Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-07-12
THE HARVEST,

Ct the garnering of the golden grain
approaches. The tillers have piled
the pillow, sown the seed and a great
and good providence has washed them
plenteously with refreshing rains. The
seeds have terminated, sent out ten
drills to take root and send, forth
plants, They have transformed the
once barren and black soil into seas
of waving grain and .gladdened the
heart OF the sower. The grains and
the vines; the wild trees and the
grasses and the fiowers-an give
promise of bounteous harvest.
The grains are heading, the root
crops are poisoning. The cattle lie
contentedly on the hill side, taking
on weight as they rest, filed to con-
tetntment with the juicy and nourish.
ing grasses. Everywhere the eye
sees prospective abundance when the
results of the seasons labors shall
have been harvested and an enhancing
OF the prosperity of the Slope looks
inevitable.
The grains are now comparatively
safe from every disaster that they are
heir to with the exception of hail.
That evil has never caused a general
disaster. It drops in places here and
there; is not as a drouth or scorch.
n ho Po,n l.
secretly congratulating himself on the
almost assured prospect of a great
harvest.
Soon will come this harvest, when
the granaries shall be burdened with
the weight of the grains and the root
cellars shall be filled to the utmost:
when the cattle sleek, glossy and fat
shall have been taken to the market;
when the tide of wealth shall have
started from the east and the toiler
will set him down to enjoy the fruits
of his labors.
Then should there be a big festival
at some central point It should, be a
harvest festival. Grains and grasses,
the yellow pumpkin and the root
crops should be used and displayed.
Buildings should be adorned with the
products OF the fields. The people
should celebrate and make merry over
the bounties of the year and as a mark
OF appreciation Of the blessings of a
Divine Providence that has suffered
the lands to yield plenteously and man
TO grow rich in the worlds goods and
comforts. A day should be set aside
TOT the purpose when all should Join
In the festivities. It should be a gala
day when all things that trouble and
torment should be cast aside and only
the present be enjoyed in the remem.
brance of the seasons blessings.
Is 1t too soon to contemplate a
harvest festival? No. Yet it NAV
seem so. 81 will" should be the mot.
to-is the motto of progression. Ever
look to the future while building I'D
the present for Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof and che who
lives in the past progresses but
little"
This festival should be held in Bis
marck. All that is needed for il
grows and ripens almost within the
connnes OF the city. From the out
skirts OF the city can be seen in all
directions the great expanses of wav.
Ing grains and within the city are to
pc found the fruits, the vegetables and
the stock. Bismarck has celebrated.
Some OF her celebrations are yet re.
membered as thorough and whole
hearted affairs. Our last Fourth was
! mistake; an unprecedented mistake
~ the history of the city and in vindi.
cation OF what the Bismarck people
can do this festival should be brought
about and carried through in the man.
ner and custom that is Bismarck's.
4 Not one person should do this work.
NOT one class Of people should do tt
not half Of them nor three quarters, but
the whole. All, as individuals, should
see that they lent their mite, whatso-
ever 1t may be, be it labor Of the hand,
the head or the pocket book. Let in.
dividnality sink itself IN the whole
and the whole resolve itself into 4
unite Then can the project be car.
ried ont M
l..tsl Y
PEI Y y not to early to contemplate and
start the work. A good and early be-
ginning Is half the battle. True 1t is
that there MIGHT be some evil befall
that would blight the present bright
prospects. But what assurance has
mortal man that ne viii see the dawn