The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-09-14
How no lost hts Watch end Two Hundred
Dollars I'm Cleveland.


Such Ia the caption Of story in tho Bu-
cyrus Journal, prefaced after this wise;
"Curious things happen in this world
every day; some sad, and some excessively
funny, and il is pity that more Of them
do net come To the surface, 10 amuss and
instruct lis. One came to our knowledge
the other day, which we think embodiss
enough Of the dramatic and startling to in-
terest our readers, and we give it.'
Itseems that some four weeks ago, two
Bucyrus men came TO Cleveland. Trans
acting their business during tho day, they
took ramblc through the streets Of the
city in tho evening; sat in the Park and
chatted, and looked upon tho lake by
moonlight till thoy were weary. Finally
one of them, d., who was considerably the
senior Of j., proposed a "sprec," to which
J. stoutly dissented. But d. tho old sin-
ner, resolved to "go it alone" if ]. would
not accompany him, and was left BY the
latter upon the threshold of a drinking
house, occupied by both males and females.
]. here left Linn to return to the hotel, and
had proceeded but few steps when D.
| overlook him, and placed in his keeping q
gold watch and chain worth $3.50, aud
two hundred dollars in money, with re.
quest to take care Of them unit! morning.
]. took them, returned to tho hotel, and
retired to his room and bed, but could not
sleep. A thought came upon him, which
! filled his very soul with fear and dread
He had read thousand accounts Of men
being seen to enter houses of llfame. and
never being heard Of again. Suppose D
should meet this horrible fatoi GooC
Heavcnsl His watch his money every
thing he had taken away from Bucyru'
was in his possession. And, to make th'
matter worse, he knew the clerk Of tb'
hotel, who was standing in the door as tn
two went out, and had spoken to them
and, as ill.fortune woeld havo it, wa
standing in the door as he camo back alone
and had even asked where D. was. Th
more he pondcred upon it, tie more fright
ened he became. He dwelt upon the sub
ject so long that he became almost Graz!
He got up and struck light. Putting b
hanp under his pillow, he drew forth tia
dreadful watch, and the more dreadft
pocket book--the two silent and fearf.
witnes scs against him, innocent though 3
, was, in case through any mishap D. shoul
, not return. Should he be killed--and
! the place no was, what more likelya- ho
!, should he account for the watch and moi
ey being in his possessioni The who
dread circumstance passed in his mind
a The clerk had seen them 60 out togethc
he had seen J. come back nlone. D. W,
, missing, and ]. had his pocket book CO.
!. tanning his money and his watch! Hun
:. reds Of men have been hung on slight
evidence than that. He went to bed aga
and passed miserable night. Visions
q prisions. Of cells, and Of gallows, pass,
!, before him continually, and be blessed t
y morning when it returned. He we
!. down 10 breakfast, but D, was not thel
!. He ir auired of the clerk, but ho had Sc
nothing Of him since the evening they b
. walked out together. Good Heavens!
- His worst fears were realized. He walk
J. sS'is|y now isls Ill dsltsR aa0 fasck sss y d R
= foully dealt with, and sat down to eonsl'
q how he might save himself from the d
'u Ger his good nature led him into. A b
py idea struck him. Tho only cvldeI
40 sgainst him was the watch and money
.e oe Could he rid himself of these, he was s
-; ~. No sooner thought than done.
rcs @ A happy idea struck him. h1Sh
"a down to the pier at tho foot OF WI
@ si street, he hurled tho watch and mono!
~ ~, far as he could out into the lake. he
~ ~ returned up Water street; passed tho
gu l;o, Court on his way back, aud on
t,'. Ne steps met his friend D., not dead or s
~ bed, but alive, and with his clothes
bis ewes swelled, his face swe!lcd, and
's'' a swelled head. j. was astonshed aud
VIC e founded. IIo thought Of the watch
10 ~. tho money, and that he wonld have tt
oN nav them, aud was almost sorry tha
-. was not dead. When ho broke tho
pa to D., the rage Ct the latter was INT
o"u and at ono time hc took J. by tho Il
.ho for the purpose Of throttling him. v
VIZ he cooled down, however, he told D..
'""y he had got into fight with the inma
s"'' tho house at which he had stopped
'e'H evening before, was arrested, convey
A.. Johnson street, arraigned, convicted,
..u;v .uv fined; and when J. suggested to hln'
.n10 :n," awkwardness of being exposed to the
~ ~ y. people of the pious town OF Bncyru
'i',S .M snecdily came to a satisfactory arrange
WIN with J., and then returned to his hon
1oS nns wiser, and it is to be hoped, better
D". And so onds this "ower true tale.
it is Anu So o''' '"'' -.
xper- A orea,er Calamity than the Elects
with Fremont.
,,ort M p;obmo,d Whi0 saws: "Tho