Akron, Ohio, Sept . 21, 1852.
Dear Son John, — I now enclose five dollars to pay you for
the expense of your trip to Cleveland as near as I can. I would have given you
more at Cleveland had I met with Mr. Perkins in season after you concluded to
leave. We will hereafter arrange about your time so as to make that satisfactory.
We drew three second premiums at the fair, but no first premium. Our bull — by
far the most extraordinary animal we have — got no premium at all. We heard a
very strong expression of dissatisfaction with the award on Devon bulls from
numerous strangers, as well as from many good judges of our acquaintance,
before we left the ground. We received a first premium on a yearling buck, and
he was the meanest sheep of fourteen that we exhibited; we got no other premium
on sheep.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 152
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