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How a Farmer Dug Doubloons, and How his Farm was Plowed by Fortune Hunters.Sinco the published accounts of the fiadiug of Spanish doubloons on the farm of A. Van Sic ten, at J arnica South, the country thereabouts has been overrun with fortune l»uute*8, and Mr. Van Siden and his family have been greatly annoyed by the many inquiries as to the amount and ! the place where the* treasure was found. [ Mr Van Sicleus story is this: Foryears past reports have been circulated in the neighborhood that gold was |occupation of Long Island by the British These stories have gained I credence, especially among the colored people who obtained the scry u**r-\j»'U colored man residing nt Phisltiitg, andsaid to l»c the possessor of a magic word, which indicates where gold is buried. They proceeded at night to a piece of wood* al the lower end ofj n Mr. Van Siclou'a farm, and dug sever f* al large holes in spots indicated by the rod-man as the pirces where the treasure would be found. Unsuccessful in this search, the rod-man was again ap- i pealed to, and the sight of Mr. Van u Sielcns barn was indicated as the spot h where tre-.uure lay. This piece ot f*. news came to the ears ut Mr. Van Sic-o. leu, and he, fearing that his barn would be undermined, obtained the assistance of his neighbors, kept watch lor the diggers, and on their appear* mice, frightened them off Last week j Mr. Van*Siden hired a stump pulling machine, which he put in operation in the woof Is where the gold was first j sought for. The machine being a) i-1 novelty, attracted a crowd of idlers. Vau Siclen, believing it a favorable opportunity to further gull the crcdu-Iouk darkies, dropped two doubloons into the cavitv from which a stump e | liad just been pulled, and immediately e picked them up and exhibited them to0 ; the crowd, who nt once tell to work t - with shovels and liocg, making the dirt . I Hy in clouds. The man in charge of1 | the stump-pulling machine had heard e j the stories of the buried treasure, be* t came greatly excited, and deserting hismachine, fell to digging aJ.so. The party prosecuted their search uutil* inightfall, without success. Thestumn digging nud credulous negroes still believe that the treasure is buried on the farm, and Mr. Van Sicklen feels 21 somewhat alarmed at the broo7**hc has 1 raiced.
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The States and Union
Ashland, Ohio, US
Wed, Apr 12, 1871
Page 4
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