Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-22
WORKING FOR WEALTH.
A Fairy Story From Beyond the
Ohio.
MILLIONS OF MONEY INVOLVED.
Bushels of Gold and Silver Coins Said
to be Secreted on Farm Near
Germantown---HOw the Secret
Was Revealed,
DIGGING NIGHT AND DAY.

GERxASrowN, o September 2l.-A true
story comes from the country, two and q
half miles northwest Of here, that resembles
in many particulars the narrations con-
tanned in the '"Arabian Nights" 1t is as
follows Thirty years ago John Brixuer, a
farmer residing in the locality mentioned,
went to Dayton on business. While there
he visited fortune-teller. He was told that
on his farm there were buried gold and
silver enough to gil seven barrels. The
wealth was said to have been concealed by
the owners at the time when the country
was in its infancy, aud also in the possession
of the Indians.
The Treasure
was described as representing several mil
lions of dollars. The farmer was informed
that no one else than the oldest son OF the
owner of the farm could obtain possession
of the precious metal. Farmer Brixner s
eldest son was dead, .aud besides that he
didn't take any stock in ghost stories. So he
didn't bother his venerable head about the
matter In time the sensible old tiller of the
soil was gathered to his fathers. He left be-
hind him to mourn his less a number of
sons and daughters, who are still living,
and who, it turns out, are more easily
gulled than the ancient granger was. Last
week band of gypsies encamped in the
vicinity of the Brixner homestead, aud one
of the women of the gang called at the
house to turn an honest penny. She pro-
posed, for the consideration of dollar, to
reveal secret
Worth Millions of Dollars
o the family. 1t occurred to the Brixners
hat the interest afforded by the hag was a
tair one, the coveted dollars was paid. The
woman in red then proceeded to give the
sood folks pretty much the same gatf that
The fakir in Dayton had dealt out to old
John Brixner thirty years ago. The gypsy
made an improvement, however. She
declared that it did not require
that the oldest son must search for
the untold wealth TO ensure sue
cess. She said that some other son could
find it. The story jingled so nicely with
what had been related TO the level-headed
farmer, that the family swallowed it hair
and all. They, of course, peddled it out to
their neigbbors, and everybody at once be-
came consumed with feverish excitement.
The next thing to do was to turn the hills
topsy-turvy, and one night they sank a shat;
eleven feet deep.
The Fairy oaesn
pointed out the spot where the treasure was
located, but she claimed that there was only
one hour in the day when the wealth could
be touched by human hands, She asserted
that the money in question was in the habit
of sinking so deep in the earth that
no mortal could reach it, but that
in twelve hours from the time
it attained its greatest depth it
would be Just beneath the surface, where it
would remsiu just one brief hour; when
it would begin to descend. To be certain
of striking the money when it bobs up Sc
renely, the diggers are constantly at work,
day and night. The psuedo miners
are Gotleib Bower, son-in-law Of
old man Brixner Chris Brixner,
SON of old John and Fred Kerchner,
Chris brother-in-aw. So far as the story
given above is concerned relative to the
fairy tales of the fortune-tellers snc the &C.
tions Of the persons digging for the gold
and silver is concerned, there is no discount
on it, but there are people in the neighbor
hood who are so unreasonable IS to say that
the fortunetellers must have been hitting
he pipe.