The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-12-31
A DOLLAR ON THE TRAMP.
A Gold Dollar that Was Pursued Acsoss
the Continent and Finally Captured.
[PhiladelphiA Times.l

a Gold Dollar that Was Pursued Aoross
tho Continent and Finally Captured.
[Philadelphis Times.l
A young lady of this place has in her po-
session q gold dollar with monogram in
scribed upon it which has been the subject
of great deal of attention. It WAS attached
to q bracelet by chain. One evening il the
latter part of February last, after sleigh
ride, she missed it. The broken chain showed
how it had disappeared. Search was made,
but it was of no avail. Finally an adver-
tisement caught the eye of a habtual loafer
about town. He went to the house and in
formed the servant at the door that he had
found the dollar below the steps of tho
sleigh the morning after the ride, and had
spent it for whisky at one of the saloons of
the city. The friends of the young lady
determined to find the dollar, if possible.
Tie saloon keeper remembered receiving
the money, but be had paid it to q butcher.
The latter recollected paying it over to
dover in Trenton. The address of the drover
was secured and q letter written to him, re-
questing reply at once. 1t came, with the
information that he had purchased ticket
to Philadelphia with it the very day the
Lambertville butcher gave it to him, and
that the Trenton ticket agent had remarked
about the monogram. T.
The search was continued. lno agent re-
membered the dollar, and said he laid it
aside for few hours, but as the drover who
paid it to him evidently knew nothing con-
| corning it, it was forwarded to the general
Office in Philadelphia with the daily amount.
The receiver of the New Jersey receipts at
Philadelphia was next corresponded with.
The beautiful monogram had been noted,
but had been deposited in the bank, along
with other sums of money. His opinion
| was that it could be obtained of the cashier.
| So interested in the travels of the little coin
were it's friends in this city that it was re-
solved to continue the investigation. The
cashier was communicated with. Hit
attention had been called to the initials
on the back of the dollar by one of the
clerks, and he had instructed the clerk *
place it aside for few weeks. Unfortuna
tely, in the absence of the clerk, gentleman
desiring several hundred dollars in gold, pre-
paratory to California trip, had been fur
nished with the amount, and the little piec
had in some way been mixed with that sun
and gone westward. The gentleman's nam
was furnished. he represented q Philadel
phia house, and letter was sent to him
The events so far described, took place il
|
all summer passed with no tidings of tn
there came letter from Detroit, written
the gentleman who had gone Wee
which stated that his health ha
been poor, SO that instead of returning
once from California, as he proposed whe
he stared, he had stopped at Colorad
Springs for the summer to temperate. Th
letter relating the account of the dollar ha
been delayed and not forwarded, 80 that b
never received it until he reached Chicag,
He said he had the dollar in his possessio,
as the monogram attracted his notice. TT
initials were the same as those of youn
friend of his. and he kept the coin on thu
account. He promised to send the dolls
; as should be directed. He was as good .
his word, and the little gold piece is back
Lambertville once more.