Ambleside Herald & Lakes News 25 May 1883 Page 4 Death of Mr. Mitchell Death of a Well Known cattle Dealer Old MR. MITCHELL, well known in former years as a horse dealer, was buried on the 16th inst., and his funeral was attended by farmers from all parts of the district. He had outlived the condition of things in which his particular talent was useful. Before the railway era, great fairs were held at Rosely Hill and Brough Hill, where, at set periods of the year, thousands of people gathered from far and wide, and much business was done. MR. MITCHELL was the chief purveyor of young horses on these occasions. Some days previously he would scour the entire country, buying up all the "stags" that he could get hold of, and with these in a long queue he made his appearance at Rosley or Brough. He was a man whose genius enabled him instinctively to guage the prospects of the horse trade; but it is a trade in which no genius can save a man from losses; and MR. MITCHELL shared the vicissitudes incidental to the business. It is said that horse dealing would corrupt the integrity of a saint; nevertheless, without being a saint, old MR. MITCHELL retained the respect of those with whom he traded. David David Leverton Leverton, Stevens, Clibborn, Dodgson, Hird, Stalker ulpha@telus.net