The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-04
A LOST BARREL
Is Mammoth Dimensions and Mutt
tudinous Contsnts-Ths Losers Pre-
dieameot.

1s Mammoth Dimensions and Nuit'-
tudinous Cont.ats-Ths Losers Pre-
diesrneot.
have lost 4 barrel To the b-S u
nv jUigmen; il must have been aboni
thirty feet high and fifteen feet IN
diameter. say Judgment because
l have no distinct recollection Of ever
having owned such = b-h,mcth # bar
rels. simp!. nf-r IL. ma~,p!oIIc Ill
mension- from the following facts.
ha e lsic.y moved from my former
place Of residence IL aoiAer par; oil
ihr city. La this connection | Will lay
right herc that Il is not nv purpose 10
dig UP n Of tie pal geological
.rmOying-da,' cbes,uuts nat our she'd
In the Jura-,ic yeriOi of American
humOY. Having laid this ghost OF APP
pre- .en>,ou n the readers mind. and
secured h Un'erriiei attention, viii
IMPLY .ay that: the process Of moving
nv In ny Wa conducted very Gu ell,
and without incident b. Ger an H.
herman artist. W De addresses | Will
furn n 20 IN. .'Dsnbury Ncwsman
upon h personal application.
Everything, apparently. turned mp =.
the Ee3 house IN good order and c'Ai-
ton save one barrel. which tn. team-ter
could neither Iroducc nor satisfactorily
o for. Surprising II u bs a
tr Il NJ matter OF eV-stoye pjues any
other hardware. however. h. i~ncaulous-
" agreed TO make the To-, good a.
sOon =, We could a,,-rtI n tGe value oil
the missing art cle-.
a suprriic.a nj Investigation showed
the blacking-bIu-heS. the tu;tcr-d'-r
Of n decorated nr-r So. IN" kitchen
clock and \ par Of Try boots be-
longing 10 ~r.y>cif 10 be- mis- NJ Ihe-t
We're distinctly remembered - have
been packed in the lot barrel. and a
mor uium WAS made accordingly.
To this list was aided later, q rolling
pm, an o:l->tove and the family B5!".
Later >t.l', Vol. ". of:knight's shake
speare. N tree calf. AMI IN. plas>c,-
Jug Then a set OF ire N an!
OF 4 pair # >,vics vases, Ccrrfu.Iy
projected agains: ~brcakage, according
to the distinct recollection Of the women
OF the household, by being wrapped IN
my drcascoat.
The neat day a small chest of draw
er-. file with retired Undertaking
and eother domestic article, on
the half-pay list. vas found to have
ben ON tied from the returns, and
this. together with \ child ; vclocipc6".
Wa also referred 10 the missing barrel
A. par: and parctlo Of its probable on
tents. Later in the diy Il was dl~coV-
cred that the c,oth-s-hor>c and Al IRON
bc!stcad had not turned up. and these.
too. were supposed 70 have been EN-
barrc!rd with the rest.
Late i'm The afternoon word Wa, re-
ceiycd from a FIN ly who had occu-
pied he Hat next to ours. and who had
moved -. on the am day. 10 the cf-
feet that 4 grand piano belonging To
I'll. WAS mi,,iny, an had probably
been carried oil tn our things by ms
take. A thorough search having
shown no such article TO lie among our
cha,tel-. inc CONVICTION was forced upon
Us that the piano must have got INTO
that barrel by some blundcr. and We
sent back word accord Dgly. stating
that the .eam>ter would make 1t all
right.
Tie next day the team>ter presented
his bill. and asked what allowance he
should make Tor the 'o~t barrel pro-
duced my memorandum aud figured on
it. found that The tramster owed me.
after deiuc,ing the amount OF hl> bill,
lust eight hundred and sixty dol
lars and fot,-thr @ cents. ANNOUNCED
this result 20 him, and he asked To see
TIL figures lie then ret red. remark
inw that lie would see me in some place
or other i didn't catch the name
first.
He id not keep this appointment.
however. for on locking him up next
dlv | found that he had sold on h :
business and left own to escape iiibi-
ity.
You see tn" pred ca,Acut IN which
am placed in consequence Of all this.
Not only d. | los a.. of my own things
that were pacS"l IN tina: barrel and
thu lis, Is II wing every day-but an
held responsible. in the trarI,,"r : Al
sencc. TOR the value Of that grand piano
Is well
So. IL any person has found \ barre.
answering 10 the above desc; !pt.on. and
will kinil, return it II m in care oI
this Office. lie Will rc"ev. me "f great
anxiety, AMI be suitably ycT.Jlci-5
SO doing-Puck.