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assured income, independent of his land, and had a 

 taste for fine cattle I think I could do so." 



All which is eminently discreet : hut if to a taste 

 for fine cattle, any rurally inclined gentleman adds a 

 thorough knowledge of them, and aptitude in the 

 handling of them, and a keen eye for the apprehension 

 of their good or bad points, (such as few men are 

 born to,) he may become a successful breeder. But 

 to undertake such a business with onJy the flimsy 

 basis of a love for fine cattle, will prove a very profit- 

 less venture. 



The next witness is a stout man, partially bald, 

 who carries a bandana pocket-handkerchief and per- 

 spires freely John Heaviside, of Three-Hills Farm : 

 retired from business going on five years. 



Query. " Would Mr. Heaviside be good enough 

 to detail in brief hk system with respect to stock and 

 labor ? " 



Witness. " Well upon my word, there's not much 

 of a system. I keep a pair of carriage-horses, and a 

 little roadster for the boys, and a pair of mules, and 

 a pony and a saddle-horse, and we sometimes hire a 

 neighbor's oxen. Then there's a cow or two and 

 their calves ; and there's a foreman, and gardener, ard 

 coachman, and five out-door hands in the summer." 



Query. " What are your crops principally, Mr. 

 Heaviside ? " 



