The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-06-14
From he EUening Bulletin. ]
The BuIfrOg Oil Company.

I
MR. EDIToR Are you interested in the
stock OF The Bulfrog Oh Company II you
are, have nothing more TO say-of course,
! / cannot expect you TO print anything re-
hec;ing in the slightest way on that excel,
lent and prosperous enterprise. Bnl if you
are not the unfortunate owner OF shares, ,and
can look at matters in disnteresled and
purely editorial light, perhaps you would
| like to have the report OF their annual meet
! ing. know you want Information on all
/ points for your hundred thousand readers,
and | take it for granted some of that en-
ligblened body are stockholders in the 'Bul.
frog;
The meeting was duly adverlised-a prop
er custom and lucrative for the newspapers
and expected TO see very large assem-
bly,. In fact, | wondered that Concert Hall
had not been engaged instead OF holding i;
lin ln'e back ofIice. There were however
but few present, think | counted eleven
Probably business engagements Of aweighiy
character kept them away cannot sup
! pose that iRdifereacs, or doubt as to the
immensiy of the interests at stake, had
anything to DO with it. They represented
different classes and ages. There was the
} young man, who had heard his fellow clerk
say that be had made his even thousand the
/ day before on oi,i' and thought be woald
/ like 10 draw little from tae golden reser-
voir.
/ By his side there was middle aged man
Of business, who had few hundreds over
one day and did not know exactly how to
invest in merchandise, bot heard somebody
say that Bnlfrog was good, and therefore
dipped in. Then there was The retired cap
itsIsl, who had secured his comDelence and
was lsoking around for investments.
Baltrog had first rate list OF officers,
highly respectable. The capital small and
stock com Pariiiyely low-,efritory well 10.
Gated. Boring commenced, with good pros
peci Of oil, sc sc. Sure to pay the per-
ceniage on the cost. So he was not specu.
laIing, but only investing when he gave
his order :or thousand shares. Then there
was my self bought because was fool
/ suppose a, least, Think 50 now.
l noticed one thing however. There were
none ofthe long-headsd knowing ones there,
whose names had become Synonymous with
luck in oil Investments. Not one. Ii lock-
cd ominous. But perhaps they haG such
full confidence in tae management, that
they knew il was unnecessary for them to
be there. Everything would go on right
without them.
! The appearance OF the meeting was SOL
emn-somewhat as a prayer meeting ought
TO look in my jndgemut. ] thought that a
bad sign appearances have great weight
with me. III see a company in fac spirits
and apparently on good terms with them
selves and every body else,I am apt to think
they have some reason for il; bulifI see
them gloomy and serious very much fear
that their digestion is out Of order, or they
have some bad news.
However, the meeting was organized BY
appointing a ohaiFman-Whom, did not
undersland, as several appeared 10 ac: in
that capacity as circumstances required.
saw one gentleman, with fine beard aud
mons,aohe and rather keen eye, putting
questions and then an old gentleman with
a Roman nose varied the proceedings by
putting his questions also. rather youth
ful gentleman. with several large she,s OF
paper before him, acted as scribe.
Il is customary, believe, on such occa
sicns 10 be favored with The presence OF the
officers of the company, bu, saw no signs
OF the President or Secretary. We were in.
formed, however, that the President was
absent in Kamskalchka on church business.
| and the Secretary was in the oil region
| probably looking after the interests Of the
company. A letter was read from him
stating that he was unavoidably detained
there, and inlimating great activity and
/ pressing business, but l could no, gather
I that it was conducting much to the pros
I periIy of The B0llrog. It sounded rather as
if he was engaded in manufacturing another
| company. Alter a little preliminary Skin
mishing document was produced, which
vas announced TO be the annual report
/ Tue devoted eleven pricked up their eats
! Now we were to know why this Company,
I possessing such valuable territory aud with
/ such brilliant prospects, had allowed tie
year to roll by without giving Us any return
on our investment, or getting the stock Up
SO that we could sell oul at moderate
profit and saddle somebody else with our
certificates. may mention here incidental
ly that the Bulfrog has passed all It's divi-
dends and thai the stock sells at present at
| rather less than half It's first cost.
The report commenced with a mild admis-
sim IN at the wear an tho whOla haJ no,
heeh prosperous. Everything had been
done TO develope the property that could be
expected. Eagines hae been sent u2-in
fact, rather inferred that quite long train
n ana;,a- h, ro,o M por;,o baA 49,,