The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-07-23
THE STOCK SALE.
But Few Bidders Present-Fine Stock Sold
Dirt Cheap.

The fourth annual sale of live
u stock by the Giles County Stock
Breeders Association occurred al
the Pulaski Fair Grounds on last
II Friday The weather was not IN
It favorable and there was fair attend
ance of the people of the county,
but buyers were scarce. A large
majority OF the persons present
were merely spectators. The sheep
and hogs thst were to be offered for
s sale had been penned in Floral
t Hall which made the handling of
them much more pleasant and con
venient than usual. At 10 o'clock,
when Col. r. E Edmondson, auc-
tioneer, took the stand to open the
sale there was only small crowd
present Before beginning he stat
ed the terms of The sale and the
manner in which the business
would be conducted, as published
in tie catalogues. Hogs were sold
first, then the sheep and the horses,
closing with the cattle.
The sale opened with the proper
ty of Capt. Jas. +. Alternately, who
had splendid lot of Berkshire pigs
his hest breeding, as good breed
ing, in fact, as is in the country.
The first animal offered was fine
brood SOW, worth $25 anywhere, and
sold for SO to w. j. Wilsford. Pigs,
from y to 3 months old, which sell
easily at private sale for $40, brought
81 to So, averaging So perhaps. Mr..
L. o. Abernathy's property, thor
Ough bred Birkshires, sold at equal
ly low figures, as did also similar
property belonging to Mr.. D. A.
Mcknight.
Thoroughbred Southdown and
Cotswold sheep sold at very low
prices, bringing from two to five |
dollars. Capt. Alternately, Mr.. f.
@. Buford, Mr.. j. H. Burrow, MIR.
w. G. Carter and Mr.. j. b. Short
were the Rners whom, as Col. Ed |
mondson minated, the people
deeced of their sheep.
After the sale of the sheep an
hours intermission, from u to 1,
was taken for dinner. In the after
noon there were great many more
people present than in the morn
ing.
Horses were sold first after din
ner and brought much nearer their
value than did the hogs and sheep.
The interest was greater and the
bidding was livelier. Some sold
for all they were worth, yet a num-
Der of the finest animals were
knocked of at prices much less
than their value.
Cows sold ridiculously cheap-at
prices calculated to discourage the
owners and managers of the sale. 1t
seemed, in fact, that the people of
Giles either didn't want any kind
of stock or that they were too close
ly pressed for money to buy at this t
time. But for the presence of a few
visitors from Alabama, Mississippi,
Nashville and elsewhere the stock /
would have sold even cheaper than 7
it did. There is one thing very 7
certain, which may be worth some ]
thing hereafter,if TIE memb ers of the ;
association offer their stock for sale 5
in the same way next year the low
prices at which stock sold this year (
will be a splendid advertisement
for them.
Below we give q list of the horses !
and cattle sold, showing the price, '
the owner and the purchaser.
PROPERTY OF C. C, BLOWN.
Graded Jersey cow TO 7. NJ. n. Jones $23
" A. j. Ballentine % j
Felix Reynolds 26
PROPERTY OF +. G. BUFoRD. b
Minnie Hal, bay lilly to Gid Sim
J. B, bay gelding to T. o. Aberna'
thy. -. .......-.. 10
Speckle, pony to C.Blewett ...... 80
Lucille, gray mare to Ed. Butord 80 b
heifer 10 John Adams. 50 t
g COW to Ed. Buford .... q
PROPERTY OF J. II. BURRow.
Bessie, roam mare to j. L. Carter $135 \
Lucy, brown mare to S. L. MCGEE 90
PROPERTY OF W. c. CARTER.
Leatherwood, sorrel gelding to S,
l.. McGee .I,t.,.......Sl JU
Florence Faust, chestnut mare 10 ..
H. Burrow ................ 90
Danger Almont, bay stallion to c. 7
&. Thomas ...... ............. $50 l
Star, bay mare to S. l.. McGee. 49,. 20
Josie, = Jersey COW to II. L. John c
son. ......... .. 80 6
Hattie, Z Jersey COW to Jno. D.
Butler 46 {
Harry Hilltop, Jersey bull TO A. j. a
BalIentine Observation-Disclosures. 16
PROPERTY OF TERRY DICKERsoN. |
Clytie, sorrel filly to Ed. Buford .$I20 !
PROPERTY OF NJ. c. FITZPATRICK.
Minnie, saddle mare to j. p. Aber- ,
@. ......
Minnie's daughter, bay to Sam Har- c
Minnie's daughter, roam colt to F. G, |
BufOrQ 49,. 6O n
sorrel gelding to w. j. Wills
IOru ........-. -......-.. ~ :
Prince of Richland, 12411, Jersey !
bull to G. 9. Brown .... 10 t
PROPERTY OF LowERY & PICKENs. r
George Washington, iron gray STALL '
ion to j. L. LOwery .......... $3.50 I
PROPERTY OF j. L. PICKENs.
Bob, roam colt to w. G. Carter. &C.. $50 c
PROPERTY OF d. E. MARTIN. b
Jersey COW to W. G. Carter $36 \
"a J. Ballentine. ..... 80
PROPERTY OF W. A. RoTHROCK. $
Earl of Lynnwood, Jersey bull to r. q
b. NJ aS0n. ..............S 14 q
PROPERTY of r. c, REYNOLDS. r
Allie Wood, black filly to A. J. Bal
lentine ..................... 5 So !
Woodsing, bay colt to John Adams ITO L
PROPERTY OF W. J. wlLsFoRD. L
Brown George, stallion to Rufe c
Grade Jersey COW to ]. A, White. -. 81
Rev. Mr.. Wilson viii Remain in Pulaski. a