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Show :-x-;-ivis-:-xv2-:'Zvz-:-z-:-x.:.zvX-x-:-x-:-x-:-x-:-z-x-:-i-i:-x2-:-z:-s-:-z:-x:-Pine Dresser Finally Got Back to America about 1S75, taking considerable furniture fur-niture willi them, among which were several pieces which had been handed down from generation to generation, and the pine dresser was one of those pieces. Now it has nn honored place in the collection, and may finally he returned to the descendants of the original owners, who nre residing In it Middle Western city. From the Antiquarian. There is n6 telling how much an antique an-tique piece may travel before It comes to rest In the hands of an appreciative appreci-ative collector or a museum. Recently Recent-ly a pine dresser was Imported from England with some English furniture. Tho dresser stuck out like a sore thumb among tUe English f-eces, and the dealer quickly spotted it. The wood, the hardware, the workmanship, workman-ship, the style, all proclaimed it American. Amer-ican. A wealthy collector purchased it and then set out to find how the dresser had ever si rayed from the shores of America. He discovered, after lengthy correspondence, that an American family had gone to England |