The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-01


Buutu'a's livery sable aud hired y
horse aui' lisht wagon for the o.tea-
sibo purpose OF making a Journey
into The country lew miles to see
a man on important business. but la
ter developments prove them to have
been seekers after buried treasure.
aud, from all accounts. ihoir mission
was u Successful one. On leaving
he static wi b the conveyance. thcy
TOOK aboard n ,hird p,rtv in tho per-
SOU 0t c0l0red man. whe hr,l IL bis
possession . pick aud sprde they
then drove quietly through the
city aud ont on the Washington road
until they arrived near ST. Citha-
rine's crces, whore they nlightcd
AMI one nr the white men produced
rousllt-.keichcJ map Of the immcs
ii''e nrishhn,hIod, which they pro.
CO d Il to Inspect 10y the lisht OF
inrk-lnBt rn. After uccupyiug hall
m hour in comparing the rracings
on the map with the immciia,e sur
rounding couutry, they apparently
came to the conclusion that they
we're in tho sought for locality. At
his Stage u the proceedings one of
the meu drew forth his watch AMI,
remarked IT lacks Just ten min
uics Of midnight. the time Mt which
we must Begin our work." Eo' con-
tinuei 10 hold the oncr watch in his
hani, and the three consprntDr..
hrenlhle>slv silent. in the irenry
hours oi midnish'--whcn weird spir-
iis, aud hob-goblihs are wont to stalk
t"r,h--l1v crouchin. upon the swarJ
ue1r the banks of the historiacal st
Chhcriue's, waiting ior the aour o
com mcnce. A: liu the han Is on the
dial dpnutei that the hour had nrriv-
OF, that 'witcEing hOur uf tho night
when church yard, yuwn.' Then The
men arose anl, taking ironi :he wng.
"n "mlner'- rod, thsy logan TO
march ip a circle around lsr.e cat
tonwUo iruc, which stands some dis
tnrc, from the road each circuit
hr'u- III thrm nearer t1 the tree. Al
ter walking for an hour, aud when
thin six lect ui the tree, .the "mi.
ntr's Iod' suddenly few from the
hauI ui the man who had been car
iyIng Il, aud stuck upright in tie
earth abo Il three feet from the 6ut
OF the cottonwood. The colorcd mnn
vas toll t, bring his pick and spad-
iuto rrgulsllluO, aud % to wlrk dIs-
ginl at the spo whore the rod had
locate iisrll. Tntoush the remains
der "t III" niaht he Jiil4rnIly wloldt
81 the puck unI spade, until the lish-
raks It, the sky began to slgnif,
the apyrnm II II muin, aui a. yet no
'teasIre h,d been urcsrlhrd; the SUI
ro+" ~ al ~ splrudor. aud still the
coonv-col'red s,rvlnt VAS deXtcrous-
" plying the pick aud spade. The
gardeners aud mn, ketnen on their
way t. town stopped in surprise y,
'hc unusual sp ctac'e, aud won.
icrcd what was the m-suin. Of
the strange proceedings. Thy quss.
uolfi the whic men - to The nb.
Jccr ot their diGzin;, blt they v.re
iutnO ~ nll qrrsti rs. BY six n'cloc.
= c'naiderAnip member OF spec st r.
h,d n.scmhl. d at the spr, aud their
p'rsroce ,"sned 10 annoy the .ran,
GERS cous derat!y y but d,j not inisr.
'rro win tne work Tho hlc b,
h' time BID Assumed c pSidr,shlt
Iimrns'uus. brus some ,isht iprt
dr"p and sose'nl feet vide, wn.n
-''i!rn Y the c1l"rcd mpn struck hi
pad "a "rrc bad Suusfauc,. which
I'to1'c"! II gri,Irs hpi4". can.in. IT,.
80 Whi'c mcu 10 b"coue excited
'ni Inr"hHt nervous, ~ II he ob,
get Il th"Ir mv-'sriDrs uudrrink n.
WIS about t he cnu.un,ird Tn,
uni nppirrn ly struck the lprk.i-ior
'i.j"et, hut the mcu thunght IL would
,"t not dn tu uurarth II in the pres
cnc' al thr rum" r"us spectators VIII"
hti been attrac Ell To no sceuc hy
tho strange pr'ce"dlo.s. 20 ono nl
ih"m sni'cny discovered that their
"ur-c ~tandIns Homc few yards dis
turt. showed Indications of sicSoes>,
a"d he Immediately ran Ia the TO, sr
~ in s''ue time rgling 10 the srcc
tat 10 IT, ( How him, WHICH they d. l.
dui ns -"rn as their 6acs- wer" tlrn-
q nprn H. 'Xrnvallon The ciorei
'nun with hiS spnlc turned up ma
h"grny huN about eighteen inchr,
"rg rni six i"chos wldr. winch the
rruiaIuin. whitc mau hastily suuic a..
'ei np aud covered wiIh his ovcrc,at
and, a,trr ordering the .culprcl man
to Gil mp 20 hole aud meet them ~
! certain plncr, b. Lurriel to the
buggy, aud ~ company with the
nihrr white man. drove at q rapid
pace toward the city, .raving the as
'"ni"hcd spectators in state of
wildercieDi. and wondering what
nll this business meant. There are
ma ny surbi,es regarding tho con.
tents OF the box aud how i. came 10
he burlcG at the foot Of the cotton-
wood tree. The prevailing opinion is
that the box Contained diamonds.
'pecie and grecnhacks. rs ono of the
men paid lhc livery hill with u m,i.r
~ tNenry.d"llar rrcenback, issued
uins Ihe wa, which va. prnbnhly
pOrll lnu al the contents of the iinx
The tw" whit mrn Hra spppuIrd L.
have formerly hrlpnteI loa Wis,n,-
sin regiment whirb WIS staiinne I
h"Ir during the war. aud the h"x