The Meeker herald., 1888-02-04
An Ee-easrir old F.rm.r.

The body of John Sellers. the ecccn-
tric old bachelor who lately died on his
farm near here. still lies In our city
vault, says New Philadelphia. Ohio.
letter To the Chicago Times, and is
clar.nly guarded niyhi and ,iay. Sellers
cccentrfcitfes were known far and wide,
and about one year ago lie figured con-
spicuo,isly IN the illustrated papers.
lie WAS very close bible student, and
when u young man conceived the idea
that no woman ever went 10 Heaven.
His reasons for remaining single were
that lie believed that II he married lie
would bc cursed with the woman of his
choiec Regarding his personal appear
ancc one WAS greatly reminded Of odd
Rip" or the pictures we see Of "old
Father Time" lie never shaved or cut
his hair. claiming tia, II would bc
Interfering with Coils laws for him Ia
do ~. His iinser'nails were long and
bent over ut tho ends liKc claws. as also
were his ,oe-nalls. Everything lie used
OF Wore was homemade. His inst plow
Is great curiosity and was made -n-
t.r-ly Of wOud. something after the
fashion OF the old German plow. Al
his farming utensils We're home made.
lie would paironikc no onc who used u
sewing machine. Al the table the
knives and forks were wooden, rs were
also the plates, cups and siuccrs. Sell
l-ts hIYi flock OF sheep ,ha, had never
i--cn sliotn. Ih- wool was sixteen
inches Ion; and dragged on the ground.
The reason. he gave for not ,h.arin:
his sheep were that God placed tho
wool on their backs Ia stay there and
keep them warm and lac woIiii not inter
!cfr with his plans by removing II. a
short time before his death ,nr soc.-;,
for the Prevention OF Cruelty 10
Animnl, of til, city took thu matter Ia
hand and tried TO compel him To sheer
hts sheep, but without success. People
came for miles around ~ ,cc Sellers
sheep. lie was known Ia have b-cn la
good circumstances aud for years dur
Ing hi, life deposited his money In one
Of our banks. During tho latter years
! lac ircains suspicious u banks and
drew nil his money, which va, prinri.
paily In gold. lie purchasc,I u dozen
oid-fashioncd gallon jars or crooks. with
lids on. and, taking them home. hid hi,
trcasur, away tn these. His sister
stated that lac buried his treasures away
under cover of darkness. s.i-ctin. dif-
icrcnt sI-p,s about his farm. Tile secret
OF the exact location of these spots he
never revealed Ia any one. How much
wealth II. had accumulated VIII prob
ably never bc known, as he trusted no
one. Ills sister will fall heir to hi,
estate. and every prccIu,ion Is taken To
protect the place agiins, midnight irca'
sure. hunters. Tie SIX men who were
detected "a few nights ago digging for
the hidden treasure are supposed 10 have
been residents Of the ncightothooi.
IL Was noticed that they were supplied
with dark lanterns, and ifst commenced
digging In the barDyard. From there
they adjourned to nei.hboring field
ani began operations. Rumur has II
that they made an imporian. discovery
in Tia. field. and perhaps found one of
the precious crooks. II has no; y., been
fully developed as to how much, II any
OF the money they obtained. The
ground viii be- thoroughly gone over
under III. direction OF the sister. sud
every .nort will be made Ia une Ir'l, the
hidden treasure