Said To Be Three Centuries Old

Mi. Oí W-. Bfaapwn, of '?lj Mrvnhlrtir. broujrfit luto our uftice ilii werk u n:liv thal Ii ii rniious combiuatioii of uronjjlit silvcr, consistitig of ii piceos - twospaJx, one waicli kc , ona ring and cl.isj that at iie linie inliet liaTe enelnted a watcliguard. One of the soals ws in comparatively good shape, and shoM'cd the oriniiial (Ifíign verv plainly, anl in quite phiin figuret tlie date 1563 %pjeared totJie native eye, tw 818 years tgo, n rin, wIik-Ii connecU the dlflerenl píceo togetlier, the ilovice of a dagger umi the letter "M," tlms fadteiiUng tbat it might at one time, powi lilv, heen {KMMMed 1 ' 1 ':i ( i ¦ .M;irlii(i i-, win) (bunded tlic ttrgl niission Ht IJld Maakinac over 20) years ajro. It vt round liv a ceatleniaii (ar)kin t'or relies intide the i'l'l fort gronmls thnv, and Ironi Ii int ii was pureliH8ed by F. .(. Miinpsim. Om Jeweler iliink iliai it ii ct Prendí Dijtkc. Il i htm nnt onoe ownetl by Kathcr Marqiictte, donbüesi ii nm-i ha e bslcjncd to gome of the earlj Krench otlloi". siill. it mljrht li.ivc been burted by nuoio ut 1 1 - iuiiabituiits of the fort bcforc Ihe ina-warrv ut l.ii. 'iiiic ¦ nuinlioi' "f inUTestlng ! ui bygoiii' aes havo been ton ml thi.'i'e rcccnily, i in Indin a silvcr Inarclit, now in ilio pos6(loii ut .1. I). McIJüuald; a largo -ih' r erua by Mrs. }. V. Btiiupson, lind alioül niin1 yards of lwaiN liy one of Mr. Btlmpson'K yoanger tont, and neveral ftnLer-riiiK and other curious trickets.