10 o'clock
There was an unusually large number of people gathered in front of Thomas Marshall 's store one morning about the last of May . Women were there as well as men , and all were talking and laughing in a most pleasant way . The cause of this excitement was explained by a notice tacked on the store door . `` The Board , Lodging , and Clothing of David Findley , Pauper , will be let to the lowest bidder for a period of one year , on Wednesday , May 30th inst. , at Thomas Marshall 's store , Chutes Corner , at 10 o'clock A. M. `` Signed `` J. B. FLETCHER T. S. TITUS O. R. MITCHELL _ Overseers of Poor _ . '' This notice had been posted there for about two weeks , and had attracted the attention of all the people in the parish . It was out of the ordinary for such a sale to take place at this season of the year . Hitherto , it had occurred at the last of December .