Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-09-30
HIDDEN yALUABLES.
The Curious Places in. Which
49,. = Wealth is Concealed.
Treasure stored Away In. Old Stockings,
Brick Ovens and Wagon Tops-Thc Pc.
euIiar Ways of the Covetous
and Cranky"

Eve had good deal of experience
in hunting for money that folks have
concealed. > said a gentleman visiting
at Park street in Lewiston the other
day and just as lief tell YOU what /
know about it as not
Fifty years, ago folks. especially
The elderly people. took the utmost
pains TO hide money Old stockings.
brick ovens. old wagon tops. china
ica-pots. the tops of bedsteads. hair
cloth furniture used always to come in
for big share of investigation after
the dear departed had turned up his
toes and had been laid away. From
That moment. a. YOU well know. the
= hunt began. and folks rummagcd the
mouse and pulled open the feather beds
IN search of the silver sinners. the
'cauiiiu' yellow boys or the crisp bank
h"tts thal IT Was supposed the lament
rd deceased had left behind. | SIM
pose that this instinct of concealino
wealth and of searching for il wa, bred
out OF well founded suspicion of the
safely Of the old-time savings bank.
anu they were rascally things. as |
well Know. OF course the hidin0 in
slIncl was transmitted from father to
son. and IN my way of reasoning the
war of the rebellion had more Ia do
with stopping This foolish plan of hoard
ing money than any other one tbino.
II opened up more old stocking legs
ami old colonial gold than hundred
Years OF peace would have done. and
Yet don doubt. from my own cXperi-
cnce. that there are countless stores Of
gold buried in places in Massachusetts,
and Maine today.
could count up any quantity of
families who believe that secret
hoard, left by Il mysterious deceased
ancestor, exists somewhere for them.
believe that Captain Kidd, treasure
- awaiting the coming Of somebody
Keen enough TO diScovcrit. don vou?'
And here the gentleman in the arm
char winked mYsteriously. laughed AT
his own conceit. and continued:
"A funny scheme. in which once
came pretty near being interested. was
stock company formed in Pennsvlva-
MA, where ! was then living. IL was
designed to make speciality OF hunt
ing mp concealed treasures. did
some work for them and partner and
were pretty successful there and an
New York State.
How do YOU 90 10 work."
We'll, il j. hard To sav. You have
tobc guided By circumstances. Stranoe
mental freaks exist in some familie.
on perhaps know people who are
quilt the wrong way. ! used TO know
Lewiston family-Of niscr,. extremely
narrow and stingy. and vet would take
30 care of the hay IN the field or the
cattle IN the sail. We had 10 sort of
learn human nature. Get first at The
habits Of the man whose wealth Won
arc seeking 10 find It the best cIew
you have
once was called bv the friend, of
on insane man to look after his monet.
lie had hidden it while supposedly
m his right mind. and when
the symptoms Of his insanity came
the money could not be- found
md nc could not be- induced 10 djvulOc.
no family began 10 suffer for want Of
funds and they tried 10 starye him
INTO telling, but that only seemed to
please him. When wa. called
WIS puzzled He wouldn't talk op
tine subject. bu the moment n
was mentioned al once lew into
p passion laid in wait for him. aud
didn't discover him doing any thin0
thai would lead tn = cIew GnaIlv
rigged plan. and one day / showed
MN suddenly roll Of paper with a
hill around u 20 that 30 looked like
wad Of money. remarking ~ did sd.
we stumbled on Your hidden pile the
other day
t"Hr gave one quick Glance.
ia was directly into the corner Of
The room near tho floor. IT,. fhen
shouted. 'You l.r, and laughed cleo
fully 20 me bad him Guarded that
night and while h. was asleep We
pulled aside Che carpet and diScoy orcd
. panel in ihc wall and BOO 81 his wealth.
} was sure that we would find it FOO thc
room. for J knew that bc would moi be-
sat-. lied ~ stay iu amy place whore hc
t"uid not be- in sight of hi- hidden
treasure.
was once sent 10 take care of q
curious case 100 s->acbusrtt. lt wa.
twenty years sgo. a vralihf man was
stricken with paralysis He wa.ab0ut
20 deposit some twenty nine thousand
dollars Don money and bonds whom
he va stricken doau The heirs
were wild. Ho couldn't recall 81
thing All that was known w.- that
ne was found sitting on thc front baIi
stair, bercft Of mind and speech We
couidn Z maze auy thing ouf of him
lie bad no money Vs. made Cd hunt 9t
random over t1e house. through the
barns and stablcs We about made up
our minds Chat he bad been robbed
We stopped iho fuuiiure-broslin,, and
contemplating cuisines and were
hesitaiing whether or MOI 10 make ar.
rests " search ior some systematic
clew fOr my part. as ] remember T
was confident be- had been robbed. mo-f
probably after She stroke Of paraiv.i..
and ] was not sure that some attack