Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1919 — Candle Auction. [ARTICLE]

Candle Auction.

The candle has been used for many purposes. In the seventeenth century i a candle was the regular method of selling vftires at the .mart of the East India company—a custom which Is still in vogue in various parts of the country, notably at Tatworth near Chard, in Somerset, where the letting of land is annually conducted by this novel method. The thirty or forty people having rights in the land assemble and bid, and It is “knocked down” to the last bidder as the Inch of candle flickers out. In three successive years the candle burned for 35%, 27 and 39% minutes.—London Times. * •