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... sent me away to a fair when a very young man , giving me authority to buy , and money to pay for , half - a - dozen beasts . I exceeded my commis- sion and bought three little lots - about fifteen in all . The owners trusted me the ...
... sent me away to a fair when a very young man , giving me authority to buy , and money to pay for , half - a - dozen beasts . I exceeded my commis- sion and bought three little lots - about fifteen in all . The owners trusted me the ...
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... sent me away to a fair when a very young man , giving me authority to buy , and money to pay for , half - a - dozen beasts . I exceeded my commis- sion and bought three little lots - about fifteen in all . The owners trusted me the ...
... sent me away to a fair when a very young man , giving me authority to buy , and money to pay for , half - a - dozen beasts . I exceeded my commis- sion and bought three little lots - about fifteen in all . The owners trusted me the ...
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... sent from Cumberland to Barnet in spring , and sold off the marshes fat in July and August . My best sixty generally commanded the highest price . The late Mr William Thom was my great opponent 4 in the horned - cattle trade , and ...
... sent from Cumberland to Barnet in spring , and sold off the marshes fat in July and August . My best sixty generally commanded the highest price . The late Mr William Thom was my great opponent 4 in the horned - cattle trade , and ...
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... sent for many years sixty horned cattle in spring to Mr Buist , Tynninghame . They were grazed in Tyn- ninghame Park , and he also required other forty or sixty during the season for house - feeding . I only gave up the commission ...
... sent for many years sixty horned cattle in spring to Mr Buist , Tynninghame . They were grazed in Tyn- ninghame Park , and he also required other forty or sixty during the season for house - feeding . I only gave up the commission ...
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... sent farther south , and returned back to the north . One respectable dealer told me that no one had ever asked the price of his cattle , and coolly added , " I have taken turnips from and sent the cattle home . " I never lost a ...
... sent farther south , and returned back to the north . One respectable dealer told me that no one had ever asked the price of his cattle , and coolly added , " I have taken turnips from and sent the cattle home . " I never lost a ...
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