27 [FIGURE] I spent most of the day in Worcester attending the
cattle show I saw some of the finest oxen I ever saw
in my life. I saw one large black ox that guirted 10 feet and
weighed alive 4,200, two Durham oxen which were two
of three twins calved at at time weight lbs 2200, each, a Manmouth
Durham Cow guirt 8 feet weight 2,500 lbs and 3 durham
twin calves looked well, the above was in a show. In
the pens I saw a black ^ox^ weight 2767 his mate read ox 2750
one yoke of read oxen the fattest I ever saw the yoke weighed
5110 lbs and one Durham Calf 7 months old weight 800 lbs
during the evening I rode on the cars to Northbridge
the cars were all loaded down in such a manner that
the cars were loaded & crouded almost to suffication
it was crouded out on the platform untill they were in
dangers of falling of, I called upon Br Wm sweat at
Joseph Aldridge and spent the night 15 m
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