The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-03-22
: A 4 New Oil Report.

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BRIDK XOMROY SENDS LINCOLN HIS ANN
ALICE.
Nothing like being known as a scien-.
tific parsonage. Abraham read that /
had struck "Peter," and forthwith. on
returning from the peace-conference thus
arrested my attention:
&c WHITE HOUSE, Feb. IL, '65.
SUCCESSFUL BRICK Your strik-
ing Pete, reminds me Of little story,
and you are hereby authorized to march
upon some oil-section, examine the coun-
try, find oil, analize it, and report forth
with to me. am daily beset with borcs,
and wish to run the remainder of my ad-
ministration in the ground to some profit.
You will travel incog, at owners risk, at
your own expense, and I will settle the
bill. See in your explorations that no.
body is hurted.
A. LINCOLN, P. u. s. A."
Protected, authorized, and commanded
by this document, set out, armed with
witch -hazel-rods, a large gimblet, string
of auger-holes to drive down, pair of
opera glasses, the amnesty oath with au-
ger in lit, pair Of brogans reaching the
knees, foar reams of foolscap, trunk
full of greenbacks, cigar-box full of
clothes, and much rectitude in those heart
of mine concerning the Petrolia Berry
Ais, fer which / was to make light of
for this wicked world. Arrived on the
spot, which General Dix. once proposed
to shoot man on, I pitched my tent,
took the oath dilated with het water and
sugar, became intent en- the bore, and
proceeded with my procedure. First went
through the rod, natures greenbacks,
when the moon is right.
At fifty feet struck strata Of Egyp-
tian., marble, in which dead Ethiopian
fregs, mermaids, and such works Of art
were imbedGed and pctrifed with aston
ishmont. At seventy feet passed through
deserted Indian village. At ninety feet
struck balloon which had Chinese HE
Iroglyphics on the bottom, bound up. Al
ninety six feet, bored through country
scheol- house, where a girl of nineteen sat
in a petri6ed state, oiling her hair with
petroleum., At one hundred and ten
feet, passed two dsgs imbedded in solid
rock, guarding fat baby, which evident
lly had been rocked to sleep, as it was ex
cecdingly much dead Twenty feet fur
ther down, an object SO hard presented
Itself that / could not drive the augur
hole, SO was obliged to resort to yarG
of drilling. Brought up a little woel
seme thick pieces of skull, from which
was led to be constrained to the belle
that l had struck the head of sable scr
of Ham. If SO, beg the pardon of thu
defunct Hammer.
At the depth of TIVE hundred feet,
struck cooper-shep, and from this juag
ed ell was not far below, SO advances
with caution. Ten feet further down
ran into gin-mill, and feltin better spir
its. At the depth Of two hundred an(
City feet, struck bottle eff old rye.
knew civilization was not far distant, an
waited. Soon reliable centraband cam
J along ard said, L was oil right, and b
urging my auger- holes thirty feet furthe
into the stomach of the arth, / Should b
rewarded | never can forget the det
5 of gratitude to this poor dewn- trodde
D brother, who SO kindly was unto me, an
e who 1 love so very much will som
$ day purchase him shoddy mill, fann'
: shirt, and cepy of the .Lincoln Hunter
Seward Stephens Blair Campbell peace
negotiations, with Grant and sherman
the ekground, Reliable eontraband
l caressed him sweetly fer the ieminir
half of his immediate ancestry, and dro,
on with my bore I passed several Walt
!. able sections Of farming land. riyalin
! the prairies of Illinois; few stratas {
!. property resembling Connecticut stoy
s fence; sons loyal strsaks, which prove
Ito be coal; several gold aud silver lode