Box Elder News Journal | 1913-01-09 | Page 6 | Peculiar Source of Income

peculiar source of income A curious story la Is told as to how the supported carafa the composer tile the latter was tar far from lich his principal income was was delved i from a anuff box bov and this was the way of lt atthe The box was wa given to the author of la prison dEdin bourgh about 30 years ago by haron baron james de rothschild as a token of esteem carata carafa sold it 24 hours houra later for 75 napoleons to the same jeweler from whom it had bad been bought this became known to rothschild who gave it again to the musician on the following year the next day it returned to the jewelers this traffic continued ill the death of tile the banker and longer still for his sons kept up the tradition to the great satisfaction ot of carafa