The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-11-03
RUMMAGE SALE
A BIG SURPRISE
People Learned Something OF
Social Economy.

! last II IldaY ana saturday IN bogIe pFOss& &
X Vests warehouse next door to the
new steam laundry was a surprise to I
everybody concerned, 1t was conducted
by the Village Improvement Soeiety,
and is an example Of what may be done
with something which is considered Of I
no value
The ladies invited people to send N
anything in the way of clothing shoes,
furniture, cooking utensils, &C., bpat
they did not need and on opening Sar
business the rubbish began to com(
People rummaged the woodshed, !. the \
closets aud garrets and sent in AZ sorts
of stuff which they felt pretty sure no-
body would buy, but customers came
and bought and we're pleased.
People who went, out of curiosity to
see the sale saw things they wanted and
bought them The lady who wouldn't
use a second hand article might see a
new bucket or frying pan or pretty vase
which the former owner could make no
use of, which she just happened to need,
and she would ask, ''What is the price
of this?' and cash sale would follow.
A great heap of old shoes accumulated
and were considered freak stock, but fell
lows would look them over and say,
"These are good for a trip into layas.
I'll just get a pair and save scutiing my
good ones" Another would say, These
are Just what need to wear in the beet
tield;' and the lady who wanted easy
CATERS or slippers to wear about the
house would find a dandy pair Just the
shape Of her foot, and she would part
with some money and acquire slippersor
CATERS.
One man. the head of family Of sew
eral girls found a number Of good jack
cts Just about the size for hiNSkaughters
hnt he sleeves weiS ont@of Me by(
rAaa2. ot the shape. 'The tathers MI rsss9sfat |.
atSha fine lining, tl,e s,otTsoodt 1feS.
nice buttons and good buttonholaS and
bought full line of them for little "
money. He went farther and said he re-
garded the rummage sale as Godsand,
for his beet crop was short and he had
been worried about winter coats for the
girls to wear to school.
The local millners sent in quite a lot
of hats which were out of style, and
there was a good hat sale that did MT
hurt the millinery business much. Any
how our milIners are not of the kind 70
cry if it did, SO long as they were helping
a good thing along.
Mems millinery was not overlooked
either. Some men wear light Or grey
hats till they get soied or soft and then
hang them up to put on when they goss
hunting or fishing. They feel 80 coms
Portable out in the hills and il the rim
is not stiff enough to enable then to Tip
the hat to the ladies i doesent matter
so much out along the creeks. Such
hats as these came in by the dozens and
customers from out in the hills bought
hats which were already soft and ccm
Portable. From all these sales the vi. s.
acquired money that was clear profit d
Just like collecting duties on imports,
and Republicans and Democrats We'd #
with each otherin getting all they could
of it for the society, for behold it will
buy boxes and pay laborers and lift all
sorts of burdens
There are many coats and vests on sale If
and many customers for them, for men
working in Offices who get up and sit
down often have to admit that the pan
falcons wear out first in places, and the
fellows on the farms find it best to wear
overals rather than cloth pants, and
now that the beet crop is short it will be
no mean thing to make things 60 as far
as they will. Fellows who wear coats
and vests may now see them worn by
jolly good fellows who were long on small
change and short ON the long green. y
"Six bit" would buy good coat and
vest
Somebody sent IN an old stove and it
was Just what another fellow wanted out i
in camp for awhile. Books and maga-
zines filed with the best of reading mat
ter came in by carloads and went away
in small packs to make some home
cheerey. Ladies who bought clothing,a as
they said "for the buttons that were ON
them, may not have been severe with
the cloth itself when they got home, but 4
that doesn't matter so long as all parties
were satisfied.
This is something new for Blsckfoot,
aud people are preparing for another
sale in about ten days. They are taking
a second look at things hung up in the
closets and put away on shelves and In
the woodsheds tosee if it wouldn't be
lust as well to have more space and less
rubbish gathering dust and getting
dingy. Many people who thought they 1
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