{"id":3416,"date":"2019-07-23T22:57:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T02:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2019-07-23T23:13:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T03:13:56","slug":"three-days-after-the-aucton-a-nearly-barren-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=3416","title":{"rendered":"THREE DAYS AFTER THE AUCTON: A NEARLY BARREN FIELD"},"content":{"rendered":"
AMISH SCHOOL AUCTION\u2026THREE DAYS LATER<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
July 23, 2019<\/div>\n

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Three days  earlier this barren site contained  a couple  of thousand  people and as many cars, trucks, horses and buggies.  <\/div>\n
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\u201cAlan, where are we?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMarjorie, it has taken us nearly four hours to find this place even though I drove<\/div>\n
here with Andy and Jack in less than 1.5 hours.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBut where are we?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSomewhere in the centre of Amish Ontario\u2026near Milverton.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cDo you mean this empty field is where you spent last Saturday afternoon?:<\/div>\n

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SHORT days ago this  field was jammed with people bidding on the weirdest collection<\/div>\n
of objets imaginable.  Today, three days later, the field  is barren except for the things<\/div>\n
nobody seems  to want.<\/div>\n

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\u201cI notice it is wash day\u2026maybe these Amish folk can give directions.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cAnd there it is Marjorie\u2026sitting all  alone among the stubble and the footprints<\/div>\n
of auctioneers  and  bidders.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNot another fanning mill, Alan, when will you grow up and know to stop\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBeautiful \u2026right?<\/div>\n

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\u201cBattered\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201c140 years old,  bound to be bruised.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDoes  it fit in the truck?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNot quite\u2026needs to be rolled over.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow will we lift it?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLook what\u2019s coming across the field\u2026”<\/div>\n

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\u201cGive you a hand if you want.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWonder how we would get the mill into the truck without you”<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat make is it?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLooks like a Clinton made machine,\u2026circa 1880 give or take\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOr it could  be a McTaggart\u2026name long worn off by the grain and Calloused<\/div>\n
hands\u2026”<\/div>\n

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\u201cDid you buy that thing\u2026now that is interesting\u2026a shoemakers anvil with<\/div>\n
the shape of real boots made  of iron\u2026interchangeable.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhere will we put it?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cIn the farm kitchen\u2026looks good beside the stove.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow much did you pay for it?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cRather not say.  I paid $5 for the fanning mill though.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cLet\u2019s tale a few minutes to see what else has been left behind.”<\/div>\n

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A REAPER\u2026WITH ALL PARTS\u2026REPLACED  THE SICKLE AND CRADLE SCYTHE\u2026TECHNOLOGICAL<\/div>\n
WONDER IN ITS TIME.<\/div>\n

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HORSE DRAWN HEAVY HARROWS\u2026WHEELED KIND<\/div>\n

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LOBSINGER THRESHING MACHINE…<\/div>\n

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REMEMBER WE BOUGHT ONE OF THESE 35 YEARS AGO\u2026FARMER UP THE ROAD<\/div>\n
BORROWED IT FOR HIS LAST THRESHING.  HE GOT INJURED AND HAD TO <\/div>\n
GIVE UP FARMING.  THE THRESHER WAS PROTECTED BY A TARP BUT THE<\/div>\n
DAMN TARP ROTTED AND  SO DID THE THRESHER.  WENT TO SCRAP BECAUSE<\/div>\n
WE HAD NO BARN TO KEEP IT IN. SAD.  MAYBE SAME FUTURE FOR THIS ONE.<\/div>\n
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FARM WAGON\u2026ALSO LAND ROLLER<\/div>\n

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HORSE  DRAWN CORN BINDER<\/div>\n

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NICELY RESTORED MOWING MACHINE<\/div>\n

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POTATO HARVESTER<\/div>\n

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MANURE SPREADER<\/div>\n

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HAY LOADERS\u2026ABOUT TEN OF THEM.<\/div>\n
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SIDE DELIVERY RAKE<\/div>\n

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HORSE DRAWN SET OF DISC HARROWS<\/div>\n

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\u201cALAN, TIME TO LEAVE\u2026DO YOU  KNOW HOW TO GET HOME?\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cNOT SURE\u2026WE WILL JUST DRIVE EAST AND CUT SOUTH\u2026TAKE US A COUPLE OF  HOURS.<\/div>\n

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MOOREFIELD  FOR LUNCH<\/div>\n

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\u201cSTRANGE LUNCH HERE MARJORIE”<\/div>\n

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\u201cI notice  you serve raccoon steaks\u2026”<\/div>\n

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\u201cLook at the bottom entry\u2026\u2019Bright Raccoon 732..\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSo?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSo, if I ordered  a \u201cDull Raccoon  steak\u201d would it be cheaper?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cFive dollars\u2026.”<\/div>\n

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(not the truth\u2026Bright Raccoon is their Wi Fi number\u2026a joke.  We had  two pieces<\/div>\n
of Rhubarb and Strawberry pie with a mountain of vanilla ice cream\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
July 23, 2019<\/div>\n

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AMISH SCHOOL AUCTION\u2026THREE DAYS LATER alan skeoch July 23, 2019 Three days  earlier this barren site contained  a couple  of thousand  people and as many cars, trucks, horses and buggies.   But today it is a barren site \u201cAlan, where are we?\u201d \u201cMarjorie, it has taken us nearly four hours to find this place even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}