The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-08-17
WRIGHT COUNTY.
stearns County Fair-Festival-APa Pal
sonage-Polit1caI Matters.

CLEARWATER, MIMI, Aug. 18th, 1871.
| EDITOR JoURNAL.-I am glad to see the
people of S;carns Co., waking up to the
necessity of a county fair, and have no
doubt, there will be good turnout tomor-
row. If you have as good a fair as we had
last year in Wright county, you'll do. Our
fair this year comes off in October, think
The ladies Of the Congregational Society
held festival in the grove near Geo.
Writings, on Friday evening, which was
decidedly success. The grove. was hand
somely illuminated, aud there was quite q
sprinkliug Of strangers in attendance. The
proceeds are TO be appropriated to the
parsonage fund.-"
The Clearwater correspondent of the
Wright County Times says that q lot for q
Parsonage, was donated to the society, by
Mr. jerks or Mr.. Stevens. The fact is,
they each gave tho lots to the society, and
as they (the )ots) are oil together and pro-
tected on two sides by beautiful oak
groves, there is enough for quite large
garden in addition to the building place, and
we'll enough sheltered for productiveness.
May the time soon como when the pastor
shall be able to make this picturesque spot
redolent with the favor of Strawberries and
string beans, hyacinths and Hubbard
squash, petunias and potatoes. A build
ing committee have taken into consider
alton the size and style of building needed,
and will at once prepare the necessary
plans and estimates. 1t is hardly expect
ed that the work will be completed this sea-
son. Neither is it expected that the Wright
County Times will have full, complete and
correct, reports of any thing. We look to
The JOURNAL for such, as it is generally
true that paper that is liberal IN its
views is accurate in its statements.
see a notice in your last issue, of
meeting of the Democratic County Conven-
ton, to be held on the 11tb of next month.
THE Democratic convention of this county
meets the same day at Buffalo, but ''never
notice." do we get of it from our county
paper, except as an ''ad.") You speak Of
several candidates from Clearwater, but
suspect there is but one that will count.
Risby has been tried and hot denied. and
if he is ready to be tried again, he will
stand the test. A str ong friend to oil pro-
gressive measures, an earnest worker for
Normal" and all other schools, with an
aptness to read mems true motives to
&C ion, even more than modicum of COLI
mon sense-these are his peculiar.isticks
Ii matters not what a mans political faith
may be, if he is qualified to fill an Office,
put him in it Heaven knows such meu
are rare enough. Probably T. Heatou is
an aspirant hut, though it would be gross
Injustice to lhros him over because he
writes his first name with q small t, yet
his well-known opposition to everything
pertaining to educational matters, his
avoWed determination to choke the Normal
Schools, (what an anomaly a rat attack
ing an elephsn,) his persistent unreascn,
will be more than sufficient to lose tie
votes, If he co. the nomination The third
and last from this vicinity WHO may aspi"e
to ''legislate," is Mr.. Darling from the
classic purlieus Of Jericho. But tho, he
may b. ever so much Of darling, in his
owo family. yet the affection is not wide
spread enough to affect tho complexion Of
the next "House.' ~...
The Republican County Convention meets
here, at Kinks Hall, on the l4th of Sep
TENDER, anu it is believed that there may
be veral candidates for one position.
Wright county being entitled to one Sena-
or and two Representatives, the interest is
unusual. There are also five County Com
missionsrsto elect, in consequence Of the
re-districting the county. Our present
commissioner cannot be excelled, (if he can
be equalled) by any other man in the Dis
trict. The very fact that he is 80 we'll
fitted for the place, will [possibly) make
his friends urge him for higher position,
which will not be 80 easily got. His NOM
| iuation for commissioner will be equivalent
10 an election. but his nomination for Sena-
| tor or Representative, will not be s.
Whiting, Jr., will make good legislator.
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