THIE WISCONSIN FARIMER.



November's Duties.



As the seasons stop not in their course, but



ever unresting, yet never hastening, move on
in their unending circle, so must the husband-
man know no end to his provident care and
faithful endeavor. There are times when he
may have relief front the severity of his la-
bors, when by means of relaxation, travel
and study lie nay reenforce himself for the
labors that lie in his way, in order to their
better performance; but his labor must not
be postponed when the time conies for it to be
lone. lie must strike at the right time, or
suffer for his procrastination. Nature will
not wait.
  And now, that
        Sunier, sighing, has fend the pani.l
        And -satting Winter gumst and grill.
      ves miser Autumn horde his grain
        And Smitles to think it s all for him,'
while the plow of preparation stops not in the
furrow, there are a thousand little things, as
well as other larger labors, that must not be
neglected. Many of those suggested in Octo-
ber should be understood as reiterated here.

  In a word, as to all practical duties on the
farm, November is, in this climate, simply a
prolongation of October-a special favor to the
husbandman in order to the more thorough
completion of his work of gathering and stor-
ing his crops, laying down and covering
with straw and earth the vines and plants that
so enrich and beautify his home, in providing
ample food and shelter for all his dependent
animals, in gathering up all the odds and
ends of everything, and in thus preparing
himself to sit by the family hearth during the
long evenings of winter with perfect immu-
nity from reproaches of neglect and with
larger facilities than heretofore for intellect-
ual advancement and social happiness.
  And then there is one other duty falling
this year within November. It does not refer
itself directly to either the farm or the gar-
den, or to any other branch of farm work,
though it does have an important indirect re-
lation to them all. We refer to your duties as
citizens,-as men clothed with the high privi-



leges, honors and responsibilities of a sove-
reign people.
   The right of suffrage in the control of the
affairs of a great nation is a sublime and
sacred trust, and carries with it an obligation
equally sacred-an obligation which no man
entitled to its exercise may reasonably hope
to escape.
   We do not say that you should support the
nominations of this party or that. We have
nothing to do, as a journalist, with political
parties or party strites. But as an indepedent
friend of our common country, it is our prerog-
ative to urge upon every one of our readers
who is a constitutional elector, the faithful
discharge of this sacred obligation at all times,
and especially in these times of our national
peril. Vote as your own best judgment and
conscience shall dictate, but vote. That man
is unwortlty the name of a patriot who, when
occasion comes, will not cheerfully sacrifice
something of his own convenience and mste-
rial interests for the good of his couniry

  The British Colonies at the Grat Exhibition.

            NO. III.-CONCLUSIOX.

  From Van Dieman's Land we but step across
the narrow strait which separates it from the
New Holland of the old atlases, and we stand
on the soil of that vast island, which, from
being a prison place for the condemned felons
of England, has, within the past few years,
become a centre of most extraordinary interest
  Almost as large as the whole continent of
Europe, Australia is at the same time endowed,
to a remarkable extent, with many of the ele-
ments of material'greatness. Of gold and
wool it has already exported so much as to be
entitled to rank first in the production of these
great staples of commerce.
  This entire island, destined in the progress
of its civilization to be a galaxy of flourishing
states, as yet has been divided into but six
colonies, to wit: Victoria, New South Wales,
Queensland-which three constitute the east-
ern portion of the island-and South, North
and Western Australia, which together make
up the rest of what is now known under the
comprehensive name of Australia.



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