The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-04
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Traditions { Harica Treasure Ia or

traditions 6 BurirN irOusure II Gr0at
Britain.
OF traditions OF bnrici treasure at
tnching to the sites OF Roman camps
and deserted cities there are plenty
still to be mt VA. A familiar in
stance is that Of tie riches TO be found
at Uriconium, tne modern Wro2oter,
Near the brool, Of holl
There Is n wCll
Which is r,thar thsn uny man can toll
Doubtless in % wealthy commercial
city overwhelmed with sudden destruc-
ton, as was the case with the ancient
Uriccuiunl, much treasure was actually
buried o. thrown into wells or drains,
But then the treasure seekers of the
Middle Ages have generally exploited
such sites pretty thoroughly, and mod
ern excava tions made in tue interests
of archaeological researches have
brought hCtle TO light in the way OF
treasure. Great boards of copper coins
of the empire have often been brought
to light, but not much in the way of the
precious metals
We might expect that more treasure
was concealed here and there during
the lonc-continued strife between
Briton and Saxon, and the Norman
conquest may have caused some de-
posits of buried boards. But the Nor
man kings themselves, with their habits
| OF accumulating boards of specie
against rainy day, offer the most
tempting studies TO tho treasure seeker
King John, for instance, is capital
subject, for he was both a seeker for
and hider OF treasure. We find him
digging for treasure in Northumber-
land about the sites of the stations on
the Roman wall, and he was reputed to
| have great stores of treasure ia
his favorite strougholds. Somewhere
buried in the sandy estunrics OF Lin
colnshire are the golden crown and
jewels of King John. with the chests
of treasure that were carried in his
train. But we may sprculate, too,
about other boards, chiefly buried be-
meath the foundations of his castle
walls, the secret of which was lost in
the sudden death Of the greedy king
Again there is royal trensdrc, per-
haps, at this moment, lying hid in some
rocky chasms of the mountains Of Wales
nothing less than the treasure OF
King Edward the Second, which he
carried with him in his fiaht from his
triumphant queen and her paramour,
and which they vainly It would seem,
after his capture, endegvorei torecovar.
The Wars OF the Roses too with
their sudden catastrophies and total
reversal of fortunes, cave rise without
doubt to many secret deposits, the clue
to which wa, lost Dy the destruction Of
those who made them. Then came
the dissolution of the monasteries,
and though runor exaggerated the
wealth of these cst1bli,hma nts, and
the kings commissioners hnd a vigilant
eye to all their belongings, yet mauv
precious treasures must nayo been hid
den away by devout brethren, who
looked forward to seeing thom once more
devoted TO the service of the sanctuary.
The civil wars too, had their de-
posits, both OF piunder and of secret
boards: and we unHy be on the trail of
buried treasure in following the de-
tours Of plots and conspiracies for
which secret depo'itS OF coin nay have
been made, abandoned in the heat Of
fight or lost sight OF 10y tho violent
deaths OF those concerned. How COM
mon oad necessary the practice was of
burying ones savings in time of panic
we may learn from Mr.. Pepys' Dairy"
who, on the alarm OF the Dutch inva-
sion, hurrioi down with all hi, guincas
TO his inther's house in Huntington,
and taere buried MS treasure in the
garden. His agoniea of mind for the
safety Of his treasure and the trouble
he had in digging it up and sitting
earth from guiueas, are naiveiy told by
the diarist.-All The Yea" Round.