Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1895 — Buried. Loaf Twenty-five Years Old [ARTICLE]

Buried. Loaf Twenty-five Years Old

Twenty-five years ago Timothy Monahan, of Bath, Steuben County, purchased a farm near Portage Bridge. He has lived on the farm ever since, On part of the property was a piece of heavy timber, which Monolian cleared off twenty years ago. In a field where this timber stood Monahan was digging a ditch a few days ago. To do this he had to dig through a deposit of gravel four feet deep. At that depth he uncovered wlmt he at first thought was a big stone nearly round, but on striking it with ills pick to loosen it he was surprised to see the pick pass clear through it without meeting any resistance. Monahan then picked up the supposed stone and his amazement was great to find it to be a loaf of bread. The loaf was in perfect condition, even to the crisp, brown crust It was as soft, light and moist Inside as If it had just come from the oven. The loaf broke In two qs he was removing it from its bed in the gravel. He fed half of it to his dog, who ate it greedily. The other half of the loaf Monahan carried to his house, where it is now, a wonder to the neighborhood. Monahan declares.that the ground where the loaf was found had never been broken during his quarter of a century on the place.—Buffalo Times.