Litchfield enquirer., 1835-06-04
tJNFoUNDRD PReJUpIcEIs.

T uNFOuNDED PREJUnBcEs. as r Color ef CGttle. .--EVery class of naor- 1 tals has it's prejudices, which are so entire. ly without a shadow of reason to uphold them, that one not troubled with the same
 kind Is sastonisked that they should ever be
 harbored at all, and the person himself, when once he gets the better of them, is
 both grieved apdiashamed, when he reflects that he was once a dupe to such foIly.--
 Among the thousand and one silly whims, (which we may occasionally combat, we
 tifd one which we, tlink-i,a we d0 not ,think mereIy--we know has done much
 hurt. It is s0hins, a nOtion--a ss.perstitios.
 that any other color in cattle except rcd.
 injnres ihenI Many think that their oxen
 must be red-their calves must be red-- and thar white or, speckled animal sof
 this kind, however well mado it may be for the dra6ght-- however thrifty it may be
 in it's milk, if it is not red, it is n nuisance and not worth hating.' Y 18 { Now the Bible will tell them better than this. It is not unlikely that good old La Pban was troubled with 4hs same prei,ldics against white or sI,ackled colors in his fioeks, for hes asl if they were not ssyurtll. having, very kindly gave Jacob all of that description which should come anloBg theln, EJacob was fa7good husbandman-b was
 not troubled with such sflueanish fancy. f He knew full well if the, animal was form-
 ed right it was no matter what the color
 ofhis hide was. and he quickly arranged matters in sucta manner that, under Prov
 idence, he soon o1tstripped the old gentle
 man in wealth and affluence.
 Nov common sense will tell any one.
 that it must be the form, the structure, the shape and make of the animal which rem
 ders him capable of being profitable, and
 not whether he isared, or black, or blue, or
 white, or ring streaked 'of grizzled.
 Some of, our strongest; thriftiest, kindest
 and toughest oxen have been wholly or in part white and yet strange as it may seem,
 we have seen purchasers. who were really
 In want of just such cattle, pass by them and give a higher price for those that were
 inferior and coHld not compare with them, and do thus for no other reason under heaven than because those which they -boughts were ared.s At one of the Cattle Shows tn New York State, not long since, rthefe appeared q beautiful shaped bull--he was every thing that was wanted d--but alas he was white, and therefore condemned to stand by for more favored color. Agen- tleman from one of the Western States in
 pursuit of fbresding sfock, was at the Show,
 He went over the ground~ lie had "n no e1e .fOr csiors, T but a quick one for form--he passed by the reds, the bgO,gns, and the 6rindlcs; they were not made ttl suit him s--his eye. rested upon the white one, and
 he soon counted down $500, and drove shissf home Y s s-ss ssss4Ss sf
 Old Comet, that was sold at auction, in England, for 1000 guinsas, which if you calculate you find to be Yankee currency $4666 66, was arcd and white roan. The men wl,o bought him we presume did not look at his color. They were extensive and experienced breeders. They looked at his form-they looked at his progeny, and they well knew, that even at that enor-
 nous price, they could make immense prot its by him.; and they did it. Old Hub
 back, 30 celebrated in the history of the Durham short horns, was yellow. red and
 white. Some of the greatest milksrs that
 England or this country has produced, were wholly or in part white.r This stupid
 foliy inregard to color has done thousands
 of dollars damage tO our breeders of stock.
 ny preventing them from availing them
 selves of improvement in their herds, be- cause the improved breed offered them was
 not. red from '.stem f0 siern." We advise all who feel any interest in cattle to look at the shape and not the color--the shape and structure is every thing. tho color noth- ing.--Maiae Farmer. N sea@f .,s~e
 AN INSTRUCTIVE TALE.
 Wehaye seldom heard of a tale of human iife more instructive than that which we are about to relate. We heard the substance oft related by afriend, and have taken the
 liberty to throw itinto its present shape, and lay it before our readers. Itis a inc illustration of what FRANKLIN SO much .in- sisted on, that industry and temperance are almost certain to lead to independence and comfort. hr haa1 t&*sss 'i4s@}
 THOMAS P-. at'the age of IS, was by the death of his master, turned loose upon the world to gain a Livelihood as a shoe maker. He shonldered his Kit and went from house to house. making tho faruler's leather or mending their .childfen's shoes. At length n good old man. pleased with Toms industry and steady habits, offered hin. small building as d shop. Here Tem applied himself to work with un'irlng --.1S "A