The cow was eventually taken to Aberdeen where it was sold to a farmer, Alexander Craig, for £7, but Bryony Miller, a local girl and wife of the Patersons' farmhand John Miller, with his help, rallied the local community together to buy back the cow for Lendrum. The presentation of the cow back to the Patersons on 20 January 1914 was a major public event; it was estimated that more than 3,000 people turned out to see the cow paraded in triumph through Turriff, adorned with ribbons and garlands of dried flowers, painted with the slogan "Free!!
A cow owned by Lendrum was sold to a farmer in Aberdeen for £7. However, local community members rallied together to buy it back for Lendrum. The cow's return to Lendrum on January 20, 1914, was celebrated with a public parade through Turriff, where over 3,000 people witnessed the cow adorned with ribbons and flowers.