The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-12
BY WILLIAM r. SANBURN

Whenever completely told. the story
of every farm sale is tale of human
interest. Back of every farm sale IS
a compelling reason why; not a rea-
son of great public interest or import
ance, to be sure, but often vitality
SO to those whose goods and chattels
are to be offered at auction.
And this is particularly true of all
sales which mean the breaking of old
ties; the removal from the old home
stead, it may be, and the retirement
to town, or the leaving of familiar
scenes to begin life in a new country,
amid strange peoples and surround
ings.
In all such cases, the neighbors and
friends come out in large numbers
The women and children are present
to take part in the leave-taking and
to wish the departing family success
and happiness in their new venture.
/ The men are liberal on such occasions
and are free bidders for whatever is
put up and is in any manner suitable
| to their needs. These sales are known
| as cleanup" affairs, meaning that
| house furnishings, homemade pre-
| serves, etc, will go under the ham
mer, all of which is of especial inter
est to the home-makers.
! 1t is notable fact, too, that regard
| less of sale being a Cleanup Of
fering, previous to the family removal,
! the addition of chickens and a selec-
! ton of furniture, rugs, etc, to the
sale bill, will always attract a lot of
women, who come to pick up bargains
and who do their own bidding and
| settling. This was certainly true as
to the first farm sale of the present
] season, held at the c. E. Jefferis home
on the Middleboro pike. on Thursday.
The c. {. Jeffers Sale
I The c. E. Jefferis sale, on the place
long known as the Charles Albright
farm, 31s miles north of Richmond, on
the Middleboro pike, took place on
| Thursday. 1t was a complete clear
ance sale, and included the acreage.
i The sale opened at 10 o'clock, at which
hour the pike and driveway were lined
with cars and buggies. The rain made
no impress on the crowds headed
saleward.
The Jefferis place had magnetic
drawing power Thursday. The house
and porches failed to accommodate
even the women and children and the
cars along the drive were filled with
family parties. The Jefferis folks
have been long and favorably known
in Wayne county, have host OF
: friends and many of these from quite
; distance motored over for the oc-
casion.
First Sale of the Season.
The sale on the Jefferis place was
the opening gun of the coming fall
, sale campaign. Two years ago the
entire country was Frustrated by a
virulent attack of farm-sale fever
That fever has long since subsidized
although last fall and winter witness
ed considerable activity in that line
> locally. But with falling prices came
> hesitant buying. The day when you
: could sell anything at profitable fig
ureS and be sure of a crowd of an
yious bidders, is row memory. There
will be fewer of such sales in future
s But the farm sale is an established
American institution; there always
e will be farm sales.
Y The Live Stock Offering.
el Ten cows, four horses, six brood
Il sows, go pigs and bunch of chickens
f went under the hammer. All thC
t household goods, canned fruit, etc.
also were listed and found eager buy
ers among the ladies present. No e&
ceptional prices were paid but there
was a buyer for every article an
& everything was sold.
Members of the family were anon:
the buyers. Will Jefferis, father o
the boy whose goods were on sale
. bought about six tons of hay. He als'
= bought a part of the acreage in stand
= ing corn, at $40; Roy Roberts, neigh
q Dor, took the balance, 32 acres bein;
K sold Mr. Jefferis also paid $50 TO
r. the first horse put up, bay mare
;. w. w. Ward paid s107 for her team
d mate, and Tom Ryan got a sorre
J. horse at $3.50.
The cows were mixed lot of ordir
e airy animals; that is, to say, no fin
d mixers were on offer. Cows are nc
e bringing a whole lot of money jus
h now and the prices realized on the
y put up ranged at from $3.50 to s52.5
a. Edward Charles paid the top of tn
day. Among the cow buyers WEI
D. Asa Stanley, who selected two, ais
John Turner, who picked out a pal
Will Gregg and the senior Jeffer
~ also invested in mixers.
y AS to hogs, these were in deman
1 rdl Of ha ell of