From the Claremont [N. H.] Eagle.
There is not a cow, we believe, in this county, of the same age that will begin to compare in size with the one in this town, belonging to Mr. Luther E. Stevens. She is only five years old, and upon being driven into the village last week, weighed eighteen hundred and ninety pounds-having gained over two hundred and fifty pounds since March last. She is a perfect barn yard Lambert, and moves in almost as unwieldy a manner as an elephant. This monster, we believe was raised in Oxford; in this state-she had twin calves a year or two since and is not very good for milk. Since March she has been turned on to pasture and had little meal every day besides. This cow will do very well to go with the famous steer Hubbard, Esq, of this town which is almost five years old, and weighs about twenty eight hundred. They make a very pretty couple, and we may safely challenge any farmer, any where in creation, to produce two such fine animals whose combined weight shall be forty-seven-hundred-nearly two tons and a half! We should like to see Claremont farmers beaten.
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