The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24
s GRECLAN TALE.


Considerable commotion was lately
created IN Athens, Greece, on the re.y, =
ed discovery of treasure in COrinth. he
most exaggerated accounts, aided byt =
Oriental Imagination of this lively peO-
pie, We're for several days freely eireul4-
ted among the deniZens of the city Of
PillaS, and the public curiosity and et-
I ciJeUeGt reached their highest pitch
when II was aScertained, beyond doubt,
that the Greek government had actually
sent 10 Corinth committee of three
engineers 10 examine and report on this
extraordinary affair The facts of the
case are briefly as follows:
y peasant from the neighborhOod of
I CorInth, accompanied by two of his rel
/ ativr>, presented himself one day, in a
I mysterious manner, 10 the Greek Minis
I Ter O. finance, Mr.. PapamichalOpoulos,
aud told him that one day, while tilling
the ground. not far from Corinth, he
found a curious looking flat stone, which
he lifted with some difficulty. Il was
a>toHi~hed," the peasant said, ''to see
underneath a large aperture with marble
steps ! heSitated first whether should
risk my life and go into the bowels of
the earth but curiosity carried the point
eventually. and l ventured to explore
tie sUbterranean cave / counted forty
four marble steps. and then / found be-
fore me an iron door, which | opened
without much difficulty. | now found
myself in large room containing four
large empty receptaeles, and the water
was coTrSinC down from the roof and
running through the ground without
forming any pool l discovered here
another iron door, which opened east
~. ami was aStOniShed to find this room
perfectly lighted by a shining piece of
metal having the form and the size of a
gooSe'S egg, hung from the roof In the
middle of the room there was a marble
table covered with fine golden leaves In
the form of grass. Round the table
were two golden statutes, and little
further there were five arm-chairs of
marble. on which five golden statues,
apparently representing a family, were
seated Opposite these there were seven
basins OF large size, full of gold of the
SIZE of Indian corn. In one corner of
the room / saw some piles of golden
COINS, like dollars, having engraved on
one side DemetriUS the Golden, and on
yhe other side the profile of a man with
"a beard ! took in my hand some of
these coins, but the door closed immedi-
ately with a great bang as If an invisible
hand pushed it violently. was terribly
frightened, and put back on the pile the
gold coins which / was holding in nv
hand, and the door opened swiftly by
itself ! hurried out Immediately, and
communicated what had seen TO these
relatives Of mine pointing 90 his COM
pauious1, who went TO the cave and
farel il the same way Evidently the
treasure is guarded by an invisible power.
the man was speaking with so much
earuestness that the Minister was per-
picked. The peasant saw his hesitation,
and said that if the government would
give him some men, he would defray
their expenses, and point to them the
place where the treasure was hidden To
show that he was acting in good faith,
the peasant deposited with the Minister
800 drachmas
The curiosity of the Minister was now
thoroughly aroused, and he appointed
committee of three to 90 to COIinth.
make inquiries. and report The public
curiosity was raised to fever heat, only
to give place to open Indignation and
snrers at the credulity of the govern
mcnt when the tripartite committee re-
turned 10 Athens a few days afterward,
and reported that they had found absO-
lutely nothing.
The peasants We're arrested and put in
prison as impoStOrs An investigation
has been opened to find out the details
o! this most curious affair, which is still
euvelopcd in mystery The treasure
hes vet many believers among the lower
classes Of the people.
SEEING THE POINT.-A boy returned
from school one day. with the report
L. - Ill
usual average. ..VelI" said his father,
you've fallen behind, this month, have
you.
YES. sir" Glow did that happenY'
The father knew, if his son did not. He
had observed "a number of cheap novels
scattered about the house, but he had
not thought it. worth while to say any
thing H-rii fitting opportunity should
offer i.-a.:- \ basket of apples stood
upon tE- .Ior. and he said: Empty
tuu-- uppir~. and take the basket and
bring iUt,Ir half full of chips" "And
now Inc o.utinued, put those apples
back i:,to the basket" When half the
apples were replaced, the son said;
FATHER. they roll of. | can't put in
any more PUT them in l tell you"
''but father, can't put then in" ''Put
them in No. Of course you can't put
them iu. Do you expect to fill a basket
haif fail Cf chips, and then ill it with
arr.--t You said you din't know why
You fell behind at school, and l will tell
yUa Your mind is like that basket;
it VIII not hold more than So much, and
here you have been the past month I'll
Ing It up with rubbisli-wOrthless cheap
novels The boy turned ON his heel and
whi-t'cd and said, Whew. 1 $50 the
point