Year: 1868

| A'ShOA" y -
siding 10 CORTLAND street went out
early one morning for a walk, and to
get the breeze from the river.


When near Greenwich street he
saw o pocket-boo ON the sidewalk,
and OF course picked it up.


No one wss near of whom he could
make inquiry, so he put it into his
pocket, and on reaching home show
ed it to his wife, who, on examining
the outside, said, "This belongs to
some poor woman, who is nice body
l know, by the way she has tied it
up, so neat and so careful. What is
in it ?" 81 don't know SAID he
"Well, then, let US see," said she,
whether it be prize or not"


On opening IT they found s45 in
bills and two quarters, neatly rolled
up and tied with a thread, also a
thimble, bodkin, and pair of scis-
sors. "There, did | not tell you it
was a woman's pocket-book p said
she; now this must be advertised /;
the owner can call and describe every
thing in it, and she must and shall
get it.


SO an advertisement was put IN the
evening paper. The next morning
early a lady called in commendable
distress, having lost her pocket book.
When asked to describe it she gave
description of one so different that
she was promptly told that this pock.
ct book was not hers. The next ono
could not describe hers, but she
would know it il she saw it, and
didn't want any unless it was her
own. She was shown an old one ly-
ing in the drawer, which, after look
ing at it all around, sho returned it
with smile, saying that is not mine. }"
Soon after another "lady'' called and
described this last pocket book to a
dot; when told she had not lost the
pocket-bo0k found and advertised
she left. In the afternocs she called
again with a gentleman and another
lady, and made formal demand for
the waif, and was again refused. The
gentleman then spoke up, announc-
ing himself as a lawyer and counsel
for the lady, and demanding the
pocket-book with much fervor, and
promising the full extent of legal
punishment il denied.


The finder rang the bell, and his
man Sam came bowing into the room
to see what was wanted.


Instead of directing him to hand
around the wine which was the fash
ion in those days he was ordered to
"show that lawyer, who is not a gen.
tleman, to the front door, and off the
front stoop, and if he don't go quick
ly, Sam, kick him out.'' The party
left, swearing vengeance. Thus it
went for two whole days it got to
be a neIghboring talk, and many
called in to see the fun


Early the third morning middle
aged woman was seen in front of the
house examining it, also slip OF
psper which sue held in her hand
"Ah! here is your woman" says the
lady. "Sam, open the doOr-"


She came in, presented the adver-
tisement, and said, 81 lost my pock-
t-book the other morning, contain
ing the quarters rent-S45, so, that l
was going to pay to my landlord in
Greenwich street; 1 had been to the
market, and when / got TO the place
where had to pay / found l had
lost it, and l DON'T know what shall
do il this that you have found is not
mine.' But it is yours" says the
lady, "and you are the only one that
has described it out OF the dozens
that have called, and you are vel
come to it." The woman was much
Ireioiced and wanted to pay the ex
pense of advertising. "NO," said
the lady, 1--WE have had more than
that worth of fun, besides finding out
a little more of human nature than We
knew before. York Citizen.