The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-09-28
Plymouth -four at 81. 80 per cwt. at
W. II. MILLER's.
Our Fair.


The following is a brief synopsis OF the
address delivered by Hon. W. w. Brook
ings, OF Sioux Falls, and which was so
we'll and tavorably received by onr farm
ers and Others The Judge is a fine
crater and talker and was a rare treat.
We are promised the list of premiums
awarded and will publish the same as
soon as the secretary, Mr.. Skinner, can
get around to it.
The speaker opened by referring to tho great
change that had taken place in Lincoln county
since the first time passed through it when it was
uninhabited by either white man or Indian. Then
the grasses were short snd thin, now the county,
that portion that was not cultivated, was covered
owe with tall blue joint, nearly to tho speakers
nhoulders, which made the finest grazing and best
lay Of any grasses grown. The improvement
made by the hand of man in the prairie grasses Of
Dakota, by kse ping ont the prairie fires, truly
wonderful. He next advised the farmers to beau-
tify their farmss and hsmes, make both farm and
henas pleasant, beautiful attractive and inviting
No matter how poor the house, let it DO neat and
tidy, beautfy 1t with trees aud flowers. planted
tsstefuiJ around. To raise large and fine crops
requires extra cultivation, to grow fat steers rood
feeding, to make handsome, fast and clean limbed
horses much grooming and good bla,keting. So
to raise athletic, handsome and inteiI. ent boys
smart, pretty and graceful ar.a requires care and
culture. rhe is,tar IL .no;e irro,.:1rt th.. he
former. He WOULD have tie fArns1'a Sons ano
daughters as consly and graceful th~ ct; s:ls ,
boys he would hs,e all the metropolitan rci,an-
= ent transferred to the rural Districts without their
vices and to do this he suggested the proprety OF
teaching etiquette or manners i'll our public schools
ns 1t impossible for all farmers send their
children away % boarding schools icr that pur-
| pose. There should also be In our nahic schools
| department to teach both sexes something Of the
| trndes and industries Of life. Every farmers boy
should know how to econ onic :IY the machinery
| used on The farm and every girl should be able
| to fashicnably make her own dresses. Flo wanted
| to see farming elevated to the rank OF glorious
art by the appliances of science and mech ansrn in
stead Of an isoato sud rurtic occupntion, possess
cd OF sll the :uli uYe Refinement of the city,
| He referred to tho mag. inceut school fund the
new state you'd have, larger than any former state
| for the reason that most Of the good government
land gone out, sch ool la dds would be the NOR,
valuable and warned the audience to see that this
endowment fully protected in the state copsti.
tuition. He also advised the farmers 10 look afte,
the salaries of tho officers of the coming state and
keep them down. He said it wse all folly to arp,s
that high salaries made hooe.t OF cias that dis
honest man wonld stesl on S5CO0 salary as soor
on Sl00G and that an honest man would not sea
no matter what his salary was. The salary OF pub
lie servents should be the same as was paid IL
other walks of life for like service o more and n,
less, ana this the only true civil service reform
low salaries and the Office will be less sought sfte
and better mon elected to I'LL them and less mono,
| used to buy nominations and elections. He warned
the farmers against mortgaslng their farms and
those that had mortgages on their homes to lii
them - soon ~ possible; he suggested that the,
lay by asmall sun each year to ba applied to tn
liaaids Ign OF the principle OF the debts on thei
homes until that home was free from debt an,
then keep 1t 90. No sAdder sight could be witnes.
ed than to see oil gray haired people driven from
their homes account Of the foreclo sing Of mort
gage given in earlier years. Many such cases bein
seen almost daily on our streets coming from tn
states fsther cast.
n conclusion he said he hoped should 1t be hi
fortuns to visit our county fair In the future h
might not only res big squashes and potstoe.
plnmp wheat and corn, fat steers and fast horses
but stheletic, vigorous, handsome and inteliieen
boys and girls and above al a sober, industrious
intelligent, happy and prosperous race Of farmer
better than the world has everyst seen aud sue
they could be If they made good use of the elor
ous opportunities 10 profusely scat.ar,d IN thel
pathway.