The Volcano lubricator., February 19, 1874, Image 1

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THE ORGAN OF TK3 WEST VIRGINIA OIL PRODUCERS.
GEORGE P. SAKGEUT, PUBLISHER & PROPRIETOR
VOL ?.
VOLCANO. WEST VA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY i9, 1874.
NO. 36.
Volcano Lubricator.
Published every Thursday
? uv ?
GEORGE P. SARGENT.
Ofiice: Xo. S, Raymond street.
Subscription Hates :
Om year, la variably i-i advance, ?j.ro.
Six months k" " "
Advertising Hates :
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Each additional " 1.00
One Stpiare one year. 25.00
" " six months, 15.no
" k' three months ?o.oo
One Fourth Cotumn one year, -jo.oo
" '? six months. 30.01
'* " three months,, 20.00
One Half Column oneyear, 70.00
" " six months, i-o.oo
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" *? six mouths. iio.oo
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l.ocal notices 20 ecnts per line.
No notice inserted tor Ic-s than one dollar.
All yearly advertisers pay qcarterly in :ul
&nri~.
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Parkersbura Advertisements* j
fOlfS A. HUTCHINSON, JR. DAVK D. JOHXSOX.
7/?/TCIIIN*SON & JOHXSOX,
Attorneys and Counsellors a I
Court SQuare, PARKERSRUR'-, \V. V.
SWANX HOUSE.? B. Gilbert, [
Proprietor. Parkersourtj. M". V a. This is the
only tirst-class Motel in Parkersbun*. It is
fitted i:p with all tlie modern im;?ro\ cinents.
Pure soft water is constantly supplied from
Ohio River, and is lighted" with ^as and
heated with steam. Strict attention sfiven I
guests. It is hcad-ouarters lor oil men j
'71? tf.
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M. H. BUSH,
MER CHA XT TAIL Oil.
Court Street. PARKERsjCURG. WKST VA?
Always keeps on hand a large ami well se
lected stock of the best of Cloths. Cassimers
Vestings. &c. Suiis made to order and upon
the shortertnocc. All work warranted. A
a large spplvtuf Gent's Furnishing Goods al
ways ou hand aui^'71 -iv.
~J. R. MERE
DEALER I !C
Jroceries, Produce,
And a full supply of fresh fish and 1
i
oysters always on hand.
Market street, next to Market House,
Parkersburjj, W. Ya. may27*4t.
?DWARD BRAIDON.
rioyEER
TOBACCO WORKS
VARKERSBURG, WEST VA.
DILS'
Gch. Fire. Marine <?? Life Insurance
Agent.
Represents the foilov.-inrr v.-ell known anil
popular Insurance Companies.
Continental Ins. Co., of New Yorls
(Cask Assetts over $j.ooo.oco.)
Some las. Co., of Columbu3, Ohio.
(Cash Assetts over ,$$70,000.)
New York Life Ins. Co. New York.
Cash Assetts $-'o,coo.oco; an"! income $S,oco.
000.
0!lice on Market street, above Court Square,
Pjrsburtf, V?" Va.
uarvai. 1
pURNITURE WARE-ROOMS
? OF?
D. SCH/EFER,
St., Parkersbury.
BEDSTEADS, SETTEES,
SAFES. SOFAS.
WARDROBES. BUREAUS,
ROCKING-CHAIRS. EASY-CH MRS.
writi\g-d;:sks. improved :;li.\ds,
LOL'XGES, CHAIRS,
l'I C* r l/'ItK- F KAMES.
VRI.OR FfKNITCSE,
MIRRORS OF ALL SIZES, Arc.,
And every variety of articles usually kept
iu a first class luriiiturc store, manufactured
and imported. All articles bought at this
store are warranted to be as represented wher
nrchased. Any article manufactured on tf c
shortest notice. aprso'jl -6m
?JPHIS SPACE
IS PAID FOR
BY THE
WEST VA.
OIL & OIL LAND
COMPANY,
Who are enyayed so constant
ly in
SHIPPING OIL
That they have not time to prcpaie
in advertisement this week.
Address,
Petroleum, WeitWa.
jP arkersbu >'<j Adi't'i'tiscweufs.
^liL PLACE TO (JET
TIIE CHEAl'KST AND BEST
Groceries, Provisions, Grain and Pro
duce , is m
MARTIN & GILBERT'S,
Market street, Parkershurg, W. Va
I-IOMPSON & JACKSO"\J
Wholesale Grocf.rs and Liquor
Dealers,
General Forwarding and Commission
Corner of Ann and Kanawha Street*,
Parkcrsburg \V. Va.
Wc will forward all synods to Volcano
promptly ami in good condition from all points.
We refer to Thomas Schilling & Co., the
O'Brien "ros. and others. All goods consigned
to our care will l>e forwarded without making
i t necessary for the parties ordering, corres
ponding wiih us.
jy^E R C II A Is T^
J. H. Stribling,
DEALER IN
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS AM)
SHOES. AND CENTS FURNISHING
Goods, Court Square, Pr.rkcrsburg.
West Va, april 2q iv.
J W. IlITESIIEW
Commission Merchant
? And Dealer in?
Flou Grain. Baled Hay, etc.
Ground Fends and Cjth Meal x Sfcc
idilv.
ANN STREET,
PARKERSIiURG, WEST VA.
Mayn'jitt.
jDUItCIIEiV BUTCHElt,
DKALEKS IX
Hardware, Iron, Steel,
Xtlik, Xllts, Jlolts, J'tc.
Blacksmiths', Carpenters' and Coop
er*' Tools.
Belting and Packing,
Fire Brick and Clay.
Drill Ropes. Sand pump Ropes, and
all kinds of cordage ? including
WIRE ROPE,
all sizes.
Bungs, Tank iron, Rivets and all that
is necessary lor the Oi! Trade, also
a lull stock ot
WOODEN WARE;
And the celebrated cutlery of Rogers'
Wostenholm's, pocket and table.
Also Draix Pipes suitable for chim
neys.
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR
STOCK.
Court street, opp. 2d Nat. Bonk,
Parrkrsulru, W. Va.
TUBRICATING OILS
L. U. KRAFT & CO.
PRODUCERS AND DEALERS IN
WEST VIRGINIA
NATURAL LUBRI
CATING OILS.
Sole Proprietors of the Well Known
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Ad I r ess L. I). K RAFT A Co.
Parkorsbnrff.
f I'ar/icrsbiirf/ Advertisements.
Fall & winter I <S J ^
S. NEWBERGER,
Court St.,[P;irkcrs!)urjj, West Va.
I Just returned from the Eastern cities with
the most complete assortment ot"
DRY GOODS,
FANCY GOODS,
NOTIONS
EVER EXlIiniTKD IX THIS CITY,
Anil he verv respectfully invites the citizens
ot" Volcano :ind vicinity to c:tll an. I examine
his .--lock. An entire new stock of
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
MATTINGS,
RUGS,
WINDOW BLINDS, BLANKETS,
COMFORTS
AND
BED SPREADS.
Orders receive:! from Volcano will receive
carefully attention, and prices guaranteed.
When vou come to I\irker>burj? do not tail to
call and examine my goods.
REMEMBER TIIE PLA CE !
SAM'L. XEWBERGE.r
l'AKKEKSUUKG, WiST Va.
N
TOVELTY FOUNDRY
Machin e W o r k s.
JOllX COOK,
Machinist! Blacksmith
Engines, Saw Mills. Stave Machines
etc., generally on hand.
Shafting. Pulleys, Hangers, am! :*.l 1
kinds of Machinery, made to
order on short notice.
HEAVY & LIGHT CASTINGS,
HEATING STOVES, See.
Oil Well Tools
of best brand of Iron.
Prompt attention paid to Repairs.
Kami-.:' ft a St , Int. Market and Juliana
Streets ,
PARKERSBURG, W. VA.
5*\"""3t'
rjPHE MAMMOTH
NEW. FURNITURE
W A RE-ROO M S
\V. H.WARNE& CO
Market St.. Parkersburg .
(OKI place, below Market House) is now open.
Those who nix- desirous of purchasing
Superior Furniture
? at ?
Reasonable Priecs
Cannot do better than examine the work at
this establishment, before in.ikiiijj their
selections.
Inquiries by mail promptly answered.
Their Stock is complete, comprised in part ol
Marble and Wood Top
?3?"Tahles and Stands,
Ladies' and Gentlemen's
Writing Desks.
r?-Lotzs Patent Spring Bed Lounge.
EST Wardrobes and Bookcases,
amp and Easy Chairs,
py Bureaus and Sideboards.
?2?" R e IV i ge rato r s
CS" Window Shades.
? AM. KINDS Of ?
COFFIXS
Constantly 011 hand.
We arc nroparcd to inanulactnre to order
anything in our line, in the very best style.
We ha.'e none but first-class workmen. and
all responsible orders from Vobv.no an:l vi
cinitv, will be promptly tilled, and goods
warranted as represented.
1'$" Remember t/tr place, J
I'ARKERSBURG, WEST VA.
June20 / 1 1 f.
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J.G. ULACKFORD,
Forward imj ?:nl Commission
31 Eli CIFA XT.
I'ork-packcr, and curer of t!i? celebrated
brand- of Maryland St: ? :ir Cured J In ms, and
shoulders and breakfast 1'icon.
? D8AI.KK IN?
Maple and Fancy (iroccries. Provisions. Liq
uors, Ar^.., v and otliot choice brands of ilotir
A (rent for Pcmcroy Salt Co. Pomeiuv Iron
Co'*. Nail*. Loui?ville l.ime and Cement,
Xetiia 1'owder Co. <Vc. Arc.
Ann Street, above Court, I'arkci-shurjj.
WVrH \'a. mnv6- (tin
Voefi'tf.
Wedded Love.
And if the husband cr the wife
In home.; strong life discovers
Such slight defaults as failed to meet
The blinded eyes of lovers,
Why need we r u e to ask? Who dreams,
Without their * !?? -r:i. , of roses,
Or wonders that 1 truest steel
The readies. spa U discloses?
For still in mutual ruficrinco lies
The secret of true living.
Love scarce is, that never knows
The swee tnes- ol forgiving.? Whitticr.
Over and Over .Again.
Overhand over a-jain,
*CN'o matter which way 1 turn.
I always find in the Book of Life
Some lesson I have to learn.
I must take my turn at the mill,
1 must grind out the golden grain,
I must work at my task with a resolute
will,
Over and over again.
Over and over again
fTho brook through the meadow flows,
Arrd over mil over :;g.iin
?The ponderous mill wheel goes,
Once doing will not suflice.
Though doing be not in vain.
And a blessing tailing us once or twice,
May come if we try again.
Think, Speak, Live, Truly.
Thou must be true thyself.
If thou the truth wouldst teach;
Thv soul must overflow, if thou
Another soul wouldst reach:
It needs the oveiflowing heart
To give the Hps full speech,
Think truly, and thy thought
Shall the world's famine feed;
Speak truly, and thy word
Shall be a fruitful seed:
Live truly, and thy life shall be
A great and noble crecd.
The Author's Friend.
Mr. Charles It., a poor author living
in the outskirts of Paris, had ow ing
to him a debt of five hundred and
twenty francs, which he never expect
ed to get, salon:; had it been du", and
so often had he applied for i! in vain.
However, finding himself entirely ou!
of monej*, he res;?! -ed to try the non
paying debtor once n.ore.
What was his amazement and de
light, when a note of five hun
dred francs and a twenty franc piece
were placed in his hands. Regarding
it r?> a special providence, be resolved
to change the gold piece, and testify
his gratitude to Heaven, by giving it
in alms on his way home. Placing
the r.ote in his pocket-hook, he fulfill
ed his benevolent design, and no beg
gar aoplied in vait; during his long
walk.
As he drew near home a wretched
little dog came to him, and besought
his attention to his starving conditio:-.
At any other time he might have rude
ly driven it away; but this evening his
heart was open, and he concludcd to
take the poor brute with him. True,
his wife hated dogs, but he trusted his
good fortune to soften her heart as it
had his. It was quite dark when he
reached his home, ar.d he entered the j
house with the dog closc to his heels, t
"What is that?" cried the Tailv, pre
paaing to drive the intruder out of the
house.
"Only a poor little dog I have made
bold to bring home with me. I>u L ii.-.
ten wife, to my good fortune."
As be related the storv, the good la
dy became moliiicd, and the little do;.; i
was almost forgotten.
"See, here is the money, safe in my
pocket book/' concluded the husband,
putting his hand into his pocket. But
no pocket-book was then;! It was
jjone, and d espair seized the poor au
thor's heart.
Rage rose in the good wife, and the
dog was an excellent scape goat.
Seizing a stick ? "Get out ofthe house,*'
she cried. "13ul for attending to you
that stupid man would not have lost
his money."
But the dog would not move, and
cowered closer to the feet of his first
friend, who hud uot now the heart to
<ave him. So, lifting him in her arms
lite angry lady prepared forcibly to
:ject him, when, lo! there, tightly
grasped in iiis mouth, was the missing
locket-book, which the obscurity had '
prevented their seeing before. It had i 1
alien through a rent in the man > 1
socket, and the grateful creatur had h
licked it up, and kejit it safely ;iii dis- i
rovered.
There is at this day no more iionoi -
?d member of t lie author's family than t
he now fat and sleek dog, who ever I i
Mvupies the warmest corner ul the I !
* i
icarlh. ? "
The Magic Power of Love.
Two or three years ago the super
intendent of the Little Wanderer's
Heme, in T5or-ton, received one morn
ing a request from ihc Judge that he
would come up to the court room. lie
complied directly, aud found there a
group of seven little girls,, ragged, dir
ty and forlorn, beyond even what he
was accustomed to see. The Judge
poi nted to them and said:
"Mr. T. , can you take any of
these?"
"Certainly, I'll take them all," was
the prompt reply.
"All! What in the world can you
do with them all?"
"I'll make women of them."
The Judge singled out one, even
worse in appearance than all tiie rest,
and ask again: "What can you do
with this one?"
"I'll make a woman of her," Mr. T.
repeated, firmly and hopefully, lie
took them all home. They were wash
id and dressed, and provided with a
good supper arid beds. The next morn
ing they went into the school room
with the rest of the children. Mary
w:;s ihir i.f ;!.c little girl whose
chance lor better things the Judge
thought was small.
During the afternoon the teacher
said to M. T . in reference to her:
"I never saw a child like that. I have
tried for an hour !o get a single smile,
and failed."
Mr. T said afterward to himself
that her face was the saddest iio had
ever seen, sorrowful beyond express
ion; yet she was a very little girl, only
seven or eight years oid.
After school he called her into his
office, and said pleasantly: "Mary,
I've lost my little pet. I used to have
a little girl here who M ould wait on
me, and sit on my knee, and I loved
her very much. A kind lady and
gentleman adopted her, and she went
to live with them. 1 mi.-s her, and I
should like you lo take her plr.ee and
be my little pet; will von?"
A gleam of light flitted over the
poor child's face as she began to ttn
clerslan.i him. lie gave her ten cents,
an.t told her that s'.ic might go to a
store near by and buy some candy.
While she wa-; gone he took two or
?.iiree newspaper-. tore iliem in pieces,
and scattered them about the room. I
When she returned, hi a few minutes, J
he said to her: ?' Mary, will yon clean
up my oflice for me? Pick up those
papers, and make it look real nice."
She went to work with a will. A
little more of this sort of management
? treating her just like a kind lather
would ? wrought the desired change.
Sbe vent into the school room after
dinner with so changed a look and
bearing that the teacher was aston
ished. The child's face was absolute
ly radiant; and half fearful of some
mental wandering, she went up to her
and said: "Marv, whal is it? what
makes you look so happy?"
'?Ohl I've got somebody to love I
me!" the chili! answered earnestly, as
if it were Heaven come down on earth.
That was all the secret. For want
of love that poor little cue's life had]
been so coid and desolate that she had
lost childhood's faith and hope. She
could not at llrst believe in the reality
of joy or kindness lor her. It was
this certainly that some one loved her
and desired her affection that lighted
i !ie child's soul and glorified her face!
Mary has since been adopted by
wealthy people, and lives in a beauti
ful home in New England; but more
than all its comforts and beauty, run
ning like a golden thread through it
all, she finds the love of her father and
mother,
Shall we who have many to love,
and to love u refuse to be comforted,
to see any value and use in life, any
work for oui hands to do, because one
of our trearures may be removed from !
our sight, from our home and care to
a better?
And ohl shall we let any of these!
!i! tie ones go hungering for affection ? j
jT'j up even unto God's land, before i
lliev find "romebodv to love them?"
"Many Christians," says Beeciier, I
'arc like chestnuts, very pleasant mil 5. |
but enclosed in very prickly burrs, t
.vhich need \ arior.s dealings of nature, j
wd her grip of frost, before the kerne! j
s disclosed
? . ? ? 4 ?
The old gentleman who spent .1 for- j
une in endeavoring to hatch colt s I
Voin horse chestnuts, is now culi iva- j
lug the egg plan*, with the view of I
?aisinj; chickens from it.
Ycxir Wife's Mother.
There arc people, I know, who arc
constantly hurling jokes at their moth
cr-in-law, just as ii the old lady had no
business in the world after marrying
off her daughters. I'd like to sec the
chap who dared fling jokes a i. my wile's
mother. It always rests inc to have
liie good old dear arrive with her four
band -boxes, two hot bricks, five bun
dles of herbs, a chest, and a pillow-slip
full ol" dried apples and burdock root.
I feel just like falling on her shoulder;
but I don't do it because m v disposition
is quiet and undemonstrative. She no
sooner gets into the house than --he say?
Maria looks like a nhost, or just like a
woman up at Tarry town whose hus
band m;iu!es her with a sled st.ike and
is drunk halfhis time. She tavs this
looking lull at tnc, but of course I
know she doesn't mean anything,
"lleavcns! but this is that same old
carpet on the floor!'* exclaims my
molher-ir. law. p.s she removes her buri
net. And then she looks at me and
tells me how Tom Scott saved his ci
gar and tobacco money and bought
Nellie a royal Wilton. I remember
that when I was sparking my wilV^
there was no carpet at .ill on the floor,
and so I laugh heartily at the old lady's
joke. The baby, who has been playing
all day, is declared sick, and a quart
bowl of catnip is prepared. My wife
is sent to sleep off her sick headache,
though she hadn't made any complaint,
and I am told that I had better go to
the hotel for supper. "And no one
will get into this house after eight
o'clock to-night!" adds the good old
creature. The parlor ctovc has to be
moved or lowered; the sofa wheeled
over; the what-not placed in the other
corner, and all the time I am working,
she ? bless her old heart! ? is telling
me how Barker, who wanted to marry
Maria, but didn't get a chance, is now
worth his thousands and thouands,
and has a parlor which a king would
hardly dare enler. The servant girl is
a sloven, and I cheerfully discharge
her though she has been with us a
year. The kitchen stove has to be
moved to the left, tlie heads of all the
i beds turned to the north so as to get
tiie benefit of the electric current, and
the watch dog shot bccause his bark
wakes her at midnight. "Anything
further, dear mother?" T ask, va I
look into her smiling face. And she
replies that Maria ought to be sent
South for her health; the baby boarded
out by the week; the front door steps
repainted; the lambrequins exchanged;
the interior of the house grained; the
kitchen stove exchanged for a range;
and a few more trifling matters per
formed. Some men get out of patience
the moment their mother-in-law enters
the house, hut I meet her with a
smile.
A Tender Conscience. ? A Vo
nitian lord, wishing to l id himself of
an enemy, hired a bandit to dispatch
him, and paid him iris money in ad
vance. Scarcely was the bargain made
than he learned the injustice of his re
sentment. and a rcconciiation toor:
place. The next thing was to apprize
the assassin that he need not kill this
man, telling him at ti.e same time he
might keep the money.
"But I must kill him," explained the
bandit.
"lie is no longer my enemy," said
the nobleman.
"lam sorry for that; but do vou
think I have no conscience? The best
I can do is to give you your choice.
Hither him or you, I don't care which;
but somebody I must kill to earn my
money honesth," rejoined the over
scrupulous murderer.
Lovi: and Beef.? A bachelor un
cle to whom his niece applied for ad
vise 0:1 the ones' ion of choosing be
tween two suitors, one of whom was
rich and the other poor, the latter of
coiirso being the most ardent, as well
as the favorite lover ? sentenliotisiv re
plied:
"Sir dear, the question being strip
ped of all illusory elements, your
choice simply lies between love and
beef. Now, love is :*.u idea, while beef
is a reality. Love you can get along
without: but beef you must have.
Therefore, ma!;e Mire of your beef."
In a religious excitement in a eoun
tiy town, a person met a neighbor i
who took him by the hand, and said:
"1 have become a christian. "
"I am glad of it,'1 was the reply,
"for 1 suppose we bhail now have a
settlement of that little account be
tween us. P.r, me wc.it thou owest.'*
"No," saiii the new horn christian,
turning 011 !iis heel, "religion i-> n!i
;'ion. ;i ! : . I busine>s i- business