barjaumont

Updated: May 21, 2025

At last, in 1706, it was given out that he was the possessor of the philosopher's stone; and people, from far and near, came flocking to his residence, at the Chateau de la Palu, at Sylanez, near Barjaumont, to witness the wealth he could make out of pumps and fire shovels.

Charles Mackay - Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3