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way in the matter, and after the Duke was 

 knocked off to him presented credentials from 

 Mr. Wentworth, who was one of the best-known 

 men in the State. After the bull had been put 

 on board the cars the buyer produced two cards, 

 upon which were written in Mr. Wentworth's 

 own handwriting these words: "If this 'green- 

 horn' of an Irishman gets lost send this bull to 

 John Wentworth, Chicago." The cards were 

 tied to the Duke's horns, and it is needless to 

 say he arrived safely at Summit Farm, where 

 he did good service up to his fifteenth year. At 

 this same sale Mr. D. McMillan of Ohio, whose 

 herd was one of the foremost of that day, sent 

 an unlimited order to buy the cow White Lady, 

 a daughter of imp. Western Lady, for which 

 Capt. James N. Brown had paid $1,325 at the 

 Importing Co.'s sale in 1857, and secured her at 

 $800. 



J. H. Pickrell. We now reach the point 

 where consideration must be given to the work 

 of Hon. J. H. Pickrell the present editor of 

 the American Short-horn Herd Book formerly 

 of Harristown, 111., whose long and active 

 identification with Short-horn interests in the 

 United States calls for conspicuous recognition. 



Mr. Pickrell descends from a Kentucky and 

 Virginia ancestry. His father removed from 

 Kentucky to Illinois in 1828, settling in Sanga- 

 mon County. J. H. (or "Henry," as his friends 



