Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-07-15

cannot here be told Landing on tn
western point of Martha's Vineyard jus
below the pointed cliffs of Gay Head
now crowned by one of the finest light
houses on the coast, but then desolat
of all except few Indian wigwams
they made their way on foot to tn,
other extremity, where, at what is nov
called Oak Bluffs and Cottage City. the,
found fisherman just in with hi
smack, and prevailed upon him to tax,
them over to Nantucket.
81 expect nothing but they're all lost
neighbor RUSSELL" said Mrs. Folger
with her apron at her eyes, as she sat il
Mrs. Russell's kitchen, talking of tn,
nine captains aud their namesake, the
schooner. "Food for fishes before this
you may depend, and you and 1 widows
neighbor.
Hark who's that whistling up the
street p cried Mrs. Russell springine
to her feet. eff that Yankee Doodle
isn't my Ned's voice, I'm fool -
But she was no fool, then or ever, and
in another minute Ned and his father
were in the room, and the captain,
dropping the kit from his shoulder to
the floor at her feet, said, with grim
smile:
"There, mother, there's the cruise
all that's left of it; the coffee mill and
the warmin pan are inside there, and
Ned's got the Holy Bible; he backed it
all the way down the Vineyard, and
maybe that's the reason he's come
through SAFE"
"Maybe," said the mother, laughing
and crying all in one. Thank God
anyway; and so as you have brought
home safe what's inside these four walls
now, the cruise might well have been a
worse one."
"Well, that's so, wife" replied the
captain, thoughtfully.
Story OF Silver Mine.
An old Colordo miner says: "While
l was yet at Leadville man came up
there from Denver named Dexter-Jim
Dexter they called him-and he was
full of life and hope and had some
money. Dexter looked about him for
while and finally bought a claim on
Carbonate Hill, which had at that time
not been prospected very well. he
paid, think, about Sl5, 900 for it and
set to work putting in machinery and
sinking the shaft, which was already
down some hundred feet or more. He
worked away on the mine, people laugh
ing at him i s.,ood deal, but he never
once lost heart. The mine had not
shown up single thing in the way of
mineral, and the shaft had been sunk
by that time several hundred feet. Dex-
ter did not know what to do. He had
now spent nearly all the money he had
and nothing was coming in. One day
in the early part of the year 1879 a party
came to him AMI asked him what he
would take for his mine. Dexter told
him, and bargain was made between
them. The price paid was, [ think,
$50, 1000, some S5, ZOO more than Dexter
had spent on it altogether. He was
mighty glad to get the 100000. and
thought himself we'll out of bad bar
gain. He rushed out onto Carbonate
their tools and quit work. This was
about O'Clock IN the afternoon. He
said: Boys, have sold this hole, and
l don't want you to work another min
ute for me. L will pay you off right
now, and you can quit. Well, the
miners had Just finished drill and
were going to place blast and uncover
some rock, and they asked to be allowed
to finish it before they quit work.
No. said Dexter, come out / don't
want You to work any more; there's
nothing in that old hole. The men re-
luctantly quit and departed. Dexter
got his money and was happy. Well,
the mine had been bought by stock
company, and in short time they be-
gan work on it. Now, young man,
what ] am going to tell you is the SOL
emn truth" said the miner. "Those
fellows went up there to that mine and
laid fuse to the blast left by Dexter's
men and touched it off. After the
smoke cleared away they went in to see
how much rock had been loosened,
when, what do you think? There before
their eyes they saw the richest body of
silver ore which has ever been seen
since the world began. At that time
hundreds of thousands of dollars met
the gaze of the delighted owners of the
richest kind of ore. Well, young fell
low continued Mr.. Knowles, "that
mipe was the celebrated Robert E. Lee,
which has made everybody rich who
haN had anything to do with it since
Jimmy Dexter sold it. Millions of dol
lars have been turned out of it, and it is
the greatest silver mine in the world. j"
The reporter asked the miner how Dex-
ter took the misfortune. "Well, he
replied, "they say Dexter wouldlcry for
long time after whenever he would
hear the name of the mine mentioned,
but l don't know how that is. He got
hold of other mining property with the
money received, and is now rich man,
living in Denver in fine style. He has
the reputation of having the most ele-
gantly furnished house in Denver, and
it surely is a beautiful place.
The Editor.