Show RAINS MONEY IN NEW JERSEY telegraph linemen surprised by a shower or of Green greenbacks backs from the cloud clou trenton N J special to chicago tribune history records no instance of the clouds raining mining greenbacks green backs but a halt half dozen linemen working at the top of tall poles on west state street the other after afternoon udon thought a storm of that kind had arisen joseph harrison was mending a wire at the top of a telegraph pole when something floated gracefully through the air a few inches from his nose it had the appearance of a piece of grimy paper while he was contemplating it another and another square bit of paper resembling sem bling the first floated down from somewhere over his head one of the pa pieces feces leces came so near his face that he grasped it he nearly fell off the pole on finding that it was a 10 bill he wound his leg around the pole with a grapevine twist and snatched desperately at the bills that were now swinging around his head in a perfect deluge another lineman at the top of the adjoining pole yelled the world is mine as he be swept his arms through the air endeavoring to gither gather in a score of greenbacks green backs that were whirling around his head bead by this time six linemen had spied the fortune that was falling and they one and all slid to the ground they engaged in a rough and tumble scramble for possession of the bills but just then n a womans comans shrill voice from the second story window of an adjacent house rang out gentlemen my money the wind blew it oft off my dressing case it was miss emma titus a wealthy maiden at lady the linemen were disappointed because they had gathered unto themselves about the bills were handed over ever to miss tit titus who rewarded the men by giving each a 5 bill new york journal I 1 |