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Messenger did more in thi.s direction, per]ia])S, than all lii?* 

 otlier half brothers pnt together. 



Thej were of fine size, mostly grays, and wonderful trav- 

 elers. When steam superseded the stage coach, the stock 

 was pushed into Ohio, and farther West ; and one of the- 

 leading proprietors in that business in Ohio, Indiana, Illi- 

 nois and Iowa, has often talked to the writer of the niag- 

 niticent gray Messenger teams that were pushed out to them 

 from Central New York. He spoke of it as an easy matter 

 to select teams that would trot oif with a coach load, a mile 

 in four minutes, or twelve miles an hour, and for durabil- 

 ity, as well as speed, there were none equal to them. 



These illustrations could be nndtiplied indetinitely, and 

 reference made to other families of the animal kingdom ; 

 as the ponies of the Shetland and the Western Isles ; the 

 donkey of the Alps ; the pack mule of the Andes and Cor- 

 dilleras ; the ship of the desert, the camel of Sahara, etc., 

 etc. But sufficient for the point, that the necessities of 

 time and place give demand, and it is for man to learn- 

 what that demand is, and how to meet it to reap a large 

 and al)undant reward. 



This, man's intelligence will ultimately do, thouoh when 

 great revulsions ensue, as the inroad of steam locomotives, 

 it will be accompanied, and oftimes preceded, by mistakes 

 and blunders, akin to disasters, even, fi'om various causes : 

 fi'om great haste to meet the new demands ; connnenciug 

 in tlie wrong lines ; aided by the representations of inter- 

 ested parties, they go astray ; and it takes time to re(;tif j 

 breeding mistakes ; the prejudice of the people ; theii* pre- 

 dilections for certain families ; their formed tastes, and dis- 



