The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-15
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BY w. r. SANBORN.
The farm sale Is the one great
American rural combination OF bust
ness and recreation. 1t is a business
venture. first OF all, because it brings
In lot of cash. 1t gives opportunity
for unloading the surplus of year, or
the accumulations of lifetime.
A farm sale may be joyous event;
it may mean gala day to be long
remembered. And indeed there are
many such sales and days. But all
sales are not alike. Many sale
means the breaking Of home and
neighborhood ties. They may fore
shadow long journeys to new and
strange scenes, to begin all over
again, it may be. Perhaps there is
no new start in prospect, but rest
full pause in the old time activities.
retiring from the ceaseless duties
which have filled and blessed life
time.
Surely there are sales and sales
multitude OF them, each In itself OF
the utmost Importance to those who
sell and of interest to those who buy.
The sale idea has been growing and
spreading like prairie fire from year
to year. Special monthly sales Of
live stock at community centers are
becoming common and Of public bene-
fit for instance.
Some day some genius will write a
book on this fruitful subject and gar
ner in all the money in sight, that no
one else has use for.
The Jesse BIose Sale.
There was largely attended sale
on the Jesse Blose farm, 2 miles east
of Whitewater on Tuesday. The sun
didn't shine on that sale all day. but
there was plenty of sunshine and
warmth in the old farm home. The
rooms overflowed with the wives and
little ones of host of friends from
far and near. The good sisters of
the Whitewater Ladies' Aid society
came early and stayed late to feed
the hungry and il they made barrel
OF money at their modest prices they
are thrice blessed.
The ladies present had a good. old
fashioned visit. the children day Of
excitement and pleasure. and the men
chance to swap stories and dollars.
Taken By and large" the sale was
something OF a hummer, and every
body seemed glad of it,
Some Of Those Present.
rigs In the front enclosure at noon.
There were 61 autos and SO buggies
and other horse drawn rigs in sight
at that hour. This means quite
crowd. Between forty and fifty
names of we'll known farmers
adorned the clerks sale list when
made up for settlement. The sales
ran over $4,000 and of this little
more than $1,000 was paid in cash.
Col. Thomas Commit and Omar Platt
We're the auctioneers and N. T. Ireland
of williamsburg, Ohio, the clerk Mr.
Ireland had an able assistant in Will
Harris, young farmer living nearby.
Among those present and who made
purchases were the following:
Ollie Harrison Ray Milton
Leo Policy Chalk Slick
Will Names DR.. Love
Amos Hollinger Paul Aberathy
Lewis Plyly Gay Anderson
j. Addleman Forest Hill
VIM Hollinger Earl Brown
A. x. Brown T.. p. TeafOrd
John Ross Ben Jordan
Frank Blose Eph. Baker
Clel Jennings Andrew Venson
Ernest White A. Moore
John Rhodes II. Powder
G.. e. Anderson John Mikesell
Earl Flatter Elmer Gibbs
Ray Barton Carl Ross
Ollie Mcclure
Many others were present. of course,
and of these several doubtless made
purchases, but lack OF time prevented
meeting all who were present.
What Was Sold.
After a ca rioad of little things slIch
as rakes, scoops, forks. sprayers, etc.
had been disposed of from a large
wagon, the first two sales of import
ance before dinner were made. The
first of these was Weber wagon
with hay ladder, which was sold sep
arately and was knocked down to
Frank Blose at s95. Wagon No.
was bought complete by Glen Jen-
nings for $3.50.
Ollie Harrison paid s45 for set Of
heavy harness. This outfit was sold
in chunks" so to speak. and finally
Mr.. Harrison found that while he had
the harness all right some other fell
low had gobbled up the lines at $3.50.
One farmer told of an experience in
harness trading as follows: He paid
SIS for a set once upon a time, when
leather was "thc goods" and dollar
went farther than an eagle can fly in
a week. After using that harness 20
years he sold il for $40 and when
the new owner of this old harness
had used 4 two years he sold it for
more than it cost when new, owing to
war prices for leather
Is that the solemn truth. do you
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