The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
THE TRAVELS OF A DOLLAR.
The History of a Coin from the Time 1t Left
a Bangle Bracelet Till Its Return.
Special to the Indianapolis Journar.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TRENTON. N. j., March 9-There is young
lady living in Lambertville, few miles from
here. who has gold dollar with history. The
adventures of the coin unique they
are interesting The gold dollar was given her
over year and half ago by friend and had
her monogram on the back. 1t was attached by
chain to her bracelet. One evening in Febru-
ary of last year the maiden went sleehriding
and the next morning missed the gold dollar.
The broken chain showed how it had disap-
peared. Search made in vain and finally
an advertisement of the loss was inserted in the
local papers The advertisement caught the
eye of corner loafer. He went TO the young
lady's house and stated that he found the coin
in the bottom of the sleigh while it was stand
ing outside the stable the morning after the
coin missed. He spent it for a drink OF
whisky at one of the saloons.
knowing how much the Lambertville lady
priced the coin, several of her friends deter
mined to trace it and get it back if possible
The saloon keeper remembered the odd coin, be-
cause of the loafer's unwilingness to exchange
it for solitary drink, but he paid 1t over to q
butcher. The butcher recollected giving II to
drover here in Trenton q day or two later. The
address of the drover was obtained and he was
written respecting It, From the drover came
the reply that be had purchased ticket TO
Philadelphia with 1T the day he got it from the
Lambertville butcher. The clew seemed to have
vanished, but the ticket agent was seen at
venture. He remembe bered the coin very well,
for in counting his cash, he noticed the mono
gram and wondered whether it made the dollar
valueless. He found from Trenton cashier
that it was good. and so he forwarded it to
Philadelphia along with his cash the next day.
1t went to the general Office of the railroad COM
pany in the Quaker City
Philadelphia next visited, the scent
was becoming interesting. The receiver Of the
New Jersey receipts in the railroad Office had
noticed the initials on the coin, but took no par
ticular interest in the matter. He recoilected.
however. that he deposited the dollar along
with other sums in the bank He referred the
searchers to the Philadelphia bank cashier The
cashier was next interviewed. His attention,
he said, had been called to the initials on the
back of the coin by one of the clerks. aud he
ordered it laid aside for few weeks. it looked
like souvenir Unfortunately, in the absence
of the clerk, gentleman desiring several hum
dred dollars in gold, preparatory to a trip to
California. had been paid the amount and the
monogram dollar got mixed In with tho sum
and consequently had stared westward. The
name of the gentleman given, he
was the well-kDown representative of Phila-
deiphia house, for which he travelled all over the
country.
The search was not abandoned even then.
This year ago, or nearly year The
travellers name obtained from his employ
ers and q letter was sent him to California
Nothing was heard of the man until about two
weeks ago. Then there came letter from De-
troit TO the gentleman in Lambertville who
wrote to the traveller last April The Philadel-
phian said that he was taken i'll in California
soon after his arrival last spring and instead OF
returning home when he expected, he spent
last fall, and the early part Of this winter at
Colorado Springs. The letter about the coin had
been delayed and had been resting for him all
these months in Chicago, where he got it early
in February.
The letter then went on to state that he had the
monogram dollar in his possession and would
send it to Lambertyille Immediately on his ar
rival in Philadelphia He was about to spend
the dollar one day in San Francisco, when he
noticed the monogram. Perceiving that the ini-
tials were the same those of lady friend OF his
in Baltimore, he kept the coin, thinking possibly
he might have taken it away by mistake the last
time he called on her. Even after he had writ
ten to Baltimore and found that his friend there
never had q charm of that description, he con-
cluded 20 keep it as a pocket piece. The gentle
men reached Philadelphia last Sunday and
early this week the long-lost dollar got back to
mbertville. It has been frightened up and is
once more dangling from the original owners
bracelet.