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Date 22 mai 1880
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal The Morning Freeman
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
A correspondent of the Charlottetown, P.E.I. Patriot reports that a short time ago Angus McMILLAN of Point Pleasant, purchased a large oak tree for boat building purposes from Murdock MacLURE of Brackley Point. Mr. McMillan, assisted by John BOATS undertook to saw it down. Their movements were soemwhat retarded by the teeth of the saw coming in contact with some mettalic substance. Fearing something explosive, they removed to the other side of the tree and renewed their efforts there. After the tree had been felled they discovered, wrapped in a piece of soiled cloth, a gold watch and four French coins of the year 1740 with the head of Louis XV stamped upon them. The trees were sawed off very close to the ground and they had evidently been hidden at the two roots, the wood growing over and enclosing them. The tree had attained a great age being about four feet in diameter.