The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-22
BY WILLIAM R. sANsoRN.

II you are a middle aged man, and
are living on the farm on which you
were born, how would the selling out
Of the whole shooting match. lock,
stock and barrel. strike you? And If
this sale included the land as well as
everything but the canary and few
rose bushes. what then? Hou do you
suppose you would feel about It?
In the case to be related, the re
served" rose bushes are to be trans
planted out near Minneapolis, Kansas.
because Mrs. Porter Reeve loves her
roses and wants some cherished thing
grown on her old farm home to bright
en- the new home out where the Solo,
mon river flows, a thousand miles
nearer the setting sun. Perhaps. you
have read that little book. The Peace
OF the Solomon Valley, one OF the best
bits of sentimental land and home
advertising written since railroads
were introduced to civilization.
Porter Reeve Farm Sale.
This sale occurred on Tuesday, three
miles West OF Camden. O., on the Fair
haven and Camden pike. The beauti-
full weather and the character OF the
sale insured a large crowd and men
were there from as far distant as forty
miles, in two instances. Eaton. Bos-
ton, Camden, Elkton, Seven Mile,
Somerville and other towns in Preble
and adjoining counties were repre-
scented, there being at least 200 in at
tendance. The sale was conducted
by J. 3. Foley. of Seven Mile. auction
eer, and w. H. Conarroe of Somer-
Vile, clerk. These two make pretty
good team. judging from the handling
Of this sale which covered lot OF
stock, Implements. etc.
The auctioneer announced that the
farm would also be offered, and it
/. was. early in the afternoon, the bid
ding opening at SIS an acre. Not sue
ceeding in getting bid of over $1O6
per acre. which was way below the
owners valuation. the right to ire
serve" was exercised and no sale was
made. The farm will be offered on
private terms.
The property contains ia acres and
possession will be given. II sold. on
March 1st Some of the folks present
said they were glad the farm did not
sell, as they hope TO some time see
the family back here to live.
Men Who Attended Sale.
Not all who attended the sale made
purchases. With very few possible
exceptions the complete list of buyers
follows: -
William Root, C. kaveler. J. Baker,
James Jamison, Fred Frank, Joseph
Casey and Henry Avery, all of Cam
den, O., were liberal buyers. S. f.
Dillman, route 4, Eaton, paid $1035O
cash for six small Duroc pigs averag-
ing less than 100 lbs. A discount OF
3 percent was allowed for cash. Mr..
Dillman's purchases totalled $195.
George Whitesell paid $132.85 cash
for two Jersey cows. The nine head
of Jerseys brought $631. The highest
price paid for COW was sol and the
, lowest figure shade over $50. so
far as the writer observed. Two good
Poland China sows brought $65 each
and three Durocs went an even dollar
better per head. The bidding start
ed at 5000 for a span Of nine-year-old
mules and the hammer fell at 1925.
One four-year-old Percheron mare was
started at $125 and knocked down at
$195, owing to a blemish. Two work
horses brought $50 and $55 respective
ly. There was some lively bidding for
corn. this being rather scarce article
in the vicinity of the sale. The 300
bushels on offer brought" an average
Of $1.77 per bushel and was taken by
two buyers. 81
In addition to those previously men
toned the following spent more or
less money at the Reeve sale: S. w,
Root, Fred Frank, S. Hanley, Edward