Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-02-19

even as tue waves OF the Sea-Wlth'
out u spot Of level land in tho town,
twenty acres In extent. Yet this
il one of the best and for some years
was the second farming town in the
State.
We can point with some pride to
their copper mines, now sending to
our depot hundreds of tons of cop.
per every month and some day DIES.
tined TO be the source of great
wealth to the town aud the county.
Topsham with equal pride points
to her many hills, covered with cat.
tie and horses and sheep, in their
season, to her wool and butter and
tons of the sweet product of tho
naples covering and adjoining the
hill tops.
The two Fairlees, zach of only
half the size of ordinary towns,
with much land SO uneven aud rocky
that it cannot be titled, yield not q
W hit to towns of larger proportions,
an at the meeting of the Board
furnished more articles for your con-
Sideration than any other town
here represented.
In Vershire you can find n copper
mine that sends to market every month
over $3.50, 900 worth Of pig copper, smell
ted at her doors, aud supporting min
ing population Of about thousand per-
sons. This hill town will soon rival the
great copper producing regions of Corn
wall and Wales.
The citizens of these towns welcome
this meeting and the members of the
Board as likely to confer great benefit
upon all who attend.
We remember with pleasure the meet
ing of the Board held here two years
ago, and we know that from that gather
ing many went away instructed and en-
couragcd. We have all read of the do
ings of the Board in other parts of the
State during the Winter and we feel sat
isIicd that no money is paid from
the State treasury that brings back %
larger return to the people than the pit
lance given those who are willing to la
Dor in this cause.
With these few words, on behalf of
the farmers, the manufacturers, those in
terested in mining, and all the people
careful Of the true welfare of the State,
welcome you here to-day and bid you
God speed in all your future labors.
DR.. j. b. Ormsby of Bradford
then read the following paper, from
which we have been obliged for
lack of space to leave out some
portions:
"What would be the effect upon
mankind were the horse taken
uway from us7 The mere asking
of this question brings wildly to
mind the great Importance of the
subject. In all ages the horse has
been one of the greatest if not the
greatest servant of man. In war
or in peace, in the barbarous or en-.
lightened, in civilized, half civil.
lied, or the savage states of society
we find the horse associated wi tn
man as his best servant.
1t is not q matter of wonder then,
that almost every nation should
have had grown up with them
race of horses peculiar to them.
selves. The Arabians, on their
broad, arid plains, leading noman.
die tent life, with warm climate,
subject to sudden emergencies of
or tempted by revenge
or hope of plumber to strike blow
upon some neighboring tribe, have
developed a race noted for astonish-
ing agility. While the Cossack
amid the valleys and mountains of
northern Europe, where short sum
iners and long winters necessitate
a life Of hard toll, and constant ex-
posture to the visissitudes of a rig.
orous climate, where hard fare,
long terms of fasting, severe labor,
have produced breed of horses as
different from the Arabian as there
is difference in the locality. Eng
land, too, has brought into being a
horse characteristic of their people.
10 compare the monster cart-horse
Of England with the 1.-the, agile
Barb of Arabia cannot fail to bring
to mind the description given by
the Scottish poet of the reputed
contest between King Richard the
crusader, and Saladin, the Saracen
While we see in
all parts of the world these local
characteristics, dividing the animal
nto so numerous a variety of char
lcter, we can but question our
selves what character of horse does
,ur climate and local interests de.
nand Have we labor for large
cam horses to haul timber, miner
rails, ST merchandise to or from
market ? Do we need, or have we
to breed to the tracks
s it profitable to endeavor to make
he attainment of a 2.4O or 2.3O
AIT, all accomplishment to be at.
aimed at whatever cost i? For what
haracter of horses have we the
est market Ask Mr.. Hunt who
0 frequently visits us, what is the
ind of horse he most frequently
uys. They are not selected for
heir great speed, but solid, close
uilt, trappy, hardy horses. He
,oks for horses Of all work. Good
n the road, good at the pillow, good
herever they are put.
But one moment to the history
the New England horse. We
now nothing of any animal of the
orse kind indigenous to the coun-
" before the white people came
ere. But horses have been brought
from three principal sources.
he English, the French and the
panish. To the north of us we
I'VE mongrel breed of what are
lied French horses, cOmbina.
on of the Norman and other
Ock common to the country;
lille at the south are the Spanish
llques of their early importations.
ltermediate between these two
eat types are the horses of New