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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



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DUEHAM BUTiIi—CHICAGO DUKE. 



The fine animal illustrated by this engraving, 

 is the property of the Hon. John Wentwokth, 

 of Chicago, Illinois, and was bred by R. A. Al- 

 exander, of Woodford County, Kentucky. 



Mr. Wcntworth was born and reared on a farm 

 in New Hampshire, and all his early life was de- 

 voted to the noble and inspiring pursuit of agri- 

 culture. Like many other young men, however, 

 he wished cO see the world iu some of its other 

 phases, and left the farm for the printing-office, 

 "which is the best epitome of the Avidc world in 

 our knowledge. This led him into political affairs, 

 and these into Congress. He has been a working 

 man evcrywlierc — at home, in the ])rinting-officc, 

 caucus, on the stump, and iu Congress. But in 

 the midst of all these allurements, he never for- 

 got the farm, nor lost sight of that domestic bliss 

 ■which oftener resides in the farm-house than in 

 any other place ; and although immersed in the 

 sea of politics as the editor of a paper, or in the 

 halls of Congress, or guiding the interests of the 

 people in a populous and progressive city, he has 

 always found opportunity to return to his first 

 love, and engage in some department of agricul- 



tural life. One of his efforts has been to introduce 

 into the West a better breed of cattle, and the 

 "Chicago Duke," who is now looking at j'ou from 

 above, is one of the specimens of his introduc- 

 tion. 



We have often spoken of the Durham cattle as 

 a breed, and do not think it necessary to devote 

 space to that point now. 



Exhumation of Ruins. — There has existed a 

 long time a record wliich fixed the site of the 

 watch-house which was erected by the Plymouth 

 settlers, on Burying Hill, during tl^e late war with 

 King Phillip, in 1G75. The exact site and size of 

 ihe building has never been accurately determined 

 until Saturday last, when portions of the founda- 

 tion were hud bare. The foundation Avas of stone, 

 upon which were laid brick, made evidently of 

 clay taken from our shore. The building was 

 about tv/elve by sixteen feet, and was situated 

 about one hundred feet North of the original fort 

 erected by the settlers of 1G20, and upon that part 

 of the hill which commands a very extensive view 

 of every direction. These ruins were found but 

 about a foot below the surface of the ground, and 

 have been several times interfered with by the 

 digging of graves. — Plymouth Iiock\ 



