Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-21
Ter tho Waterman
A visit TO the Queens DOmlnions.

VIA the iasSump~lc railroad, ana spent my why
agrceably and probably Arriving at Lennox.
Vile, the terminus Of said road where it connects
with the Grand Trunk, we found ourselves safely
booked for the night at Mr. paige's hotel, where
the fallen chief Of the Southern Conledomcy, JET
icrson Davis boarded while after hisreleasc from
Fortress Monroe, sending his children to an Epis'
copal school that is nourishing in this town.
/ We might know that wewerc outside OF Vermont
b., Il c great display OF fancy bottles that were ar
rauacd m an open bar in prominent place In the
hotel and the way the citizens patronized sud
/ lar, would lead one to conclude that Mother the
/ landlord nor the people had any fears Of a Maine
/ law before their eyc4, as they wet their whistles
fun often, without let or hindnuce"
Thursday morning being beautiful aud tine
roads in fine order, we chartered a team and went
ten miles to The town of Compton fine village,
settled chiefly hy entcrprising people from the
States, and continued ON two miles to the mag
uihccut farm Of VI. II Cochmnc, ESQ, where we
spent the day nlmiring the splendid stock chat
Mr.. Clchmuc had imported FROM the United
Kingdom, OF Eognni ireland and Scotland. bee
ing the largest AMI most valuable impwtati1n-
that ever len tlc English shores ! DO NOT feel
that could DO lmll iu-tirc o, Mr. Coehmuc's
farm and stock IN giving O. description OF them,
/ it being 10. gentleman expressed il, a- good o.
State Fair 90 TO witne-. what this priugcly man
[ has done within few Year, Cor agriculture. Mr..
Cochmnc made impofttions from the most pr1mi-
uent herd. In Europe during tAc year, Of 1867,
1865, 1850 and 1870 principally. if mot 40, from
the famous Bates and Booth stocks that now take
the lead both in England and America. Cuunois-
seur- may be able % judge ol the merits OF these
herds, the ,uperilry of the one over The other
bat 60 me the, were SO perfect in every particular
that d, NOT pretend To- say which We're the mp-t
excellent With a libemly and courage not
cqmlled hy any citizen on this Continent, Mr.
/ Cochrauc has twice crossed the ocean and paid
almost fabulous prices for Short Horn cattle, de-
tcrmiued To- get as good England could pro-
ducc and well has be bocu rewarded for hi, en-
terpri-e, the highest price for which he has sid
one animal, u COW, being twelve thousand dollars,
and calf for fur thousand, that went To- Eylannd
last summer Mr. Cichune personally selected
/ his stock in Europe and shipped them to his farm
at an expense Of sixty-hge thousand dollars in
! gold and in two weeks from the time we were at
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t'on' expecting % return uy lne m'1''e 'l August
in season to make grand show at our Sat, Fair
at St J1hnSbury next September
10 show how the Duchess stock is held in Eng
land, | quote the following paragraph from
pamphlet published by Mr. G. The Duchess
tribe is one Of the oldest and best amongst the
race of Short Horn cattle. Its -aid that prior to
the present century 10 bad been in the possession
Of the Duke Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ancestors fr
two hundred years it was purchased by Mr.
Charles Colling IN Isl, ami at thc kelt0n SHE
in $50 Mr.. Bates bought the only female
Duchess LIST, for ls3 luinca, and it j. from this
animal TINT the present tribe tra,c- ltclntinued
in Mr. Bates sole possession until his death he
/ 1850, when il went 20 Earl Ducie at whose silc
| in 1853, Capt. Glnter bought Duchess 9Th. from
which COW Duches.e- l0l-t and 1903 are descend
| ed. Whenever cows and heiler. of this family
come into the market, they always c1mmand
high price, and theS, price have risen of late
years. At Mr.. BITES sale fourteen Of the tribe
averaged ll6 p)lni, five ,hillings, while at Earl
| Ducie's, tenayemgei filr hundred and fortv-twl
pound, and one shilling. It wa, from Earl Ducie'.
sale that the present Family of Dnche.se@ in
America was purchased
la addition % larg. number, ol cattle imported
| by Mr.. c. N ls70-heal, purchased number Of
| first class sheep and black and white pigs. The
sheep comprised the first prize pen Of Cot-wold
ewes at the meeting of the Royal Agricultural
Society in England ut Oxiord, bought of Mr.
John Gillett, of Minister Lowell also fourteen
Cotswold ewes and five rams from Mr.. II. C,!e',
] stuck which al al OF
number OF pure bred Berkshire pig were pur-
chased at Her MUesty's farm, Windsor castle
Mr. O. farm contains 700 acres, all first class
land, and Is IN high state ofcultinton. lie is
raising twenty acres oI roots thls year Tor his
stock, and the manner of dong it, would be
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