Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-09-02

GRANT COUNTY FAIR time draws
nigh. The year has been 8 year of
plenty Farmers can make exhibits
Of products equal to any former year.
Stock growing is moro an industry
Of the county than formerly and
there can DO better exhibits Of stock
Than at any former time. Indeed in
this department we hear Of prepare
ion for displays superior to any thing
heretofore known. Thrift has at.
teudod nearly all Industries this year.
Tho cry Of hard times has not been
heard. Displays Of manufactures, Of
mechanism, Of handiwork in the gen.
teel arts should all exceed any past
year But will they There was a
time when Grant County Fair was
worth going o hundred miles to soc.
The Fairs should haye increased in
interest and usefulness every year.
For some reason they have not.
They arc supposed to be beneficial
to all the industries ana accomplish
ments for which premiums are of
fered. II so every farmer in the couu-
ty should give than some attention.
Every maker of wagon OF buggy
should be on hand with his sam pie.
Producers who have done their best
aud have attained excellence should
come forward and receive the con.
gratulations of their fellow laborers,
and give tho benefit OF the knowl-
edge they have acquired to others.
Exhibitions Of rare work or excel.
lences in fine arts have stimulating
effect upon others. These fairs have
led to adornments, Communications
and convenienoes in many a home.
The less we see the less we care 70
see. The less knowledge we have
the less we care to have. The more
beauty and utility people see in 9th.
ors the moro they will strive for the
beautiful and useful in their own
homes For such purposes fairs are
good Institutions. The premiums
paid are, comparatively, matters of
very small concern. If there can be
general interest in the fairs by the
people throughout tho county the
whole people will be vastly benefited.
And while we thus remark upon
the utility OF the fairs TO the people
Of the whole county, the people of
Lancaster should remember they
have special interest in keeping them
Up. We do not moan by going every
day and spending quarters and halves
and dollars, but by making displays
in every department that will excite
the wonder and admiration Of visl.
tors. If people come here from a
distance aud find nothing worth see
ing they do not carry homo good re
ports ct the people or city of Laucas-
Ter. Good fairs add greatly 20 the
reputation Of n town for business
enterprise. And here we would in.
vite the attention OF every person
doing business IN Lancaster to what
il done at the fairs ana expositions
Of the great cities and some small.
places. The merchants in those cities
i'll stalls and shelves and show. cases
with grand displays Of their goods,
whether they are asking for premi-
ums or not. Every such display il a
big advertisement OF the merchant
and his business. Many such dis.
plays, covering oil lines Of merohsr-
disc, add wonderfully to the attrac.
tiveness aud remembrance Of the
fair. These fairs could be great
helps TO enlargiug the circle Of trade
of the city Of Lancaster. And We
wish to call the attention Of the bus
ness men of Lancaster to the fact
that there hsve been threats Of ami.
hilation against these fairs and the
Agricultural Society. II you permit
thell to GO down one or two persons
may make little money ont Of the
ruins but the loss TO you will be per-
manent, and others, away from Lar
caster, will gain TO your disadvar.
tage. We repeat, the assistance
wanted of you is to help make grand
displays at the fairs. 1t is two or
three days drudgery and work every
year but it pays.
The premium list published months
ago in the HERALD will be issued
THIS week in pamphlet and can be
had by addressing the Secretary, J
A. Kilbourn or Lewis Holloway,