The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-26
A TALL WHITE GHOST
That Has Been Guarding Buried
Treasure for 100 Years.
EXPERIENCE OF YOUNG MEN
Who Followed the Directions of
Sally snovcr, a Fortune Teller OF
staGg Pond, n. j., and Wont
In Search of Fortune.

NEW York, Dec. pa ghost with n
long white beard and stride like Tom
0chiltree is guarding kettle OF gold in
Stagg Pond, N. J,
A few days ago John Lytle and Henry
Bross dropped in on old, wrinkled Sally
Shower 10 have theirfortunes told. For
years she has been predicting that all
the pretty girls of StagS Pond would
marry rich young men, who were COM
ing "across water" mot an unnatural
thing for Stagg Pond young men to do),
and every youngman would wed lovely
ladies, who were coming over land. The
two young men we're told by Sally that
they would soon be the husbands Of
prinCesses. "but," said Sally the wise,
your fortunes are already made"
She told them that 1000 in gold was
buried in a kettle at Stagg Pond 100
years ago. She located the spot for
them and told them how they should
procure the fortune. She also informed
them that they must first get pure
white dog, and that one OF them must
take the dog in his arms and jump twice
over the spot where the gold was buried.
Then they were to dig down three feet
and then slit the dogs throat and let the
animals blood moisten the soil in the
newly.made hole. They were then 10
dig down three feet farther, when they
would strike the kettle containing the
Sc. 900 in gold. Sallie does not deal in
paper.
Young Mr.. Bross and Mr. Lytie,
whose heads were nearly turned by the
revelations made by the fortune teller,
proceeded to their homes agreeing to
keep the matter secret until they
should get the liold. At the appointed
time on the night the two young men
proceeded to the spot where Sallie Sno-
yer told them to hunt for the fortune.
The young men, who were armed with
spades and pickax, had a white dog.
They began operations. Bross, with .
white canine in bis arms, jumped twice
over the spot and then tied the dog to
tree. The fortune hunters then began
to dig, and after they had dug up about
three feet of earth, and were in the act
of emitting the dogs throat, according to
the two treasure hunters, tall, white
ghost, with long beard, suddenly made
its appearance.
They claim that the ghostly visitor
cried in harsh tones, "stop this treasure
is mine. have guarded it for more than
u hundred years"
Picture the scene il you can. There
they were on midnight, dreary, weak
and weary from the digging} and tall,
white bear,ed ghost their unbidden
guest, To be sure, they knew perfectly
well that ghosts always are loadng around
Captain Kidd treasures at Christmas
time, but this ghost was, indeed, sim
gular one. The winter wind sang to
Kris Kringie in the trees. 'Stagg Pond
itself was frozen over, and yet this aged
ghost didn't wear even necktie. He
again remarked in his polite other world
way that he vas guarding the treasure.
1t is not recorded that he shook flesh
less finger or stamped with bony leg,
but the fortune hunters vouch for the
fact that they ran away for their dear
lives, leaving the white dog tied to the
tree,
Since the eventfnl night the young
men have been kept busy telling their
experience with Sallie Snover and the
ghost. Bross and Lytle both say they
have no intention OF making further
effort TO recover the $50,0GO in gold, and
none OF the residents can be induced to
visit the spot at night to determine
whether his ghostship is still guarding
the treasure.