Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-13

Mr.. VIM. Emerson Baker, Of Ridge Hill Farms
Wellesley, is trying the experiment of tanning
butfaloes, and of using them for the improve
ment of farm stock. He has been successful
with the manufacture of Grover & Bakers sew
ing machines, and we hope he will be successful
in this new enterprise. He gives the following
account of it, in a letter to the Boston journal:
'The bufaoes noticed in the newspapers yes
terday Nov 9TH, as purchased by me- were
captured through the enterprise OF Mr. John
Sweeney of SIudusky, Ohio, and not as reported
Yesterday. MIR. Sweeney employed the Mr..
Standsh and ten Others, including the famous
William Haycock, better known aS Wild Bill
from the record in Harper'S and other New York
weeklies of his proves and adventures as "A
scout during the rebellion, and us Il trapper on
our western prairies. Mr. Sweeney's object was
to capture live buffdloes, and bring them to the
Atlantic coast for a market. In company with
these eleven trapperS, he, in April of this year,
followed the trail twenty days before sighting
the herd. He selected the largest, apparently
king bull of the herd, for capture. But it was
only after chase OF three days that Wild Bill
succeeded in getting a Assoc round his neck,
but this powerful king of the herd was not to
be caught by the mere strength of man
and horse Wild Bill was pulled in
among the herd, his skill and daring
only preventing his being crushed by the terror
stricken herd. Finally tripping the bull, sec
Ollu ana Il tlllfN uSSOD WCTt tnGONn around MS
legs, and the monarch was prisoner. The
trappers gave him the name Of Pomp but in
honor to the one who first aSsoOed him, | pro-
pose to call him Pompey Haycock. His age is
three years last spring. (All butfIloes, or rath
er bisunS as we have no butfaloes on this CONT
nent calve in the spring. have not yet weigh
ed him, but judge him to weigh somewhat less
| than two thousand pounds. The other buffalo
| bull, Bob" a two year old, was also caught
| from the same herd AT the head of Republican
| river, Kansas. The yearling buffalo was cap
| tured in June last by another expedition organ
lied by Mr.. Sweeney, on the solomon river Col
| OradO, as he determined not TO start east until
| he had captured buffalo COW; aud as the bulls
! always run on the outside and the cows in the
middle of the herd, there is the greatest difficult
| tyand danger from being crushed by the herd at
| tending the capturing OF COW. This heiter was
named by the party capturing her, Julia" [ pro-
pose TO name her in honor of the entcrprisin9
man who organized the capturing party at large
pecunialy OUTLAWS, Julia Sweeney" and in an
swer ~ numerous queries will add that the OBJ
iect in my purch lsing these animals is to try
cross, both ways between Jersey, Ayrshire and
Durham stock and buffalo, and accommodate
such Others a. desire to experiment in the same
way for improvement of milk stock. The buff
falo cows are reported to give very extra rich
| quality OF milk. My Julia Sweeney-or as my
farm hands call her-"The Buffalo gal thatcame
out by the light OF the MOON is very gentle IN
| spite OF her immense head and pluck, allowing
me to brush and comb her rich, long hair, which
| hangs from her head in the same loose way as
| is now the fashion for dressing, or rather for not
| dressing, the hair of numerous young girls in
Boston. "Pompey Haycock,' although the
| terror-with his immense head-of all mules,
| horses and farm stock, is now quite tame and
| allows me to stroke his head
"The freight on the three buffaloes from Kan
sas City to Sandusky, where they were exhibited
| TO some profit, and then direct to Boston, was
| nearly $500. While being led and driven TO
| my farm, these butfalDes were followed through
| Boston streets by a crowd sometimes numbering
| several hundreds OF the curious. When out OF
the city and on the road to my place, all the
! horses they met, out OF respect, probably, gave
them the entire road, and did not attempt to
| crowd them as some people we have all met
| on country roads sometimes think their special
| duty 10 do When make my first buffalo but
Ter (Which cannot be for near two years YETI |
| will try to remember to send yOu Slice of
bread butialo-buttercd both sides"