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That professor of mines, mining, and mineralogy who knew so much about the subject that he would not work for $45 a week, when he sold that homestead in Massachusetts sat right on that silver to make the bargain. THAT PROFESSOR OF MINES MINING AND MINERALOGY KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT THE SUBJECT THAT HE WOULD NOT WORK FOR FORTY FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK WHEN HE SOLD THAT HOMESTEAD IN MASSACHUSETTS SET RIGHT ON THAT SILVER TO MAKE THE BARGAIN
there. This young man went out there, and I have not heard a word from him. I don’t know what became of him, and I don’t know whether he found any mines or not, but I don’t believe he ever did. But I do know the other end of the line. He had scarcely gotten out of the old homestead before the succeeding owner went out to dig potatoes. The potatoes were already growing in the ground when he bought the farm, and as the old farmer was bringing in a basket of potatoes it hugged very tight between the ends of the stone fence. You know in Massachusetts our farms are nearly all stone wall. There you are obliged to be very economical of front gateways in order to have some place to put the stone. When that basket hugged so tight he set it down on the ground, and then dragged on one side, and pulled on the other side, and as he was dragging that basket through this farmer noticed in the upper and outer corner of that stone wall, right next the gate, a block of native silver eight inches square. E THIS YOUNG MAN WAS EMPLOYED THERE THIS YOUNG MAN WENT OUT THERE AND I HAVE NOT HEARD A WORD FROM HIM I DON'T KNOW WHAT BECAME OF HIM AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE FOUND ANY MINES OR NOT BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE HE EVER DID BUT I DO KNOW THE OTHER END OF THE LINE HE HAD SCARCELY GOTTEN OUT OF THE OLD HOMESTEAD BEFORE THE SUCCEEDING OWNER WENT OUT TO DIG POTATOES THE POTATOES WERE ALREADY GROWING IN THE GROUND WHEN HE BOUGHT THE FARM AND AS THE OLD FARMER WAS BRINGING IN A BASKET OF POTATOES IT HUGGED VERY TIGHT BETWEEN THE ENDS OF THE STONE FENCE YOU KNOW IN MASSACHUSETTS OUR FARMS ARE NEARLY ALL STONE WALL THEY ARE OBLIGED TO BE VERY ECONOMICAL IN FRONT GATEWAYS IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO PUT THAT STONE WHEN THAT BASKET HUGGED SO TIGHT HE SET IT DOWN ON THE GROUND AND DRAGGED ON ONE SIDE AND PULLED ON THE OTHER AND AS HE WAS DRAGGING THE BASKET THROUGH THIS FARMER NOTICED IN THE UPPER AND OUTER CORNER OF THE STONE WALL RIGHT NEXT TO THE GATE A BLOCK OF NATIVE SILVER EIGHT INCHES SQUARE
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