Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1910 — By Candle Time. [ARTICLE]

By Candle Time.

“It did me good,” observed a young girl who had just returned from England, "to see, in real ise, one of the old customs my grandfather used to tell me about—the burning of the time eandle at an auction. In Berkshire the old custom still prevails, and when an auction is in progress

and an article is put up for bidding a short length of candle is lighted as the bidding begins. The shouting continues until the candle burns out, and the last bid before it flickers its last is the one that takes the cake. I don’t know but it has an advantage over the *golng, going gone* variety, but it is fearfully slow and un-Ameri-can."