Wealth
The Slaughters became very rich as time went by, and Viola became known for enjoying things that women at that time were not used to, such as using expensive dresses for dinner. The family dinners were equally known in Arizona society circles, as these usually included fresh vegetables, jam, cream and other exquisite ingredients of the era.
The Slaughters were known for being an affable family, and the San Bernandino ranch later became a hang-out place for rich, poor, neighbors passersby, friends and anyone who happened to cross in front of it and felt like talking to someone. One frequent visitor was Billy the Kid, who became friends with the Slaughters.
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Famous quotes containing the word wealth:
“When the ice is covered with snow, I do not suspect the wealth under my feet; that there is as good as a mine under me wherever I go. How many pickerel are poised on easy fin fathoms below the loaded wain! The revolution of the seasons must be a curious phenomenon to them. At length the sun and wind brush aside their curtain, and they see the heavens again.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“What cannot stand must fall; and the measure of our sincerity and therefore of the respect of men, is the amount of health and wealth we will hazard in the defence of our right. An old farmer, my neighbor across the fence, when I ask him if he is not going to town-meeting, says: “No, ‘t is no use balloting, for it will not stay; but what you do with the gun will stay so.””
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“When a lady of wealth, is seen roaming about in search of cheaper articles, or trying to beat down a shopkeeper, or making a close bargain with those she employs, the impropriety is glaring to all minds. A person of wealth has no occasion to spend time in looking for extra cheap articles; her time could be more profitably employed in distributing to the wants of others. And the practice of beating down tradespeople, is vulgar and degrading, in any one.”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)