New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-10

| Rv the time luncheon Is over everybody Will
have got upon tho ground and, perhaps no
assemblage of Engand's country people Is SO typi-
cal OF her rural life that brought together at
farm sale: There one will meet farmers of every
class and Kind big ones and small ones some
prosperous and well.apparelled. Others under the
weather" their seedy habiliments too plainly
showing it, But not all of the crowd will be
| farmers; perhaps not moro than half of it. Tho
village butcher is there too, with an eye to the iat
stock the saddlcr to purchase the set of plated
| harness advertised rs nearly " now ~; the morse
dealer, after the nag" that has worn it; with
miscellaneous host of other petty traiickers, on the
| lookout for odds and ends
| Neither does the assembage consist exclusively
of what in England Is known as the common
| people that is the middle aud lower classes
| Mixed with them will he sprlnkIlns Oh 'he
| gentry. as county magistrates, cleigymen and
Others Nho have come thither with the Wow OF
| securing some needed or coveted commodity at
| price below the market Not long ago was
| present at n farm-auctOn sale. when baronet OF
| my acquaintance, wealthy and of ancient lineage,
| bid for and bought several odd lots" one OF
them a well-worn "dandy-brush" which was
| knocked down to him at sixpence! mean no
! blame nor Teproach to my titled friend by thus
recording his economic action. Instead, l look
| upon it as altogether oredtabe to him; and only
mention the circumstance TO show the American
reader that in rural England even nobility dis
dams not to be present at auction sales and pick
| up bargains "-if it can.
The effects of farm auction sale are sold sub
Jore; generally In the orchard, OIL q bit of grass
pasture adjoining. Set out in array of rows will be
all sorts of farming implements, loted and labelled
with the numbers describing them in the cata-
! ogue There will be plOughs of different pat
| terms, snglefurTow, double and bOultng ;-har-
rows common chain and drag - scutiers, seed
drills and rollers hUrsc-rakcs, hay-tedding
machines, chaf-cutters, oat-crushers and turnp
pulpers, with many more such. Few are the Eng
llsh farms that not well furnished in this way,
and of the above named implements aud machines
many will be in duplicate at the sale; one of best
make and modern invention, the other an ancient
relic of by-gone husbandry, which Tor half cen
fury or more may have been out of use, kicking
about, and numbering the sheds. Four or five
wagons drawn ur side by side occupy large
space, some of them in good condition, others
rotten and but for patching up ready to fall to
pieces; all vast. ponderous vehicles, each seeming
a load of itself. And would it be to any other
than the huge eephantne horses-ClydcSdales and
Yorkshire understanding by in tie
stables, loose in the straw-yaTd also this day 10
| lie sold. Two three carts of like clumsy con-
structOn will be aligned with the wagons; then
| Tie market trap, q llGul Nenclc on SPRINGS WIFI
back supporting seat and enough capacity rear
ward to carry crate of poultry a fatted calf
Sometimes it will he a smarter affair of the dog
cart pattern; ana if the farmer in better days has
| been Of the very wel-tO-dO, pony phaetOn
may be also among the chattels exposed foI sale.
| Other effects are wheclbauows ladders and lawn
mower: while spread ont upon the grass are sets OF
| plough aud cart gearing, with the hand tools of
labor, spades, shovels, hay-pikcs stable-fOrks,
hedge-kni,es. scythes reapng-hool', hackers and
the like, several of each lOted together. still
more miscellaneous collection are the lots con-
ssting OF scraps of old iron, bits of broken harness
ana chains. tires of wheels, plcughshares and
coulters The marine-storc dealer" from the
neighborlng town has come after these and likely,
having no rival in the field, he will buy them for
| less than the cost of carrying home
IL the sale be in of the aoplegrowIng shires-
| as Hereford Gloucester, Worcester or Dew IN
there will be turnout Of the cellar and an exhibit
| of casks as from the vaults OF a wine merchant
| often rs many as eighty one hundred of them.
Perhaps most will be empty though not all some
| containing perry, others cider When sold with
their contents it will he at so much per gallon for
| the drink and much for the cask itself Rarely
do either of these tpple fail to bring full price, OF
within fraction of II, both beng desirable com
modites in all country places. The Juice Of the
| apple, however, is preferred to that of the pear,
and commands higher figure; the reapcrs and
| mowers saying it has mole body and bite III it.
Less fixed, certain, is the price which the
| empty casks will fetch. this depending very much
on the trut-crOp OF that year. and somewhat. also,
| on the year OF two preceding II there has been
| failure partially or totally as is often the case,
empty casks Will be at a discount. and no one
caring to bid for them. They are bulky article,
and difficult to get transported homc. I have seen
some of 100 gallons their usual capacity. perfectly
| sound indeed almost new sell under the hammer
FOR less than dollar each, their real value being
! five or sis times much.
At farm auction sale the auctioneer is not
stationary but moves from lot to lot carrying the
| crowd along with him. Though not absolutely
! rude to another there is but Slight show Of
pohteness between the buyers; and in their eager
| ness to get a better view of the article winch is
| going-goine," corns are trodden upon without
| apology. Evon women are often squeezed and
hustled with no beg your pardon heard after if
the roughly used party he mddlc-agcd dame of the
Cottaccr class. More courteous, even StudiOusiy
polite is the man who every nov and then. makes
the Ionnd Of the crowd carrying a huge ing in one
hand and a rambler in the other. Or il may be a
common waterlng-pO and mug; bat IN either case
his object is to offer 4 free drink of wAiskcy-an,
water to all who to partake OF II. And he All
press IT, 100. with eHuslFe hospitality though hls
latent purpose is rather OF the sinister sort. After
drink TWO OF the vile stnl, the lots look better
and the BIDS range higher. Alcohol Is wonderful |
opener OF the heart and, under its influence at |
these farm sales, men often make purchases which
next morning they look upon with rcgrctful grim
acng.
During all the while he Of the hammer keeps up
running fire Of anecdOtc and jea[ dtSgrit Now ne |
puts "A rueful face. tells his audito DRY he is acfu-
ally giving the goods awas." and asks in lugu- |
| brOus tone, what will the owner say TO it" |
When selling wagon cart. other heavy article,
TrpfOachluily CepOung the low bids he will ex- |
claim, "Why, gentlemen! it's worth all that to |