New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-19
Ar OILY Letter from .hs on sp.ass. !.
From tic Sunday Resisser.J N

from the Sunday RegisterI III
Az the Oh Springs in Trumbnll county 0i1io. are
exciting great deal Of interest, WE preyaiIed
upon the Fat Contributor to 70 dom there lsst
week, in order that we might furnish onr readers
with an authentic account Of die IocsIjty. We
have received the following uactuous letter:
Dear Register - Everything about here d 10
greasy and oily !. Is with extreme difficulty hat i
can WINE BIT all. My pen slips out Of my ingers
tnerS is an oily scum the ink the paper IS fairly
transparent. and slosh around in my chair IN .
demned unpleasant manner.
AN OILY TRACK. f
arrived here at o very late hour laat right n,
an oil tralns and might as well have come On ira;,a
on, as we were l6 hours behind time All traiEr,
are behind time here, learn owing to the accurny
lation OF oil on the track at this end Of the road
The oil fries out Of the ground and lubrieafes the
rails for a great distance. We shouldn't arrived
at all if the passengers hadn't got out and sprnkIed
the track with cigar ashes.
slipped out Of bed (nobody arisssn here i've
all sup Into bed and slip out1 at an early houF this
morning and began my Investigations. found q
section embracing fourteen thousand acres Of land
chuck full of oil springs. is7
HOW THE woMEs Fay DoUGHsuTs q
IN springs. sometimes to the height nf twenty-five
feet, and is caught in tin pals al 1t comes dawn
On hot day, am told, it is no unusual thing Ia
see the women frying doughnuts in these Jets Of
where they are allowed to toss about like corls n
fountain, until they are fried by the heat Of the
sun.
II sLIPPEnY ELM
The only species Of tree which abounds here d
the slippery elm. These trees are SO slippery q
squirrel can't climb them without dipping bis paws
in Spalding's Prepared Glue, small bottle of
which he always carries suspended about his neck
There are q few maple trees here but no sugar IL
made, as nothing but oil runs out when they are
tapped. N
RIVER OF OIL. \, "
There is one considerable sized creek running
through Trumbull county which ia all oil. Ii was
discovered a short time ago in singular manner
Three boys went in bathing, and when they came
out were 80 greasy they couldn't stay IN their
would slip off again, and one of the lads in heed
less moment narrowly escaped slipping ont sof his
skin. On reaching home their parents. being ex-s
ceedingly frugal, wrung them out and extracted
about fourteen gallons OF pare oil from the three
boys Fact. company are erecting large
candle factory the banks of this river, prepar-
ing TO dip candles in it gii 9s.s5ssea fis
-a.eFat sas 81 ADJUSTMENTS ils szs 80
The principal amusements here are climbing
creased poles and catching oiled pigs, the neces-
sary appliances being constantly on hand. Sliding
down hill Is popular among all classes during the
summer months. This il Effected without sieds, On
hill of solid tallow, just back of the tavern As
write, laughter, rich and gushing, is waited to my
window from number Of the beauties of /" Bow
ers' Corners, y as they sweetly dissolve down the
sides of that melting slope ai-si
CREASED LIGHTNING. z En-
There was thunder storm this afternoon and
as the electric fluid ran down of those slippery
ems told you of, was treated to my FIRST view Of
creased ightning.h Ii is quite common here
they say Thunder is Invested Of all its harsh into
air and grease the wheels of Jove's noisy chariot
If any of your readers think have = cut it fat
in this letter let them visit the on Springs and see
for themselves. 475=szEzas sfa 4
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