RITTNER: Batestown and the Fair, Part 3
The County Fair was having its problems in its early start but the citizens took it in stride. An earlier poem that appeared in the Daily Troy Budget on September 16, 1843 was positive in spirit.
ODE FOR THE RENSSELAER CO., AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
The Farmer at his harvest home!
When garden, field and tree,
Conspire with flowing wealth to fill
His barn and granary,—
While his young, healthful children sport
Amid the new-mown hay,—
Or proudly aid with vig’rous arm
His toll as best they may.
Perchance, the hoary grandsire’s eye
The glowing scene surveys,
And breathing blessings on his race
He guides their heartfelt praise.
The Harvest Giver is their friend,
The Maker of the soil,
And Earth, kind Mother, yields her fruits,
To cheer their patient toil.
The Farmer at his harvest home!
A patriot true is he,—
So let the land he loves rejoice
In his festivity.
However, because of Troy’s lack of interest of holding the county fair after it burned in 1859,........
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