The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-01-19


Columbus Brown. the man who Dis
covered box containing large amount
Of money ~ franklin. Nenaneo County.
Pa. had long had mania for discover
ing the treasure which was lhonght 20
have been buried b. the French while
IN possession 81 that part Of the coun-
try. He had dreamed Of finding il.
again and again. The other night he
dreamed ~ usual. that he was count
ing and handling . chest or gold. and
that he had found II buried in the earth
Il the foot Of tree. in an open field
So excited was he that he aw0ke. only
10 find IL all dream. as usual. lie
arose. walked 10 the window. and there.
before him. in the field. stood the identi-
cal tree which ne had seen in his 4 cam.
but he put IL rcsolutely aside As dream.
As most sensible men would have done.
and retired TO bed and 10 sleep. lie
had scarcely closed his eyes till he was
again IN the field and digging AZ the
root Of the tree. He was informed IN
some manner. he cannot tell how.
but BY man with foreign accent.
and In q military uniform. with o
sword and sash. that II he would meas
ure . certain distance from the
center Of rock in the run, due north.
and then measure thirty-three feet due
west from that point. he would find the
treasure he had SO often seen in his
dreams Early the next morning he
arose. and. procuring tape line. went
and measured as he had been directed
in his dream. What was his surprise
"a find that each and every measure
ment brought him 10 the foot Of the
chestnut &c in the open field. Brown
did not tell any one about his dream.
nor OF the result; but during the day he
went 70 Colonel Brcakley, who owns
the ground. and asked and obtained
permission. on some pretext. to dig
near the chestnut tree. He and his son.
lad Of sixteen. commences digging At
the root Of the tree. and At depth Of
something over six feet, about -four p
m. struck something almost under tie
center Of the tree which gave forth :
metallic sound. A further clearing
away Of the gravel and stones disclosed
the sides or end Of an iron box or chest.
Wild with excitement they continued to
dig until they had unearthed the chest
or box. which was thirty-one inches
long, twenty inches wide. and twenty
four inches deep. or about the
dimensions of an ordinary trunk.
Their united efforts could only turn 1t
over. but could not lift il from the ex-
cayation. The young man was sent for
hammer and cold chisel. and the lid
was soon removed. The sight which
met their gaze was enough 70 turn the
head OF any man. The box was nearly
two-shiris filed with gold and silver
coin. furnished and covered with sand
mold. but nevertheless gold. The coins
are mostly French. but number Of
English, German and Spanish are
-mong the lot. They bear dates 1929.
17ii. 17j1. and various other dates. the
latest Of which Is 1754. which Is the
same year Fort Macnault was COM
pleted. On brass ruler found in the
chest the name .Joncaire' Is pla MY
stamped. Il is a we.l-known fact that
this was the name Of the oiliccr in
command Of the French troops. A care
ful estimate Of the coins make . total
value Of about $27. 0oo The coins were
placed on exhibition at the banks. The
fortunate owner has been offered ten
times iis value for single coin. - Phiia-
dciphia Press.