Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-10

A NOTABLE SALE OF CATTLE-On the
2lst instant the celebrated Lyndal herd of
short horn cattle was sold at auction in
Chicago. The herd was the property of
Col. VIM. S. King, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
and was brought to Chicago for the con-
venience of purchasers. There We're fifty
eight COWS and twenty-five bulls sold, the
former aggregating Sl0l,715, and the
latter $25,715. Buyers were present from
every part of the Union, Canada and Eng
land. 1t was said after the Wolcott and
Campbell sale at Utica, last year, that the
high prices that prevailed for short horns
was a mere matter of fancy, and could
have no permanently But the day before
the Lyndal herd were sold about 500 OOO
worth Of short horns ut Weukegan, H.,
and several animals that were purchased
at the WOlcott & Campbell sale were re-
sold in Col. Kings herd, and every animal
brought Il liberal advance over the original
sum paid.
Among the animals sold was the bull
Second Duke of Hillhurst, bought to 90 to
England. for $4,000. He is of the Duchess
family, the same as he $4,000 COW sold
at Utica but has one unapproved cross
Two Princess COWS were sold to G. F
Wadsworth, of Geneseo, n. Y, for s., SOC
each. One heifer of one branch of the
Bates family was sold to 90 to Kentucky
for $4,000 A Bell Duchess heifer was
sold to j. W. Wadsworth, of Geneseo, for
S4,40O. One Peri heifer was sold for 81,
900. One Princess heifer was bought by
Gen n NJ. Curtis of OgdensDurg, for
So 900. A Gwvnne heifer was bought by
4. w. Griswold of Vermont, for So 900
Mr. Griswold bought several others. Gen
Curtis also bought Gwynne heifer fol
81, 800, and the heifer Rosa Bonheur 5th
for 5000 Quite II number of the COWS
were sold at prices ranging from $3.50
to Sl,500. Very few were bought by
Canadians. Several came east, but the
bulk of the purchases were by persons
from Kentucky, Illinois and other West
ern points.
To DESTROY BUGS ANTS, ETC--No in
sect that crawls can live under the appli.
cation of hot alum water. 1t will destroy
red and white ants. cockroaches, spiders
chintz bugs, and all the myriads of crawl
| ing pests which infests our houses during
the heated term. Take two pounds OF
alum and dissolve it in three or four quarts
of boiling water; let it stand on the stove
until the alum is all melted; then apply il
with a brush while nearly boiling hot, tc
every joint and crevice in your closets
| bedsteads, pantry shelves and the like
Brush the crcvices in the floor of the skirt
ing or mop boards, if you suspect
that they harbor vermin If in white
washing a ceiling, plenty Of alum is added
to the lime, it will also serve to keep in.
sects at distance. Cockroaches will flee
the paint which has been washed in COO
alum water. Sugar barrels and boxes
can be freed from ants by drawing wide
chalk mark just around the edge of the
top of them. The mark must be unbrok.
en-, or they will creep over it, but con
tinuous chalk mark half an inch in width
will set their depredations ut naught
Powdered alum or borax will keep the
chintz bug at respectable distance, ant
travellers should always carry bundle o.
it in their handbags to scatter over anC
undel-their pillows in hotels &c. While
staying ut a hotel in Denver. Col, with &
party most of whom complained sadly Of
the nightly attacks of these disgusting in
sects, was able to keep them entirely al
bay by its use, and l distributed the con
tents of my bundle among the party, no
only to their great relief, but the utter dis
comfiture of the bugs, who were forced te
seek new pastures.