The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-25
By WILLIAM R. sANeoRN

0y WILLIAM Ne OAN0OoN
The sale at the farm home of the
late Theodore Fisher on Monday. was
much out of the ordinary-for two
particular reasons. In the first place
Mr.. Fisher had very pleasant, well
furnished home. that any companion
able woman not addicted to city NE
and society. would have been happy 70
live in. But Mr.. Fisher never married.
No wife or children will miss MIN
now that he is gone. though doubtless
numerous relatives and most OF
friends will grieve at his taking away.
Hundreds Of Women Present.
Another feature of difference from
the ordinary sale Is that there were
no reservations. Every thing pertain
ing to the home went under the ham
mer, SO that the estate might be d.
vided. The Dickinson Trust company
is administering the estate and Will
settle all its affairs. Mr.. Jesse Wiech-
man. treasurer of the Dickinson Trust,
was cashier of the sale and the total
netted was $4,000. A sale Of this char.
acter always draws the women; that
is to say where an entire home Is
wrecked" there are always q hun
dred things that some of them hope
to get at a bargain-and so they are
present, rain or shine. The number
OF ladies' in attendance at the Fisher
sale was the largest we have noted SO
far this season. The lawn was litter
ed with furniture, the porches with
rugs, dishes, ETC., also with canned
fruits and preserves, dating back to
1916 and II, in some instances.
Ladies Who Served Lunch
To swell the list of those women
who came to buy were the estimable
ladies Of the Methodist and Christian
churches of Whitewater, who COM
bined to serve the lunch, and whom,
we hope, divided O satisfactory profit
for their Aid societies. The ladies
serving were: Mrs. John Roll, Mrs.
Morris Burt. Mrs. John Ross, Mrs.
Charles Blose, Mrs. Oren Staley, Mrs.
Curtis, Mrs. Bessie Alexander, Miss
May Parker, Miss Grace Bennett, Mrs.
Frank Knoll, Mrs. Maud Blose, Mrs.
Maude Hunt, Mrs. David Weller, Mrs.
Col. Williams, Mrs. Nate Davis, Mrs
Inez Wright, Mrs. Kincheloe, Mrs.
Fannie Little and Mrs. Cora White.
There was an abundant supply to be-
gin with, but it melted rapidly when
the hungry crowd began on 1t.
Mr.. Fisher, who was verging on 10
we believe, had lived for most Of his
life in the home in which he died. and
which had been owned by the Fisher
family for scores of years. He was
among the best known men in this
community, which largely accounted
for the number present at the sale.
Everything, from toothpick holder
to a farm wagon, was eagerly purchas
ed. AS illustrating the point may be
noted davenport costing $36 two OF
three years ago, which was bid In by
n satisfied purchaser at $31, but i
had been well cared for, Of course.
Live Stock Offerings
But IA head of live stock went undel
the hammer. OF these two were
horses, and there were IA head o
cattle and two hogs. H. G. Sell pait
$91 for COW with calf at side. Walter
Farlow got two 2-year-old steers a
SIC; a. fine red COW at $50 and
choice young heifer at $50. A youn;
roam Shorthorn bull went to Free
Matti at $50. Five calves averaged
around $25 per head and went to va
rious buyers. Two Duroc cows soil
at fair prices.
About II tons of clover hay sold
SIS to $40. The lot was cleaned VI
by John Roll, Will Rich and Arnol'
Hodson. OF corn there were 700 bu
shells, more or less. which went
S1.56 to Fred De Moss. David Welle
and Humphrey Mikesell. Pleasan
Seaney took in 80 bushels OF seed oat
at 57k cents.
It was an all-day sale. owing to tn
great number of miscellaneous items
filling many sheets. Col Tom Comm
was in charge Of the sale as auction
eer and Jesse Wiechman acted
cashier. This sale was, IN measure
a reunion on the part of friends frol
all over the county.
cooK.LAMoTT FARM SALE
The old.fashioned cottage on tn
Emma Lamott farm lies in littl
valley. modestly hid from public gaz