Litchfield enquirer., 1857-11-05
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CoNSFe-FrtrT eArTtE.-ln ole respect. Connecticut
Cattle Shows arc somewhat peculiar. Working oxen
constitute the leading feature here. This useful class
Of animals Of course occupies prominent position at
shows throughout New England and soiitv other
parts of the country but they are to Connecticut
what trottinS horses to Vermont-the great ex-
port article Of tbs State. Connecticut time
since acquired ;ssccnuellcy in this particular a,.
it is still maintained She furnishes oxen for por-
tons of New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania aud
May land An enquiry is naturally suggested to
tie origin of this high reputation We arc inclined
to trace it to the Introduction Of the Devon breed by
The Messrs. Hurbut. nearly forty years ago.
There were some which had none of the modern
Devon blood at ALL but descended from stock
early imported into tie State some of which, there
is good reason to believe came from the south
part of Devon. Occasionally d dash Of the Short
Horn could be traced in the tendency to light color
and the squareness of the headquarters. But in
general the Devon charat tcrstics pletominatc aud
were conspicuous in the clean head with broad fore
head and large eye the rising neck and high, slant
ing shoulders as we'll in the quick, lively move
uents of the animals. On the whole, we think we
have never seen so good display Of working oxe,1
As this There are larger to be met with
at shows in other parts OF the country but there is
Il finish and Stye-a refinement, in word--about
the Connecticut oxen, which is seldom to lie met
with elsewhere The animals were generally under
the most thorough discipline. They were mostly
shown in the fist place out of the yoke and made to
perform various evclutions by word and sign, and
were afterwards tried at carts very heavily loaded
with stone, where they proved that they had great
strength and knew how to use it. We weNsome-
what surprised al the prices asked for these
$3G0 yoke, in several instances. and on" owner
stated that he had refused that sum.
Among the breeding cattle, the Devon took the
lead not only in numbers but in average merit
Indeed there several animals in this division
that we're entitled to the first rank The class of
aged bulls, which included those Of three and four
years old, was of decided merit. We are not
s,n that we have an equal number of an
mals of any breed of more general or aggregate e1-
cei!ence.--tor. Boston Cuit,rG:or.
| SAMUEL lfuRLBur.-Wc had barely time, saws the
Winsed Herald. to mention the death of Mr. H
last week. and compelled to omit few par
,iculars which may hc of interest.
| Mr. Samuel IInrlhut the father. came to Win
chester among it's first settlers from Rocky Hill
He married Miss Beach of rorrington, aunt of the
late Rev James Beach of Wnstcd He acquired a
handsome estate by land speeulations and industri
Gus farming raised a family of six-thrcc and
three daughters-and died about the year 1890
! The three brothers have always resided in Win
chester Gen. Lcmuel Hurlbut being the survivor.
There is also surviving sister, who resides in the
State of New York. The estate of s. & L. Hur,but
was divided equally between the two on the death
of the !atter-two years ago It then invcntoried
ut rising 5000 COO. Mr. Samuel Hurhut leaves no
will except three requests S. COO each to the Amer
lean Home Missionary Society. the American Bible
Society, and the American Tract Society. There is
no provision made for the Academy project SO much
talked of at time, and the remainder of the cs
tate as Mr.. Hurlhut had heirs direct goes to his
brothers and sisters and their heirs.
| Exoprs OF IRlsHMEx. "A large number of Irish
men, few with families. left the Granite State
yesterday, (says the Hartford Courant,) in conse
quence of the difficulty of getting work. Some OF
them will ship for ireland. while the others will ship
for southern potts, in search of employment. The
Charleston steamers have already taken quite num-
Der south, who arc in hopes to find work.
New MAIL ARRANskNENTs. BY a new mail ar
rangement, through mail is sent up to Winsted ev'
cry night, returning t. Bridgeport every morning
This will be material accommodation in facilita
ting the dispatch of letters to New York.
SUDDEN DEArn.-Mr Chatfc!d, an aged residen,
of Woodbury., while engaged in getting in wood enc
day last week, suddenly dropped dead in the field
The cause of his strange aud unexpected dccease il
no. known