Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-23
Silver and Superstition.

and that fierce one, around and about
tho arcient village Of Berrysburg. 1t is
not Rock oil, nor the Gra'ztown railroad,
nor iron, nor coal, nor yet gold-bu,,
SILVER.
Popular tradition recounts TO all tho
wondering youngsters the existence Of .
money coiuer, who had, many years ago,
den in one of the little valleys some
!, whore between Lykens Valley and Stony
Creek, the exact locality being no. very
definitely mentioned. Some accounts make
Ain out counterfeter, others a miner
and rcliner Of pure silver, which, for con-
yenience sake, he put up in the form Of
current coin. After making and CONCEAL
lag 10 various localities many barrels Of
the gIitteriug stuff, he disappeared, and
with him went the knowledge of the silver
mine and Of bis hiding places. Many
heavy stone has been overturned on those
hills, in the full expectation of finding q
dccayed cask whose mol1eripg stsres would
expose tie treasure ready for use.
Another account, more tragic in It's de-
tails, goes back beyond the Cd c1iner.
The indians bad a knowledge Of the sil-
yer mine, and after many lengthy pow
vow an old hunter bribed the last Indian,
by promise Of his rife, to show him the
eein of silver ore. There being but the
single rife in the party, motives Of econo-
my and prudence induced the hunter to
shoot bis guide through the head immedi.
ate!y after becoming possessed Of the COW
eted secret. The legend does not mention
any immense fortune reaped BY the mur-
derer from his discovery, bat, at all events,
be died, or was shot, and with him, too,
disappeared the great secret.
FEcqIent relatings Of these legends
found scme wiseacre listeners, who, being
Ignorant enough to believe anything which
had spice Of the supernatural about il,
poudered these things until they believed
it all implicitly. Ultimately, having re.
solved themselves into the Berrysburg
Silver Mining Association, they procured
the services of young man who was er-
dowed With magic powers, and who, BY
the use Of small glass, (the era Yicgelof
the oiten magiciars) could lock through
the bowels Of the crock ribbed earth" and
spy out the lurking places Of nature val
uatles. Next in oEier, lease was taken
Of the rock country belonging to the Dau-
phiu 4 Susquehanua Coal Company. Seek
ing out, by proper signs, lucky nights, the
company held several nocturnal sessions
on the hills. At last, they discovered the
rock under which, at a certain distance,
was the portal to their treasure house;
but just then, when i. seemed almost
within their grasp, 1t was discovered, that,
through some blunder in their calculations,
the night was not propitious, and it was
c1uc.uiel TO adjourn until q more conye.
nieut season.
Subsequently, i. was discovered by
long course Of profound reasoning, that
the ghost of the departed rei-skin kept
watch and ward over his ravisbed secret,
and that the ouly way to remove him was
to invoke the spirit Of the hunter, and in-
duce him to enact again in the spirit
world the unWituesscd tragedy, and thus
efee;ually abolish the Indian ghost, For
this purpose, the home magicians wers
powerless, and special medium vas i'm.
ported from somewhere out West The
met, full of faith and interest,
and formed spiritual circle in an old
,atin away from civilization |, was
lark, bat starlit night, clear, aud cold,
aud the sht soughiugs of the wind among
he pine trees we're typical Of the failing
breath Of the then closing year. Mdnight's
mystic hour was appointed for the appear
.uce Of this messenger from the spirit lsud
# the past. As tie hour apYroacbsd,
nat Silent circle Cec1Ne more aDu u re
ugrossed in the Intensity Of interest. just
S the las; hour of night was trembling in-
o the first hour of the morning, even the
igh: wind without fell to a dead calm,
ouud was heard approaching, and the
bought "he cOmes,' was audible in ths
eating of rquicsened hearts. "Sboot!
or Gods sake shoot p in thrilling tones
roke on their startled cars-,he cryo
faint hearted member, Who knew anott
r was armed. OF course, the 'chsrmw IS
rokep," and the company isnow await nc
propi;ious moment for the resumptIc of
IS conjuratiOns!
The above is not BY any meanss faucy
keteh. There may be errors Of details.
ut the main statements are facts -str,p.
isgus,ing, hum;lia;ing facts. tt e sui: ess
,qures the pen of sa,irist to do i, ;rs
ce--ve have only repeated tie f. .c.s g.
iveu to us.-JOursai, Q.ykens, J.snb;u
o., Pa)
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