The Hawaiian gazette., 1872-12-11

ierest To be IN any way connected or allie,
with you cannot fail to afford me much satisfac
ton"
Nine years later be introduces to him hi
nephew, Lieut. Monroe, who is about to visi
Scotland on some private concerns Of high inter
est, and proceeds to say: Retired as l now an
to private life, and engaged in literary and agri
cultural pursuits III is impossible not to b
struck in reading Sir Johns correspondence with
our first Presidents, with the reflection of what
different sort o. men were our early Presidents
socially and intellectually, to their successors =
it will always give me great pleasure to receive
any of your friends who may visit this country,
and to show them all the attention in my power.
A seat 10 Parliament when be was twenty-six
enabled Sir John Sinclair more efectualiy to pro-
mote the cause be had at heart, and in 1914 a
gratifying appreciation Of bis labors was shown,
in the fact of twenty counties, at their Michael
mas Head Courts, returning their thanks to
him for his public services
] The fruit of Sir Johns deeds is emInently con
spicuous to-day. No country in ChHstendom
produces better farmers gardeners, or breeders of
stock. To the latter item especially the atten-
tiou Of the agricultural world has recently been
prominently directed.
For many years past Sir William Maxwell
Stirling, the accomplished author Of The Clois-
ter Life of Charles V, has been in the habit Of
annually selling off, TO the immense advantage Of
the neighboring farmers, bis surplus stock Of
splendid cattle and horses, and now friendly
competitor has appeared in the person of the
Earl OF Dunmore, who bears name not unknown
in the annals Of this country. and is connected
moreover with it BY ties Of kindred, bis uncle and
former guardian having married a sister Of the
late Gen. Wordsworth, of Geneseo.
Lord Dunmore began cattle farming only so
lately as 1865. and the results are, considering
this, really wonderful Last month sale took
place Of part Of his stock. at Dunmore Park, in
Stirlingshire, where a large number of long
pursed lovers Of fine stock assembled. Specula-
ton was rife as to the success, and many god
authorities were but slightly sanguine as to the
pecuniary returns, bat the sequel proved that his
Lordship knew very well what be was about
Here is synopsis of the sale:
As cows, averaging ........... ESP 100
) bulls, averaging. .......... loo Sc
Total 81, averaging. .......... 242 lsS
Total realized. ........... 1918 40
Notwithstanding his having realized these
enormous prices, Lord Dunmore has retained as
q nucleus by far the finest portion of bis herd for
which Mr.. Henry Brassy NJ. p son of the cele- /
brated railway contractor, offered $4,000 for /
choice of twenty. For those sold. the highest |
prices given were S4O5O. S5O5O, $500.
Lord Dunmore ascribes much Of his success to |
the wrinkles" he had received from marrying
into famous farming family-tbat of the Earl of .
Leicester, whose father, celebrated as Coke of |
Norfolk, was making gardens out of wastes on
bis estate of HOlkham, in that county (which he
made the first for farming in England. at the
lime when Sinclair was at the same work 10 Scot
and
1t is only few years ago that Lord Dunmore
vas fast young Guardsman, intent only on en-
Dying himself; now he is really a valuable man
0 his country. The Huk Lane Express. a most
journal the organ of the food trade
n recording this wonderful sale, calls down bless
ngs on the head of such noblemeH as the young
sarl, who devote their time, energy and wealth
0 the development Of agriculture. Why cannot
ONE Of our rapidly increasing idle e1s,esss Eores
o and do likewise? Surely the breeding of stock
orses must be most fascinating occupation for
gentleman to pursue, and the interest attaching
o it would soon compensate for temporary ab-
snce from the pavements of Fifth-avenue, the
Iubs and the gambling bells, more especially
then fine health and good appetite supplanted
legrims aud dyspepsia.-N T. Times