The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-04-21
An Oily Letter from the OILY Springs.


The great oil spring excitement in Penn
sylvanla has creased the pen of fat cor
respondent Of the Sandusky Reyistsr, who
contributes the following oleaginous and
unclious eristlc to that paper. His story
runs as slick as grease and knocks the
spots out Of all other accounts that have
been made Of the oily region His pen
slips along as follows;
Ds7r Register :-Everything about here
= - greasy and oily i: is with extreme
h!ti.cu.ty that can write at all Ny Den
slips out ot my fingers there IS an oily
scum on the ink the paper j. fairly trans
parent, and slosh around in NV chair in
4 demncd unpleasant manner Patience
and PERSEVERANCE, iswee; Gil Is Unnecessary
here VIII. however. overcome .aauy obsta-
dee
A. Cr!v -CACE.
ara.yed mere At Z late hour last night.
or al OIL tar!n, and might a. well have
come on tran Oh, a. We were slxtec!! hours
be!4ina tine. All trains are behind time
here ! learn. owing 70 the accumulation
OF ol! On this end Of the road The oil
.rios Gus oi the -roGnd and lubr.cates the
rails ~ a great distance. We shouldn't
haua got out and srr.nk.ed the track
with cigar ashes.
siiaped out OF bed (nobody arises
here; - al lip into bed arI > p ont) at
..n carly hour TINS morning and began my
Investigations | found Il section embra-
chg fourteen thousand acres Of land chuck
fu.. ot oil springs.
H,w TIE "c,t.S FEV U0vGIHC-s
DTiI.u- 3 unnecessary here, as the oil
bo:.s W II spr,a-,. sometimes to tho
height ot twenty five feet, and j, caught IN
til pals u Z comes down. On hot dav.
! AZ. told. II i no unusual thing 70 see
the women frying doughEUts IL these lets
%. oil Tie ua!49 u: dough are droprcd
into the .i-ts, whore they crc allowed u
toss .Jou, like coghs, ii q fountain, unit.
tho ale fried Is tie Ac-. Of the sun.
sLlFFEEE Elm.
The only sr-c.e> OF tree which aGounds
here ! The e-IIuy c.!l. These trees aro
SO shrpsry that a squirrel can L climb them
without dipping his paws in Spau.dus
Prepared Glue, bottle OF which he al
way. carries suspended about his neck.
Fiicrp area few maple trees, tu. no sugar
is made as nothing hu. oil runs when they
are tapped
RIVER OF OIL
There IS one considerable sized creek
running through IrUInJull county which
i al oil 1t Was discovered q short time
ago in singular manner. Three bows
Went in bath nE, and when they came out
they were - greasy they c0uldn stav in
their clothes. \ last Is thcv slipped them
Oh they would slip off again, and one Of
the lads, in a needless moment narrowly
escaped Slipping out Of his skin. GA reach
nE nome their parents, being exceedingly
frugal. wrung them out and extracted
about ,.r'ss'. gaA.aS q pure oH from, tie three
JolS' Fact a company are erecting
large candle factory on the banks Of this
liver, preparing u dip candles IL i.
kNCS.TCE-.
The principal amusemcnts here are
climbing creased poles and catching oiled
p.E>, the necessary appliances being con-
stautly on hand Sliding down Hill i-
popular among all classes during the sum-
mer months This j effected without sleds
on hii! OF soft taiiow, Just back of tho
tavern. As ! write, laughter rich and
gushing is waited to ny window from i
number Of Bower. Corners as they HS-
s,lrc down the sides Of that melting slope.
CREASED LIGHTNING.
There was q thunder storm this after
noon ana as the electric fluid ran down
oro Of those slippery elIs told YOU Of
was treated 10 my first view Of creased
lightning. # i quite common here. they
say. Thunder IS dvested OF all It's harsh
intonation> by the minute particles of oil
which ti.l the air and grease the wheels of
Joves noisy chariot
If any of YOUR readers think have - cut
it fat in this letter. let them visit the Oil
Springs and see for themselves.
Yours, trUly,
. FAT CONTPIr-oc