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Young Marys, Rose of Sharons, and Josephines 

 of which the Hamilton herd was so largely 

 composed. 



At A. E. Kimberley's sale at West Liberty, 

 la., S. W. Jacobs bought Breastplate 11431 at 

 $5,000. J. H. Bowman of Waverly, la., gave 

 $1,010 for the bull Jubilee's Breastplate, $2,025 

 for Jubilee Napier, and $1,750 for Jubilee Na- 

 pier 2d. At Wilson & Sons' sale at West Lib- 

 erty Mr. McCune, Solon, la., added to his herd 

 imp. Golden Drop 2d at $1,160. At S. C. Dun- 

 can's sale in Missouri B. F. Winn gave $1,200 

 for Duke of Tuberose 26408. At C. L. Vanme- 

 ter's summer sale in Kentucky Messrs. Hamil- 

 ton were free buyers, taking Ophelia's Geneva 

 at $1,350 and 7th Belle of Bath at $1,000. At 

 Mr. Barbee's sale in Kentucky the Hamiltons 

 gave $1,570 for Loudon Duchess 15th and John 

 Hope bought two Kirklevingtons at $1,225 

 each. 



Cochrane at Windermere, On Sept. 4, 1877, 

 at Bowness, Cumberland, amid the beauteous 

 surroundings of the Lake district of North- 

 western England, so famed in poetry and song, 

 the Hon. M. H. Cochrane of Hillhurst, Can., 

 offered at public sale thirty-two head exported 

 for this purpose from Canada, along with 

 eleven head belonging to Simon Beattie. Mr. 

 Cochrane had been from the beginning one of 

 the clearest-sighted men identified with the 



