Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-08-31
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4 sTOCKING FULLOF RANk NOTES
From "Householi Word.'

Siot mt LII oF "A r NOtkS
From "IIousehold Words"
some years ago-iu the DAY Of the thirty
shilling notes certain lri-hmdu saved up
the SUM of ciGhty-seyen pounds ten, IN notes
OF tn Bank Of Ireland. Asa sure means of
securing this valuable property, bee put it In
the foot pt an old stocking, aud buried it M
ms garden, where bank note paper c5a.ln't
tall To keep dry, and To come oJt, waen
wanted, IN the best preservation.
Alter leaving hls treasure IN this excellent
place OF deposit for some months, it occurred
% the depOsiter 10 take a look ar it and soc
how II was gettin: on. He found III.
stocking-ioot apparently tail ufthc fragments
OF mildew and broken mushrooms. 10 other
shadow Of "a shade OF cighty-sayen pounds
ten
In the midst Of his despair tbe man had
the sense not to disturb the ashes az hs
property took the stockin--i9at IN his
hand, posted OF to the Bank uf D.bIp,
entered 1t one morning as oa9u as +. va,
open, and, staring as the c.erk with a i1.-1
eItraordlnary absence of all expression iu
his face, said
"Ah look at that sir , Can SO edoaus.hn-
for me e''
,What do You call this ?" sHI the clerk.
~Efplfy--.yffl r..rr.i. RI, ,.r.,i.a f.,. T..,.I
as I'm, .,ruar p on. .L..l,. -,-5. 49,
as was maid III, ,n., nv Mr. pl,f-, on .e1
sir. ana "a I'm MS vr.,s .cl,,n.,aJ I. Dan RsiIr
and ty. ~, wa, owen nv TIM and nd
Conor. .t,s be t,.n.i.i pbiIII,~-'-
~ ell never mind old PaI.lfs. Yyu have
done it, mv friend
"Oh, L RI, 8 r. and its done it I have,
most symll4tu Oh, -eJd luek o. V9u, s.I
can you DO nothing for me 2''
Il dap't kn.,y y,ba-'- II h. done with
such a u.ess as TINS. Tell me. first Of all,
what Won mt IN tre -.,,<jn-. Won uuf
tura5e bIuut Ter.
,Oh. v,s. SIT. and Cell ,.u true as D.. it
was the last word had L. speak intirrv.
and the ord be good 10 you, and I'd C5uor
ses be t. uuld PhIlhis. ra.ta-n the five as
was owen by Tim. aal n95 lu,iujcn "a the
tin which was changed by Ralv---
" u didn't nut Pat Eol yaro!il Phillifs
into the stocking. did YOU
Is is Pat orould PHiiIias that was ever
the valv of eighty-syin pound. tin. lost and
zone. and iDcIudin The five MS was owned ly
Tim, ana Ted Conor-'
s'Then tell me what Won Esg put in the
stocking, and let ne take 1t down. And
then hold vour ton,ue. II Won can and o.,
your wav, and come tomorrow"
The particulars of the notes were taken.
without reference to ould Pbiliirs. who c9uld
not. however. bv any mean. h.. kent ont of
the story. and the man deparrej When he
was gone. the stocking-fo5t was shown r.
the chief engrayer Of the notes who said
that ifanvbodv could sottIo the husinass his
sen could, And he rronosad that the rarti
cnlars of tho notes sbonid not be comTnni-
his denartment of tho Bank but sbo1ld lac
nut awav under lock and kew. and if his
sons ingenuity should enable him to dis
cover from those ashes what notes had really
been put in the stocking. and the two lists
should tally, the man should be paid the
lost amount. To this prudent proposal the
Bank Of Ireland readily assented. beng
extremely anxious that the man sbouId not
be loser, but, of course, deeming it esson-
tial to be protected from imposition
The son -eallv rndertool tbo 5.1,,,..
commission prop9sed tn him He detacAal
the fragments from the s,octi,t, ,rith +la
utmost ra an rbs ,ait of ,,as7l,-,;f, LA
+be yrLoIe C,o,,tI77 =, - -, -
and rrese6tIv sa1r +bor, =, Li. d.r;-t+
begin tounftId md evnan5 lilo Ga,,7,s
Rv,and- hive he bel,a, tois+a,s, tbou,, -
49,. ~ oedH "a - Is .t .nln WIN
Tho varions ro,Is,Is .'.,-oro+, - nv, 952,3
BEGAN to niece them t6Tetber Trc fr.t oiara
laid down was fsintlv reco,nizablc iv n
practlsed eve. as a bjt If IN. Isfr b,n6 l,-.-o
corner Of a twenty nopnd nofs tba1 ca-no
4 bit Of a five then of a toT, tI., -
bits Of a twenty then morr hits - , f,.
and ten then another left hand b,tt,,]
corner Of q tweptv-,o .har. v-.ro t,r5
twenties and SO on. until to the a5m.ra-
ton and astonisbment Of the whole Bsnk.
he noted down the exact notes Of which II
had been connosed Tnon tbis as he
wished n see ana divert bin,saif ,,i+t, tb,
man when he rotrrnod--ba ,,,ovijod himself +
with bundle of coIroe,,,r,dttnr Ta,~ rIsan
rustlin, notes .,,5 o,,-dite3 l. e s-r,,.,1
he e,Tos crar+I- - -. III -,
blank srarin- g., - - -, -
.sean Won an - o., 1''5
We'll e,i3 -, - - II - -.
Navbe | ,s~ n, .-.-S.I-:, p -,
taken a great deal ~ -
deal of time, and van, ms - IL - ,o's
mean TO give me?'' ---'' -'1- -
lis it give, slr Thin. is thor. s,r,birr