The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-26


roll over on to your tender feet, yet you
come out TO dry lsnd sgain without any
bones broken. You overtake 3 coal
wagon, and your driver calls out TO
the tesmster 10 let him go by. 60
by on that side is the reply, Rndhe
points tn q ledge of rocks on the left OF the
road. You smile st the pleasantly Of she
youth and thi9k it 8 Joke, but the smile
becomes 8 CHASTITY one when your driver
saws 1Gll right" and actuslly turns his
horsc s up and over those rocks, where you
would no more drive & horse and wsgon
than you would on the roof OF a house.
But YOU get over even this after infinite
poundinps and many frantic clutches at
the backs of the seats. After this you ale
surprised st nothing and would sit IS IN
moved as the laws of gravity would let
YOU if the driver should start up the side
Of the precipics. The capitalist with bat
tered tile and necktie twisted around uno'r
his left ear, is no longer the embodiment
OF dignity; the young lady with MUDDY
dress, dilspidsted hat aud red nose (sDe
| plunged her head between the drivers
shoulder blades 8 little while sgo) Is the
p~ersonifc 4tion of humi istion and woe
while the rest Of us are painfully conscious
that the w~agon-sssts have neither cushions
nor springs, and are ieeiingly reminded q
the old cUnundrum, "Why is q whipped
child like q l1comotiveP'
A-Becsuse il has q "tender" behind.
An things must rave an end, and 90 at
ter thres miles of such experience we reach
Housewife aud Sigh, thankful that no
bones we're broken. II toe meantime We
have passed the well IN y 1ich one decoyed
Ll - a = 1.aNlO all nnh
he forgets all the lit lie snnoysnces OF the
pAsser by in the happy discovery that his
well is yielding sufficiently to pay him a
splendid profit upon his inves ment, at
which we all rejoice with him.
Housewife lies at the mouth OF the Cher
" Ran, and is quite = business Plsce. 1t
has several hotels, h"lf 4 dozen stores, hail
a hundred dwelling houses, 8 telegraph Of
fee. 8 church and mechanical shops in pre-
portion. Among its citizens are Mtssrs.
John Mitchell and Samuel Q Brown, who,
early in the history of its Developments,
Invested largely in this region, and have,
10 consequence, beceme immensely wealthy.
1 believe the wealth of each is estimated
BY millions. They are both young, active,
and liberal bnsine men, whose enterprise
and Ehrewdness have done much towArd
the development of the oil interests.
There are many good wells upon cherry
Run, but tie more famous ones q e dimjI-
ishipg in yi5ld, [ hear. How could 1t be
other wise when the earth is being tapped
almost upon every rod of bOraSle territory
The derricks upoB Cherry Ron, for two
miles above Rousevi!le, sre almost BIS thick
Hs they can stand, a continuous cloud o
smoke from the engines hanging over tht
valley. As yet there sre' no large we'll
found above he Humboldt Refinery works
, about three miles above the mouth of tn
Run. sf
The Humboldt Works are she most ex
teDsive In the oil regions, producing no
hundred barrels of refined Gil per day. l
3 is TO the Q works that the ladies CT fsshiol
: and taste are indeb3ed for some of the mos
brilliant and delicate of the recently DIS
; covered colors, including Msgents, Azlri
: ems, and others. These ars manufacture
from the resituum Of petroleum, the pro
Gees being q carefully gusrded secret. /
, four inch csst iron pipe is lAid from 'hes
r works to the TAR Farm upon OIL Greet
t about three miles away, Trough whio
+; crude OF is pumped to the refinery.
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