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ADI>RESS OF MR. LORIK0. 



John Yaughn, a liberal and intelligent gentleman^ who 

 conceived that England without Priestley was no place 

 for a christian to live in^ followed that great Philosopher 

 and Divine in his flight to our shores, and settled on the 

 banks of the Kennebec. He imported the Durham 

 cattle of that day, the improved Short-horns of ours ; and 

 you may find to this day, grazing in the valley of that 

 river, a large, thrifty, quick-growing, solid massive breed 

 ' of cattle, the indigenous Short-horns of that region^ 

 indigenous, because they have become adapted through 

 generations to that soil and climate, and are now 

 among the most profitable products of the State. Go to 

 Portsmouth and the surrounding towns, and you will 

 find cattle of similar quality and description, the fruits 

 of the more recent importations of Col. Pierce ; a native 

 stock now, but possessing certain characteristics, which 

 they never loose either in succeeding generations or in 

 various families. An importation into the valley of the 

 Connecticut by the late Mr. Williams, whose herd has- 

 been transmitted to as much judgment and skill and 

 intelligence as can be found even in the old country, 

 has stamped the stock of this section with points of 

 value seldom equalled. I had often been struck with 

 the excellence of the cows in the Aroostook region, and 

 thence to the Bay of Fundy — a well-bred, hardy, dairy- 

 looking race of animals ; and I soon discovered that 

 some choice Ayrshires had been brought into that 

 country. The oxen of Meredith Bridge and Lake 

 Winnipisseogee — who has not admired their stately 

 carriage, their rich color, their symmetry of form, their 

 thrift and their size and endurance ? They are the 



