The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-09-18

shown. Cranberries, cheese, butter, jel,
lies, preserves, bread and other good things
put In claims for premiums. .. T.
Among the ouriosities arc some Rsvolu.
tionary relics and pair Of tiny shoes,
bridal present given over a century ago
and a night cap Gee US blush / } said to.
be Is years old. !,
At half.past ten O'Clock. Dillon O'Brien,
ESQ.,, Of st. Paul, WAS introduced by W. T.
Rigby, ESQ.,, President Of tho Agricultural
Society, and delivered tho annual address,
without notes or manusoript-of which
We give the leading points:
I respect no ono moro than tho pioneer
who, animated by . noble desire for inds-
pendsnes and trusting in Gsd and his own
sinswy, arm, leaves behind him the city
and its attractions and goes forth into tho
wilderness 70 win from its soil support
for himself and family. And NO one has
ny admiration and sympathy moro than
tho true woman who walks beside her hus-
band in this brave work, sustatins him
with her love and enr,ohss their home with
tho bounty Of her smiles. You farmers Of
stsarns county ore fast losing your pioneer
character. Encouraged by your example
others have crossed the Rcd River to do
for that country what you have done for
this. Travelling; ~ have just been,
through stearns county, have seen broad
fields we'll cleaned Of their rich harvests,
and good houses, school houses and chur-
ches, This combination is healthy Ter you
and for the State. From these surround
ings We look TO come forth the honest and
Independent yoemanry who shall compose
the bone and sinew and spirit Of the nation.
He did not feel that his address should
be confirmed to the theory and practice Of
agriculture. He did not feel sufficiently
versed in either to be able to interest his
hearers. At your own fresides, he said,
BY reading we'll selected papers, you can
gather much information which It is we'll
for you to know and which you can apply
to your work. He would impress tho ne
oessity Of reading. and the value Of theo-
retical as we'll as practical farming:
Tho speaker said he would refer to things
which We should. from time to time, dis
ouss, even if they were not wholly new.
The soil, he said, is gift from God intend-
ed for Al time, but We must not abuse it.
Tie land that you put to tho labor Of pro-
ducing crops requires rest and nourish-
ment, as do you or your horses and oxen.
The properties of the soil are not mex
hsustible, and before We draw from it too
se!erely We must renew BY artificial means
green cropping and rotation
Of crops. To do otherwise is to commit
agricultural murder-to kill tho goose that
lays the golden egg. I knew the tempts-
ton is strong to raise continually wheat,
which brings ready money TO the farmer.
But to do hi, ysar :! after yer, il not wis
dom. Fifty acres properly cultivated will
be more remunerativs than two hundred
acres badly farmed.
Another mstter which should command
our attention is tree planting. Its impor-
lance is beginning to- be realized. The
farmer on the prairie now knows that it is
almost as necessary for him to set out
trees Is to build his house. We may ex-
poet that, in due time, who shall no longer
DO compelled to look on treeless prairies,
but our eyes will rest on land beautifed
on all sides. Any farmer has time to plow
= few burrows and drop in the needed
seeds. He can in. this way improve the
value Of his land many fold.
Our happiness depends very greatly on
our surroundings. You desire to keep
your children through life, near you; a
flower garden about your house will do
more to secure this than will hundreds Of
acres Of land. You thereby make that
home loveable to them. And you can
make it beautiful to them within by do
nestle love, by gentle Words. You can
'sash your children by example what tho
'ohools do not teach them-pstienee, hon
ssty, religion. You can 80 mould them
'hat, when they come to be tho sovereigns
IF tho Republic they will BE- worthy Of the
rust.
He pictured, briefly and eloquently, tho
Early history ofthe country, and the Incl
Tents attending its birth as a Republic.
We see to-day, he said, nation whose in
'titutions have Influenced every nation in
he world. To our shores flock people from
Ill countries. This is what freedom has
lone for you, and nov what will you do
or feedom lou must, as q nation, either
ADVANCE or 60 backwsrd-you cannot re-
main stationary.
Politicians are no special class with
privileges. They spring from
he people and when they are dishonest
md corrupt tho people who place them in
'ower are dishonest and corrupt. He con-
ured his hearers to keep supreme, above
IL love for party, their love for tho Re-
public.
Your happiness as individuals is in your
'wn hands,, aBeicoatanted> with your lot.
Dot not suppose that the apples in your
'eighbor's garden are sweeter than those
n your own. He closed by again eoun .
aling love in the household.
The races both came off in the afternoon.
The double-team race did not fill. In tho
ace for purse of $50, open to all stall
ions, mile heats; .hest in 3. to harness,
he entries wore: :. ~
Pioneer: Chief, b. g., by T. ". sprsgue.
Fred, bk. g., by John Sipples.
Red Eye, by E. A. Parker.
The latter horse was withdrawn before
first heat.
Judges-A. Smith, A. Barto and T. G.
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