Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1895 — A Costly Relic. [ARTICLE]

A Costly Relic.

An antiquarian in Taunton recently was the Victim of a kind of swindle- He sent $5 in answer to an advertisement which said the sender would Teccive-ar protective armor which had probably been used in the Trojan war. The precious relic arrived on schedule time, and on opening the bundle he found an old pair of inusty-iooking corsets bearing the following legend: “Dear Sir—This beautiful piece of ancient work is thought by the inost eminent antiquarians to be the very identical corset worn by the famous Helen when she took refuge with Paris within the ancient city of Troy. If this was not the'case, -it was probabiy theTiropPrTy oftTiefair Cleopatra. Anyhow, we received the money, and it is kindly acßnowledged

by X. Y. z.”