Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-12-16 | Page 4 | Alas, Sad World! Alack, Poor Lady

ALAS SAD Sl WORLD I ALACK LACIC POOR LADY Stamping Ground K Ky Joseph Joseph Smith a n. Scott county count farmer Carmer lost at one stroke of or an auctioneers auctioneer's hammer and Miss 1189 Ramsay a plainly dress dressed stranger In this vicinity was bitterly disappointed when whon sho she failed tailed to purchase a fine 2 acre bluegrass farm for fOI Smiths Smith's farm was as being sold soLl at auction tion iou and the auctioneer following It Ii his Is usual custom was as calling for bids b by bythe the tue acre Instead of or for the tho farm as u a whole Miss Ramsay Hamsa was on one of or the most energetic of tho the bidders often overbidding o herself hersel In her eagerness Finally In response to another In Insistent Insistent In- In call from the tho mas master leI of or cere cere- monies Miss Ramsay called out Well Vell Ill I'll give but that Is 18 all I Ican Ican Ican can pa pay The bid was waN accepted l with the announcement announcement an an- Sold old to Miss lIss Ramsay for Then rhen Miss 1188 Ramsay opened an old- old fashioned reticule carefully counted out In bills and handed them theta over o to the auctioneer Ill pa paIn In full rI right ht now she dp- dp cIa dared red I i S She Ii e was wa S ab absolutely tel y d dumfounded u in founded e when Informed that tho the farm would cost her S for tor each of oC Its jG acres Then tho the farm arm was sold all over again and a syndicate of oC Stamping Ground men bought It but paid on only 1 10 just less than the tho price at which It was knocked down to Miss lIss I II Ramsa Ramsay ani say 0 I