300 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



in the New World: Needless to say, therefore, he 

 knew the Herefords. As a pioneer in the great new 

 field opened up to the " white faces/' largely as a re- 

 sult of his enterprise, so much interest attaches to 

 this importation that the author makes no apology 

 for the introduction at this point of the following 



O AM. PARTS or WONMOUTH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



THOMAS ASTON 'S BUSINESS CARD. 



sketch of Mr. Aston, kindly prepared by Mrs. Hor- 

 ace Abbe, a daughter residing at Elyria : 



"Thomas Aston was born Nov. 1, 1814, near Cole- 

 ford, Gloucestershire, England. As a boy he was 

 raised on a farm. Tom, his brothers and fourteen 

 horses were sent to work in the coal mines about 

 three miles distant in the winter months, where they 

 would see daylight only on the Sundays. When 

 about sixteen years of age Tom was sent as an ap- 

 prentice to the butchering business at Monmouth, 

 where he was employed for five years. At the age 



