The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-08-07

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Only twenty cents
for those light-blue
-ah' twenty-five twenty-five TWEEN.
ty-hye. Any more bids for the neatest.
daintlest, prettlest feet and ankles in
the town? Going at twenty-nvcl Go.
ing going -gonol
slave market? Oh dear no. Cam
nlbal auction? BY no means. says the
New York Journal. II was merely a dl-
version OF the young ladies' and gentle
men OF the Epworth league In the vii
lase OF Sufiern. n. ". for the purpose
OF raising money to pay the methodist
preachers back salary.
Pastor Klcifcr had accepted a cali to
another community. Before depart
Ing he suggested to his flock that he
would like TO have the money they
owed him for back salary. As no one
was generous enough to come forward
with the whole sum. the Epwor,h
league undertook to raise the money.
Mrs. T. Moore, secretary OF tho
league. has almost grown gray In devils
Ing schcmcsto raise money for chariio-
bic purposes In Suncrn. Church fairs.
she know, were OH. Barn parties were
cnctc Progressive ouchrc pnrtlog.
surprise parties ana aoclablcs would
not draw another cent from the pockets
Of the young mon. Something new had
TO be devised. Mrs Moore has never
failed The Epworih league gave o
foot party"
II took place one night last week.
Tho prettlcs, girls In the village had
arrayci Themselves In all their nncry.
The young men had donned their sun
day clothes, The entertainment thara
what they called it-took place IN the
lecture room OF the Methodist church.
| a curtain had been drawn across the
front OF the platform and 30 arranged
that II hung within four Inches OF tho
platform. The men were gathered In
front OF this curtain with their eyes
/ glued to the open space at the bottom
Mr. G, @. Wiley. a merchant Of Suf-
fern and a pillar OF the church. was tho
auctloncor, Presently one OF the young
women walked out upon the platform
and the spectators beheld her feet.
Now" said the auctioncer. "thosC
feet will go to the highest bidder and
the purchaser win have the privilege
OF taking the poscssor OF the feet ia
supper"
"Ah-h-h-hw murmurcd the younr
men.
"Thc Identity Of the feet" continued
the auctionecr. will not be revealed
until the sale Is over. Now. gentlemen
what viii you bid for the feet that
stand before your"
Ten cents" tlmldly vcntured Q
youth.
what. Only 10 cents for thos,
Trllblcs! Wen. won. WELT Tcn-lO-
iO-l5- that's right Come along boys
When I was as young as you Ia nevcl
stop AZ Is cents for-2O-good boy
Twenty -2O-2O! ANY more bids? Ar,
these dollcatcly curved Tribes goinl
for only 20 cents? For shame! Jus
think Of the poor girls feelings! Go
ing 10 supper with n young man VIII,
had only bid 90 cents for her fcot!"
twenty-five. thenr said the younl
man who had bid twenty. whercat IN
auctloneer smiled.
The first pair OF foot finally went &
This young man-who. by the way. ha
become considerably dazed-for .
cents.
The young lady was Miss Frey. on
OF the bellies of the village.
Then another pair Of feet came on
twenty-five" instantly Charlie
white.
A laugh went mp.
That's the way" said the auctloncc
oneouraElngly. bid as II You reall
wanted thcm. Now. just see the grace
! ful curves oh. doar"
/ In some unaccoun,able manner IN
z curtain had jumped upward, reycalln
/ two pairs OF black stockings and So,
, eral curves that the auctioncor had nc
7 Intended to refer to,
o "Oh-h-h-hl DO u again" cried N
- Young men, but In the same mysterlou
! fashion the curtain descended agar
Now. the young ladies who were ON m
j platform dlsclaim all responsibility IA
? the mysterious rising and falling OF IN
l curtain, which happened several time
% during the evening, They say tina
p they ala not know who did Il. Mr.
Moore declares most cmphatically tn:
d o. was not part Of her programme
The auctionecr had nothing to do wit
a..
= Who did Il?