The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-11

til in her deep, juicy meadows she ha{
a royal herd of soft-eyed, gentle, reg
lstered Guernseys, famous even in Cali
tornia, where many of the young ant
mails went at high prices
Eighty head Of Guernsey cattle ri
blooded horses and $50 pounds of butl
ter q week to take care Of is a pretty
Dig Job for one small woman. In adj
dition, Mrs. Willetts has educated threj
handsome. clever sons, does all hei
| hGuse-Work with the help of two wo
men, makes the most glorious appli
pie that was ever constructed by womai
and doesn't care about voting!
Her horses are superb. Near the
great cow stable, capable Of staIlini
100 cows, are the stables for the beau.
t1ful, naughty stations and graceful
spirited mares. The king of THU
court is Young Highland Grey, q
thoroughbred OF the Arab type, stands
Ing over 16 hands high and weighing
upward Of LOO pounds. An authority
IN the New York Sportsman describes
| this noble animal as Of the highest
form. an Arab in shape and in superb
style and action, standing without a
peer, a combination of Black Hawk
and Messenger"
Mrs. Willetts having demonstrated
her ability to raise Guernseys started
In 1888 to breed horses With her usual
| ocNSoSAIJ SIG dNOluSQ Inc mistakes De-
! glnners usually make. As she wished
to breed fine, big horses of high quality
Tor harness purposes, suitable for
track, road or park use, she did not
select m6hgrel coach horse but
bought this splendid stallion described
| above. The result shows her wisdom,
His offspring are in great demand
Mrs Willetts enjoys the distinction
| or being the only woman member OF
the American Guernsey Cattle club
and the Guernsey association. Both
! these societies have held several OF
| their annual meetings at "The Old
Brick" Mrs. Willetts took her mascu4
line pseudonym chiefly on account OF
| the fact that she has q large cores
pondence with stock breeders all oven
the country and thought they would
write more freely on topics incidental
to the business to a man than to
woman. Then, too, she found the
name of advantage in many ways.
! Mrs. Willetts speaks of ner success
in modest way. Sometimes" she
| says, II have thought perhaps it is my
/ duty to make for publication an un-
vanished statement Of my small ex-
| perience just to demonstrate to many
| g weak sister that within their grasp
| lies broader, more health giving,
| more educating and far more enter
! tanning and possibly more rennunera.
| tive employment than the many con,
| ventional ones, back breaking and
wearying as they are, which they fol-
| low indoors. / could show them how
against great odds, against the preju-
dices Of a community whose gain lay
n the quantity and not quality of milk
production, and whose education had
always been to sell or fatten the dry
cows and to fatten the calves as veal.
how notwithstanding my ignorance OF
the breed and without precedent In
the neighborhood to encourage me, (
have established a herd that would
not dlScredit the island home of these
faVorftes Of mine. [ have found
market In the great metropolis always
surfeited), unaided and alone, for nv
butter. OF course 1t was not all smooth
sailing. The path to success is an up-
hifl road but success Is there at thu
top all the same. No, I do not think
The lever was the necessity for MAX
Ing the farm pay. The love of busi-
ness worked that lever
The description Of this delightful
place would not be complete without
mention of the resting places of two
magnificent st. Bernards, Sudan and
Neige, the former faithful followers of
the mistress of 1.-The Old Brick" Both
these died sorely lamented by q heart
that loves ell dumb creatures. They
were buried in q retired corner of the
grounds. Myrtle grows over their
graves, and at their heads are planted
weeping dogwood trees. A rustic seat
stands near by, and here on summer
evenings after her days work is done,
comes the lady OF the manor to sit
awhile and think Of her faithful
friends.
Edith Sessions Topper.