody struggle, shat the
title of Brave Iowa Boys' ia loved
and cherished wherever patriotic hearts
beat, and feared and hatred wherever
foul treason dare find n resting place
AS you were resistless in warfare, may
you be equally powerful in the peace
full avoeations of the quiet life you now
return to when your stout arms are no
longer needed in your country's defense.
AS you wrested victory from the stub
born foe, so may you win bloodless vic
tories from the generous soil, until YOU
shall have carved out for yourselves
names which shall be as mighty in
peace as they were potent I'm war. So
we welcome you to our midst to-day,
and yet, like you, we will not forget the
brave hearts that maSchcd with You to
the field ofstrifc, but who an overrul-
ing Providence has dccrccd must never
again mingle with US on earth. But
they died not in vain; the Tree of Lib
erty takes deeper root, and springs into
more vigorous life, from having been
drenched with their precious blood;
and a grateful nation will ever cherish
their memory, transmitting the record
of their heroic lives and glorious deaths
from generation to generation, until
time shall be no more.
| now declar2 the Twelfth Annual
Fair formally opened, and the various
officers may now proceed in the dis
charge of thcir respective duties.