The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-02

stone is stiil to be seen in St. Paul's
Churchyard. Such were some of the
tragedies connected with the laws of
honor, and recalled by the death Of the
second Alexander Hamilton.
Sale OF a Menagerie in England.
Mr.. Frank auckland writes to the
London Daily NelcS: The sale OF Man
ders' ROYAL Menagerie took place at the
Agricultural Hall, Ellington, Aug 4.
Caravans containing the cages of the
animals were arranged on -four sides of
a square: Mr.. Brinsley ,the auctionecr,
taking up his position in front of Che
principal van, through the doors
Of which the public entered
when the beasts were on show. Itwas
almost impossible that such a large place
as the Agricultural Hall should be
crowded: however, a large number of
people were present. They were prin-
cipally dealers in wild animals, pro-
prietOrS of shows and travelling menag-
cries, and others. now give some of
the prices realized: Orange-colored
crested cockatoO, good talker, Il;
wombat, Is los; mOngoOSe, II Is.
The ''variegated mandril, or red and
blue faced gorilla monkey, from Abys-
sinia, the only specimen in England "
This blue-nosed mandril was the first
lot that caused any excitement. For q
long time there was no bidding at all.
The first offer was G100; the animal
was ultimately knocked down for fl05.
Ny friend "Bob'' (Alr. Jamrach head
keeper informed me that this was f25
more than Jerry, for that is the huge
monsters name, realized four or five
years ago. His neighbor, a black
Canadian bear, only fetched Fl Gs. y
bic Russian bear-the size of a small
cab horse-Only fetched Il 3D., worth more
than that to barber to fatten up for
bears grease: his skin is worth los at
least. The market price of a good bear
is Is. The bear was old and not a good
show animal; he was probably bought
for his skeleton. A very nice zebra
fetched $50; his hOofs were uniformed
from having no outdoor exercise, or he
would have fetched more. The ''gnu,
or horned horse - fetched fifty gIlineas
only; the market price for a good gnu
is Gl00 at least.
and marched past the auctioneer IN
single file. The large male came first,
splendid-looking animal. The first
bid was two shillings, and it was long
time before he got over four-and-siX-
pence. He was very nearly knocked
down for fifteen shillings. After a great
| deal of chaff he realized f. los only.
Bob let me into the secret of this. eff
them as have bought him don't know
! how to manage him he'll eat up the lot
on EN-. clothes and all This shows
what bad temper will do in appreciat-
inc an otherwise splendid animal.
! Camels have, as your readers are aware,
very long, sharp teeth, very like dogs
teeth. They have great reach with
! their long neckS. A cameIs bite Is a
very serious thing. | hear that this
animal has already bitten more than one
man. The other camels realized about
! e2O apiece: a camel calf, four months
old, twenty gUineas; a female ''llama
| that goes in harness" was purchased for
| ZIG los. Lot No. 81, the spotted hyena,
which had bitten off the bears nose /,
fetched f5 only.
The excitement eliminated when the
sale of the lions commenced. A lioness
! five wears old fetched ESQ. 1.-TWO lion
cubs eighteen months old, born in the
Agricultural Hail. fetched sl50; the
! lioncSS i'm cub. G115. The auctiOneeT
prupheSied that the purchaser would
! ultimately obtain more than one lion
for his money. Bob, however, shook
his head at the auctioneer. ''They'l
never oet any cubs from her; she's the
worst mother out. She'll eat her lot of
cubs before they can he took from her.
She eat the last lot of cubs when | was
travelling along with her in the pro-
vinces. - The leopardess fetched Is
only: if she had tail she would have
fetched more; some other animal had
bitten her tail off ut some time or
other, and converted her into a
LYNX. Two very handsome South
American iaguars fetched respectively
$50 and ESP: these animals will find a
home i'm the Geological Gardens, Re
gents Park. Five small monkeys, with
a tame cat thrown in, only fetched f3:
the eat lives with the monkeys. The
two TaSmanian devils, male and fe-
male, only fetched &c the pair. These
animals are. of course, 'DiabOluS ur-
sinus The Tasmanian devil is 4 bear.
like. savage animal; he lives in a bur
! row, and is a great poultry eater. One
} of the animals recently escaped neal
Taunton and created tremendous havoc
among the poultry in the nei%hborhood
The sale went off very quietly; ut one
: time there was a little commotion wher
, lot No. IS, the young black mule Top
sy. began to lash out with her heels
: among a crowd who had pressed too
, near her. The lioncSs happened tC
roar at the same time, as if in sorrow
that the menagerie had broken up, anC
she and her lion relatives would have tC
90 to fresh masters. Nothing, how
. ever, happened, except that Bob was
, disappointed in a job TO catch any
wild beast that should happen e
get loose. Representatives were pres
ent in the hall from most of the zoOlogi
cal gardens both at home and abroad
The principal BUYERS were NJ. Charlie:
JamTath. the well-known London deal
er, and agents and proprietorS from
Woml,well's and Edmonds' menageries
and Mr.. Rice, of London, the BristO
Gardens, Hamburg, etc. The price,
: ought to have been much higher, bu
animals are not fetching good prices Il
this time Winter is not far off. Show
= cannot travel about without difficult,
= in the winter, and, if they do travel
, animals are very apt to die in colo
weather.
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