Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-08
~M,NNEiiAHA COUNTY.
D~anburyiam Reflections on Human Ma
ture---J00, 900 Bushels for ENport----
Some ofthe Leading Men are
Doing to Develop the Country
A Grand Harvest Festival
in Preparation.
SIOUX FALLS, d. T.. Aug. G, 1877.

Grand Harvest Festival il
in Preparation. /
Sioux FALLS, d. r.. Aug. G., 1877. y
Ea5tors Press and Ddhotaidn A distant ~
of the Danbury man sojourneth
near here. He farms. The last bundle O!
.he golden grain of his boun,iful harvest
being in the shock, on Saturday last he
to town, stepped INTO a leading gro
GERS and called for a paper of salaratus.
Why, how do you do, Mr., D.? said Mr..
Grocer--how are your family? Take Il seat
Mr.. d. Fine weather we have had for har
vestg Am sorry that | am out of salaratus, !
but just keep your seat MIR. d.. and rest a
moment, while Ilun down to Vans and get
you a paper, While the grocer was out the
Danbury relative soiiloquiz9d out loud to
some other customers, II haven't been to
town before for a month. | came then to
get a dollars worth of sugar. Mr.. G. said
he was out ef sugar, and picked up his dus-
ter and began busting both sides of u large
card suspended from the ceiling, on which l
read, Goods Sold Here for Cash Only,
and as he busted he remarked, Are the
hoppers hurting you much, Mr.. D.? No
one shook hands that day, or asked me to
sit down, or inquired about my family; but
to-day every business man acts like a
man running for office, and ] don't
see any Of those cards around.
These business men must be kind hearted
or they wouldn't be 50 smiling and happy
because we poor farmers have a fine har-
vest
The Danbury relative was a little s%arcas-
tic, but his observation was correct. The
people in this country have reason to be and
are smiling and happy. Such a harvest has
never been seen here before. Wheat in this
country will average at least 90 bushels per
acre Cats, flax and barley equally good.
1t is estimated that Minnehaha county will
export 500, 900 bushels Of small grain, and
the prospects for a corn crop are favorable.
Our indefatigable G. X. Howard is among
the h%appiest. His all was staked on this
harvest. Besides having trusted hundreds of
farmers with goods, seed and provisions
without which they could not have put in
and titled their farms, Howard put in 700
acres on his own account on land owned by
different parties who were afraid to risk seed
and labor, and now Charley smiles, not only
!, over his own thousands of bushels, but also
, over the general prosperity that will enable
his many customers to square accounts,
1Nha avn,o,,ia. of c,,ol, NOR, o., Hn Uarl Shor.
man and Van Fps in putting in large fields
/, themseI Ives and otherwise manifesting faith
t in this country caused hundreds o
e acres to produce yellow sheafs thai
would otherwise have grown weeds
because the owners were discouraged. One
of our best farmers who lost his crop las
g year was going to leave. To induce him t.
v stay Howard entered into a written agree
Z ment with him guaranteeing thirteen bush
Y els of wheat to the acre, Howard to have al
st the excess over that yield if any. The MAJ
N had 100 acres, 60 of which he put int
1T wheat under his contract with Howard, AM
" the balance into corn, oats, and barley
II The yield of wheat is now estimated at 81
OF bushels to the acre and that farmer smiles
is sickly smile.
A meeting of citizens has been called a
ID Aliens hall next Saturday evening to con
to slider the question of holding a harvest festi
val in this place in September. 1t is pre-
he posed to invite all our neighboring countie
he to co operate in the undertaking and to in
at vite the people of the whole territory t
Sc attend. The proposed festival or harves
er home is to last several days. The island
ii to be the general rendezvous. Arbor
IS swings and dancing platforms are to b
10 erected there. Brass bands and string banC
ot are to be employed speakers engaged, an
he the exercises will include speeches, song
W, instrumental music, sermons exhibitions {
Jig stock and produce by day, and music, dane
to ing and sermons by night. All religion
ts. denominations aud Sunday schools will |
ig invited to take part. In short we are to hav
of a general jubilee wherein in all and COZ
ay ditions of men can find a congenial part
u which MORE ANON.