Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-12-15

rsst4 standing his umbrella by his side.
By and by he thought of something else
his wife I'D told him he must be sure and
see. and up he jumps and Off he goes.
Forgets all about the umbrella, mind you
Along comes the guard and picks the UNI
brella up. Brings it to the office; clerk
labels it screen gingham umbrella, Main
Building, August 25, No. ], 424. Blue silk
ribbon around bandle." Jerseyman re-
members presently that he had an umbrel-
la, and goes back to seat to hunt for it !;
asks nearest guard, and guard sends him
here. Here he describes it to a dot, gets it
and goes off happy. It's very simple.
.Some queer things brought mere ?"
continued the officer, taking the lid off one
of the cases. II should think so. Look
at this. This is one of the boxes in which
we store nothing but wearing apparel.
One good grab in there would bring out
samples of pretty much everything that
man or woman eyer wore"
Except stockings, !, was mildly suggest
ed.
NV " CtOi CACOPUiuS OVOChlt1So. IL
I remember Alright, there are several stock
lngs here. Let me see"-referring to the
book in which each article is registered.
Eyes, here's a stocking, a left one; and
here are a pair-red merino. But they
were rolled up and were evidently new.
Look at the book this will give you a
good idea of what treasures we have"
A suggestion that it would be more en-
tertaining to explore some of the boxes
themselves met with ready acquiescence.
SO here goes for a dip; and may the fates
guide the trembling hand aright-and be-
ware Of open steel TAPS.
The fingers catch in something, and out
it comes, labels, strings and all. Why, it's
a-yes-no, it can't bs-yes, it is it's a
bustle-a full-grown, steel-spring, she'll
shaped hustle. Tied up with a cord, Ia
belled a hustle, and no mistake.
Eyes, that's a bustle,' said the officer,
very unconcernedly. "They will drop off
sometimes, you know. We have seyera-
Of them Try it again"
Down goes the hand again into one Of
the other boxes and up mes another
bundle. This time it. small but hard and
solid a d heavy, and done up nicely, ever
so nicely in a clean white paper, with a
dainty pink string.
"You've found one of them" says the
officer, II thought you would. The box
is full of them. You car guess what it is
OF course? No. Why it's a Centennial
notebook"
And so it was, sure enough. and a very
pretty one too, with gilt edges and Russia
covers, and the sweet little name of what
surely must be d sweet little girl impressed
in gilt letters in tie leather. How nicely
she had written her little notes, and how
proudly she was going to show them when
she got home! But here they are in strange
hands. We will put them back carefully,
for the little girls sake.
"You must have found some very curl.
Gus articles in all this lot 2"
GLORIOUS? Well, / should rather think
so. Just some Of the most curious things
that ever you saw. Why''-reaching down
into II of the wearing apparel boxes and
bring out d little bundle wrapped up in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.! should think We
had. Now here's somuJ,iing that was
picked up in the Woman's Pavilion'-un-
tying the knot-''but 1 guess l won't open
it. It's very curious; I'd like to show it
TO you, but | guess [ won't, You're too
voung; too young, my boy. | won't open
it, for fear of soiling the snowy lace collar
OF the embroidered cuffs. No w won't
open this one.'
"What was the queerest thing of all
that was picked up Ivy the guards !"
sOh, the very funniest thing Ut all, +" IN
swered the officer without hesitation, twas
the first thing that was found. 1t was on
one of the grass plats, contrary to law,
and a guard brought it up to the door. 1t
was an old gray mare, and we didn't know
what to do with her. One Of the clerks
filled out a blank, ''number1 1. One pack
age bones. Lansdowne Ravine, May 49,"
and we tied her to a post. But before
night her owner came after her, and she
went home in front OF an ice-cream Wag-
on"
"Give you a list of some of the more
frequent articles Certainly. Now you
write them down, while | run my eye over
the list. Ready? Here we go: Umbrel-
las (by the way we've had a fine crop of
umbrellas-2 200 OF 300 Of them, but most
all of them cheap, collars, cuffs, jewelry,
catalogues, over-shoes, wells. furs, switches
pocket-books, money (nearly So, 800, but all
returned except about $100), bonnets-all
kinds of bonnets straw, felt, velvet, all
sorts-odd gloves, nearly all rights, opera
and field glasses, diaries, books, cigar Ca
ses, pipes, mems hats, keys, (all sorts of
keys, single and in bunches), parasols, ba-
bies-''
"What 2"
ooh, yes, several babies. But they were
all returned. We have none on hand now.
Yes, we had several hundred children, and
one of them was a pretty little cherub of
eighteen, a girl, who lost her friends on
Pennsylvania day. We had no toys for
her to play with, but she behaved very
well till her father came, proved property
and took her away"
"Still collecting relicts ?n
'Oh, yes. We get a few every day.
Aad when the auctions begin, as they
will in a day or two now. they will come
in almost as fast at ever.'
"What will be done with all these
things?"
"Auction. There's nothing like a lively
auctioneer to clear a place out slick and
CLEAN"
THE GIRL THAT DIR. DEEMS FELL IN
LOVE WITH.-At the the third anniversa-
ry of the Reformed Episcopal Church, in
New York on Friday evening, the Rev.