Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Brindle” in chapter 13, section c.13.1, page 2 of Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 14.:
...ased somewhat— and also supplied some neighbors.
Several others did likewise, till there came to be too much quarrel over the free pasturage we depended on, and we reluctantly parted with old Brindle , and called in the regular milkman again.
This was in 1880, when more than a dozen cows
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