Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-09-21


and wound up her conversation by saying tina
she knew where three hat crowns full of col,
had been buried on his farm, and that if h,
would do as she directed, they could recover il
but that it was necessary to alay the spirits tha
stood guard over it; that large sum of none,
must be present with them, at the incantation
She thought five Thousand dollars would be re.
quired, but was not sure as to the amount
and she proposed if he would go into it, and
furnish the money, that she would give hin
two-thirds of the treasure, while she would re-
serve the other one-third as her share.
Up to this time, the farmer appears to have
/. had no confdencain the woman hut as she
took his hand, and traced the mysterious lines
therein, telling him the great things in store for
him, he began to place some confidence in her,
especially as she had told him some things that
had occurred in his life that he supposed had
never been known. About this time he sold a
large lot of cattle, for which he received in
cash about $1,000 The next day the woman
called again, and said that $4,000 was the
amount required to be present to alay the spirits.
The farmer then produced the package of money
received for the cattle, and the two sat down to
table, and counted out $4,000 in bank notes,
excepting four small gold coins.
The money was then folded up and put into
a 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 solemn oath that he was not to
tell to a living soul the object they were in pur-
suit of, that she was going away, to be absent
a short time he was not to look at the pack
age Of money at any time excepting when she
waspresent; and after making an earnest prayer,
she took hold while she held the package Of
money in her hand and swung him around,
so that they came together back to back She
then gave him back the handkerchief as he sup
posed, all right, and told him that she would
return on the 18th, 10Th, or 18th of August,
and then they would 60 in company, and secure
the hidden treasure. On the 18th he hardly
expected to meet her, and was not disappointed
that she did not come. On the 10th he sat ny
late at night, expecting her arrival.
After waiting till near midnight on the 18th
he began to suspect all was not right, and he
feared all this might be a trap to rob him. Sc
strong did this suspicion fasten upon him, that
he took up his gun, loaded it. and went out
into the shru bbery surrounding the house, where
he could see all who approached without being
seen, and remained there until two O'Clock ir
the morning But no one came. As the time
had elapsed that was set by the fair visitor, he
considering himself absolvcd from his obligation
never doubling in the least but that his money
was safely deposited in the handkerchief.
Unroling 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 and four cents, IN lieu thereof.
Even the handkerchief had been changed; in
stead of being his own, it was one precisely sim
liar. One Of the strangest things in all this
strange transaction is that counterfeit five
dollar bill that was placed in the package Of
money was taken out of it, and returned in the
roll of brown paper. How this was done is a
mystery we cannot solve. The farmer who has
been so completely bamboozled out of $4,000
now seeks to find some remedy at law.
Strange as this story may appear to many
we have the facts from the most undoubted au-
thority, and we have givens them just as they
occurred We can sympathize with our friend
the farmer, in the loss of his money, for he i:
not the first of the musculinc gender who ha'
been, and alas, he is not the last who will b(
duped by pretty woman.-FrOn the Clere
land CO., State Journal Of august a.