The Van Buren press., 1869-01-12

The LosT POCKET BooK.-Sevcral years
ago. q gentleman residing in Cortlandt
street. went out early one morning for a
walk. and to get the breeze from the river,
When near Greenwich street he saw
pocket-book on the sidewalk, and of course
picked 1t up. a s,as
Neone was near Of whom he could make
inquiry, so he put it in his pocket, and on
reaching home showed it to his wife, who,
on examining the outside, said, This be.
longs 10 some poor woman, who is nice
body, / know, by the way she has tied it
up, so neat and so careful What is in it9'
"Iylon't know, said he y ~
Well. then, let US sce.' said she
" whether it be prize or not"
On opening it they found forty-ive dol
lars in bills. aud two quarters, neatly roll
cd up and tied with thread also. thin
bic, a bodkin, and pair Of scissors.
There, did mot tell yoG it was woman's
pocket book ?" said he; "now this must
be advertised: the owner can call and de-
scribe everything in it, ANA she must and
shall get it," atf4f sa
So an advertisement was put in the pa
per The next morning a lady called in
commendablc distress, having lost her
pocket book. When asked to describe it,
she gave description SO different that she
was promptly told that this pocket book
was not hers. The next one could not de-
scribe hers, but she would know it if she
saw it, and didn't want any unless it was
her own, She was shown an old one lying
loose in the drawer, which, after looking at
it all around. she returned with smile,
saying, "that is not mine" Soon another
"lady" called and described this lost peck
et-hook to a dot; she could not say how
much money was in it. When told she
had not lost the pocket book found and ad-
vertised she left. In the afternoon she
called again with gentleman and another
lady, and made formal demand for the
waif, and was again refused. The gentle
man then spoke up, announcing himself as
lawyer and counsel for the lady, aud de.
mandsd the pocket.book with much fervor.
and promising the full extent of legal pun
ishment il denied.
The finder rang the bell, and his man
Sam came bowling into tho room to see
what was wanted.
Instead Of directing him to hand around
the wine (Which was the fashion in those
days), he was ordered to "show that law
yer, who is not gentleman, TO the front
,toop,: and If he don't 80 quickly, Sam,
Kick him out The party left, swearing
vengeance Thus it went for two whole
days !; It got to be ncighborhood talk, and
many called in to see the fun.
Early the third morning midde-aged
woman was seen in front Of the house, ex.
aiming it, and also a slip Of paper which |
she held in her hand "Ah here is your
woman. says tho lady. /" sam, open the
door" @&w* W. - R~H4 7aFe#
She came in, presented the advertise.
ment. and said, IL lost my pocket book
the other morning containing the quarters
rent. $1,000, that l was gong to pay to
my landlord in Greenwich street. / had
been to the market, and when got to the
place where | had to pay. found ! had
lost it, and don't know what ! shall do
il this that you have found is not mine"
:" But it is yours" says the lady, and
you are the only one that has described it
out Of the dozens that have called, and you
are welcome to IT,"
The woman was much reoiccd, and
wanted to pay the expenses Of advertising.
mo" said the lady, "we have had more
that worth Of fun, besides finding out lit.
tie more Of human nature than we knew be-
f,rs."-N'Y. Citizen. iii