The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-09-21
NO. e.

great things in store for him, be be@a'
to place some confidence in her, especial
ly as she had told him some things that
had occurred in his life that he supposed
had never been known. About this time
he had sold a large lot of cattle, for which
be received in cash about $4,000. The
next day the woman called again, and
said $4,000 was the amount required to be
present to allay the spirits The farmer
then produced the package of money re-
ceiYed for the cattle, and the two sat
down to table and counted out $1,000
in bank notes, excepting four small gold
coins The money was then folded up
and put into handkerchief, the woman
all the time making strange motions, and
talking strange talk.
The next day and the day after the
woman called again, each time counting
the money as before making the same
signs, &c, but leaving the money with the
farmer, wrapped up in the handkerchief.
At the next visit, she required him to take
a solemn oath that he was not to tell to
alving soul the object they were in pursuit
Of, that she was going away, to be absent
a short time; he was not to look at the
package Of money at any time excepting
when she was present and after making
an earnest prayer, she took hold of him
while she held the package Of money i'll
her hand, and swung him around, so that
they came together back to back. She
then gave him back the handkerchief, as
he supposed, all right, and told him that
she would return oD the 10Th, 10Th or 18th
of August, and then they would go in COM
pany and secure the hidden treasure
On the 18th, he had hardly expected to
meet her, and was not disappointed that
she did not come. On the 10th, he sat
up late at night expecting ber arrival.
After waiting till near midnight on the
18th he began to suspect all was not right,
and he feared all this might he trap to
rob him. So strong did this suspicion
fasten upon him, that he took up his gun,
loaded il, and went out into the shrubbery
surrounding the house where he could see
all who approached without being seen,
and remained there until two o'clock in
the morning. But no one came. As the
time had elapsed that was set by his fair
visitor, he considered himself free from
his obligation, never doubling in the least
but that his money was safely deposited
in the handkerchief
Unrolling it carefully, what was his
dismay at seeing not a roll of bank bills,
and four pieces of gold, as he had left it,
but package of brown paper aud four
Genes, in lieu thereof Even the handker-
chief had been changed; instead of beiH
his own, it was one precisely similar
One of the strangest things in all IT,
strange transaction is that counter
five dollar bill that was placed in the pack
age Of money was taken out of It. ll.
turned in the roll of brown paper. L-"
this was done is mystery We c.lLc5
solve. The farmer who has been 50 con
pletely bamboozled out of $4,000, no.
seeks to find some remedy at law.
Strange as this story may appear to
many, we have the facts from the most
undoubted authority, and we have giveu
them just as they occurred. We can
svmpathise with our friend, the farmer.
in the loss of his money, for be is not the
first Of the masculine gender who has been,
and alas, he is not the last who will be
dupcd by pretty woman.