, 1870-06-18
ST0CK-BUYING.

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For E4me time past two Of our prominent
citizeus:have had a hAnkering after fine blood
ed cAttib. In fact they had bovine blood bad
II. Su4dry and divers conferences they had
betweeil themselves Is to how they would pro-
cure tht finest specimens Of blooded cattle to
be had, aT astoniah their neighboxs BY sud-
den diHpky Of their selections. They Kept
up = cIma scrutiny as to where and how this
stock VIII to be procured From ths papers
they learned that there Was to be show
aud sah Of blooded cattle At Xenia, Ohio, and
to Xenit they went. They left the city one
morning during last week. and arrived safely
at Xenia aforesaid. They are both wealthy,
psetcntiouH Western Buckeye town. On the
iitet morning Of the fair and sale they Hal1ied
forth 70 the grounds, having, as thay thought,
.s1lino" enough to lid for every cow and calf,
aud specimen Of horned stock that
would 10 there. On reaching the ground
they discovered if ''tlo cattle Of =
h9arnd liys @ wF no ns9 ths1 s iss D Of
aud Ievonehire aud English thoroughbreds,
and COWS, and calves, and bulls Of every size,
grade, snd color. Stock men, and Judges, too,
were tlkte from several Stktes- Lucky man
were cur heroes. Tbey had been led by green
pastures. Wouldn't they surprise their neigh-
bors! Our friends took their places In the
it became whispered through tho crowd TINT
two Of the vcaltheet men Of Tennessee
we're there with immense sums to buy
"blooaed stock" Those having stock for
sale cbuckled. Tho buyers were crostfallon
at such formidable competition. Al eyes
we're upon the Tenneseeeans. Aye, Tennes-
The sale commenced 4 fine, blooded bovine
VAS brought forward, and the auction CON-
menceI. Our friends wero ready to bid,-in
fact, they we're going "to go for it," They
thought. however, that they would wait fot
somebody to "start" the animal, when thoy
would come down with such bids WAS would
aato14ish tho natives, and stop competition at
once. The cow was put up
"Two Thousand dollars!" bid an Ohioan.
Our friends stretched their eyes. - Three
Thousand dollars." said Hoosior.
Our friends dropped their ching.
"Four thousand dollars!' bid Western
Reserve man, Tennesseeans were aghast.
looked at them- Mary q bid came from that
quarter. They had never heard Of such
Irices for cattle Al that; and, though they
could command thousands at home, aud att
liberal, thoy lad not provided themselves will
funds enough on tliB particular occasion te
| lid for sticking calf OF sho1t-horns Of thl
Mcmillan herd ncar Ienia. Here wasa dilen
ut tle stock, they looked far away, and looked
| iu nil 1i1cetious 1T once. They were evident.
| IL nut out Of tho ring, and short time foun6
our tpeculators in the outskirts Of the crowd
After casting few fr1rtire gtauces ut each
| other, one of them exclaimed, II ruournfu
| toneB, '' Let us so home.'
! Agreed" said the other. few minutes
| after lucy we're back il, Xenia, and were soot
| on the train lomeward bound. Few and Hhor
we're the words that they eaid until tie Oli'
River rolled botween them and the sale Of th
short horned, blooded cattle Of the Mcalalal
herd, Xenia.
| Our friends reached home in safety after Al
absence Of flfty-four and half hours, anl q!
that il necessary to excite IN the bosom .
either Of them all the wrath Of Achilles il t
| ask them it they bought nny sholt-horna o
| tue Mcmillan herd, near Nenia.