Connecticut western news., 1875-03-26
THE SILVER MINE.

- ''"i THE SILVER MINE. f''--
 There is no denying the fact that both Mir. Matthews and his wife were tired of poverty and it's attendant struggles. When he one day picked up on his little lot g. stone of peculiar constructions, found that it was part of seam of the same material, took 1t to an assayer and was told that 1t was silver ore and. would pan out fifty ounces to the ton, there seemed to be change in affairs. They had lived very economically before, and no doubt on morea than one occasion envied their more fortunate neighbors.. When he told Mrs. Mrs Matthews M of his dis covery, and informed: her that the tide in their affairs. had turned, she cried and laughed and hI1gged him and sang all i'll the same breath. T aid shsu 5lsl z
 ".Odr horses shall be black" she sobbed,a 9land we will have a landau that will put the tB3roynes' little ldla landau T. -T 1T shall send Wybet to Germany, !" said MT. Matthews, tahngup the same estrain. !" And Patty 'aA 7ss-1 ella}s 0JA .a: a 'y ''Martha. We,may as we'll begin to call her Martha. ''-!o4 Y1asw 5!ygH- [ ts9
 "Well, Martha, then, shall have the best musical education in the world" :" said MT. Matthews. -" Our children shall have all we missed" ''' sf55 "' z'''-a5 . soAnd how long will it. be before it begins to pay 2'' asked Mrs. Matthews. s- N, ssWeH, said MT. Matthews, z, that is the question now before the meeting. We own the mine; but to clear away the rubbish, employ experts to find the vein and sink shafts, to get out the ore, to smelt it, and all the rest, that will take money,1 and money is what we don't possess. , st: Ia. ,s..I uy t-sf Ina Ali l.. T ''Then how under the sun ''-
 e :. 1T propose to mortgage the house for my share of the ready money. And I think it would be easy to induce MT. Means togo in with me2'H-l .a2s eG5 Yd ,. HMr. Meansk Iwould rather 1t were somebody from out of stownc.' VII. '.r a 7s,1 .rst sg "Why, pray, what odds =: = s..''' '>' --''. .d 'IWhy? We'll, I should like to hear any good reason for our making the fortunes of these people that have been fauntmg their finefy over our heads and splashing their mud on us ever since we were born, ! fl It's our turn, now, if, We're, to be the millionaires. And if this mine s like other mines, our yearly income will be more than their whole fortunes. Mrs Means won bel the only lady round here cracking in her silks! It does me good, said Mrs. Matthews. And prob ably it would have done anybody good venom. "It does me good, she said, with a mocking sort. of shiver. a" It makes me young again. What 0 pity it didn't come when we were young, MT. Matthews p
 Few people are. obliged to look long for partners in such an enterprise, and many castles were built over the silver mine. Such fattering offers for an in- terest in the mine were made by towns peoplethat MT. Matthews thought it. to his interest to sell to them, but Mrs. M, said no, and he had to content himself with the out-of-town patrons.
 What ore it was i--shining smooth sur faces of lead that hid the silver, here speckled with the precious stuff, there scaled in rich eolors that declared the presence. of gold itself as we'll -and how 1t yielded Ralf-decomposed material, it mined only less easily than gravel. | pit; pure bricks of silver came out of the I furnaces. Mrs. Matthews beheld herself the envy of all those on whom she once had gazed with enyious eyes. Though she had not spent 8 penny of it yet, ;she was the mistress of more than she knew how to spend; she lay awake nights now ioyously planning how to be rid of it.
 They commenced life on the higl pressure principle. Jewellers and dress makers knew how to make money go and they did 1t. In furnishing theI new house the best that could be order ed--patent springs, plate=glass, quilted satin, hidden mirror, card-pocket, par eel holder became Mrs. Matthews
 and as for horses, the horses that drey the Broynes were not good enough fo the Matthewses. Ten thousand dolla
 horses that stepped as if they knew thei
 worth were the ones that drew Mrs Matthews and Miss Martha when the, took the air. a..." " - 3 .....
 Mrs. Matthews had good taste il dress. She was fond now of showin.
 her husband what she could have don
 when she was young, if the means ha'
 been at hand. She was quite an artis
 in colors. s'Trust me for that !". sh
 said, displaying a star of enormous dia
 monds that had just been sent in iron
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 had carte btctnchc in expenditure, an
 liked diamonds for her throat better tha
 for her troublesome red hands.
 "But really, Mrs. M" said her hus
 band, five are living now at high pres I sure. Don't you think it would be bette
 to hold off a little and salt somethin down, in case of accident 2" 4. s.
 "Accident ?"t said she, gayly. "Whf
 accident can occur, sunless an earthquak
 should tip the world wrong side up wit care? Don't you think you have enoug
 salted down in that mine now? No, M
 Matthews, let us, for the first year two, spend all we can.tf In 8 little whi we shall be too old to enjoy it ; let |
 enjoy it while we are young enough. | ) establishes onr supremacy, too, 1lE
 nothing else. It-does me good to st | Mrs. Broyne and Mrs. Means kowtowir to me. v, I want to laugh in their face The men have just found out what splel } did business capacity you have u : women are all in love with me. If yc ], could see that chit, of 6 Purcell girl, VI used to cut mo whenever she felt like | admire my Chantilly founce on h :. knees, it weuld be as good asa play. f yo1E sal gni,asaar1 st seaP .v,E,r'dT !. Ie"You're smart woman," said Ih , husband, lost in admiration. "You' l a trump. You do credit to your none