Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-10-06
BIG SALE AT
CASTLE GROVE

The big sale at CASTLE Grove farms
began yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock.
The attendance at the beginning was
fairly good but the articles In most
instances we're knocked down at low
figures.
The sale was a great object /, sson
In more ways than one. showing not
only the excellent equipment of Castle
Grove farms but also with what facil-
ity articles carrying with them fine
values can be disposed of at public
sale IL all the arrangements are com.
plete.
The sale was conducted on the Sec
ond or the middle one of the three
farms belonging to the John K. BEN
nett estate. The cattle are being sold
under large tent. nearly a hundred
feet in diameter capable Of seating
five hundred people. At the western
end is the auctioneer's stand. while
arranged about him in semi-circu lar
form are hundreds of seats composed
of camp chairs eked out with impro-
vised board benches. The tent. open
yesterday, can be closed at the sides if
necessary so that the sale can proceed
regardless of the weather. It is GER
tainly novelty, not to say luxury,
for our farmers to sit reclining on a
oomfortable chair in a shady pavilion
while sizing up the value of live stock
and placing their bid thereon.
Strangers from New York and other
points began to assemble in Danville
Tuesday night. A good many Others
arrived In the early trains yesterday
mclning. These together with resi-
dents of town were driven to Castle
Grove farm by hacks, which piled
back " ards and forwards regularly dur
ing the day. During the forenoon the
large tent on the farm was comfort
ably filed, the greater number present
being farmers and cattle fanciers. who
had driven in to tho sale for many
miles around, and whose vehicles lined
the fence on two sides of the large
field adjoining the one in which the
sale was conducted. Seated in the tent
much interested in the proceedings
was a fair sprinkling of ladies.
The sale is in the hands of Peter O.
Kellogg Company, of New York. The
auctioneer is P. J. Casey and he is the
most expert of his class. Articles did
not remain long under the hammer
yesterday, but taking the cattle as an
example they we're scarcely more than
led into the tent for inspection before
they we're sold and run out again.
The low prices at which the cattle
were knocked down constituted a real
surprise. Finely bred Jersey cattle
with long pedigrees went for a mere
bag katelle. The first COW sold was
"prinoes Reba. 1S7O64" which is not
yet five years of age and which has
the largest pedigree in the herd. She
was knocked down at $45. But few
COWS brought higher price. "Lactine
of Montour 126241" brought $55. and
Catherine Pompon 162255" went for
500. A number of the COWS with good
pedigrees were sold at $45, large
number of.others apparently as good,
at $S5. "Ourisanna 174449" q COW
about two years of age, was purchas.
ed by DR.. s. ~. Thompson for $35.
a - hn a
the latter figure would have been con-
sidered cheap at $75 and would nc
doubt have brought 800 under other
circumstances. Some OF the Jersey
COWS were sold at $25. others, also fine
stock, went as low as $40. while still
others reached low water mark at $40.
Bulls of the purest breed went cor
respondingly low. "Diotilder 67468'
whose pedigree covers nearly a page
of the catalogue went for $50.
Yesterday afternoon the selling OF
the horses was taken up. Some of the
more valuable ones brought fail
price although no fancy figures were
realized. Buster aud King
1
brought the highest price, two hundred
dollars each. Both horses are undel
I've years of age and broken double
and single. John r. b. g., 1888
broken double or single brought $95
"Bluebelle, gr. m.. 1902, also valu
able horse. brought only 1856. "Mor
gan" b. g., 1885. broken double ant
single. was Knocked down for $35. Th'
most of the horses sold we're bough
by persons In Danville.
The big four.in-hand road coach
[ which cost $4,000 in London and is II
first class condition was not sold. Th'
body brake, which cost $500. wa
knocked down to Frank Llewellyn o
| Sbamokin for five hundred dOllars