New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-23
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The curious woodwork in the church OF SwaHham
in Norfolk, England has gBlar story connected
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A pedder living in thesplaee, saw one night in a
dream supernatural figure standing fini, which
said Rise, and SO Bridge, d4hefe shalt
thou find q treasure. Y Z 5za. s$:3s s45g
The peddler was, it appears. willing to lnder-
take 50 long journey on this and took
no notice of Incorporation he it stood
before him again. and commanded him to begones
instantly. Still his ednlitY was nsuperabls. The
third night the figure appeared asain and more ur
gently him to Set on forthwith and that
in such a commanding Iaanaer, that, on aWakng, he
Having happily surmounted the tedious journey,
taking only his dog as his companion, he came to
London Bridge and wandered mp and down q whole
evening man One Of tho houses on
the bridge watched his ineessant and fro,
came up to him. sfte 455, ssI s.
Sir pedder,n said he, q may I be so bold as to
inquire the of your wandering mp and down the
bridge all this liVelong day, without intent, methinks,
to gain any advantage thereby I
The peddler, who, by this time began himself to
strust the reasonabeness of his Grand mas 10th to
expose what might be considered his folly but,
at last, on being very much pressed, said:
g Well, an must tell YOU q vision bade me conc
to London Bridge, for that there should find trea
sure; but treasure have found none, and unless
am the more Fortunate shall go back as poor as
came" 5s559 F7E "
y Never trust again to Visions quoth the other
7 IL ltu Dtcu Ioul cuOuS1 ue EakHl III Dy
might have been sent, ere now. on as wild-goose
chase as you have been. dreamed, once on a time,
that saw figure which bade go to town called
Swatfham in Norfolk, to pedders house lying hard
that should find pot Of gold there; but never
went, and never intend to go; and you, nethinks,
had done well to stay ct home, and mind yoar own
business, as did, NJ
Good evening friend, 4 quoth the peddler-t Ill
warrant you I'll never come back and look for trea-
sure on London Bridge again. 5az4
Back he and his dog journey to Swaffh ham. He
gets lend of pickaxe and with that and his spade,
falls vigorously to work in the described corner Of his
garden. Presently be hits on something hard he re
doubles his eforts and turns it out it is large pot
of gold. #zsl 5$*. f8ia EE$ ,5.a
With part of it he builds tie church and q nlagni-
fcent perpendicular erection it is. In eommemorafion
Of the adventure, he had it carved on the wooden
seats, where, however much of it is now decayed
but the figure of the pedder and nuzzled dog occurs
on the seats, and on the basement moulding Of the
huge tower. The inhabitants OF the plaee fully be-
lieFe the story, and see no reason to doubt it.
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One OF THE SToRIEs.-ssys G. A. B., in the Home
| Journal, heard an aneGdote the other day which
amused me very much. Twill give it you. It is on
good authority-an officer who at the mess when
the conversation occurred
a brother officer, (noted as q bIunchausen,( was
entertaining mixed company with several stories,
d la Gordon Cumming, among the lions and tigers
| of India. Once he was ont lion hunting, and had
spent all his ammunition when an old lion came up
" AT first said the narrator ~ thought to fly, but
on second thought Remembered it had been said to
be possible to mesmerize an animal, Rhereupon Icon-
centrated my forces, and brought my eye to bear
upon his Presently his tail dropped and be retired
| backward, leaving me master Of the field.
g Proud Of my victory, went out unarmed the
next day, and met the same lion, and again tried
mesmeric influence; he was again preparing to give
way, when rustic in the jungle caused me to WaTer,
\ and, in an instant he would have sprung upon me
4 before could mesmerise him again. if the officer
| who had moved in the jungle had not shot him
dead u a44$ ff55S-s
/ An old officer who was laughing at the boldness Of
I the fb earelessly said
1 ~ was the man who fired the rife.''
In no way dismayed, the other walked across the
/ room with much empressnent, saying 9t4f# Z
4 Give me your hand; II owe you my life! Il Is.
I My friend says was one of the most admirable
farces he ever saw, the ionhunter not being thrown
Il of his center for one moment
A STORY OF WATERLoe.-The world has been
listening for years to stories of Waterloo, the scene of
the last great action Of Napoleon but it would seem
like certain other commodity long since familiar to
our readers, " that there is few more Of the same
4 sort .left.' taE4s 4sss55 s.5 #3ai 81
An individual who owned a small tavern near the
eventul field was frequently questioned to whether
he did not possess relics of the battle and as
invariably and as honestly answered IN the negative
But he was very poor, and one dayfwhie laInentine
to neghbor not only his poverty hut the annoyance
to which travellers subjected him, his friend cut him
short with
even make one help the other 51aks some
; relcs!'' u
+ But what can do!n inquired the poor man.
: ''Tell them that Napoleon or Wellington entered
your shop during the battle, and sat down on that
/ chair.f
Not long after, an English tourist entered, and in
curing for relics told the chair story The chair
3 was bought at an inerediblepriCe. The neStcomer
was informed that Wellington had takena drink, and
the " Wellington tumbler' was according sold The
third ARRIVAL gazed with breathless wonder at the
nail on which Bonaparte g had hung up his hats'
al The fnnrih
he entered and the fifth became the happy purchaser
VI of the floor ON which he had trodden. # ss
At the last advces the fortunate tavern keeper had
not roof to his head, and was sitting on bag
ofgold in the centre of deep pitt formed By selling
the dirt on which the house bad stood.
/
!, An old cynic at concert the other night read in
. the programme the title of song, s0h give me
cot in the valley loven Reading tower attentyey
t the old fellow finally growled-a Well, if had m
| choice, I shoEa ask for bR6sseal.n