Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-07
Buying PIGS IN POKES.
Nm q FUS IT TaE UNITED STATES
Il EYrlEU CoxPAyYs AUCTION


\ To-dav sale that attracted agreat deal
- ShSS1Sffou and caused much amuse.
oSs 10 those who attended tcox
S5Srs n ths uuoccupied store at tho corner
North Queen and Walnut streets. 1t was
- y The United states sxPrsss P so,n-
feois packages which ~vsy5 sSipped hero
yrcn 1he main ofyAe in New Yosir, stter
H6ving been goGAered mp from different
Tasls Of the. cTuntry. Under tho law the
Sompany u Allowed to sell the goods amor
1919 s ,Ss csrs.n q length No.. n %s os ,hs
uneknnD ere closed and the purchaser
So1V them without knowing their con.
- 1t II all . matter OF chance and
- very much like buying lottery
'45elgek IL the stuff that was disposed Of
so.d.y ther, were boxe. pssskases;
they were all piled mp In one end OF the
large store room.
When Auctioneer Haines stepped upon
3 box 70 commence the sale tho room was
packed with people, and several hundred
luOrs would have been there had there
tlroly too small for the crowd. There was
she greatest amount OF fun during the
entire progress of the sale. People were
purchssing thingslthst they knew nothing
of, and In many cases they paid the
highest kind of prices for articles
\ Instances the purchasers were winners aud
secured things at much less than their real
value. Everybody seems anxious to take
their chances and there was tho best OF
feeling. There were some articles, such as
table, sewing machine wash .ind Dasse,; se
they we're sold for about what they were
euppoec1 70 be worth. II was the myste-
rious bundle that made the nun.
Quite number Of parties made pur-
chasers Of packages which they refused TO
open for fear that they would he cheated
and the crowd would laugh at them.
Some folks just purchased the packages M
Z Joke and when they opened them they
enjoyed laugh as well as the Others One
man bought package, which was very
nicely tied up,for $l.75. He was too smart
70 open IL inside of the store, where people
would laugh at him, so he went outside
only to lind that he had given up
his good money for lot of show
ljthognphs. Another man bought nicely
shaped littlo package for 65 cents, and lie
was surc that he had secured a prize. When
he opened II he found lot OF pamphlets
for alvertising fertilizers. One man bought
8 small package for Sl.i5 and II contained
. beautiful Masonic pin worth much more,
a box which looked like those In which
suits Of clothes are shipped, and was
Il marked for man at the Everett
house, New York, was knocked down I
contents were found to be advertisements
One man paid 1915 for small but heavy
package marked &C. o. d." with s. to col
Jeck II contained several electrotypes
which were not worth five cents 70 tn,
purchaser. Another man bought can
which was thought to contain oil for 10 cent.
and II had something in 1t that smellcd
like spoiled catsup. One largo three
cornered box was put up, and as one ENG
was off II was plain that IL contained pail
VI steer horns Of great size. For these thu
bidding was lively, and they brought 75
One m IN purchased package for n dola
and got . half dozen good suits OF clothes
Tho sale was kept up all day, as Their
were several hundred packages, aud tn
fun was unccasing.