Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-09-20
MlisttIIansous Aeaaing.
A GERMAN IN LUCK.
He Plews Up 81, 700 In Gold on His
Farm.

From the Laclede (Mo. Republican.
We have just come into possession of
the facts in connection with one of those
remarkable coincidents which appear more
like romance than reality when presented
! to the public as an item of news. Soon
after the close of the war, German
named Herman Schubert, who had serv
ed three years in the Eleventh Missouri
Infantry, located with his family in Liv-
ingston county, on a small farm. Her
man, like most of his countrymen, had a
large family, and the malaria so preva-
lent in the bottom lands of Grand river
affected them as it does other families
Sickness and ill-luck in various ways de-
pleted Herman's purse, so that the strug
gle to keep the wolf from the door was
lasting and severe He was involved in
debt, to commence with, having made
but small payment on his homestead,
aud mortgage was recorded to secure
the amount unpaid. Herman was one of
these persevering Germans who have
done SO much toward developing the ag
ricultural resources of the country, Yet,
persevere as he would the payments he
could not meet as they fell due. He
who held the dread mortgage was fully
convinced of the German integrity and
was lenieut to an unusual degree, but
iorbearance always ends, and so it did in
this case. Herman's farm was offered
for sale for debt. The gloom produced
in that family by the sad event we will
not attem 1t to describe. The care
stricken man made several attempts to
raise money, but his friends were all hard
up, too. Not one ray of hope cleaned
on his prospects; still he plowed and
toiled as though all were well. Now
comes the astounding incident The day
that the farm was TO lie sold arrived
Herman went into the field to plow. as he
had been doing for a few days past For
some unknown cause he was in buoyant
spirits, Notwithstanding the clouds hang.
ing over his household. The land which
he was plowing had at an early period
been occupied by Norman family.
Judging from an object soon after ex-
humed by Herman's plow. The article
in question was a pine box about two
feet long by one foot deep, which had
been buried about thirty years since. and
when brought to the surface found al
most decaye'!. But the contents of the
box forms the subject of interest. Some
articles of dress, papers, Norman Bible
and small tin box containing 81 7U0
in gold and S765 in silver were found.
The overjoyed man seized the box,
rushed homa, entered the house where
his paternal frau was engaged at her
usual duties, and exclaimed "Mein Gott
in Himmel if it pees mine bay for tie
farm right away The frau kinder soon
took up the spirit of the occasion, and
scene of tumult ensued, seldom witnessed.
The neighbors were quickly apprised
of The Germans good fortune. and lost
no time to visit him for the purpose of
gratifying their curiosity or expressing
their congratulations One gentleman,
however, we are informed, laid claim to
the box, basing his right on the fact that
his uncle once owned the farm whereon
the valuable prize was found The field
in question had not been in cultivation
for many years previous to Herman 8
taking possession Of it. 1t was doubt
less owned by Mormon settler who
skedadled from this vicinity at the time
these heretics were cleaned out by the
Missourians.