The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23
CURIOUS PIcx.Urs.

OF the OQQ and the ch0lc6, appealing to
| NE tastes or the pockets Of persons filii-.. .
widely diverse positions in society
The drains and sewers. for insts. -, 49,,
more lowly and uncomfortab' q trss.,,s.s I'm
house than these be found Raj E;l,ino % !,
by dogs, in an inclosed rass. ...ss.,ss,,i..S
BY the roughest rouc "a, IS. "a : savare . ~.
hibition, unfortnp. 4sefy nut yet quito died
out amongst us. The exhibitors purchase
.ne i've la's Il SO much per dozen from
aa nen ~no Srope along the filthy sewers in
S1@aSn JaaS Of tae4ns and In Paris, especially,
!, u0a 4 rAts ale brought up from the same
-aseesAly regions, and placed in the hands
OF sktnners and tanners, who manage to
get out of them strong and good looking
pieces of leather suitable for the manu.
facture OF gloves. The great changes
made in recent years in London by the
extensive Main Drainage Works have del
| prived the sewer -grubbers OF much of their
chance; but in the old sewers the pick-ups
were often strange enough. Dead infants,
a dead seal, cats and dogs both alive and
dead, spoons, tobacco-b boxes, children's
playthings, bad half-crowns and shillings,
sets Of false teeth, washing bowls, mops,
human heads and limbs which had been
thus hidden from view, are among these
discoveries.
| A laborer, digging drain in farm on
| the estate of the late Lord Palmerston,
found golden torque or tcrgne, an an
cient British necklace, 1t was ascer-
tanned that the original grant of the estate
gave to the grantee, as lord of the manor,
right 10 all treasure-trOve found there
ins the veteran statesman established his
claim, buttook care that the finder should
not go unrewarded. A plowman, work.
ing near Horndean in Hants, found more
than hundred old silver coins in an
earthen jar under the surface of the
| ground; the lord of the manor gave TO
the finder the intrinsic value of the coins
as mere silver, and then had to fight a
battle with the Crown as to who ought to
| possess the coins themselves. One find
near Highgate was very remarkable, on
account of the strange manner in which
the veritable owner made his appearance.
Laborers, grubbing up a tree tn field,
found two jars containing nearly four
hundred sovereigns; they divided the
money amongst themselves, and were
or claiming it. Before this claim could
be Investigated, a tradesman came for
ward and stated that one night, under a
0SAooA0Ay AO AiessA 5ouS Out anu
buried the money; when he awoke, and
for some time afterward, he tried in vain
to recollect the locality he had selected,
and only obtained q clue when he heard
rumor of the finding of 400 s0vereigns.
He was able to bring forward sufficient
evidence in support of his singular story;
and his claim was admitted.
On different occasions, in 1864, the
1as,
gold coin found at Long CrendOn in
Buckinghamshire; sixty-two gold coins
found in an earthen jar in field at Stock.
erston, Leicestershire; no less than G, 900
silver pennies of the time of Henry Ill.
found at Eccles, near Manchester and
760 silver coins earthed up near Newark.
The next following year gave the Crown
claim TO hundred and eighty silver
coins of the reigns of Mary, Elizabeth,
James l., and Charles l., found at Grant
ham; and to gold cross and chain
brought to light at Castle Bailey, Clare,
in Suffolk. The years 1866 and 1867 were
marked among other instances by the
finding of nearly 1000 small gold and
silver coins at Highbury, near London;
eighty guineas concealed in the wall of
an old house at East Farley near Christ
Church, Hants; and 260 old silver coins
In q hvuse al Litchficfu. In other years
there were 900 silver coins found at Cum
berford in Staffordshire and eleven rose
mobiles found in the cloisters of Westmins-
ter Abbey. These several instances of
treasure. trove were settled in various
ways. Some of the findings were re-
turned by the Crown to the finders; some
were sold to the British Museum, in a
manner to place an honorarium in the
finders pocket; some were presented to
museums, and the money value given to
the finders; some are retained by the
Crown as antiquarian curiosi,ies; while
one has been handed over to the descend
ants of former owner.
Seven or eight years ago, two laboring
men found very ancient gold chain,
which they sold 10 a dealer who knew the
value better than they did; the unlucky-
lucky men Jared badly in this instance,
seeing that they were punished for selling
the " find" without giving notice to the
authorities-rather hard lines for rustics,
who are not likely to know much about
law of treasure -trOve. In another case a
poor man found pair Of ancient Irish
silver bracelets; he sold them as old silver
to silver smith. who melted them down
at once-to the great regret of an anti
quarry, who would have given much more
than their intrinsic value for such relics
of former days. During the multifarious
diggings which have been going on for
some years, in and near Cannon street and
its neighborhood, for the formation of new
streets and the construction of large COM
mercial buildings, the workmen lighted
upon twenty-n mine guineas and twenty
shillings nearly two centuries old; the
rsen got into trouble because they did not
give them up. On one occa-
sion, when the fusty and musty contents
of rag. dealers heap were being over
hauled, somewhere in the neighborhood
of Houndsditch, q diamond ring was es-
pied. A contest arose as to who she uld
possess it; q woman engaged in sorting
the rags claimed it because she had found
it; the rag dealer disputed her claim; q
pawn-br0ker, who said he had advanced
money on the ring, insisted on his prior
right; dealer in old clothes who had sold
a garment for that money, and one or two
other persons of somewhat doubtful ante
cedents- all came forward to show that,
for,some reason or other, the diamond
ring ought to be considered theirs. Wheth-
er the Crown waived its claim, we are not
certain; but Magistrate eventually gave
q decision in favor of the rag-sorter.
Bank-notes, as well as coins, jewelry
and articles in the precious metals, some
times make their appearance among the
findings. A bundle of notes was one day
picked up outside the counter Of retail
shop; the finder claimed them because he
was the finder; while the shopkeeper
claimed them because it was on his prem
ises that the notes had been dropped.
The real owner, whoever he may have
been, did not come forward, and the law
decided in favor of the finder. But
much more remarkable case occurred two
or three years ago.. A packet containing
no less than ten thousand pounds worth
OF bank notes was picked up from the
pavement in one Of the busy streets near
the Bank Of England; ten notes OF one
thousand pounds each. A young city
clerk picked up and pocketed the treas
ure. a friend advised him, on consulta-
ton, to keep the notes until the following
day, when handsome reward would
possibly be offered by the luckless person
who had Inadvertently dropped the notes.
A firm Of solicitors, in the name of the
real owners, speedily offered one hundred
pounds TO the finder. The judiciOus
friend overshot the mark here; he stipu-
lated that he should have nearly half the
sum OF one hundred pounds as his reward
for the advice given; and at the same time
coaxed sixty pounds out Of The ownsrs by
. fabricated story concerning himself, the
finder and the finding. a Sheriff court
had to decide the matter, and ordered the
& ffiend'' TO return part, y any rate, Of
the money he had received. II CAGssbws'
Journal.
4 Tranp's View Of Illeness.