I am at Ocean Grove for the summer, and expect to stay until
October. On my way down I saw the wrecked coffee ship _Pliny_. The
coffee is washed all along the beach. The other day I went up the
beach toward the wreck, and found five bags, each holding about two
bushels. The coffee is green, that is, not roasted, and is now
quite black in color. I emptied about ten bushels on the sand, and
brought the bags home. The Captain of the wrecked vessel issued a
circular warning people not to use the coffee, as there had been
hides on the vessel which were cured with arsenic. There are piles
of coffee on the sand.
I will exchange an ounce of coffee from the wrecked vessel _Pliny_,
for ten foreign stamps (no duplicates). Please inclose a 2-cent
stamp for postage on coffee.
HARRY C. CROSBY,
Box 2104, Ocean Grove, N. J.
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