Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-08
SPLENDID APRIL FOOL STORY.
Interest Still Kept Up in Inc Damarisco!ta Pc
Of Cold Yarn.

Damariscotta Mills, Nc, April 7.--As
published the past week, "A pot Of gold
was undoubtedly uncarthcd at this
place few days ago by a workman
who was making repairs on an old
house recently purchased by Fir.
George Jones and lately occupied by
Robert Jones. The house was built
more than 90 years ago and has seen
many changes. II has since been told
by Mr.. Jones' relatives that one thing
the pot contained was a string Of pearl
beads such as were used in Spanish
monastrics many years ago. The story
is current that n large amount Of
Spanish gold was also in the rcccpta-
| Gle. which was an old-fashloned big
| bcllicd iron pot Of kind not existent
today.
Current report states that this was
| inLc1dcd in the top of the cellar wall.
WAS covered by wooden cover, and
| to It's sides still chung pieces OF canvas
| in which the pot had apparently been
incascd. How could this have been
placed here so many years ago? This
| WAS the question the Globe correspon-
| don't started out to solve.
An Old resident informed the writer
| that one Of the ancestors Of the Jones
family once had a Spanish claim which
| Ghc recovered in full. ard being de-
| mcutel in a degree. she secrctcd her
| wealth ana refused To impart To her
| relatives any clue to the location.
| FTuitless search was from time to tine
| made I11 tho woman ut last died with
out divulging the hiding place Of her
| treasure. While this seemed a probable
explanation OF the reported find. anoth-
| cr story has been told that seems to
throw some light On the mystery
| Many years ago q man arrived IN Dam
arisCot'a from the town Of Liberty. and.
| going To tn" hoIsc of SOM Of his friends
| told The story of a stranger who had APP
| reared At his house some months before
ana applied for board. The man. who
| was farmer. took the stranger in and
| had his curiosity aroused when the
stranger rendered Spanish gold in return
| for his shelter and food AZ the stranger
was reserved man who would tell moth
| ing OF ms h!Siory, no questions were
and was dying did he tell from what
| source his gold had come.
| Calling the man who had hefriondel
| him a. his bedside. he placed IN his hands
| the plan OF an island just Off the coast OF
| Lincoln county and, pointing out on the
sketch a small beach on the south side Of
the lSfanu. SAID. Land there. then go
up the island lei- rods and sou will fnl
two largo bouldcrs al distance Of abou:
three rods from each other. Between
them you will find two small birch trees.
In tho side of one have driven a spike.
At distance of about three feet on that
side iii which the spike r. driven, YOU
dig. and you will find plenty of the same
| money that / have been using.It is yours.
take IL and do good with it. And the
stranger died without explaining how he
had come into possession OF the secret.
The farmer had come to poverty. and
offered his friends a share of the money
II they would go with him to the island
Three or four 81 his friends accompanied
him. Tho island was found and. true to
the plan in almost every particular. the
two bo-Ildcrs at the stated distance from
the beach. but tho two birch trees had
been cut down.
Nevertheless the men went TO work
with a will and dug a deep trench more
than half way from one boulder to the
other. but as the rain, had been falling
for three hours or more on their Blended
backs and they had not been successful
in the search they became discouraged
and returned to their homes.
The farmer who stiil retained the plan.
declared he would again visit the place
II is claimed that he did little later
accompanied by a friend from Dana rise
Gotta Mills. and. unCarthfng the TREASURES,
they returned with ii to the mills, where
a division was made. and IL is thought
that his friend became frightened by MS
sudden acquisition Of wealth and. fearing
h, might be called to account for the
manner in which he had gained posSes-
sion of II. buried ii in the wall Of the1
cellar, where it has remained until the
The whole community in fever OF exsite-