Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

his stock. One of them had some
white ffecks on his neck. and Mr..
Briggs could not account for it except
the groupings out of Arabian blood
perhaps a century back. What a per-
sistent, eternal law, that of nature.
1t is a little area of not more than
twenty miles square south of Paris,
where these king animals are reared.
Who buys themg' | asked, ..for
farmers cannot afford to pay 81 200 for
a horse and do they eat twice as
much as a 1.000-pound horse.'
Not So the owner replied. as he
~caressed the pink legion of honor at
the ears of II of his pets. They eat
no more than smaller horses. The
sales are mostly for breeding purposes.
y man buys a stallion and takes him
| perhaps to the western part of the
state whereby the farmers of that sec
ton raise colts from him by their ma
tive and Grade mothers. Then. too.
we do a large breeding business In our
/ own scction'-aud it was not neces-
safy for Mr.. E.iges to speak of famous
Walworth county. whose air is said
to crowd the state fair for merit and
whose farmers bask in the excellence
of Hooded stock.
The McLay Brothers Of GAINESVILLE
showed Ciydesdales frcm Scotiand-al
so heavy, draft lorscs for mining. log
eing and city work.
GAINESVILLE is a horse center. and the
brothers have farms Of 800 and 800
acres respectively. nUISemen speak
of the crash in values in 1888 as silver
men do of the year 1873, but things are
picking up in the business. Alexan
der Galbraith, of J%anesville. also ex-
hibited a tne stable.
The Cihleins run TO speed horses
smaller. tnef-limhed. delicate Great.
ures with gay ribbons woven in tail
and name. \ half brother Of Star
Pointer-whoSe mile was made in
1:59A-plcased the ladies'. Astrono-
n4er. called t'Axtel's'' father-2:12 his
record. and 100000 his price. From
ST. Cloud, Mimi. anne fourteen horses,
leaving about $50 behind-the Clydes-
dale stables of \. z. Clarke and these
splendid creatures had fancy red,
white and green roses to decorate
them.
The cattle stables contained herd
after herd of fancy stOck-cows with
m;ll-giying records, deer-like animals,
with eyes that a court beauty might
envy. These were the dairy form"
as different from the stout, plump,
stocky shapes of the ''heef form as
Dom Paul is from Il refined. spirituelle
sprig of gentility.
A Chat with Ex-Gov. Upham.
AS | was sitting watching the horses
tr0t around the circle, a s~tout-chested
man climbed up the steps to take
seats. 1t was Ex-Governor w. Fl. Up
ham, of MarShfield. accompanied by
his friend Tibbits, of Milwaukee. The
governor was looking we'll; still pos
sessed of that rugged, buoyant temper
anlent, and CHEEKY. hearty manner,
which enable a man to be at his best
all the time aud contribute to success.
He says it's activity and profits il the
lumber business. like all the lucky PEG
pie in that craft at present. He
bought 10000 acres, mostly just before
the rush to get timber properties. This
means a stretch of land that would re-
Guiie IA wall of thirty miles to circum-
vent it. lie is busy taking care of
that, which, however. is a small part
of his activities. He employs some
400 men. His big store in Marshfeld.
which did Il business Of. 100000. he
has disposed of but his lumber mills,
furniture factory, etc. are running NJ
full capacity.
Speaking of the Trust Conference
in Chicago. he said the men best quail
flied 10 talk-the manufacturers-were
not sufficiently in evidence on the pro-
gramme. They have either suffered
from combination or profted by II in
many cases and are not in a position
TO be prominent at public gatherings
Like most business men he believes
tie law of supply and demand is NOT
dead Time CorrectS "A good nIGny
diStresses bat seem intolerable. While
the present condition of affairs is in
deed serious, he animated that some
relief might develop from the opera
ton of natural laws of trade.
Ex-Governor Upham is MS witty as
ever aud said that ottice-hOlding was
much Ike horSe-racing-it was more
fun to watch the thing on the grand
stand than to sweat round the track.
He was too busy, he insisted. TO care
for tie game of politics.
Reverting to the subject. atima.
ted that when he got Il little athing
space from business he might be i'm
terested in the game again-forced to
admit that politics, like horse racing.
had u iaSciuation
ORLANDO BURNETT.