Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-06
What are you going to do for the Fair2

nioh VI viz LAY SouulN hSilNuiSuAui
Society. If the reader of this item
who lives in this county, has not
made some calculations on how he
or she can help make the fair sue
cess, it is time they were thinking
of it. The fair belongs to the peo-
pie of the whole county and nearly
every township is represented in the
board of management. Last year
the fair was success and paid all
its liabilities in full. This year a
special effort is to be made to i'm
prove the grounds and erect suitable
buildings for exhibitors: and this
can only be done by each farmer
contributing his share to the general
fund. If you have nothing to ex-
hibit, be sure and come and bring
your family and by your admission
fee aid the society to secure such
improvements on the grounds as are
absolutely needed to insure the flu
ture success and permanency Of the
fair besides, by coming and ex-
changing views and opinions with
your neighbors, you will be more
than repaid by new ideas aud new
methods garnered from their exper-
fence, SO that, in many things your
farming the next year will be the
gamer by your indulging in this
pleasing relaxation.
This year the earth is laden with
a rich harvest. All kinds Of field
aud garden products are in abund-
ance and Of the best quality and in
this department the exhibit ought
to be as large and fine as any county
fair can show in the northwest.
The farmers have this matter in
their own hands and they can make
the agricultural exhibit one that
will be a credit to the county. Will
the farmers do it?
The merchants made a fine exhib-
it last year and one that attracted
universal attention. This year we
hops to see merchants and mechan-
les put their best foot foremost and,
though it takes time and trouble,
make such an exhibit that will tell
as an advertisement of their business
and show to all visitors that ours is
an enterprising class of business
enterprising class of business men
who count the trouble and time
trivial matter if they can add any
thing to the general usefulness and
attractiyeness Of the society.
The ladies did wonders for the
fair last year; We believe you can
beat it this year. Nothing ever
succeeds without the help of the
ladies, they not only adorn and
beautify, but also give and indiscri-
badly refined tone to all enterprises
in which they heartily engage, that
attracts the opposite sex-makes
them forget the dull and weary
routine of life in the brightness and
restfullness that woman's presence
always lends. Ladies, you can give
this fair such an impetus as will
place it in excellent shape. Your
lace work, tides, quilts, fancy work
of all kinds, your cakes, pies. nre-
serves, canned fruits; Your pair in ;,
drawings, in fact everything ia tne
household brought to bear in the
floral exhibit at this fair, will give
it an attractive originality it can
never get in eny other way. May
we not assuredly count on your as
sistance.
Earnest work in the next six weeks
will give us such county exhibit
AS no county fair in the territory
ever saw before. Don't count it
waste of time and expense because
the premium is not large enough to
pay you. Remember, this is only a
beginning and you and all of us will
have to sacrifice something of time
and perhaps a few dimes to put the
society in shape. Once fairly in
motion and your premium becomes
an object for which to contend.
Lay aside your personal wishes and
unite heartily in opening up the
way for the grand success Of the
society in the future. In this new
country each one can do but little,
but all these Titles properly united
makes great big whole that aston
ishes every one who sees the result.
Everybody act and work for the
good of the coming fair in Septem-
Der.
We are in receipt of card call
ing delegate meeting at Huron, on
the Goth, to organize an insurance
company for southeastern Dakota,
that win release our people from the
extortions Of the Underwriters agen-
cy and insurance companies doing
business under the outrageous law
enacted by our last General Assem-
bly-that law made the formation
of general mutual insurance compa-
MES next to impossible, thus Great
ing a monopoly for old companies.
As soon as the law is operative these
old companies go into cities, like
Huron, where they have line water
works and raised the insurance from
3 to 5 per cent. Ii is to escape this
internal steal by the organization Of
homo company, that is meeting is
called. Webster is entitled to one
delegate and We hope our citizens
will see that a man is sent to help
organize a company that will down
this law protected outrage on the
citizens Of eur territory.
No, Mr.. Editor, Everybody"
did not attend the Spiritualist pic
mic on Sunday last. Two religious
services were held in Webster on
that day and both fairly attended.
We want our friends who read the
REPoRraR AND FARMER TO distinct
ly understand that we have neither
turned Spiritualists nor Sabbath
breakers, that we have never follow
ed brass band to the grove on that
day nor participated in any beer
drinking sprees that may have tran