The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-01-29


A lot of pet pigs. little fellows that
were as white as pigs can possibly be.
and looking as clean and innocent as
white kittens, cuddled close In rude
pen on the street side in Williamsburg
on Tuesday. There were seven OF
them, practically orphans. their doting
mother having been sold into captivity
to some heartless farmer living over
toward Milton.
What is all this rot about pet pigs"
do you ask? Just moment, friend
The pig is about the cutest pet on the
footstool, IL coddled and given the
right of way. The little chap will
eat out OF your hand, will drink milk
from a cut glass goblet and enjoy his
buttered toast on monogramed plate
Ii you'll let him. More than that,
he will follow you all over the place,
rub the shine OF your shoes with his
nose, and beg to be taken up on your
knee.
Joking? No. sir. We never joke on
serious subjects.
But as we gazed admiringly on that
bunch of innocents and realized that
those little fellows knew no more
about the Williamsburg Community
Of the scince Of govrnment we de-
cided to say word to the auctioneer.
After a brief chat, Simon Weddle, OF
Richmond, promised with tears in his
eyes to see that the orphans should
be sold only to some humane man,
who will feed them three times a day.
We felt better after that, and In due
time q bighearted man named Ed.
Johnson. who lives in Christian COM
munity named Greensboro, paid $500
apiece for those piglets. He put them
In his pockets to warm them up bit
maybe, for the wind was cold.
Hogs and More Hogs.
A community sale affords an open
market place. Everybody is welcome
and everything goes. If you have but
one pig you can consent to part with,
1t will be welcomed and sold for your
account at such a sale: II you have a
hundred, the more the merrier This
is the kind Of sale they had at VIII
liamsburg on Tuesday, and It WAS en-
gineered by Kenneth Gates Simon
Weddle of Richmond, and Albert Hind
man, of Hagerstown, did the shouting
and coaxing, and j. e. Healy, of Rich
mond, acted as settling clerk. or
n
least they took in about $4,000 in three
hours, mostly cash.
Hogs would have brought a little
more money, perhaps, had the news
that the $3.50 minimum will hold for
February reached Williamsburg in
time. But the sale was over before
Washington sent that important de-
cision out. AS 1t was prices were rea-
sonably high and both buyers and sell
lers seemed satisfied. Earl Daugh-
erty. of Greensboro, paid $3.50 for four
brood sows and another buyer got two
small sows at SAL each. Floyd Hunt
paid an average of $8.65 for II small
shoats while Archie Brooks grabbed
10 larger ones at $40 per head.
Horses all Sold.
There was an active demand for
horses. at a price, and everything put
up was sold. True. some thought their
horses should have brought better
figure. still, taken as whole, the sale
may be considered as satisfactory to
all concerned. Fl. z. Durbin OF route
3, Hagerstown, got nice looking ami
NAL at $157. while Howard Pickett
went him 500 better on his purchase
When Grant Robinson came to bat he
picked up likely looking black mare
for $40. Ed Johnson thought the black
mare he was bidding on worth $1O3
and to this the auctioneer agreed.
The highest price paid for horse dur.
ing the sale was $1S1, as we recall,
and the buyer. B. Moore. said it was
a bargain price. John Nicholson, who
paid $165 for fine bay, seemed to
think the same Of his purchase. Har-