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nature's noblemen, James Farrin^on,^ S. B. Gookins,^ 

 and Wm. F. Krumbhaar. 



Mr. F. has a most beautiful place just on the south edge 

 of the town, and one of the best houses I am acquainted 

 with. Best, because so well built, and so exceedingly 

 neat, and plainly finished. I need only say that there is 

 a wife and daughter within, who are "all right," to sat- 

 isfy my readers that it is the dwelling place of such com- 

 fort and happiness as I wish every cultivator of the 

 American soil could enjoy. 



Mr. F. and his partners have one of the most conven- 

 ient pork-slaughtering and packing establishments I have 

 ever visited. If I could take up the room necessary to 

 describe it, I doubt not it would be interesting. The head, 

 feet, bones, and entrails are all strained to save every 

 ounce of fat. The offal of the strainer and blood, although 

 such good manure, is never saved. The hair, during the 

 first year or two has been sold to go east, for about seven 

 cents a hog. One curious circumstance occurred last 

 spring in connection with this. The hair had been spread 

 out to bleach on a piece of common grass. After its re- 

 moval, in the spring, the grass started very fresh, and 

 cows fed upon it, and took up so much of the scattered 



^ James Farrington, born at Boston, Massachusetts, 1798. Moved 

 to Vincennes in 1819, and in 1822, to Terre Haute. Lawyer and 

 orator of note. In Indiana Assembly for five sessions. Connected 

 with Terre Haute Branch of State Bank of Indiana. Appointed 

 assessor of Seventh United States Internal Revenue District by 

 President Lincoln, 1862. Beckwith, H. W., History of Vigo and 

 Parke Counties . . . , pt. 2:96-97 (Chicago, 1880). 



' Samuel Barnes Gookins, born at Rupert, Vermont, May 30, 

 1809; died at Terre Haute, June 14, 1880. Removed from Vermont 

 to New York, 1812; to the West, 1823. Settled near Terre Haute. 

 With John B. Dillon, purchased Vincennes Gazette, 1830, Edited 

 Western Register, Terre Haute, 1831-1832. Admitted to bar, 1834. 

 President judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit, 1850-1851; judge, Su- 

 preme Court of Indiana, 1854-1857. Practiced law in Chicago, 

 1858-1875, Contributed political articles to the press and to maga- 

 zines. At the time of his death had just finished a history of Vigo 

 County, which is incorporated in Beckwith's history. Ibid., pt. 

 2:75-78, 160-64. 



