The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1865-03-09

palaceto'her quiet room and bel
walls her Albert by the LIGHT Of a
kerosede lamp Napoleon feast,
on empire and the Gear of Russis
cooks his bear meat with the same.
Its rays beam voluptously though
the harem of the Turkish Emperl
or John ChinNman and the
Japanese Tycoon wag their tails
and learn wisdom Lya kindred II.
Inminal'on, Ola Abe's gnuboat
or Liberia is lit with the sam,
Aght' The Bsaz'liap Goveruo
'nrns up the wick to throw light
upon national law, but turns i,
down again when lie sees smoke.
The tnr-clad Esquimaux, 1 sub
pose, drink the crude oil, whel
hey have q cold aud cant smell il.
In truth, all ci, ilizci and many
scm'lbm ua!ous nations IRE now
studying their spcI!ipg books and
tcstampnts by the light Of hero.
scnc. Only jeff. Davis and the
S"u'hern Confldcracy cling to COW
crease and cnrd|e wicking. Or.
;Icrs from foreign countries, am
'oid, are already millions Of bar.
RES ahead oftho supply, and the
demand cannot but double annual.
y tor maAy years to come. So.
you see, tho gal whose dadA,
lad %"iIe," as the story goes, nigh,
well give the cut direct to the moor
devil who hadn't yet been SO for
luna e.
The oil sells now at the wells,
casks and transportation furnish
"d by Vie buyer, at twelve dollars
a ii htty cents per baurcl. Some
Wells u'e pumped, others flow of
II own accord. .a,it.. r.
The pumping wells pr"lace from
ten to hundred and fifty barrel
per day, ard are valued and sell
readily at four thousand dollars
l'er Darrell. Flowing wells are val
ued higher and produce from fifty |
% one thousand barrels per day.
Let the curious Toxic their Slate
lnDpencil, and from IKE above
statement figure up the value Of
.he daily and yearly production Of
IN average well, how long it
would take to bay for itse,f. what
t would be worth to hold. 10 sell,
&c. The figures will astonish you,
md may give You the oil fever
'ad' Ii ST., take u little kerosene
goiAg to bed. That will a..
onish You worse!
There is one farm on Gil Greek,
# abont eighty acres, which is
worth and cannot be bought for ;
wenty, five millions of dollars
brought a land warrant along to :
inter- it, but found it slightly Ir,- +;
mbted: The Coquette' the Jer. !
ey, the Maple Shade, snd several !
Their flowing and pumping wei 8 .
re in this tract. When | visited !
hat locality { few days ago, the
he tanks Of tie Coquette were /
al and running over, and she was
lnirting her greenhacks on the
round at the rate of twelve thou Q
and five hundred dollars q day, +
as tho nothing had happened! +,
wouln't mind flirting with such =
coquette a while mysrly. The o
'astage of oil from that farm d
'ould run the sanitary CJmmis, >
on successfully through an intert S
linaple war, and l suggest that t
agent of that humane society
e sent to Egbert Farm to corral a
le oil before it gets into the creek. il
hat little six inch hole in the f
the Coqrctte is worth any i
five millions CT dollars, and .
ldn't coost ten thousand to the
wncrs. 1t was only struck some !,
x weeks ago. Nor is the Egbert Il
arm necessarily an exception.- }
here are several Others already t
as profitable. The Tarr a
arm, the Funk Farm, and the Il
70 Met lintock EARNS, are with, d
at much doubt equally good; a
head has been too tnll of oil \
ld oil,talk to be able to write a G.
ecNnt letter. You hear nothing W
Sc here but Sampson posts, an "
alking beams,' sinking bars r
I'd sinker bars seed bags, and y
revises,' Surface indicatiosn, and b.
God shows In fact, When we
lard the good news Of the surren' OIL
n of Charleston, We were remit
ID for the first time in a week e.
at the country was OF war. OF ST
oh is the Kingdom Of Oil! be
W. r. IN
he Report Of tine Secretary Of War "
document has been laid before Com fi