The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-21
IN WONDERFUL LUCK.
CASES WHERE VALUABlES WE'RE
MlRACuLOuSLY FOUND.

Who Recovered Their EfnGs-The Hie
tory of u Valuable Diamond.
The paymaster of a large railroad COM
pany, having its headquarters in Boston,
went out on one occasion with $50. 900 to
pay off its employees The money was
carried under his arm, wrapped up in an
old newspaper He stopped at a little
wayside eating house for dinner, and on
going away in fit of observation-disclosures,
left the money lying ON a chair He had
not gone many miles from the place
before he missed it, and his dismay on
discovering its loss can well be imagined.
Almost despairing of recovering the pack
age left in so public place, he hurried
back, and. with trembling voice, asked
the woman in charge if she had seen the
parcel There's bit of paper on the
chair beyant." said she; perhaps that's
it," which itproved to be. and the gentle
man returned a happier anda wiserman
KICKED BY EVERY ONE.
Another man in the same city lost roll
Of bills amounting to 0,000, which also
was wrapped up in newspaper. He told
friend of his loss. and the friend made
him describe all the ground he had been
over since he had the money. The last
place mentioned was the postoffice. The
night was wet overhead and sushy under
foot. They visited the postof1iceia and going
to the spot where the man had been stand
ing they found two or three bits of torn
newspaper. 1t was the same. They
looked further, and at last found the lost
treasure 1t had been kicked in turn by
every one who came into the office, and
when found was united and completely
soaked with water 1t was all there,
however, and the friends returned to
their hotel and spent several hours in
cleaning and drying it. The gentleman
was so grateful for the sensible advice
which had saved him from serious loss
that he took out his friend and bought
him the handsomest gold watch chain
that he could find in the city.
Among singular recoveries of lost valu
ables one of the oldest occurred in Provi-
dence, R. l., some years ago One day
a gentleman in one of the largest stores
of that city tried on pair of fleece lined
gloves which did not suit him, SO he
bought another pair. A few days after
he missed a gold ring from the third
finger of the left hand. but had no idea
how long it had been gone He searched
| the house, and went into the store where
he had purchased the gloves and other
places to see if anything had been seen
| of it, but in vain. Months rolled on, un-
| til another winter came, and the gentle
man once more visited the clothing
store in search of fleece lined gloves.
The first pair he tried on he found too
left hand glove he found a ring in one of
the fingers While slowly disentangling it
from the heecy lining he said to the
| salesman: Here is ring; whose shallit
be-mine, as found it, or yours, because
it is found in your establishments" The
weighty question was decided in the
gentleman's favor, when suddenly his
lost ring came into his mind, and he said
WHO knows but that is the very ring
lost year ago?' The answer was: "That
cannot be, as do not think we have a
pair of gloves on hand that we had last
year at this time" Slowly the ring was
drawn out, and, indeed, it was the same
with the owners initials engraved upor
it. The wonder was that the gloves hac
not been sent to some smaller store in the
country, as was a frequent practice, II
not sold the previous season.
A still more wonderful ring story il
told in an English periodical A gentle
man was walking along the shore o
Hastings when he discovered that val
: liable ring which he wore had slipped
off. Although a diligent search wa
made no trace of it could be found. 4
year afterward-indeed,i it is even sait
on the very anniversary-the gentleman
again visited the spot, and while stroll
ing along the shore fisherman nea
him stopped down. picked up somethin.
, and ran after him, saying: "Did yo1
, drop this?" at the same time holding u
the identical ring lost twelve months be
fore.
THE DE sANCY DIAMOND.
Some of the most curious losses an
recoveries of which we have any recor
are related in regard to famous jewels
e Among these the De Sancy damon
may be mentioned as possessing pal
. ticularly singular history. The firs
known owner of this gem was Charlie
the Bold, duke of Burgundy, who is sal
to have worn it in his helmet. 1t wa
:. lost in the battle in which its owner wa
!, killed, but was picked up by Swiss so
der, who sold it to priest for f1oril
The priest, as ignorant as the soldier
its real value, imagined that he. ha
made good bargain when he soVi
the king of Portugal for a form and
half. The profit of the king, howeve
i was somewhat larger than that of tt
unworldly priest, for he received M
7 less than 100000 crowns for it from tt
= wealthy Harley de Sancy, in whose fan
:, lily it remained for several generation
= Finally one of his descendants, wishir
to pawn it in order to lend Henri
~ some money, sent it to Jew broker
= the hand of a servant in whom he ha
the utmost confidence. The servant ne
u er returned, and the broker declare
II that the man had never made his a
l. pearance with the diamond In spite
.e this assertion the confidence of Be Sa
Is cy in the honesty of his old servant W
W unshaken. This confidence, as it afte
ie ward appeared, was not misplaced. f
n after time the body of murders
u man was discovered near the city wa
d in deep ditch, which was recogniz
y as that of the missing servant. An {
le tempt at robbery had evidently be-
. made, and the faithful fellow had /
u mained true to his masters interests
vi his last moments; for ON the surgeon
e. examining the body the diamond W
found in his stomach, he having swi
lowed it as the only means left to hi
;s of outwitting his assailants.-Chica
Herald.
The HoMIIEsT MAN IN LoNDoNDERl
As well a. the handsome>t, aud ON
oe are Ipvited 70 call on any drugg - ;
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