Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

A party of married men were talking
about their wives, and it is worthy Of
note that every man was glad he a a
wife and was anxious to tell Of her good
points.
Il never heard my VIE swear :. but
once" said one Of them when there
seemed to be a lull in the praise meeting.
All the others looked shocked. If any
Of them had ever, heard their wives
swear they We're not telling it, and they
resented the frankness of the one man
who was apparently betraying family
secrets. But the man did not regard
the bad impression he had created.
And that he continued in the same
tone, was away back yonder, thirty
years or more ago. when the oil excite
ment in Pennsylvania agitated the whole
country l owned a Tarm up there that
l taken for a Gebt for 81, 900, not.
because it was worth that much, but
because it was all / could get. My BUSH
ness was very small then, and 81, 600
represented the bulk of my capital. I
mac been married five years, and my
wife was the very best investment I had
ever made. One day I received word
that Oil had been struck on the farm
Adjoining mine, and right away I pro-
ceeded to go crazy, just as everybody
else cid when Oil shoWe< up anywhere
in their neighborhood. My wife, showed
signs, too, but she kept her wits about
hei. inside OF a week I began to get
offers for my farm, and l got crazier
every time there came an offer higher
than The one before it. 1t went up like
a balloon at first, until the figures got
away up, n then the small bidders
cropped out. At last an offer of $1OO, 900
came from the representative of a com-
DlnE thai Il knaU WAS worth 60 mn nm
or $4,000, 600. #-
LET it go, john said my wife when
I told her of this offer.
II guess not said L; If it's worth
$1o9, 600 to them it's worth 800, 600 to me-
II tell you to let it co. said my wife.
as firm as a gate post in the ground.
Not much said I. I'll get 5000, OOO.'
She pulled down her apron with a
jerk, a popularity of hers when she
meant business. rt.
You're getting a hundred times more
for 1t han you gave said she. and you
never expect to make 1oO, 900 in a hun
dred thousand years and you know it,"
But III make a good deal more than
tnat now l insisted, and started back
to my desk to write a letter declining
the offer. :
She pulled down her apron with q
jerk that made the strings crack.
John Martini said she, don't be a
d fOol!'
And l wasn't" concluded the mar
rator, "for I accepted the $1OO, 0vv offer.
and it was 800, 900 more than the COM
pany ever got off the farm, for the oil
didn't seem to run that way.'-Lippin-
colts Magazine.
Denver Cor. Chicago Record: Robert
Martin, a we'll known hunter and cattle
man of Archuleta county. arrived here
today and related an experience that he
just passed through with a big Gin
namon bear. Martin was with a Rio
Grande section gang in Cumbress Pass
repairing tiles and travelling by means
OF a handcar. Work had hardly COM
menced before q little cinnamon bear APP
peared in search OF its mother. The
men captured the cub after strategic
moves and tied him to the handcar,
which was put on the track. He imme-
diately commenced to how for the dam,
n in a few minutes a big, lean, lank
mother made her appearance and start
ed for her cub with blood in her eye. The
men Immediately rushed the CAR toward
the down grade and started to work,
with the bear 10 feet behind. The harder
the men worked the raster the bear ran,
and Martin, who was sitting with his
feet hanging over the rear of the car,
had one shoe torn off by her claws in a
sudden squirt. Another jump and the
dam almost made the car, but fell. but
was on her feet in q moment For three
miles the bear hased the car on a down
grade and was only stopped by a gulch
trestle. The cub remained the section
mems trophy.