Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-04-14
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Frcm the sandusky Eegistsr. .
AN OILY LETTER FROM THE OIL
fn!iRR Fri SPRINGS, RpAf sr.. r.r,

As the on Springs III Trumbul, county.
Ohio. are exciting gread deal of interest,
we prevailed upon the fat contributor to
so down there last week, in order tha. we
might furnish our readers with an authentic
account Of the locality. We have received
the following unctions letter: oHf saE
| - DEAk REGrsTER :-.Evsrythinp about
here j. 50 greasy and oily il il with ex-
treme difficulty. that I can write az all. NV
pen slips out Of my fingers; there IS al,
ely scur on the ink; the paper Is fairly
srar sparent, and i slosh around 10 nv
chair in demned unpleasant mannsr.--
Patience and perseverance (sweet oil is
unnecessary hcre,) will, however, over
come many obstacles. ~ - .Fsa 's's
'ba'S VI 1ads4eAy ofi.Y TRACK. aIaf ts7.i 80
~ arrived here At a very late hour lass
night, on nh oil train, rand might Al we'll
bare eems oi, t,fiin oil, we we're Is be ours
behind time All trains are behind tims
here, learn, owing to the accumulation
OF oil on the track At this end of the road.
The oil fries out tfi the ground and lubris
Gates the rails for q great distance. We
shouldn't arrived here at all if the passen-
gers hadn't got out and sprinkled the track
WITH ciyar ashes "8N' '1'* Ha' 4@''"h 80
Slipped out Of bed tnobod ,'s' s'arisesp
here ; we all skipl into bed and slip ont,)
at aG early hour, this morning and began
my investigation. | found a section en-
bracins fourteen thousa nd acres Of land
chuck full Of oil springs. q aHaa1ta5)
sar1iow THE woMgs rRY DorcH Ners. 9
Drilling is unnec .ssary here. nj he oil
boiis up2in srrings. Sometimes ito tho
height oi twen,y y-Gye feet. HI !. is caught
In I'm pals as il comes dowG On 3 hot
day, 7 am told, it is no unusual thtnsto
see the women fryirg dough nuts in the..
jlets'of oil. ne balls Of dough are dropped
INTO the lets, where they are allowea 70
toss about like corks in u fountain. ur,.l
they are fried BY the heat Of the sun
SLIPPERY ELM SD
The only species oe tree which abound
here is the helslippery elm. These trees are
50 slipperly squirrel cant climb them
without dipping his paws in Spaldings
Prepared Glue. small bottle Of which he
always carries suspended about his neck.
There re II few maple trees here but no
sugar is made, as nothing bat oil runs out
when they are tapped. ,.'. .-l--...u ..@
"A RIVER OF OIL. ,--e".1nsty
Thers is one considerable sized creek
running through Trumbull county which
is all oil. il was discovered short tims
ago in singular manner Three boys
went in bathing and when they came out
wers SO greasy they couldnt stay in their
c!othes. AS fast as they slipped them on
they would slip off again. .aud one If the
lars in Needless moment narrowly es-
cape s!lppingput of bis skin. On reaching
home their parents, being exceedingly
ttGsal, wrung'them out aud extracted sbou.
'Dur5"ea gat,ons Of pare oil from the three
boys! Fact. Accompany are erecting large
candle factory on the banks u this river
preparing 10 dip candles in it.
AMUsEMESrs
The principal amnsements here ar,
climbing creased poles and catching oiled
pigs, the necessary appliances being al
ways on hand, Slidiag down hill is
popular during the summer months. This
is effected without s'eds, on a hill of solid
tatiow, just back OF the town. As write,
laughter, rich, and gushing is wafted
to nv window from number of the bead
ties Of : Bowers' Corner: as they sweetiy
dissoirs down the sides Of tina. melting
slope.
- CREASED LlGurNING. -sE
There was thunder storm this af.er-
noon, and as the electric fluid ran down
ono of those slippery elms told you Of I
vas treated to my first view Of "greased
lightning" II is quite common here they
say. Thunder is Invested OF all its harsh
intonations by the minnie particles of oil
which FIJI this air aud grease the wheels OF
Jovc's noisy chariot
II any of your readers think have
"cut it fat" in the letter. let them visitthe
OIL Springs and see for themselves.
Yours truly, 'sl'zs 7@'@
FAT CoNTRlBuroR.