Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1912 — FINDS COIN BEARING POTATO [ARTICLE]

FINDS COIN BEARING POTATO

Chinaqo Man Has Experience That Recalls Burbank at His Beat. Chicago.—Burbank’s best experiments with nature were rivaled with the discovery of a dollar bearing potato. a specimen of which was found at the home of Edgar Bauman, 2741 West Division street, so he says. “Yes, sir, there was a silver dollar in—the potato,” said Mr. Baumann. “Perhaps it had been grafted on the young potato when it was only a dime and the potato and coin grew up together. “It was this way. Y’see, we get our potatoes from a farm near LaGrange, 111. Today we got a new mess of them. Our cook started to cut up enough for lunch. On one potato the knife stuck. My wife was passing. She investigated. It was tougher than a green potato. My wife and the cook broke the potato open and there was a silver dollar. There was some excitement around here for a while. We opened all the other potatoes. But they were Just ordinary, everyday potatoes and not a oent in the lot t>f them.”