Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-28

-FefEh Improved stock i'm Iowa. 5iS
"A correspondent under date Of Sth May, 1856,
thus writes US respecting visit he made to
the farm of Gen. John G.. Bennett at Polk city,
Iowa: g8-eg04s bge s19<1sg ftsat s3Pa53
az was greatly strnck with Gen. Benefits
sheep. BY the way, his celebrated Buck, Napos
leon, which attracted so much attention on. the
steamboat at Chicago on its way out, has been
sold to Charles Stoddard, Esq, of Auburn, Ma.
haska County, Iowa, near Oskaloosa Gen. Ben.
net has fine progeny from him. He has a buck
lamb crossed from him and a New tOxfordshire
eve, not ten months old, that is now over two
hundred pounds in weight, and has fleece so
large that no one without seeing would believe
an accurate description of it. u 1a7Eia s53in
3 The New OxiorIshire are % fine race of large
longwooled sheep, being q cross Of twenty years
perfect between The Leicester ram and Cotswold
eve. They weigh from three hundred to four
hundred pounds. 'ss&i $50; g3s - - tfsts e ~
{ He also has the celebrated China Sheep
which have lambs twice year and generally.
three and four at a time. Jonathan Lyon Of
Fort Des Moines is Interested with him in choice
blood stock Etrss5osess ~ Fy9e sssyffTs - ~
{ In s54 Gen. Bennett purchased of His Royal
Highness, Prince Albert, three OF his hest Wind
sor pigs" which are thorough bred jSuffolks,
which take the name Of Windsor because they
were from the Princes Premium stock. at thee
breed in every respect, "a ,f,r,-,. f.,n s,,e..,
He has some very beautiful pigs of the Jersey
breed, procured from the stock of Lord Western
in England. ~ 42| assGsNs)ss} 90 ass SEES a4
He has also the China pigs. which as pro.s
ifc in proportion as the China sheep. ,e,,,sa ..s
He has also the Maltese goats Also he has
the Newfoundland, st. Bernard and Dalinatian
dogs. ~ s2sssg93 7tt! p3 ag94a hsa asngay4s .sa4s
particularly admired his Malteseia and SPAN
ish cats. III, 4 t;s4. .,-ft s,.d s.ss.s. f....,e
lie has the Brama, Chinese and sumatra hens; !
the Bremen geese; the Aylesbugh, Muscoyy and
I Poland ducks 4 sas 6ft& 9Ef1 tua tih 81 fsH
Indeed, ,itisIhard to tell what hehas not got sE
Whenever he hears Of a new valuable breed of
animals, he sensls and gets specimens at once j,
|, whatever may be the cost 2Fss1s - hi'st,e'
( The influence of such man will yet be feis ~ =
| BURGLAaY.-The OskaIoosa Herald OF Nay
| 10Th, saws. that last night the store rooi 80. ~
4 VI Abraham of our city Was IproAeH ops",
trunk, Carried out into the Eaphe squaret;eu p1
frifed ol is contents also su .s
1 ....os ,,,s f.ser The contents of tve shoot =
- 10 mo hest weleomes one OF these rascaIs -
should RECEIVE Again we put our c'tizens ON =
! their guard st "a gsTs e sycs @iiaa gs ~ isss
p.orrar ,,i yr,sx n rRAScs.-A movements in y
nroerrss TO erect an American Protestant Chap-asa
/ sei in Paris commenced by liberal donations
from American residents in thai. CITY, ana sAdss
by contributions from this conntr ryT-ine e4apst
10 be under the care OF the American and for-
eien Christisn Uri6n.. TIE Rec. N eefs =
Dickinson lately COLES 81se VIA :, ,'tF
! PhiIade!rta, has been appointea tee chatlJi !.
the society at rhst poriaf posi- tasd fs'foets
commence bis ministerial services early in the
! coming Autumn.