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i
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Park liklg., Pittsburg, Pa.
No Dessert
More Attractive
Why nsf> gelatine and
spend boura soaking,
6wceteniug, flavoring
and coloring when
produces better results in two minutes?
Er-ry thing in the package. Simply add hot
Tsvit.r :indM- <t to cool. It's perfection. A sur
print to the housewife. No trouble, less ex
pen?-. Try it to-day. In Four Fruit Fla
vors: L-^raon, Orange, Strawberry, Rasp
bexty. At grucen. 10c.
Oil Wells Are
Not Tenny
son Brooks
Few Die of Old Age and None
"Go On Forever."
SOME RARE PATRIARCHS
Longevity Not the Long Suit of
the Holes That Supply Crude
Petroleum.
The sands are number-d that
make up mv life.? Shakespeare.
The dog will have his day.
Shakespeare.
Whom the gods favor dies,
voung. ? Platus. i
' Such stuff as dreams are made,
of ?Shakespeare. i
Franklin, Pa., Nov. 16.? Every
doc and every oil well have their ,
day, for neither is immortal and
most of them die young. Occas
ionally a canine enters his teens,
hut the great majority lose their
bark and their breath much ear- ,
lier "\V. J. Dewoodv s faithful j
black and tan. verging on 15 1
summers and full of snap as ai
fire cracker ,is probably the Nes
tor of the tribe in this neck ot
the woods. A well that scores |
30 years is a Methuselah of its
kind. The first pair on the Mil- j
ton farm started Bredinsburg in|
1871 and they still yield a morsel
of $1.56 crude. The sturdy Gov. j
Johnston pumper, about where j
Fry's furniture store holds the
fort in the Third ward of Oil
City, rounded out nearly three j
decades. Some wells in Frank- 1
lin's lubricating district have
produced continuously since the
dawn of the seventies. Daniel
Grimm boasts one that has hadj
36 birthdays. Several second
sanders at Cochran date back a
veneration. Many of the orig-j
hial strikes in the Bradford re
gion keep doing business at the ?
old stand, the system of pumping i
dozens with one gas engine mak
ing it possible to operate the lit- 1
tie" fellows at a profit. These are
exceptions, however, to the gen- ;
ml run. During the career oft
the veterans tens of thousands j
more have come and gone, drop
pin" out of the game in a year,
or "two. The giant spoutersj
which boomed Oil Creek in the
infancv of developments passed
away "at a tender age. The his
toric Fountain well on the Mcll- j
henney tract, the first put down
to the third sand and the first in
Pennsylvania to flow steadily
from any sand, paraffine stran- :
gled to death in its fifteenth ;
month. I
The famous Buckeye, on the j
Espy lands, from which J. T. ,
Briggs in 1862 shipped the first
cargo of petroleum eveir sent
across the Atlantic, for months
forced 1000 barrels of oil daily
into tanks 200 feet up the hill,
then tired of the task and quit
the job permanently. Longevity
was not the long suit of Bennett
& Hatch's lordly Empire^ the
Sherman, the Crocker, the Noble,
the Craft, the Coquette, the Ma
ple Shade, the Phillips, the Cres
eent, the Densmore, the Titus
Twins, the Ladies', the Crawford
and a legion of minor note that
5iave birth to Fernville, Pioneer,
Petroleum Center, Tarr Farm,
Columbia and Rvnd. Who re
members the tidy wells that cre
ated Meredith and can point, out
the location of the mushroom
town? Windsor's No. 1 and the
McLaughlin gusher evolved "Red
TTot and Cash Up, names rarely
Wells, derricks and balloon
houses have vanished as com
pletely as the dodo or the Ten
I Tribes of Israel. Ezekiel's valley
! of dry bones was not drier than
. is Cherry Dun. once the home of
the renowned Reed, Mountain,
(Criswell. Vampire, Wade. Baker
| and Yankee bonanzas. The Mer
I rick, which launched Rouseville
and blotted out 19 human lives
? by its furious blaze, flowed 10,
000 barrels and "stopped short,
never to go again." Pithole,
Balltown. Dawson Center. Tip
Top. Fagundas. Sawyer. Gillmor,
! Red Rock. Rixford. Gas City,
j Alamagooseaulm. Antwerp, Elk
Citv. Richmond. Fern City, Bea
ver. Pickwick. Triamrle, Argyle,
Ruenn Vista, Modoc. Troutman,
St. Joe and Greece City are mem
1 ories only. Triumph Hills, its
clusters of derricks missincr, has
eeased to march to the music of
the walking beam. Cherry Grove,
for one brief summer the chief
pebble on the b^ach. long ago
went "where the woodbine twin
leth." Parer is a shadow. Petrolia
1 ?
a skeleton, Karris City a reminis
cence and Edenburg an echo of
the past. 4 'Sic transit," true to
Tlay as when issued by Horace at
Rome's zenith, is emphasized con
tinually in the changeful world
of Oildom. Petroleum itself is
ancient as the hills, but the wells
play out, and eternal drilling is
the price of holding the produc
tion up to bridge whist pitch.
Shakespeare's " all's well that
ends well" cannot be applied to
the oil well of the period.
Agigentum, Sicilv, had oil
lights 100 B. C.
Dioscorides told of oil in lamps
A. D. 175.
Oil lighted Genoa and Parma,
A. I). 1640.
Charleroix heard of oil at
Cuba, N. Y., 1642.
David Leisberger saw oil at
Tionesta, 1767.
Gen. Wm. Irvine noticed oil on
Oil Creek, 1785.
First Oil Creek crude in Pitts
burg, 1797.
First oil salt wells in West
Virginia 1808.
First oil salt wells at Taren
tum, Pa., 1800.
J. McKee, Marietta, O., found
oil, 475 feet, 1814.
Beatty, Wayne county, Ky.,
lirst spouter, 1818.
American, Cumberland county,
Ky., flowed 1820.
S. M. Kier, Pittsburg, distilled
crude 1846.
Adolph Schriener refined earth
oil, 1853.
Col. Drake tapped the mine Au
gust 28, 1859.
Evans, Franklin's first well,
November, 1859.
The final abandonment last
June of the Gealy No. 1 well, in
Clinton township, Venango coun
ty, recalls the interesting fact
that the departed veteran fioatec
the Bullion field on its dizzy vov
?iire. This notable venture, loca
ted on the Georpe W. Gealy farm, |
two miles from Kennerdell sta
tion, tapped the jugular on Au
gust 9, 1870, to the tune of 17o
barrels per day. John Taylor
and Robert Cundle, who had se
cured a lease from Gealy and
drilled the well, at once disposed
?f their holdinss to Ph.lUps broth
ers whose confidence in the dis
trict numerous dusters failed o
shake Forthwith the current set i
in toward the new spouter, which ,
surprised nobody more than the!
lucky owners. Payinfr wc
were found at the mouth ot
Serubprass creek, three miles
away, in 1867 ; but Jonathan Wat
son's two dry holes on the Ken
nerdell lands in 1871, followed by '
the Phillips dusters on adjacent
farms, had Riven the neighbor
hood a severe wrench. H .U
Tavlor and John Satterfield the
Wettest operators in Butler,
drove up from Petroltf, inspect
<>d the gusher and promptly ot
fered $500,000 for the Phillips in
terests. Scores of oil men stood
watching the flow that August
morning. The principals consult
ed briefly, after which Isaac Phil
lips invited me to *alk
a short distance. He said : Tay
lor & Satterfield wish to take our
property at a half million dol
lars. This is a great deal of
money, but we have declined it.
We believe there will be twice
that for us if we develop the field
ourselves." They carried out this
resolution and the estimate was
approximately closely.
The initial strike kept abo\e
the 100-barrel mark for weeks.
I Adjoining farms were operated
in short metre, the Sutton Sim
eox Tavlor, Henderson, Davis,
(Newton and Berringer panning
out handsomely. Phillips No. 3
I near Gealy No. 1, set off at 400
1 barrels. Emerson & Brownsons
No. 1 Taylor farm, gauged 70U
i barrel's at' the outset. In Janu
arv, 1877, Frank Nesbit s No. A
Henderson farm, tipped the beam
at 500 barrels. Bi? Medicine,
i Newton farm, put into the tank
1000 barrels on June 7. Mitchel
& Lee's Big Injun flowed 3300
! barrels on June 18, the largest in
I the diggines. Ten rods away a
| galaxy of Frnnklinites bored the
I driest kind of a dry hole. The
jspouters exhausted speedily Oil
from Gealy No. 1 was hauled to
' Scrubgrass until connections
could be laid to the Lmted Pipe
I Lines. The town of Bullion was
brought into existence about this
| time, but today it is but a thing
: of the past.
Hoover, first below Franklin.
I December 25, 1859.
First well at Cochran, March,
1860. _ i
David Crossley, next Drake,
I March. 4, 1860.
?
Allison, South Oil City's first,
May, 1860.
j Fountain, first Oil Creek gush
er, May, 1860.
Fred Crocker gusher, August,
1861.
Bennett-IIatch, Empire, 3300
i barrels, September 18, 1861.
i Buckeye, Espy farm, 1000 bar
rels, September, 1861.
Phillips, Tarr farm, 4000 bar
rels, October 20, 1861.
Woodford. Tarr farm, 3000 bar
rels, December, 1861.
Sherman gusher, 2000 barrels, ;
March 16. 1862.
Noble-Delemater, 3000 barrels, I
May 27, 1863.
Noble-Delemater abandoned,
| February, 1865.
Wells were drilled around Wal- j
nut Bend and at Tidioute in 1860.
Ileydrick Bros, leased the Nellis
farm, two miles northeast of the
mouth of Pithole creek, in the fall
of 1869. Jesse Ileydrick organ
ized the Wolverine Oil company,
the second ever formed to bore
for petroleum, with 30 shares of
stock capitalized at 10,500. The
j first well, 160 feet deep, pumped
only 10 barrels a day, giving the
I Wolverine a violent chill. The
| second also put down, 300 feet,
i in the spring of 1860, started flow
ing at a 1500-barrel gait. Beside
this Goliath the others wells in
the neighborhood were midgets.
It was impossible to tank the oil,
; which was turned into a piece of
low ground and soon filled a pon 1
| so that about about half the out
| put could be saved. At last the
| tubing had to be drawn, which
decreased the production and
rendered pumping necessary. The
well flowed and pumpe 1 100.000
barrels, doing 80 a day in 1864
1 65, when the oldest producer in
i the county and nearly ready to
j pass in its checks. It is singular
: that the Ileyrick well, located at
(random 44 years ago, should be
! the largest ever drilled on the
j banks of the crooked, zig-zagged
I ox-bowed Allegheny. A good deal
! of its oil sold at $10 to $13 a bar
rel, netting the owners an enor
mous profit. Wolverine shares
climbed out of sight. Mr. Iley
drick bought the whole bunch,
Ihe lowest costing him $4000 and
the highest $15,000. He sold part
of his holdings at the rate of $1,
| 500,000 for the well and farm of
200 acres, 43,000 times the origi
nal value of the land. The Wol
! verine promoter experienced his
I ups and downs in the course of
events, but that is another story
for another time.
A spouter at Pithole changed
! hands at a steep pri^e one day,
ceased flowing through the night!
I and could not thereafter be coax
j ed into anything better than a
| small pumper. A ?rood well pur
chased on Saturday was not
giving a drop of oil the next
Tuesday morning. The Great Re
public Oil company was sold out
for $300,000 cash, it being com
posed of a couple of good wells.
The best well declined too quickly
to suit the purchaser, and work
men were ordered to clean out the
well. The tools stuck fast, the
derrick was moved three feet and
! another hole drilled, but the own- 1
! ers never got back one-half their
: original investment. ? By John J.
, McLaurin.
Not a Sick Day Since.
MI was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. I tried all sorts
of medicines, none of which re
lieved me. One day I saw an ad
of your Electric Bitters and deter
| mined to try that. After taking
j a few doses I felt relieved, and
soon thereafter was entirely cured
aud have not seen a sick day since,
i Neighbors of mine have been
! cured of rheumatism, neuralgia,
i liver and kidney troubles and
general debility." This is what
! B. F. Bass of Fremont, N. C.
; writes. Only 50c, at D. A. Hen
dershot, druggist.
ONLY $1.00
. .to. .
WHEELING
AND RETURN
. .via. .
BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R.
! SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20.
Train leaves Sistersville at 8:54
A. M., Eastern time. Beautifml
i scenery en route. ll,15-4t
A Runaway Bicycle
! Terminated with an ugly cut on
j the leg of J. B. Ormer, Franklin
jOrove, 111. It developed a stub
( born ulcer unyielding to doctors
and remedies for four years.
Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
inured. It's just as good for
! burns, scalds, skin eruptions and
i piles. 25c at D. A. Hendershot,
i druggist.
L LOl.1 iL ? . Jfajjt ? " ok-Sr-A ' ^
Motherhood'
7V/T OTHERHOOI) is the reward nature
*? ??. l>estows upon healthv womanhood.
W omen whose vitality has Iwn sapped
by disease cannot safelv give birtn to chil
dren. In pregnane} ,imi in childbirth weak
ness of the mother is revealed iu the pain
and agony she suf* rs.
This great med :,e drives out every ves
tige of inflam:u; :;on and weakness, and
gives tone and r--ngiii to the delicate or*
gans which matur ; the child. The pain* of
pregnancy are banished by Wiueof Curdui. end mis
carriages, which blast so many fond mother's bo
are prevented. Flooding. ich so oft ?n occurs alter
childbirth, is corrected when Wine of I'ardui is usc<l duri.ig pregnancy.
Wine of t'ardui babies are healthy la'-ie.;, l>ecause, during the
months of pregnancy, the mother is able to rive tht m necessary vitality
and strength.
With the<se facts presented to American women no expectant
mother should be satisfied w:thout the re-inform ... nt that -Vine, f Cardui
will give her. Every mother should be able t? :r at herseif in her Lome
with this valuable medicine.
Wine of Cardui can be secured from any druggist at II .00 a bottle.
Polyrarp, N. C., .Tan. 11, 190*2.
I am the mother of seven children and iiile i*i pregnancy w r.h the
first, six suffered untold misery until they were born. One month before the
seventh was born 1 began to take a bottle of Wire of t'ardui, which gave me
relief after taking three doses. I used the remainderof the bottle until the
birth of the child, and was stouter in three days after the birth than 1 '.vasin
a month aftei the birth of either of the first nv I am 29 years old.
MRS. V. ELIZAUbTH STAFt'uUD.
Sign of Good Luck
i
Capital, $75,000.00.
To find a horse shoe or a four
leaf clover is considered by many
as a happy omen. But we believe
a bank pass book is a better em
blem of good fortune. Besides,
you don't have to depend on
chance to procure it. Just step
in and deposit a dollar aud we
will open an account with you
any day.
We pay 4 per cent interest on
time deposits and in our savings
department.
Surplus and Profits, $15,000.00.
The Peoples National Bank
Corner of Well* and Diamond Street*,
SISTERS VI LLE, W. VA.
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CLIMBING THE BANK STEPS
? is?
EXCELLENT EXERCISE
People who go to the bank regularly and deposit a part of
their earnings get something more than exercise? they are
laying the foundation upon which fortunes are built.
This strong bank pays four per cent compound interest on
savings deposits.
One dollar opens an account.
First National Bank
SISTERSVILLE, W. VA.
ASSETS NEARLY ONE MILLION* DOLLARS.
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Dr. C. B. Hitchcock
Late of Friendly, W. Va., has located permanently in Sisters
ville. Office temporarily in Farmers' & Producers' Bank bldg.
Will treat venereal disease in all forms and complications, di*
ease of kidneys and bladder, facial blemishes removed and
superficial scars I do not use acids or prescribe arsenic.
OFFICE HOURS:
Gentlemen from 9 to 22 a m.
Ladies and children from 1 to 4 p. m.
10,2S-6td ;w,2*
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training th?t tBTttS tZBOMd
money making power.
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Ume to becln a come.
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