Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-08-07
Lost Money.
Bill >ye In y. Y. sunday Mercury.

MOST any one could collect ana tell
good many incidents about los. money that
has been found if he would try, but these
came under my own observation and can
vouch for their truth.
\ farmer in the Kinnikinnick Valley was
paid 81 200 while he was loading hav He
put i in his vest pocket, and after he had
unloaded the hay he discovered that he had
lost it, and no doubt had pitched the whole
load into the nov on top of ii. He went
10 work and pitched il all out, handful at
time, upon the barn floor, and when the
hired mans fork tine came up with 800
bill on i; he knew they had struck lead
He got it all,
A man gave me two - bills once to pay
balaLce on some store teeth, and asked me
to bring the teeth back with me- The den
tlst was fifteen miles away, and when | got
there found had lost the money That
was before | had amassed much Of for
tune. so went to the tooth foundry and
told the foreman that | had started with
SO to get 4 sci of teeth for an intimate
friend, but had lost the funds lie said that
my intimate friend would no doubt have to
gum 1t awhile. Owing to the recent shrink
age i'll values he was obliged to set teeth for
cash, as the goods we're comparatively use
less after they had been used one season
! went back over the same road the next
day and found the money by the side Of the
road. although hundred teams had passed
By il.
young man one spring ,plowed pocket
book and $50 IN greenbacks under. and by
singular coincidence the next spring i, was
plowed out, and, though rotten clear through.
was sent 10 the treasury, where i, was dis
covered that the bills were on Michigan
National bank, whittier they were sent and
redeemed
lost roll Of a hundred dollars i'll the
spring of 50 and hunted my house and the
office through in search for it in vain.
went over the road between the office and
the house twenty times, but it was useless.
| then advertised the loss of the money, Civ
ing the different denominations of the bills
and stating, as was the case, that there was
an elastic band around the roll when lost.
The paper had not been issued more than
an hour before got my money, every dol
lar Of It. It was in the pocket Of my other
vest
lh!> should teach Is, first. the value Of
advertising, and secondly, the utter foly Of
two vests at the same time.
Aprcpos of recent bank failures, | want
70 irii TIN, one M James :. Kelley. com
morly called Black Jim" He failed him
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