The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-02-12
6enrrnl Sntelliarnee.
CURiOsLTlEs OF ADVERTISING.
How Lost Money was Recovered Ater
n LRpse OF Five Years.

How Lost Money was Recovered Arer
n LRpse OF Five Years.
IRON the Now York Herald. Jan. 2bl
Stories romantic, stories tragic, stories
of matters OF common place fact, stories
oimost enrpassino the iartheat stretch of
fancy. stories of all kinds, and each re-
vealing more or less that unusual though
oft quoted sequence about fact being stran-
ger than fiction, might Ne given, based on
developments brought to light through adj
vertising. We give below a story in point
An Ger true tale, aud only one of many
that might be given-in connection with
the Personals" in the Herald:
Five years ago Mr.. Homer +. Sawyer
came to this city from Boston. He stop
ped at the Belmont Hotel, In Fulton street.
He had 81. $50 in bank bills, which. for
safe keeping, he carried in his pantaloons
watch pocket, and, TO make assurance
doubly sure ss to its safety, keeping his
pocket pinned. Being en- route TO New Or
leans, he went to q railroad ticket office,
bought a ticket, took out his money, paid
for the ticket, carefully pinned il as before,
and returned 10 his hotel. = He shortly
missed his money, but Of examination
found his pocket pinned. The only con-
clusion he could come to was that he placed
the roll of bills inside the waist ofhis pant
aloons instead of in his watch pocket, aud
thus lost It. This waa on January s, 1865.
1t nined hard all day. The supposition
was that the money soon got mixed up
with tho slush of snow and mud Of the
street, and with the street refuse-for they
cleaned the streets in those ~days-would
ind its way 20 some dumping ground, an
irremediable loss,
"What shall | do about it asked Mr.. j.
i. Richards, proprietor OF the Belmont
Hotel, after reciting to him his loss.
Advertise in the Herald" answered the
keenly ponetmtive Mr.. Richards.
The loss of the money, though with no
statement os the amount, was advertised as
Mr.. Richards suggested, the hinder to call
on Mr.. Richards. There came no response
to the advertisement Mr.. Sawyer went to
New Orleans, where two years ago he died
of yellow fever. That advertisement was
seen in the Herald. The finder remem-
bered il - remembered the name
of Mr.. Richards, TO whom The
information was asked TO be given. remem-
bered the hotel, remembered everything
but giving back the money. The memory
in fact, haunted him, followed him through
i've years. The struggles Of conscience
none can know. He determined 10 restore
the money, but with the determination re-
solved not TO let himself DO known. He
wrote n note, without signature, TO Mr..
Richards, asking him to specify in the Her
aid personal" particulars Of the loss Of
the money and TO whom 1t belonged. This
letter Mr.. Richards received on the 4th Of
December last. In the next mornings
Herald he inserted the following person
all"
MONEY LesT-oN BROADWAY. FIVE
VA years ago IA snowy day about $500 in
greenbaeks: owner IL dead; any communication
Tor his widow, who lie in very needy circumstances
VIII be gratefully received by J. p H., for Mrs. H..
Sawyer.
The above was not sufficiently explicit.
Another letter, by the same anonymous
hand, was written to Mr.. Richards, upon
which the following personal was pub
lished:
Five YEARS AGO MONEY LOST, MRS.
fNs II. f.. Sawyer. l72 Warren avenue, Boston;
amount 81 $50; smallest bill 500; the roll might
have separated In losing.
But yet the anonymous letter writer was
not satisfied. He wanted to know more
about the death Of the original owner OF
the money and date of his marriage. The
name OF Waters was aigned to this third
note, with special request that the answer
should be directed TO this address, so there
could be no mistake that he was holding
his communications Will the same party.
TIL following third personal was the result
Of these further inquiries:
WTATERs H. Il. s.-MARRIRD OCTOBER %,
1858, Hopkinton, Mass, by Rev. 4. q. Hin
died Oct. 10, 1867, at New Orleans. OF yellow fever.
The remains were brought 70 Massachusetts, aud
Inferred. BY expresa to III West avenue.
In a fourth note the money tinder-foI
there can be nc doubt Of course but this
wan the individual writing-asls about the
circumstances of the widow of the one
losing the money, the expense of adver-
Using, and II there is no shadow of doubt
that she is the widow OF the original
owner of the money. This calls out the
following personal
III L. 8. IS II RIGHT PERSONS ICAN GIvI
He bonds 10 that effect, Her only means o.
support lie singing IN u church. Paid ad't $40.
j. p. n.
II is unnecessary to trace this story on
in all its minute details. The anonymous
letter writer became satisfied with the cor.
rectness of Mr., Richards statements And
we come to the end. A lady, closely veil.
ed, restored the money TO Mrs. Sawyer
not only the money lost, but interest on il
from the day Of its loss till the day Of III
restoration, and expenses Of advertising
altogether 50, l60. On the 18th inst, THU
money was given to the widow aud he
fathefless children-the result Of one in
stance of advertising.