The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-26
BANK NOTE REsrRgECTIoN.

was huiaiHcu from tue chiSi ot The IN.
craving and engineering depar,mcn, Of
the bank Of England. We do no, que,-
ton the substantial accuracy Of the
statement:
Some years ayo---in the days Of ,hir.
~ shilling noies---a certain lrislman
saved UP the sum Of eighty seven pounds
ten. IN notes Of tho bank Of Ireland
As snre meaus of securing this vaiua-
b'" property. lc pu, i. into the foot Of
an old stocking and buried it in his gar
den, where bank note paper couldn't
fail to keep dry. and to come out when
wanted in the best state of prcscrva-
ton.
Alter Leaving his treasure in this ex.
cciient place Of depo.ite for some months
II occurred to the dcpositor 10 take n
look al ii and see how it was gc,,na on.
He found hi. stocking full Of the iras.
mcn'. Of milicwed and broken mn,h.
rooms. No other shadow or n shade
of his treasure. cighty-scven pounds
ten.
In the midst Of his despair the man
had the sense not to disturb the ashes
Of his properly. lie took the stocking
foot in his hand aud posted Off to the
banl. in Dublin, entered it one morning
as soon a. j. was opened, aud staring
nj the clerk with a most extraordinary
absence Of all expression in his face,
said:
"Ah, look a, that sir! Can ye do
any thing for me z"
What do you call this?' asked the
clark.
Eighty-scvcn pounds ten, praise the
Lord as am sinner Ochone! There
was twenty as was paid to me by Pha-
lin O'Dowd. and ten rs was paid by
Reilly, and n five rs was owned by Tim,
and Ted Conner, ses he TO ould Phil
lips"
Well, never mind old Phillips
You have done it, my friend"
"Oh, Lord, sir. and its done it have
mos, compla.c. Oh, good luck TO you,
sir. and is it nothing a. all you can do
for me -
al don't know what is to be done
with sucl, mess of stuff as this. Tell
me first of all what you PIT in this stock
ing. you most unfortunate blundercr.
son, yes. sir, and tell you true as If
il was the last word had to spakc in
tirely, ard the Lord be good to you, and
Ted Conner ses he, ouid Phillips. re-
gar lel rs was owen Ly lin and incud-
in Of the ten which, was changed by Pat
Reilly"
"You didn't put Pat Reilly or old
Phillips into the stocking did you ~
"It is Pat and ould Phillips as is
worth cigh,y.seven pounds ten. lost and
gone, and includin the five ~ was owen
by Tim and Ted Conner"
"Then tell me what you did put in
to the stocking, and let me take it down.
And then hold your tongue if you can,
and you 90 your way and come back
tomorrow.
The particulars Of the notcS were ia
ken, wiihou, any reference TO ouId Phil
5 lips who could not, however, by any
means be kept out Of the story, afl the
man departed.
When he was gone, the stocking was
shown to the chief en- ravcr of the notes,
who said if any. body could settle the
business, his son could. And he pro-
/ posed that the particulars of the notes
/ should not be communicated 10 his son,
who was then employed in his depart
ment Of the bank, but should be put
away under lis department Of the, bank,
under lock aud key; and that if lis
sons ingenuity. should enable him to
discover what notes had really been pu,
in the stocking. ana the two lists sAonl,'
tally, the man should be paid the los,
money,
To this pruden, proposal the bank Of
ireland readily assented, being extreme.
" anxious ,ha, the man should not be
a loser; but Of course, deeming ii e.
s'n.ial TO DO protected from imposi'
lion.
The son undertook the delicate com
UlsNeiDli I4'Ifpstb w hiiis iic 'r'hN''''
the fragments from the stocking viii
the utmost care, on the fine point Of :
pcn-knifc, and laid the whole gently il
basin OF warm wafer; and presently
saw them. 10 his delight, begin TO un
fold and expand like A1wcrs. by anC
by he began 10 tease them with v,rj
light touches If cainel's hair penc.
and penknife, got the various nIorsei
separated before him, and begau Il
piece them together Tie frs, piec,
! laid down was family recognizable b,
. a practiccd eye. as hi, Of the left han'
bottom corner Of a twenty pound note
then came Iii, Of five then ten
then moro bits 81 twenty then NOR
: bits Of a five and ten then another lie!
E hand bottom corner Of twenty; :
there was two ,wen,ies, and so OH, unit
to the admiration and as,onishmen, Z
! the whole bank, he noted down the cs
: ac, amount deposited in the stocking
and the exac, notes il had been compo'
cd Of. Upon this, as he wished to se
and divert himself with the man on hi
= return. lie provided himself with bar
die Of corresponding new, clean. rus
ling notes, and awaited his arrival.
lie came exactly as belere, with ii
same blank staring face and made ii
= same enquiry.