The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1865-03-09
A BADur~ y
~ 4nG OIL REGIONS.

4E 4nE OIL REGIONS.
Editor Press
DEAR Sir.
1t is related of Jonah that soon
after he took up quarters in the
whales belly, he wrote home to
his father to com. down immedi-
atty, as he discovered a >p'rddid
oJ,aing rtho oil buinoss. The
acNt ) lV tcIoc npLve the I'D
genH0"m a. fpIIowG. "Fatlc or
Lor' como. ~ ba1.y sucked N.
plenty of -, but no marriott
Tnie is Il" irst Of .fSh al account
lhat lrCtaue historians give us of
Fac uIl business. Inatenl of PROS
pcciiLg for oil in the crop VI the
whale, Jonah would have done
better to have penetrated the bow
l Is Of NcNNMg0 cCUn'J, p,nnsyI'
wanna Proudhly he found better
brlel accomm. d"t.ous where lc
was tlah he could On Oil creek,
'bt the quality of lis Gil was roth.
ing like This. and here th>re is
ready market lol the entire pro-,
duet. If an avarl,i ne man, lr
wcu,9 not have turned his honsr.
inside OFT, as he did in thrrX day..
and gone ashore. lie could iayr
iald up his treasures 0n earth NJ
The tate of two.toriy. Poor lel
low the whale ordered him mp
and went alone, and J"nal,
couldn't help it. Lst them
pass,
Since the Jonah speculation, tie
whales have been followed ny
worc or less vigorously tor Their
'lide and aud tmlow,' and their
number was becoming 7ali'lly Iii.
minishcd. But since the inven
ton and use # vu!canized gut
| ere IA as u substitute for whale
and pet. olcdm oil as a substitute
for the exact vi bIubber, that nom
arch Of the tinuy tribes, the whale,
suns himself in safety, and enjoys
a comfortable repose, inspiring the
poet with these magic lines:
Yc monsters of the boiling deep,
Gonr makers praises spout;
Up from the saads ye whale calves peep,
And wagyour tai.s about!
To much BY the way Of digressl
ion. have just been through the
and pretty much through
he bredath of the oil regions of
Pennsylvania, called thereto partly
by bu.iu IS and part.y by curiosity;
and took up my pen to give your
readers a few iIcino in regard to the
great Developments lore found.
AS a field for investment Of labor
,r capital, with a promise of even
last profits, our western people
been accustomed, until very
ateIy, to regard these oil fields as
IN absurdity, a h%umbug-a bub.
would soon burst. At the
irst view, digging in the earth for
ii does appear ridiculous. This
and the imposition prac-
iced upon The people by certain
Eastern stock companies, organir
ed fo6 the sole purpose OF tleoc.
NC the unwary out of their mon, d,
y, and with no idea of prospect
Nc or boring for oil, have hither.- :
misled me, and ] think the pup,
too, as TO the true merits of
he oil enterprise. No doubt
here IS mvch excitement, "oily S
,ammon" au1 kiting specula, ,
ION connected more or less with ,
he busiess. as there always is a
'out any new sensation: but no I
nan in his senses cab spend ten :
.ays in the dark valleys and shal.
of Oil Creek, and see mother {
arth disembowel her millions Of ,
from the wells, without ,
'eing brought irresistably to the 5
oncIusion that the vicinity pro, !
.uces more wealth in the same :
ength of time than the world ever ,
.w before. ard that labor bestow-
d or capital irvesteG there in I
God faith will yield a most boun. {
iful profit. The California gold ,
elds do not compare with it in y
heir palmiest days. Don't think {
have got soil on the BRAIN" I .
avn't got it. y
IT, s Gil has been known for long d
ears, as gathered from the surface :,
f the creek by the Indians and otl :,
ers, and sold for medicinal pun b
oses under the name of "Seneca Il
ill.," Crock OIL" &C., d
vi its first discovery in large Il
Quantities Mas made about four 81
ears since, by a party who Was
for salt, when sudl9atlyhc ,
me upon a vein of oil, Which
owed to the surface wish aston, 81
hing force, and filed the air W
it'll q gaseous and horrible tench Ii
yer befor known to the uostiiio Ii