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    While workmen were engaged last week in demolishing a barn on the Thompson property in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., they found under the roof a rats’ nest which was made of greenbacks. The money had been badly torn and chewed, but most of it, if not all, is redeemable.
    Prof. Thomas F. Thompson, who now owns the property, says the money was probably hidden under the barn floor some years ago by his father, Robert Thompson, who began to act queerly in 1889, and became possessed of a fear of banks, lawyers and corporations. After that he carried his money about him. He seldom, if ever, allowed any one but hinself to visit the barn. Mr. Thompson Sr. died Sept. 18, 1893, and Prof. Thompson’s mother lived until December last.
    By her will the estate, which consisted of $3,000 and the house and land, was divided equally between Prof. Thompson and his brother. The Professor took the house and his brother the money. In equity the money found in the rats’ nest belongs to Prof. Thompson. The Professor is a blind musician and has composed a number of pieces.
    The total amount of money in the rats’ nest is thought to be about $1,000. It is in $5, $10 and $20 bills.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
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