Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-28
Sunshine Ct the Farm.

address delirsrel al tie 'Einonn Cyunty Fair,
Sept. Is, 1871. by Lutte a. Taylor, Esq.
Mr. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GEN
TLEMEN The Fair is the towering
time Of the year 1t is the Festival Of
Labor. Here industry exhibits its re-
ward, Mechanism displays its triumphs,
and Art receives her crown. All the
long year the wonlrous alchemy Of ma
ture has been p1ti.nt at its subtle
work perfecting the results which we
witness now. Winter SHOWS have ter
tilted brown filth aud grassy sod; Sum
u,er suns have led the springiny stock
to its full stature ard hardened the
milky berry into the golden grain and
ripcned ear; spri' & has flung cut her
blossoms with pro'liyal prntusi"n. and
Autumn with pride collects the rip"n-
ed fruit, grown rudcly in Summers
fiery mould.
This is the season Of fruitinn, and
the Fair is the large and generous
Harvest Home where each in an
honorable spiri, Of emulation, completes
for supremacy in ii field where the COM
petition itself ~ Of far greatcr value
than the prize bestowed. Here is tn
romance Of labor. The best Of the
field, the first Of the flick. the most
sE iliful work Of the hands is exhibited
here, and giving an added charm to all
is tho social intercourse, SO general
free and unrestricted upoA every holi-
day Of this kind. Other festivals are
local or personal in their significance
and narrow in their scope; this is
broad as the necessities of man and ap-
peals to universal humane natures daily
needs.
1t has been said in praise Of agricul-
ture, that it was 'tho principal s"ccup"-
ton of man." Accordin: to Sacred
authority this is true, but according TO
the same authority the primal man was
not signal success as an agrlcultur
list No man ever had a better start in
the world than Mr.. Adam. lie inheri-
ted an estate of unoxamplcd extent; 1t
was furnished with large variety and
number of stock ; his orchard was
filled with fruit Of rare excellence,
which had not cost him 1.-THE of the
trouble and care which our fruit grow
ers experience in bringing their favor
ties to perfection; he had no line fences
to keep up; no highway tax to work
out no shiftless neighbors to borrow
his tools and neglect to 4cturn them
no politics to distract his attention; no
corner grocery or club house to engage
his time and capture his cash no spec
! ulators to contend against in the way OF
prices; and no Charley Read to beguile
him with the "Terriblc Temptation OF
an exciting and worthless romance,--
and yet he was not happy. His farm
Was overrun with weeds and thStles,
and he finally lost his homestead and
was turned out bankrupt to prcrmpt on
tho barrcns-likc "pnor white on an
exhausted "clcaring' in the pine woods
Of the Car"lInas.
But Notwithstanding this inauspl,
cious beginning, agriculture rallied
from it's first dis grace, and the pages OF
history, s"cred and prof:'ue, are grow
ing with its praise, and poetry has ever
found 1t an inspiring theme.
i Following the lines Of sacred story
! We find that when Capt. Noah, at tho
close Of very memorable cruise, lett
the sea and walked forth upon the pu
riiicd earth, he ';bcgan t, be an hns
bandman." lie seemed also to hav.
had the taste Of I. hnrticulturist. for he
'plantel him a vineyard aud yea
, into the manufacture Of wine, anc
here we erievc to say, TINT. like many
other men who have since been in tho
same business, he partook to freely i"
his own pr"ductl n.
Close following after come the da,;'
of the Partriarchs, and the history {"
! the world gives no picture more state',
and grand than those OF tive nnmAd'
chiefs, whose wealth was IN tl"ck> an'
, herds, and whose title to power w"r
their own kin@ly attributes nor III"
language ever told II swcctcr story THAI
; that Of royal born Rchckah filing nc
pitcher at Tic well and fastening will
gracious hospitality to press its cool
ness to he strangers lips.
All the early history Of the world i
rcdnlcnt with the favor Of the field
; But passing over many characters wh'c|
, stand ONT hnl'l and prominent. I ra'