The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-11

New York nlercury.I

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IN narrow iooglngs, on the corner OF
n;ssa. T,;seA anu Mlsingson streets, lves Ernest
IlSmTl, ~ consiuelaply over seventy years
oiu, why, az oh5 tihe, enjoyed q great
lepulaeo1 IN ffussla as successful
diver and amber fisher He is said to
lase pioeens up more amber from the
potDoai " .le Daitic tnan any other per-
son son engaged IN tnat Perlious business.
one oay, IN 1o4a, Wnen at Stra.stln, he
pres0n annr,o,,a ~ Is h1es ieeeliJk !" imam
an eiloinious ~ plock oi amDer, Welgnlng
lwen.y,lnlee pounds lhat monarch
salo 70 MN, why, Demer, you are the
Amper hing, ana rewarded him with
Ine ,owesS @ ciass o. tne order OF the Red
Lagie. Inc surname, Amber King"
SUCK 70 Diemer, and ne became famous.
But, as ne grew older, the life of an
amDer diver became TOO arduous for him,
anu ne pougnt small Iarm IN Pomera-
ma, Wnicn ne sola out several years ago,
ms cnllaren navlng prevailed upon him
70 emigrate with them to America. The
olo man gave q reporter OF the Mercury
an account OF ms LIE. When ne was
WE'VE years ola q British vessel, the
Artemis, iounQered on Cape Arcona, and
was considered totai loss. DIemer and
sevsral otner poys alved Tor the wreck,
anu succeeoea IN bringing ashore num-
per oI yaiuanie articles, and chest con-
tanning seventeen hundred thalers In
so,u; Gs
Wltnout an apparatus he performed
almost miracles as diver. The only
precauuon ne TOOK IN going down to the
Dottom OF the sea was to put oiled cotton
IN MS ears. When he had no wrecks to
dive for ne would search for curiesities
at the bottom OF the Baltic, for which lie
iound ready sale. he discovered an
immensely valuable aHber-layer near
Aitenklrchen, hugen, which the govern
menu CLAIMED as Its Own. The discov-
erer oio not get anything except that he
was employed at nlggardly salary as
superintendent. This treatment exas-
perated him so that he went to Russia
an ana onered ms services to the Emperor
nicholas VINO employed him for i've
years on tne Neva. But the inclement
Russian winters did not agree with
Duemer, ana 50 he returned to Rugen.
dnere ne became acquainted with the
0nevaner bnnsen, who employed Diemer
: 70 ma out whether the famous Hertha
Lake, round which many ancient Runic
LEGENDS cluster was unfathomable as had
s,s;a, pssn Delieyea. 70 Jump INTO this lake,
tha sM Stas;. = si.ua.eu IA me aense tnicket OF
ss .J 49, ,ssosA .Jles', ana whose Watersa sare
cons;dar;n 90 [ m M tH, NE Mas no sllges venture,
Of ,ng Pnran ysasa saas sn1 superseltlous people
tou.S ler of .he me,e aa almly convinced tnat the
D;emer Diem bowsva aV ma.ei a ~ tne iake was iatai
and tool ke,; Jown m;th Ieh: ~ VIII VIII,
10 q ~ roYa IL u nrsn ntu ~ I. pau las.eneu
fteen o fact DC dea aou.u I Inas me water was
was soft Ia and @ m;r1 1nu NJ sna: sus sle po.1om
with mnd from tbs hottor, IT, .,,oJ aud ne pau
from tbe wstar s sAo s,nnst uysSon, anu emelgso
the nail wers 49, sa,,nd Uss naus-ss sIlocaseu. IN
stona @ POI too,s S'e aUS ,Osnu SEVERAL fragments OF
enough % Cbaya1;s, & R,npor ,;;a ,t oslangely
mn this d;scovarv n Th;s u.u ~. loli1M Z Y
the ceIebroted X;roho Ills was soco uone py
founJ S ~ tbat munuM II dooe, VINO