New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-28
GYpsIES IN OMO-A FOOLISH FARMER
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. ard occasionally notice in IFS columns an advertise
rent notifying the public generally and green ones p
,cuarIy how fortunes may be made without labor "'hoa'
eapita and without expense and except only s .
or As as the case may be- to be neosed in letter on 70
CENT of which the verdan viii be supplied with insrae
ors az to how the thing done propose to inform ysuF
10000 patrons and your 100000 readers free OF cha
marx the hberaly Of the offer free OF charge-ho" iof
tunes ere made away here in Coumoana County IN
the great State Of Ohio in the fifty fourth year OF the pres
en hundred and in the age OF cheap newspapers fee
schoos steam lightning and revelations without labor
cspitsl or expense in marvellous short he ana "no"'
Greatly taxing the mental powers Indeed is not even
s.rtly necessary 70 saw iAe words better however.
they should te understood and perhaps mentally repeated
Eoih however Is indispensable and he who has barely
sense .roueh 10 exercise faith in all kinds OF koers 'cH'
Is the very chap TO engage in the latest and most approved
wsy of rsk ne hasy fortune and to exercise th, faih
Il if no, Necessary that man should have as mach wisdom
as the late Daniel Webster possessed An in'euect OF
smaller cabre than his would the purpose infinitely
better
A short time ago party Of innocent and molten
five Gipses pitched their tena in the vicinity OF
New Lisbon our county town. and for some weeks
Grove a very brisk and profitable trade in the way
Of telling fortunes-ing the curtain Of the future just
high enough for the subject to peep under and see
ore dollars worth or unfolding wide enough presen; at
ore glance the whole range of future events 10 the full
amount Of FIVE dollars ready pay half cash and the
other half sausages chickens butter any Of the other
aood things Of this life 1t is scarcely necessary 70 say
that The dollar peep inv ariably led s the sights and the
five dollars For who would be simple enough for
e1rense when SO much could be procured for so little
In her travels over and throughVhe neIgsoorn0po, "a
rurgut OF cusamers and in the practice OF her awfai
profession one Of these gipses, whose mo her. guess
knew she was out found her way TO the house OF M
DE Rhodes, in this township Her hrst v was Jusl az
the vchng hour of when every hill top and valley
was vocal wth the musical sound of the dpner horn SAe
very opportunity stepped in just as the family was sitting
down 10 dnrer snd kindly invited to seat at the
fable which invitation she, of course very modessy ac-
cepted Before she commenced eating, however sho oy
some manifestations impressed her Kind host ana hostess
with strong sense OF her unassumDg yer eAaedH4 P"y
which COMPLETELY won their confidence Frequently dur
iag the meal Mr. De Rhodes observed the black eyes OF
hi. pous GiIsey friend yeed upon him WITH al express
son OF great astOns men and 1t was not long on 'ae
discoveries he had made and the thoughts that were OPP
Pressing her became too momenous and supendous 70 DC
confined TO ore innocent woman she thereieTe mac
dear breast Of by informing Mr De Rhodes thar she
had been seeming the Hires in his forehead AMI had as
covered wonderful things in regard to him 1t now Mr
De Rhodes turn TO be astonished VINO WIN hatuIsly
ipoui,itive ird eagerly inquired for further Information
and finally eedsS in eciing from her the astonishing
fact that of untold value was buried on his farm
fact which be before suspected but which she OF course
had 10. learned when gosspng with some of the neigh
bore The hook well blted and eagerly sEello we'd
no bible 10 biiedOwn il went lie wanted the gold to
be sure he dld-snd rhe could get But how Very easy
she would commence by furnishing bin $4,000 in gold
coin Necessary however Tor her 10 nave SUJO IA
good bank notes perhaps to fgheR the little spirits thar
ALWAYS guard hidden buried treasure, who Is said
have the aversion for paper money that witch has
fer broom stick horse shoe. Mr. DE Rhodes being
oly in for it, with full consent of his wife, posted OIL to
New Lisbon for the paper money and as he - an hone
uIerste and industrious farmer whose note "a good tor
any amount be will agree to pay he had no difficulty IN
procuring the neediui particularly az no had hne
slecustion in view and could afford 10 pay
good ave The money in the hands OF the pous
disinerested and far seeing Gypsy, who placed ana tod
envelop after another over H. until II was PVsc
secure ard otter muttering the necessary words over
gave 10 Mr De Rhodes to deposit IN large lron po
which he did in her presence and then by her direction
tied a cloth securely the pot, and set 1t away in
charge of "black spirits and white" On the next day
she returned and Mr. De Rhodes by her directonopened
the package and cOunsd the mODey-aH rtgH She then
tied up before, put another spell On H. and gavet
to Mr. De Rhodes to deposit in The pot On the third day
returned and put the final and last spell on the pack
sge after wsch it was deposited in the pos by Mr. DE
Ehodcs there remain undsturbed for six days, when
he could the and take out his $4,000 gold
At last visit Circumstance occurred which was then
unnoticed but which Mr. DE Rhodes disposed TO
connect with the gipsys financial operation After Mr.
DE Rhodes his wife and the gypsy had retired to private
TO form charmed cirao and do the needtu over
ing her horse bresk loose at the door Mr. d. ran to tho
door and Mrs ID to the window bat the horse had not
broken loose the gypsy was mistaken that was all Inc
ceremony progressed, and the package was again,
and for the last time placed in the hands OF
Mr. De Rhodes to deposit in the pot OF course
it was the same package she didn't change it
or nothing when her horse broke away. The
package not be disturbed for six dsys il it
the whole amount would be lost not only but
terrible 10 relate would be visited Mr. d aud his fam
y Therefore the money remained undsturbed but the
long looked for doy at last arrived and Mr D. eager TO
count his gold and bis borrowed money before
daylight aud uncovered the pot when 10 to his utter
and disappointment, the gold was no. there
nothing but the package Of money just as he had placst
it, But asadder DISAPPOINTMENT sitea him. The pack
age united fold after fold undene until he
to the money which like the Irisbmsns hes When he
placed his hands II, not there but in its
package Of sps sfnewpaper, shape and size correspond
ing with that Of bank notes just about that time 1r. ID.
discovered that he sold. Search Immediately
made for the Gpsies but like the money they tss
gone. liberal reward offered fer their apprshen
sion the Sheriff Of County traced them, he be.
heves New Jersey but lost their trail after they had
crossed the Delaware Bay and returned without them or
the money. Mr. De Rhodes has since returned the money
borrowed for the speculation aud is to day, wiser and
better having paid ten twelve hundred dollars
FOR little bit of Information which he could readily have
procured for dollar in the shape Of subscription to
your WEEKLY TEICsT, for very that reader
VI your psper could thus have been imposed upon and
numerically heeced