Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-04

Digging for Millions of Dollars ON the
Say.SO OF a GYPSY.

From the Germantown to) special to Cincinnati En-
quirer
true story comes from the country, two and
half miles northwest of here that resembles in
many particulars the variations contained in the
arabian Nights" 1t is as follows: Thirty years
ago John Brixner a farmer residing in the To-
caty mentioned, went to Dayton on business.
While there he visited a fortune teller. He was
told that on his farm there were barred gold and
silver enough to fill seven barrels. The wealth
was said to have been concealed by the owners
at the time when the country was in its infancy
and also in the possession of the Indians The
treasure was described as representing several
millions OF dollars. The farmer was informed
that no one else than the eldest son of the owner
oil the farm could obtain possession of the pre-
cious metal. Farmer BriXner's eldest son was
dead. and besides that he didn't take any stock
In ghost stories. So he didn't bother his yener-
able head about the matter. In time the sens
lble Old tiller of the soil was gathered to his
fathers. He Ieft.behnd him to mourn his loss 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 vcin-
lty OF the BriXner homestead and one of the
women ofthe gang called at the house to turn
an honest penny. She proposed, for the consd-
Grafton of a dollar, to reveal a secret worth
millions oil dollars to the family. 1t occurring to
the BriXners that the interest offered by the hag
was a fair one. the coveted dollar was paid
The woman in red then proceeded to give the
good folks pretty much the same gaff that the
fakir in Dayton had det out to old John Brix-
ner thirty years ago The gypsy made an i'm
provement, however. She declared that it did
not require that the oldest son must search for
the untold wealth to insure success. She said
that some other son could find it. The story
jingled so nicely with what had been related to
the level-headed deceased farmer, that the
family swallowed it hair and all. Thew of
course. peddled it out to their neighbOrs. and
everybody at once became consumed with
feverish excitement. The next thing to do was to
turn the hills tOpsy-turvy, and in one night they
sank shaft eleven feet deep. The fairy queen
pointed out the spot where the treasure was To-
Gated 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 sink
ing 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 lust be
beneath the surface. where it would remain lust
one brief hour. when 1t would begin to descend
To be certain of striking the money when it hobs
up serenely the diggerS are constantly at work
day and night. The psuedo miners are GotIeib
Bower, a sOn-n-law of old man Brixner; Chris
BriXner. a son OF old John, and Fred Kerchner.
Chriss brOther-n-law. So far as the story given
above is concerned relative to the fairy tales of
the fortune tellers and the actions of the per-
sons digging for the gold and silver is con-
cerned. there is no discount on it, but there are
people i'm the neighborhood who are SO unrea-
sonable as to say that they believe the fortune
tellers must have been hitting the pipe