THE WISCONSIN FARMER.



       J. W. HOYT,              :   :    :   :   :    :    :   :    :   :
   EDITOR.

VOL. XV.                             MADISON, JUNE 1, 1863.             
                   No. 6.



             The East and the West.

       [From the Atlantic Monthly for Aprdl.j
  [This poem was written by Theodore Winthrop several
years ago, and after his death was found among his un-
published papers.]
We of the East spread our sails to the sea,
You of the West stride over the land;
Loth al-e to scatter the hopes of the free,
As the sower shetls golden grain from his hand.

'Tis ours to circle the stormy bends
Of a continent, yours its ridge to cross;
We must doalils the capes where a long world ends,
Lone cliffs where two limitless oceans cross.

They meet rontl air btffled 'mid tnirnet and wrath.



  Ilrcezes are skirrilching, angry winds roar,
While poised on senje desperate phinige of iiur ptit,
  Ie count rip th, blac1keninig wrecks on the sioere.

And vowl throwg-i dre ary and thirsty wiays,
M here rivers- a, -:ant and v isnc are (u.,t
Throegh sultry litgtt and feveri-ti ay.-,
Move westward still as the sunsets mnust:

Where the scorched air quivers along the slopes,
Wihere the El X-f oted rattre lie hi-sri arid die,
Where linrizrtons draw backward till ttiitled hopes
Are weary of measureless waste and sky.

Yes, ours to battle relentless gales,
And yours the trave and the patient way;
But we hold the stornis in our trusty sails,
And for you the life-giving fountains play.
There are star.s sboe .s, and t-ars for you-
Rest on the paith and calm on the main:
Storms are but zephyrs when hearts are true;
We are no weaklings, quick to complain.
When lightirings flash bivouac-fires into gloom,
And witl cra-tditg of forests the rains sheet down-
Or when ships plunge onward where night-clouds loom,
Defiant of darkness and meeting its frown.

These are days of motion and march;
Now we are ardent and young and brave;
Let them that come after us build the arch
Of our triumph, and plant with the laurel our grave.
Time enough to rear temples when heroes are dead;
Time enough to sing peans after the fight;
Prophets urge onward the future's tread;
Wee-w are to kindle its beacon light.
Our sires lit torches of quenchiess flame
To illumine our darkness, if night should be;
But day In a friend to our standards, and shame
Be ours if we win not a victory I
Man is nobler than men have been,
Souls are vaster than souls have dreamed ;
There ane broader oceans than eyes have seen,
Monn mors glowing thant .et ha.. haso



Creeping shadows cower low on our land;
These shall not dim our grander day;
Stainless knights must be those who stand
Full in the van of a world's array I



'When shall we cease our meagre distrust?
When to each other our true hearts yield ?
To make this world an Eden, we must
Fling away each weapon and shield,
And meet each man as a friend and mate,
Tr-niple and spurn and forget our prid-,
Glid to accept an equal ftile,
L iboring, conqueriug side by side.


         Don't Omit the County Fairs.



  In times like the present, it is, of course,
more difficult to keep up the interest of the
people in matters so purely of a peace charac-
ter as are industrial exhibitions. It is, never-
theless, true, and none will deny it, that the
industry of the country was never so much in
need of the stimulation and encouragement
which come of such exhibitions.

  Last year, as well as the year previous, on
account of the excitements and distractions
incident to the war, several of the State, and
many of the County Societies omitted their ac-
customed fairs; and this year there will,
doubtless, be a like disposition on the part of
many societies, which, either because of the
lukewarmness incident to successive neglects,
or on account of only partial success the past
season, may have become somewhat disheart-
ened. Our own State Fair omission has seem-
ed to be a necessity, and circumstances may
again compel a further postponement.  We
trust not, however; as we believe that, in spite
of the difficulties which seem to lie in the way,
a vigorous and united effort on the part of all
the friends of the Society and of the eaus%
would ensure its success.

  But there are reasons in the emea of Sae



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