The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-02-18

looking bright, like gold. The,
both snw it, but MIR. Marshall wa'
the first to stoop TO pick il up. aud
as he looked at it, lie doubted its be.
ing gold.
"Onr little son Martin was along
with them. and Mr. Marshall gave il
to him 90 bring up to me. He cam,
in hurry and said : Here. mother
here's something Mr. Marshall md
pa found. and they want you to put
it into salaiptus water to see if j,
will iarnish." said: This IL gold
and ! will throw 1t in my lyo-kettlc
which have just tried with fcath-
er, and if il is gold it will he Z Jld
when il comes out | finished
OF my soap that day and set
it OF to cool. and it stayed ther,
till next morning At tho breakfast
table one of tho work hands raised
up his head from eating, and said
II heard something about gold be
ing discovered, what about it," Mr.
Marshall told him to ask jenny. and
/ told him it was in my soap.kc'tlc
Mr. Marshall said it was there if il
had not gone back to California
"a plank was brought for me to
lay my soap upon, and cut it in
chunks. At the bottom Of tho pot
was n double handful Of potash.
which lifted in my two hands. and
there WAS my gold as bright us il
could be. Mr.. Marshall still con
tended it was not gold, but whether
he was afraid his men would leave
him, on he really thought 50 don {
know Mr.. WINNER remarked that
it looked like gold. weighed heavy
and would do 10 make money out of.
The men promised not TO leave till
the mill WIS finished Not being
snrc it was gold, Mr Winner urged
MIR. Marshall to 90 to the fort and
have it tested He did So, and
George McKinstry, an assaycr, pro-
nounced it gold. Captain Suticr
came right mp with Mr.. Marshall.
and called all the Indians together.
and agreed with them TO certain
boundaries that they claimed, and
on the right of discovery demanded
thirty per cent of all gold taken ont.
They, in payment, were to give the
Indians n certain number of hand
kcrchiefs, pocket looking glasscs,
shirts, beads and other trinLcts"
Mrs, Winner, viii You bo kind
enough to tell mo how you came
in possession Of this piece of gold -
Yes it was just this way One
day MIR. Marshall was packing up to
90 away lie Ind gathered together
a good deal Of dust on this 30 per
cent. arrangement, and had it buried
under the ilocr In ovcrhauling his
" '-'''' - ~" ~ Tho prt,crcc
..''" ."'lN""d, "icuuy, will
;''r I"G tlis piece q, gold. al.
ways intended to have ring made
from it for my mother, but | will
give it to you l took it and | have
had it in possession from that day
to this.
You have not the exact date of
the discovery Of tho gold'" ask,
ed.
"No, bnt it was somewhere about
the holidays
The piece Of gold must describe.
Its value is between four and five
dollars. IL looks like pardon the
compaiison) apiccc Of spruce gum
just ont of the mouth of school
girl except the color. II is rather
flat full of indontations just as the
teeth make in piece of nice gum.
There are one or two rough points
on the edge. which, with little
stretch of the Imagination, gives tho
of Il mans hoad with n
helmet on; then, turn il another
way, and, as Mrs, Winner said, Ill
looks like some kind of varnit or
'ther.' 1t can be easily identified
by any ono who has ever seen it be
fore.