The Powershell function returns an instance of an object ... view?

Question

I am new to Powershell and am working on setting up the profile.ps1 file. I have several managed DLLs that I often use to maintain processes throughout the day that I would like to have to load quick function calls. So I created this function in ps1 file:

function LoadSomeDll
{
    [System.Reflect.Assembly]::LoadFrom("c:\wherever\SomeLib.dll")
    return new-object "SomeLib.SomeObject"
}

Then, in Powershell, I do this:

PS > $myLibInstance = LoadSomeDll

The problem is that $ myLibInstance, although it seems to be loaded, does not behave as I expect, or if it will explicitly load it without a function. Say SomeLib.SomeObject has a public string property "ConnectionString" that loads itself (from the registry, yuck) when the object is constructed.

PS > $myLibInstance.ConnectionString
//Nothing returned

But, if I do this without a function, like this:

PS > [System.Reflect.Assembly]::LoadFrom("c:\wherever\SomeLib.dll")
PS > $myOtherLibInstance = new-object "SomeLib.SomeObject"

I get this:

PS > $myOtherLibInstance.ConnectionString
StringValueOfConnectionStringProperty

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function LoadSomeDll
{
    [System.Reflect.Assembly]::LoadFrom("c:\wherever\SomeLib.dll") | out-null
    new-object "SomeLib.SomeObject"
}