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Illinois, and served thirty mares and got twenty colts, 

 at twenty dollars. In eighteen hundred and fifty-seven 

 he again stood in Goshen, and served sixty-four mares 

 and got fifty-three colts, at twenty dollars. In eighteen 

 hundred and fifty-eight he made the season in Goshen, 

 served fifty-five mares, and got forty-five colts, at 

 twenty dollars. Up to this time the horse had been 

 owned by Edmond Seeley and Hiram Smith, but 

 principally under the control of Uncle Edmond, as we 

 all called him. In the fall or winter of eighteen 

 hundred and fifty-eight, Hiram Smith having found 

 some little fault with the care and treatment the old 

 horse was receiving. Uncle Edmond says, "Here is 

 five dollars, which I will give you to say what you will 

 give or take." The proposition was acceded to, and 

 Uncle Edmond became sole owner of the horse, very 

 unfortunately too, for him; for could Hiram Smith 

 have become sole owner of him, even at that time and 

 age, he would have been a source of great profit to 

 his owner, and would have received that care and 

 ntteiitioii that a horse of his as^e most needs; for it is 



