Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-08-19
Grant County Fair.

and every other person VINO properly
uses his time in vocations demanded
by the civilization of the age. Peo-
pie who have industry and also de-
sire social progress should regard the
annual county fair day as holiday
devoted to these two objects. The
fair should not be thought of simply
as place to go to get a premium.
The premiums are mere trifies. They
are merely tokens of merit and should
be craved for this alone and not for
their intrinsic value The successful
competitor should deserve and receive
the congratulations of his fellows, and
their neighborly and social relations
thus be improved. The opposite of
a jealous feeling should be the result.
Those failing to receive premiums
should not feel that they have suffered
detraction. They, too, may have
made a worthy exhibit, but they
should be happy to find that their
neighbor has done better and has
thus shown there is room for improve
ment. 1t might be well if the sys.
TEN Of money premiums could be dis
placed for one similar to that at the
great expeditions. Our county eX-
hibtors could as well have awards of
progress, awards of merit, awards of
honor, and awards of highest success,
as exhibitors in the cities. In this
way every one who made meritor-
ious exhibition would be able to show
evidence of the fact.
But it was not our intention to tell
how 10 conduct county fairs. What
we wish is to persuade the people to
bring out their products for our next
fair, which comes off only week after
next There are hundred owners
of horses in this county who can make
credtable exhibitions in that line,
and their interest in the business and
pride in their county should induce
them to exhibit their stock even
though they know they may not get
the premium. The same is true of
swine, cattle, sheep, and other live
stock. Also in the mechanical de-
partment if all persons interested in
mechanical implements wonld bring
articles which they know to be rneri-
torious, there would be such a dis
play of reapers, planters, seeders, cul-
tivators, shelters, plows, mills and
looms, as would in itself be an attrac-
ton to visitors and would result bene-
ficially to exhibitors. A well built
wagon at a fair receives much at
tention and handsome buggy is in
spected even by the ladies'. Such
articles are often sold by inducing
people to look at them. Cabinet
makers, carpenters, saddlers, shoe
makers, siversmithS, blacksmiths,
hardware dealers and all other deal
ers in articles of every day use should
also take advantage of such oppor-
tunities to get their wares before the
people. Times would not be so hard
if the fruits of industry were kept in
motion. Household and dairy pro
duets afford fields for womanly enter
prise, and to their credit, these are
not usually sighted. We trust they
will have such an array of June but.
ter, fresh butter, cheese, bread, bis
cults, and cake, as will assure behold
ers that there shall be no hunger in
Grant county. Every miller in the
county should bring barrel of flour.
Every farmer should bring in his
wagon a bashel Of wheat, oats, bar
ley, rye, corn, flax seed, beans, peas,
timothy or clover seed. Vegetables
and fruits also should not be forgot
ten. The ladies also should (and
wild have their samples of jellies and
pickles, canned fruits and wines, pre-
serves and elders, honeys and vine
gars. For the sweets and the bitters
of life the ladies will ever be COM
mended.
The sixth department will de-
pend for success almost wholly upon
the ladies. They can make an as ton
ishing array of fannels, jeans, carpets,
counterpanes, quilts, yarns, mittens,
stockings, embroideries, ottomans,
tides, crochet and needle work, and
painting, drawing, and artificial and
cultivated flowers.
The trotting need rot be named.
That is always attended to- We
have gone through win TINS enumera,
ton in hope of suggesting to every
visitor from every part of the county,
that he can bring something which will
help contribute to the success of the
fair What is seen every day may
be very commonplace to its owner
but thousand commonplace articles
L Il 4 II. r.
the masses of people who have never
seen them.
Local.. FAIRs-The Blake's Prairie
Agricultural Society holds its fair at
Bloomington on the 9th and 10th Of
September
The Hazel Green Industrial Asso-
citation holds its exhibition oil tie