Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-05-07
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On his way to Boetown in this county, at
which place he appeared to have some ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Jonathan Perrin, the
tier known through the country as a
breeder of blcoded hogn stock. lie
brought with him eone tweaty head Of
full blooled Deyonshire cattle. among
themtwo balls aad several cows, each VAL
ue1 by himself at 5000 to $500, She val
ues not greatly swelled above what is usu-
al for imported stock. He also brought
alcng several fine breeding horses, class,
name and pedigree forgotten. The quail
Is and value Of his stock required no
vouchers, as they showed to lie superior
and all that be claimed for them. He bad
bestowed on them the greatest care, and
by artificial means caused them to appear
we'll. The horp3 az hoofs of the cattle
had been soraped, rubbed down and pol
ished to resemble Furnished ivory or glis
tening spar. With their tails combed, hair
brushed and laid smooth and heads trim
mel and oiled with the greatest care, they
were quite pretty compared with other cat
tie and credit to the proprietor.
Mr.. BackIin appeared as a civil, sedate,
Iigoifed country gentleman, reserved in
manners, Of thoughtful and content3d
mood and yet intelligent and companions
lie. lie possessed none Of the eoarseness,
braggin., staggering, profane rudeness,
fsr which famous hofsemea ard stock spec
l!ators are generally distinguished, nor
he vain, egotstcal or boastiul. Right
tbs reverse; he seemed indeed man Of
inaexible integrity, Conscientious and ex
enplary and precisely one with whom
good and true men everywhere would de-
sire acquaintance and associ ,tion. Indeed
be proved one of the incest eounterfet@ Of
gentleman we ever saw, and so he seem
ed to all Others, Notwithstanding there are
plenty Of men about who say now since
he came ont missing that they 'knew be
wasn't the clear thng-khe9 it all the
time, saw it and told somebody 50"
Such were our first impressions formed |
of Mr.. Buckin at Potosi, where we saw
him with his stock on Tho occasion allu-
ded TO. 1t was on l4isure day. aud q
large crowd Of men assembled to see his
fine Deyons. Mr. Buckln is a native Of
WATERFOWL n. Y, is middle seized, about
35, and has shown himself to be an ac-
eomplished bus;ress man, Of particular
kind not at all creditabIe. The secret OF
Us success consists in acting vel the eoaG-
fence game and playing it successfully, rot /
upon the ignorant and credulous, but up |
on precisely the opposite class Of men
those who are decidedly smart, live BY their
wits, come it over somebody very often and |
sometimes boast Of never being deceived IN
the character Of strangers. They delight in
running the man who was once unfortunate
in certain sheepish transaction, wherein
he undertook to pasture and winter flock
Of sheep on the shares--the wool falling to
the owner and the Etnbs to the keeper;
but in due time there appeared no lambs,
all the sheep being %ethers G'od enough
men, thu salt and salvation Of the country.
yet too smart even in thousaa times to
lose game or be outwtted By styan5cr>:
such in general We're the Victims. A few
o! bis victims were however not Of that
class known as smart, distrustfal Of stran-
gers and hard to head, and this was his
most discreditablo part; it showed bis
mcanness and ought to Disgrace him, for
no man so competent AS Buc&lin is to prey
upon the wise has any right to victinize
fools and editors and wo zen. Yet lie did
MI this, sparingly it i true, ba; enough to
show that if ont sporting he would rob
birds nest, blaze away at disabled o.
cluckipg prairie chicken, or shoot the faith
err of all rabbits. But the several smart
ones about, who have lived by their wits
anu yet were not sictiuized BY Mr.. Buck
Kn must FEEL chop fallen, If not dissraced.
The very fact Of his not leaving them mi
nus one or two ks shows that Mr. Back
lin did not consider them worthy of his
consideration. a stigma that must ever Class
them as number twos IN tie scEs If wit.
To possess shrowdness is an honor which
may lead to public promotion AMI coai-
d.nce. How then such men IS Mr. Buck
liz passed by rs Icing unworthy Of his no.
Use can ever reach tbs kingdom of public
honors is past our knowledge. They may
crawl ZIP and Be admitted With second Aani
complimentary tickets, may tumble mp OF
tie shoulders ef accident or bride tbs Dor
keeper. but never can they hopa Tor hoaoFs