The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
~ WILLIAM r. sANsoRN.

G. c. Fudge sale on Friday. the auc.
tioneer, Col. Joe Kennel, Of Eaton,
said: This Ally. Carloise, is a regis
tered Percheron. sired by Carnot, dam,
Gauloise. She was sired by the great
est Percheron horse in America. How
much am I bid for her, gentlemen;
start her up; how much for this COM
ing two-year-old?"
And right then the firing began.
When the wounded were carried from
the field Of competition. Lieut.. Col.
Jacob Unger. OF West Alexandria. was
pronounced the victor.
Many long years ago. before Ameri.
can politics were clarified. pasteur-
lied and filtered. some fellow at Wash
ington enunciated the slogan. ITO the
victor belongs the spoils." Very few
of US can remember when politics
smelled to heaven, for we live IN .
brighter, better day, don't we? Well.
anyway, Lieut.. Col. Unger was the
victor and the spells cost him $50
rounds Of ammunition, otherwise $3.50.
"A Mr.. l. w. Oliver took fancy to
team of black mares and in order to
get unanimous consent to take them
home put up $40 in lawful money.
VIM. Earman paid $3.50 for three
ycar-old, another unbroken colt
brought SITS. But eight horses were
on sale and the prices averaged very
satisfactory.
Some Mighty Good Cows Sold.
Seven head Of registered Holsteins,
a first class bunch, did not bring the
prices hoped for, we Judge: at least
several of them looked mighty cheap
to the writer. The top price paid,
$3.50, was for a handsome white cow,
with calf at side, and J. Penny bid the
high dollar. Mr.. Penny secured his
second Holstein, with calf, 1852. and
paid $3.50 for the third offering. q
grade COW. Another grade COW
brought $10S. and "muley" heifer
was knocked down to w. H. Miller
at $106. Tebe Beard paid $4,000 for
a little bull calf.
Five two-year old Duroc sows and
five gifts sold at good prices. William
Earman paid $500 for two sows,
while Will Bruce got his pair at an
even 800. The gifts also sold well.
I About $50 bushels Of corn were sold,
from two cribs, the first 100 bushels
bringing $1.61. The second lot brought
$1.57 and the last of the offering $3.50
per bushel. Some good Funk Yellow
Dent seed corn went at $500.
Mr. Fudge Is to move to Eaton, nav
ing decided to quit the farm on which
he grew up. The sale was handled
by Col Joe Kennel and George Shaver
. of Eaton, as auctioneers. and Glenn
Cooper of Eaton, kept the books 1t
took $4,560 to pay for the goods ana
chattels on sale. The Fudge farm Is
located three miles northwest OF
Eaton, on the New Paris road
The Raymond Farsi Sale.
Z Three young men were welcome Wis
itors at the Raymond Farsi farm sale.
held two miles west of New Madison.
Ohio, on Friday. Everybody seemed
to be glad to see them at home once
more. though Bryan Noggle, OF the
cruiser Susquehanna, has but ten
lay leave. Bryan has seen some serv-
ice, having crossed over twice. The
other two, l.. H. Geeting and w. A.
Downing, have been in camps on this
side the briney All three hail from
The vicinity OF New Madison.
sale was the bidding up Of black
Percheron mare to SAP by George
Baker, in a spirited contest Eight
head of fine Percherons, including
blue roam registered stallion, were
sold at round prices.
There were ten head Of Shorthorns
and Jerseys put up, the top being $1O5
or Jersey COW with calf. The whole
lot brought fair average sale prices.
A Record Price for Hogs.
Sixty-five of Duroc-Jersey hogs
brought in q bunch of money. The
choice of sows sold at SIS for the first
two. But the feature Of the sale was
the price paid for "a gifts. an average
If $3.50 per head, according to the
clerks figures. Seventeen good Shrop-
shire ewes sold at satisfactory prices.
About 400 bushels of corn went to
Frank Noggle at the lowest price
quoted so far at any sale we have re-
ported Mr.. Noggle took the entire
lot at his bid price Of $1.25 per bushel.
Among the big buyers at the Farsi
sale were George Baker. Isaac Valen-
Inc, Frank Kuhler, Sam Patterson
and Frank Noggle. A fair sized gath
sring picked up various implements
and the usual farm miscellany at vary
ing prices. The New Madison Grange
folks provided the lunch.
Col. W. f. North and Guy Katzen.
barger. were the popular auctioneers
at this sale, and J. c. Coblentz, OF
New Madison, was the efficient set
Ting clerk. The sale netted $4,617.
The Raymond Farsi farm is located
two miles west OF New Madison.
Omer Neff Has Good Sale.
In his advertisement In this paper
Omer Neff stated that he had sold
his farm, four and one-half miles east
Of Cambridge City, near Harvey's
Crossing. and had selected lucky
Friday to hold his sale. Come to
think of 1t, he didn't mention Friday,
but 1t was held on Friday, just the
same. and was lucky, all right This
was not a large sale but Col. Thomas
Commit, auctioneer, seemed to have
the buyers coming his way from the