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Odd Findings

       Among the many items found, here are some of the strangest and most outrageous types and quantities:

Buttons - 34,939

Butter - 10 containers

Cheese - 10 containers

Sardines - 48 containers 

Beads - about 5,000,000

"Dr. J. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters" - 11 containers

Needles - about 5,000

Thimbles - 464

Straight pins - about 5,000

Rope - about 1,000 feet

Files – 324 

Hairpins - about 6,000

Chamber pot (used to go to the bathroom in) - 1

Pocketknives - 328

Candles - 3,168

Clothespins - 418

Grapes - 5 lbs.

Oysters - 24 containers

Printer types - 250,000

Umbrellas - 72

Shoe polish - 21 containers

Jew harps (an instrument) - 48

Soap - 5 boxes

Spigots (like a faucet) - 43

Currycombs (similar to a brush; used on horses) - 120

Spurs - 19

Bridles - 24

Coat hooks - 239

Footwear (boots and shoes) - about 5,000

Ladles - 12

Bullets - about 500,000

Butcher knives – 188