Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-12
TWO PROMINENT TENNESSEEANS
/ GO A STOCK BUYING.

How the Bovine Adventure Ended.
: For some time past two of our promi-
nent citizens have had O hankering after
fine blooded cattle. In fact they had
bovine blood badly. Sundry and divers con-
ferences they had between themselves as
to how they would procure the finest
specimens of blooded cattle to be had and
astonish their neighbors by sudden dis
play of their selections. They kept up a
close scrutiny as to where and how this
stock was to be procured. From the
papers they learned that there was to be
a show and sale of blooded cattle at Xenia,
Ohio, and to Xenia they went. They left
the city one morning during last week and
arrived safely at Xenia Aforesaid. They
are both wealthy and they looked compla-
cent like, upon the unpretentious Western
Buckeye town. On the first morning
of the fair and sale they rallied
forth to the grounds having as they
| thought, "rino" enough to bid for. every
COW and calf and specimen of horned
stock that would be there. On reaching
| the ground they discovered if -" the cattle
of thousand hills were not there, the
cattle of several valleys were. There were
Durham and Devonshire and English
| thoroughbreds, and COWS and calves, and
bulls Of every size, grade and color. Stock
men and judges too were there from sew
| eral States. Lucky men were our heroes.
They had been led by green pastures.
Wouldn't they surprise their neighbors
| Our friends took their places in the front
ranks of the steepest buyers. Instantly ii
became whispered through the crowd that
| two of the wealthiest men of Tennessee
were there with immense sums to buy
"blooded stock Those having stock fol
sale chuckled. The buyers were
| crest-fallen at such formidable
competition. All eyes were upon
the Tennesseeans. Aye, Tennesseeans,
'1forty" cow-buyers looked upon you. The
| sale commenced. A fine, blooded bovine
was brought forward and the auction CON-
menced Our friends were ready to bid
in fact, they were going ''to go for it.
They thought, however, that they would
wait for somebody to ''start" the animal,
when they would come down with such
bids as would astonish the natives and STOP
competition at once. The COW was put
up.
1.-TWO thousand dollars, bid an Ohioan
thousand dollars said Hoosier.
Our friends dropped their chins-
-Four thousand dollars -" bid Yves
tern Reserve man. Tennesseeans were
aghast, The anctioneer looked at them
the people looked at them. Marry bic
came from that quarter. They had neyel
| heard of such prices for cattle as that
And though they could command thou
sands at home, and are liberal, they hac
not provided themselves with funds enough
on this particular occasion to bid for q
sucking calf of short horns of the Nc
MILAN herd near Xenia Hero was di
! lemma. They looked at each other, they
looked at the stock, they looked far away,
and looked in all directions at once. They
were evidently out of the ring, and short
| time found our spectators In the outskirts
of the crowd. After casting few furtive
chances at each other, one of them ex.
claimed, in mournful tones, 'Let us &C
home"
'Agreed," said the other. A few min.
utes after they were back in Xenia and
were soon on the train, homeward bound.
Few and short were the words that they
said until the Ohio river rolled between
them and the sale of the short-horned,
blooded cattle, of the Mcmillan herd, neal
Xenia
Our friends reached home in safety aftel
an absence of ffty-four and q half hours,
and all that is necessary to excite in the
bosom of either of them all the wrath Of
Achilles, is to ask them if they bought any
short-horns of the Mcmillan herd neal
Xenia.