The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-08
SINGULAR DISCOVERIES.
A Chapter of incidents.

NIVEN inclination to undertake, and
u leisure to perform the task, any one
who would hunt up records of unexpect-
ed finds, remarkable in their nature, or
by reason of the circumstances under
which they We're made, might easily fill
a goodly sized volume with the result of
their researches. Pending such COM
plication, we have made note of some
things not generally known in the way
of singular finds, and hope little chat
about them will prove acceptable to our
readers.
An interesting discovery, at least from
an archaeological point of view, was
strangely brought about several years
ago. Two men were tried before the
Court of Assizes of the Bases Pyrenees
for series of burglaries and highway
robberies. The evidence against them
was irresistible; but none of the plum
der could be traced, until one of them,
Rivas, gave hint toward solving the
mystery, which sent commissary of
police to cavern in the mountains. To
scale the precipitous sides of the noun
tains was no easy task; but the officers
persevered and were rewarded by finding
an enormous quantity of stolen property.
The commissary having shown that the
cavern was accessible, some savants
soon found their way there, and ex-
ploring it thoroughly, brought to light
the remains of animals of enormous
size, flint hatchets, ornamented pottery,
and number of Roman medals of the
third century. The advocate of Rivas
tried to turn this to account, and asked
the jury to look upon the prisoner as a
pioneer of science; but they did not see
the force of the argument, and he and
his fellow in crime received their deserts.
Londoners do not look to stumble
upon strange reptiles on their way to
business, or be startled by rare birds
taking the air in the streets. Yet within
the last twenty years snake was found
''at large" in Fleet Street among some
woodwork chameleon was rescued
from death at the wheels of Holburn
omnibus; and a kingfisher captured in
the courtyard of British Museum
snake, cameleon and kiugfisher being as
much out of their latitude as the poor
pig that fell into the saving hands of
the crew of Lowestoft lugger, while
battling bravely with The waves six
miles from land.
A shark, eleven feet in length, which
was caught off the Scotch coast was
found to contain whole ling, mans
bonnet, sundry remnants of fish, and a
soda water bottle corked and sealed.
The bottle was smashed and paper,
signed Annette Gordon, was found. 1t
ran thus: Z" On board the Beautiful Star,
Sunday, 1st September, 1872. We have
crossed the line, and all's well. Last
night the captains lady had pretty
little boy.
'tHeaven bless the little stranger,
Rocked on the cradle of the deep
Save 1t, Lord, from every danger
The angels bright their watch will keep.
oh, gently sooth its tender years,
And so allay parents fears,-
A fathers love, q mothers joy
May all that's good attend their boy!"
How long time it took for that COM
munication to come to land, we are una
BILE to say. Messages committed to
Neptune's charge are apt to be long
delayed. The London was lost in the
Bay of Biscay in January, 1886, 1t was
not till near the close of the following
year that bottle was picked up in
Exmouth harbor, contained tailor's
bill, on the back Of which was written,
Lost in the ship London, Francis Day.