Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-03-20
For the Chronicl
FROM VIENNA.

/ have just returned, after an alb
sence offs few weeks to visit my native
place, and l find my former communi.
cation, which was handed to me in
your paper, the morning l left home,
has been considered worthy of notice
by some of my neighbors. 1 should
not deem letter No. 2 worthy of notice,
but for the closing sentence-"He shall
be FIRST heir TO all the FIVE dollar bills
the children find in the graveyard"
In reference TO this sentence, l would
remark-It is easy for either vexation
or carelessness to insinuate, in two lines,
. false SANDER which it may take a
whole column of a newspaper to set
in the light of truth. The insinuation
is, that something has occurred re-
specting q five dollar bill found by the
children in the graveyard, which was
dishonorable. The allusion is true: a
FIVE dollar bill was found in the grave
yard, and it came into my possession.
But whether the slanderous insinua-
ton is true, any one may judge on
hearing the circumstances. They are
these. Late in November 1 was attend
ing the funeral of Mrs. Abigail Huma-
son at the house of Mr.. George Patter-
son. The services were ut the house.
After the close of the service, and when
we were leaving the house, a lady came
to me, as 1 wa all wrapped up in my
overcoat, and my gloves on, and said
she wished 10 express to me her graft
tude for my attendance at her moth
er's funeral; and at the same time
handed q bill rolled up, which 1 sup
posed to be money. Without looking
at the amount, / tucked it into my
glove; and going out, drove with the
procession to the graveyard. As we
were retiring from the grave, Mr.. Pat
terson, a son-in-law of Mrs. Humason,
said be wished to give me something
for my attendance at his mothers fu-
neral. l replied that a lady had al
ready given me something at the
house. He said that made no differ
ence, and taking out his wallet, he
took out two n dollar bills, and gave
them TO me. 1 took them, and put
them where l did the other, in my
glove. l did not look at them till l ar
rived at home, and had put out my
horse. Then, on examining the contents
of my glove, l found only the two one
dollar bills. Not long after l went out
and examined in my stable; l went to
where my horse was tied at the grave
yard l went to the place of the grave;
but found nothing. l therefore let it
pass as but an unknown quantity
More than 8 month after that, as the
school children were in the graveyard,
near the place of Mrs. Humason's
grave, adaughter of Mr.. Addison Rog-
ers found a five dollar bill, and carried
it home to her father. A child from
my family, who attended the same
school, related the circumstances 1
/ went to MI. Rogers and made the
same statement which l have made
above. 1 proposed to write to the lady
who gave me the bill, to inquire what
amount of mouey she gave me. The
lady's home wa in Pennsylvania. Mrs.
Rogers said that was not necessary;
the money was doubtless mine; her
husband had it and would soon be in.
Mr.. Rogers oon came, and when he
heard the statement, was satisfied, and
seemed rejoiced that the proper owner
of the money was found. When a re-
ward was offered for the child it was
resolutely declined, on the ground that
right act was its own reward.
l have been thus particular, not from
any anxiety for my own reputation, for
l am we'll persuaded that where 1 am
known, whatever other faults may at
tach to me, none will accuse me of
greed of gain. While my circumstan-
ces are such that 3 FIVE dollar bill, hon
estly and honorably mine, is worth in
curing for, 1 think no one acquainted
with me will suspect me of dishonorable
means of obtaining it. But the cru
city of the insinuation did not rest
me alone. 1t left room for the ap-
pearsnce. that the finder of the money
had reported my application for it,
and that l had thus deprived them of
that which would otherwise have been
This inference would be both
false and cruel. 1 do not know that
they have ever reported it. l myself
it repeatedly, as rejecting hon.
DR. upon the finder ; and also as a CRATE
ful recovery Of an unknown amount of
money which l had lost.
l wish to add the remark, that the
neanness of the insinuation, to say
aothing of its cruelty, shows the ex-
.remities to which those are driven
Who attempt to resist the truth, or sus-
ain q bad cause. Iwrite without mall
&c, and also without fear.
x. Belts.
Vienna, March Is, 1867.