The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-06
STELLA'S STEERS.
She Loves Them Dearly, but She is
Thoroughly Feminine and Fond
of Dainty Things, Too.

81 send you a picture of my trained
steers. They are Herefords. My
father keeps Hereford cattle, and
breeds them to sell. We have some
cattle that came from England. l
went with my father to all the fairs,
and took first premiums on my steers.
/ trained them myself. They are ten
months old. and | Am ten years old.
My steers earned me money enough
to buy my winter suit and a nice
cloak. Perhaps | am a tomboy, but |
like nice clothes"
Thus writes little Stella Freeman,
of Huntington, Mass, to the AgTGc1n-
turist. Those who attended the agri-
cultural fairs in that vicinity last fall
were interested in a pair of bright lit
tie steer calves, exhibited by this girl
of ten, who was dressed in a blue and
white suit, with a jockey cap.
The calves were trained to perform
evolutions, with or without the yoke,
to move in direct lines or circles,
abreast or following each other, to
kneel and rise, guided only by GEES
lures or movements of the whip; the
little trainer doing the whole without
speaking a word.
From her earliest childhood she has
shown a tendency to make pets of all
the brute creation. When she was
but two or three years old the family
often found her sitting upon the man
ger of the bull-a massive creature,
weighing over 900 pounds-and feed
ing him tid-bits. This love of animals
is hers both by inheritance and edu-
cation. her father being a successful
breeder of Herefords and her grand
father ranking long as n of the
leading cattlemen of New England.
In all other ways Stella is thorough
ly feminine, fond of dainty ribbons
and all beautiful things, and skilled
at knitting intricate patterns OF lace,
etc.
An injury received at school last
year prevented her attendance for
several months, and, by the physi-
clans advice, she was left free to fol-
low her own inclInations in the open
air. She then began the training of
a pair of steer calves, for her own
amusement, without any thought of
making a public exhibition. But sew
eral prominent cattlemen, visiting at
the farm while the calves were in
training, urged that she should exhib-
it them at the next agricultural fair.
The novelty of steers trained by a
girl attracted much attention. The
president of one society declared that
they were the most taking feature OF
the whole fair.
Lady Ely.
From Lady Ely's position she was
thrown into intimate relations with
nearly every one worth knowing in
Europe as well as her w country.
Her friendship with the late Emperor
of the French and the Empress Eu-
genie began when, as the beautiful
Mile de Montijo, Lady Ely acted as
chaperon to the Empress during the
two or three seasons she passed in
London before the Emperor saw her
and fell in love with her, and no one
knew more of the secrets of that VOC
ing than Lady Ely. With all the
great events of the Empress's life
Lady Ely was more or less connected.
When the Prince Imperial was born
with the Empress, and she used often
laughingly to assure people who as
serted their belief in the story that he
was a suppositious child that no one
who had been present could have any
doubts on the subject, and her de.
scription of the Emperor's joy and de-
light when all was over was very
amusing.
When the Queen and the Prince
Consort paid their state visit to Paris
Lady Ely was taken by the Queen on
account of her friendship with the
Empress. After the downfall of the
Empire she was one of the first to well
come the exiles at Chiselhurst, and
on the terrible morning when the
news of the death of the Prince I'M
perial was told to the stricken En-
press, Lady Ely went to her at once
to comfort and console her. She was
essentially a woman every turned to
in sorrow and JOY, for her sympathy
is unfailing.
Perhaps the most interesting part of
Lady Ely's life was her friendship
with Count Cavour, who had the
most enthusiastic admiration and at
tachment for her and who but for her
ties at court would certainly have
ultimately made her his wife. She
was, however, unwilling then to leave
the Queen, and his death, which came
quickly and suddenly, terminated
whatever hope there might have been
of her changing her mind.-London
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