The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-04-05

fairly transparent, and sloSh around in
I nay chair in a ID unpleasant man.
ner. Patience aud perseverance i-wcct
oil is unnecessary herc,) VIII, however,
overcome many obstacles.
AN olLY TRACE
| arrived here at a very .stc hou. last
night, on an oil train, and nj Iht as we'll
have come on train OIL, as we Were Is
hours behind time. Al trains are be-
hind tune here, learn, owing to the ac.
cumula.iou Of oil Oh the track at this end
of the road. The oil fries out Of the
ground and luLrica,es the rails for q greet
distance. We shouldn't arrived here 1t
sprinklrd the track with cigar ashes.
slipped out Of bed [uoboly "4risos'
here we all slip into bed and slip out,
at an early hour this morning; and began
my investigations. found u section sm-
brscing fourteen thousand acres OF land
chuck full Of oil springs.
now THE WOMEN FRY DOUGH- NUTS.
Drilling is unnecessary here, as the
oil bolls up IN sPrings, sometimes 10 the
hci ght Of twenty five feet. aud is caught
in lin oails as It come. down On a Eat
day. am told, it is no unusual thing to
see the women frying dough mats in these
Jets Of oil. The balls of dough are drop
ped into the jets, where they are allowed
to toss about like ccrls in fountain,
until they are t!:cl By the hest Of the
sun.
SLIPPERY FILM.
The onl y species Of trees which ubvund
here is the slippery elm. These trees lre
50 slippery squirrel cant climb them
without dipping his paws in spalding's
Prepared Glue, q small bottle Of which
he always carries suspended ahou, his
neck. There are fsw maple trees here,
cut no sugar is made, as nothing but oll
runs out when they ara tapped.
A RIVER OF OIL
There is one considerable sized creek
rnnning through Trumbuil county which
is all oil 1t was discovered short
time ago in singular manner. Three
boys went ia bathing and when they
came out were SO greasy they couldn't
stay in their clothes. As Fast as they
slipped them ou they would slip off again,
and one Of the lads in needless moment
narrow y escaped slipping out Of his skin.
Ga reaching home their parents, being
exceedingly frugal, wrung them out aud
extracted abou, J1urteen cations cfpurc
oil from the three boys! Fact. \ com.
pany are erecting a large candle factory
on the banks of this river, preparing to
dip caudles in it.
AMusEMES1s.
The principal amusement, here are
climbin: creased poles ard catching oiled
pigs, the necessary app'iauces being con-
stant,y Oh hand. Slidug down hin Is
popular among n| classes during the
summer mouths. This is effected with
out s!eds. on Il hill Of solid tallow, Just
back OF The town. As l write, laughter,
r;c', and gushin. is waited 70 my win,
dow from Il number Of the beaItle, pi
':Rowers' Corner" rs they swne,lv dis.
slope.
CREASED LIGHTNING.
There was a thunder storm this after
noon, and us the electric fluid ran d,wr
one Of tho.c slippery elms told you off,
was treated to my first visw Of "greased
lightning" 1t is quite common here
they say. Thunder is divested of all Of
its harsh intonations by the minute par.
ticles of oil VIII ch fill the air and grease
the wheels of Jove's noisy chariot
If any Of your readers think l have
"cut it fat" in this letter let them visi,
the Oh Springs and see for themselves.
Yours truly,
FAT CONTRIBUTOR.