Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1881 — Why He Didn’t Bid. [ARTICLE]

Why He Didn’t Bid.

At an auction sale of miscellaneous goods the auctioneer put up a wolfskin pressing-gown and invited bids. An old man inspected it closely, seemed to think there was a bargain in it, but yet he hesitated to bid. “ Don’tyou want that?” asked the auctioneer. “Yes, kinder,” was the reply. “Then why don’t you bid?” “Well, I’ve bought heaps o’ things iu dry goods and so on,” slowly responded the old man, “and I never yet took home anything that the old 1 woman thought was worth the price. If I got that ’ere robe for a song she’d grab '■ up, pull 1 at one end, chaw frt the other,

and call out: ‘Cheated again; more’n half cotton !’ That’s the reason I dar’n’t bid!”