St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-08
FARM AND ART.
Hill as Stock Promoter and Con-
nOiSgeur.

Hill as Stock Promoter and Con-
noisseur.
The knowledge of his sumptuous
general. and the question has been fre-
quently asked of late: with that great
railway system on his hands, what leis-
ure can Mr.. Hill find?" Yet the fact
remains that Mr.. ILL not only finds and
enjoys leisure, but gives himself up
thoroughly to domeStIcity, felicitates
himself upon his happy household, and
finds time not only to appreciate his
magnificent pictures, but to give atten-
ton to his perfect stock farm, Oakview,
just north Of the city. AS both farmer
and art connoisseur. he has employed
the business world. His pictures are
the finest and his fancy stock the best
in the country, and he prides himself
upon both. The beautiful Oakview is
depot OF supplies for fine stock for the
whole state and the Northwest. He has
given only less attention to the i'm
-provement of live stock along the lines
of his railway than to the development
of the line itself.
He has for years been distributing
fine stock, sheep, cattle and hogs to the
different sections for breeding purposes,
stipulating that the animals shall be for
the use of the communities. He has
usually sold them at moderate figure
to one of the leading farmers in each
place with this provision, and has rarely
charged more than the cost of the
freight from st. Paul. Among other
things that he distributed in this way
were some very fine hogs, the off spring
of some that he imported from the
old country himself, and which cost
him several hundred dollars apiece.
He sold them for about S. apiece to
these farmers, and sent them out all
along the line. One day not long ago
he came down to his office in st. Paul
to find an old farmer waiting for him.
He asked him what he could do for him,
and the farmer said: "Mr. Hill, have
come down to do business with you.
You sent ME boar some months ago
and l took it of you at IS. Well. like
it so we'll that have come in to tell you
that l want to buy the whole litter IL
you will let me have them at the same
price," MIR. Hill then sat down and
He told him what the hogs had actually
cost him, and when the fellow went out
of the Office his eyes were as big as your
fist.
Mr.. nill's farm contains about 1000
acres. 1t has more than 400 heads Of
I fine amin ais on it. He can tell you the
pedigree Of any one you may pick out
! at a glance, and he knows the record Of
each COW. 1t is the same with half
. dozen other branches of knowledge, and
you can not strike subject on which
he is not posted. He is man of wide
scientific reading, and he is one of the
best judges Of pictures and fine arts in
the United States. He can 90 into
gale ry and can tell you the names OF
? the artists Of any famous pictures that
may be upon the walls, and his st. Paul
home is just filled with paintings by the
great masters. He has large art gal
lery connected with his house, which is
Z lighted from the roof and which con-
tains moro fine modern paintings than
you will see in the Corcorau art gallery
In Washington. He has four paintings
by Millet, the famous French pal
a number by Troyon, and others by
Diaz, Mhnkacksy, Delacroix and others.
Among others he has beautiful p0r-
tFalt of one Of his children by Bonge-
reau.