405               TH1E      WISCONSIN FARMER.

continent-a modern encroachment upon that exhaustible resources, of her agriculture
coy-
black, rude race. the Kaffirs.               ering millions on millions of
territory, of her
  The specimens of wheat, harley, maize, ar- i countless mines of every known
metal and
row-root, sugar caue, coffee, silk. flax. cotton mineral, of her fleets of
ships weaving the
and preserved samples of all the fruits com- web of commerce all over the
seas; estimate
monly known in the north temperate zone, | the working energies of her hundred
and
prove the capacity of this new colony for tIhei twenty millions of people
in all the depart-
production of the or-limiary essentials anrd lux- n ments of Industry, of
Science, Art and Lite-
uries of life: while the skins, horns, tttsks rature: take into account the
slow but sure
and evn vileh Rll efthen antelope, thele progressiveness of her social, religious
and
gnu7. tle giraffe. tie elephll:nt. the rhinoceros, political ideas: and then
y: u cannot refuse-
the hippopotanuls the will lboar tI lion, the| even itt these ti:ies of her
unjust hearing
leopari1 the panther antd tiger, aml the featlt- towards the yotng Republic
of our love and
elr of the ostricl. surprise uvs wirih the nttlltn- hope-to exclaim with
me, Great is the Em-
ber of the specie, of fierye and gi-antic v.iol pire of lJliitain
beasts titat roanm ais jutmgle.C utd borests.
  Man is more than al match for them, and it            Iowa State Fair.
will not be long ere rulbdutdc Natal Will the  M R. EItIT0It:-We reached
this place last
studded With villageS and covered Ad ith smil- evening, via 'Mineral Point,
where we propose
ing fields.                                  to spend t!:c week with the
Iowa farmers, see-
  .At seaI agtiill. weV toulch at         ing and being seen, of course,
with the rest of
               ST. tIELENA-                  the woetld. The weather is beautiful;
warm as
The hntel. Ihecattse cruel,  isoon1 of war's June, and everything 'looks"
well for a "good
greatest hero. the mighty Napolcon. A bleak Itime " coming.  Entries
are already well
and rocky isle: let us tarry but to drop a tear commenced, and considerable
" stuff" already
at the grave of the world-conquering, but at on the ground. Nearly 700 entries
were made
last fate-conqjuered Titan whose great deeds up to last night, and at dark
sixteen car loads
have made so many namnes immortal.       i of stock, we hear, came in from
the West, be-
               TJE nAuASAs1A                 sides another arrival by boat
from down the
Come next. though they lie across the Atian- river.  So we think that success
will at-
tic, between Cuba and the United States. tend the efforts of those concerned.
Evening
Sugar, coffee, rice cotton and the cereals- finds us tired. The fair grounds
all day ex-
these are here-not inucth else that interests. hibited a hurly-burly mass
of men and wo-
  Another ocean voyage, and we are again in men, making entries and arranging
articles.
the waters that lave the shores of England. Departments are generally filling
up well.-
          THE CHANNEL ISI.AXt)8 -            Noticed some very fine stallions
and trotting
including Alderny, Jersey and Guernsey,- stock.
lying in the British Channel between England                 ruF GROUNDS.
and France, are chiefly distinguished for t.he  The grounds are favorably
located about
attractiveness of their scenery and for the one and one-half' mniles from
the busy part of
breeds of cattle which bear their names. the city. Sandy soil, and note would
be im-
They make but little display in the Great Ex- proved by a sprinkling, not
a light one either.
hibition. but are worthy of mention as com- 1 Conveniencies thereon are well
arranged, and
pleting the long list of British Provinces.  are not very dissimilar to the
fair grounds of
                                             our own State  Floral Hall and
the Hall of
  Look backivard a moment; review the mul- Fine Arts are situated upon an
eminence com-
titude of distinct departments of her vast manding both a view of the city
and adjoin-
emppire as here represented; think of her in- ing grounds. At the foot of
the hill or knoll