Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-05
A POCKET BOOK royND .

ne uuoUpuist'Gdtou S"""iJ 'So'Nt
will say, Then somebody must have
los, it." He is very much mistaken.
Nobody lost it. 1t was tound-not lost,
or rather it was lost on purpose to be
found. That is one of the city trades.
If you come from the country to tile
city, as every body is coming now.a'
days, to see the Worlds Fair at the
Crystal Palace. you may lose your
pocket book but that will not be found,
not that you will ever know Of; but you
may know of some other one being
found, and have chance to possess
yourself of it upon very reasonable
terms, for The finder will be just going
to leave town, and very anxious that
the unfortunate individual who lost the
pocket book full Of bank bills, should
have i, restored to him, and as you look
like very honest gentleman, he will
entrust you with it, knowing from your
luoks-you will look green. or else you
will not be thus accosted-that you will
advertise and return it to the owner.
What happy thing that lost pocket
books fall inlo such honest hands, and
are transferred to others equally honest
-tha, is your own.
Perhaps before you have pocket
book transaction on private account, you
w,rld like TO read a little incident in
that line.
One nf our composi,ors happens to
have Just thai sort of look that pocket
book finders Judge susceptible of recei'
wing all assertions for tralh; in short
one they take for green, though sadly
mistaken in tho color. 1y
No, long ago. one Monday afternoon
he was s,rolling down Courlland street
near the ferry, about the time of the de-
parture oflhe 5 o'clock Philadelphia
t,ain. Directly a couple of indiyidu,
ais came hurriedly along as though they
had just gut up steam to ovestake The
cars five minutes after they hadstarted.
They stopped near our man and looked q
around anxiously as though to 6nd some.
body of whom they might venture e
ask a question withou. dangerof being
robbed by some Of the pocket picking,
OF pocket book dropping gentry of tais
wicked City. One ofthe pair was 9
country. farmer-looking, hourst;faced
man, about As or so, witha yalise j.
hand, eadaiiy eountfytied iimits, appear
ance with its owner, both Of which look
ed as though this might be thsir frs
appearance in the city. His compan
ion was a young man is or go, ofcourst
he called the Old mua daddy He wa.
dressed rather on the flash order, will
rings On his fingers, and . gold chain o
many proportions. 'Daady' wore ,
broadbrim hat and homespun coat. The
pair approached Typo rather diffident
lily, and asked him frst it he belonged
in the city. No; in North Carolina
He was staying here while.
Could he ,ell them how to get on III,
Philadelphia ,ruih. and how soon j
would got
Yes, there, and now directly. Ar
you going there, stiunger}
Yes. we had started to go; we lis
in old Virgiuny--we come upwith som
cri,ters-aui made Alright smart chanc
Of money, but living is SO powerfu
high up to Bulls Head, that it @oul
soon take chunk Of q nag TO pay tn
bill; aud so we thought US how w
would cut sticks and put ont for fal
timber, but just now, my boy there hal
met with streak Of bad luck, and nov
we don't know what TO do
Typo was rather taken aback. Th
old man did talk as though he lived i
the Old Dominion, sure enough. The
could not huye had The bad luck TO los
the money they had sold their horse
for, for my son' carried pocket boo
in his hand well filed with bills; he di
not intend to lose that. Typo ipqu
red what was their bad luck :
They had found pocket book fu'
of money
Most people do not esteem that a We
ry serious streak of bad luck;' thi
honest man did, for ho was very anx
ious to restore it to the loser, and h
was very anxious TO so ahead, 'iar h
wanted to sec the old woman, and ,h
niggers awful He looked sharp in,
the eye of Typo to see how the s'or
affected him, aud was satisfied that b
was green enough to answer their pu'
poses. =
blue blizzards! Dad, there goes tn
bell, we must be of, if we are going
Wha, shall do with this blasted thing
| don't wantitl'
Give it to this young man, he look
honest, and when the owner adyer'isei