The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1865-03-09
oil Excitement in Baltimore.
Remarkable 0lesg!nous Indications
The People Greatly Excited

Remarkable 0leag!nous Indications
The People Greatly Excited
2 The oil fever, or asit is better
known, coil on the BRAIN" has
completely eclipsed all sensations
that have been uneartbed since
the discovery of gold in California.
When oil was first discoyered in |
Pennsylvania, persons in Baltimore
cared but little about the matter,
and let it slide. Now they are
wild upon the subject. The mer-
chant neglects his business and
plunges head,long into the oil
stock vortex; the mechanic dreams
of oil issuing from the implements
Of his trade; and the ladies, too,
are not exempt from the lnfecti-
GUS disease. TheyEmistoke the
pomades upon their hair for an
oil well, and frighten their hus.
bands and beaux with a suggestion
to begin boring. You hear moth
ing but olive read nothing but
oil. Passing along Baltimore
street yesterday, the first friend l
countered yelled at me, Glow
aleyou petroleum." and passed fe.
verishly on.
Upon reaching my boarding
house, q precocious sre linen Of
young America, scarcely five years
Of age, asked if I had "strucE lie"
| was Mortified. Upon entering
the parlor, found the boarders
greatly excited about an article on
petroleum matters" heard the
engineer of the boarding house
giving directions to the servant al
bout supper, something after this
style: "--has just come, so get
him ready agood nice cup of hot
oilp' The dear old soul meant
coffee, but her mind was too grea-
sy to- pc tangible.
Upon quitting my clearinghouse,
| met u particular friend. and bel
fore ! had on opportunity of ad-
dressing HIM he yelled out: "ITave
you heard about our well? Com,
meneing pumping yesterday tive
Hundred barrels a dayi IIow'c
your we'll getting along?" explain,
ed to the insane creature That
hadn't got any well nor much Of
anything else. lie Quilted me in
disgust.
l then entered Gilmour'a Ho tel
and shook hands with an old &C
quaiutancc. "IIow's oil?" said he
Every WELL" said l, and left him
| then elbowcd my way to the eat,
ing counter for the purpose Of in,
duIging in snack. After | had
given my order, the waiter wanted
to know if I would lave a few oil
cakes. | began to get angry, wher
the waiter excused himself by say
ing tbathe meant buckwheat cakes
After satisfying my appetite, 1 was
soon in the company of some
friedns. Jake" s2idI to one OF
them, SHERMAN has made q big
strike down in Georria."
eyes," said he, abut the Great
Humbugbamboozle oil company,
will make a bigger strike one OF
these days" Thought I'd try him
once more, was determinedto fight
this Internal oil phantom, and in
troduce another subject, or die IL
the attempt. The next draft viii
soon pc upon u, won't it?Exspect
substitutes will command q big
price about then," said 1. eyes
replied Jake, suppose SO, but
hopr they'll never get any substi
tutes for cool oil!'
l hailed a car, and had scarcely
entered its door, when a gentleman
informed me that he had mad,
$4,000 the past week from oil, il
reply to question tonching tn,
condition of the suffering poor ir
our city. A very appropriat,
answer to be shure. / asked hin
if he thought the war would holC
out more than a year longer. III
replied that they had been pump
ing it for the last year, and it flow
ed q hundred barrels every day
and he could see no reason why i
shouldn't hold out o dozen year
longer!
"Shcrman, Thomas, Grant AM
Sheridan arc fast pushing the Con
tederates to the WALL" said I.
HThat depends upon the numbe
of wells in the vi5ipity: sometime
several oil speculators will tap In
same vein, and then one of tn
wells will give out"'
BY this time I had reached tn
house of a friend andSquitted tn
car. Just before reaching tn
front door of the dwelling house O
my friend, I slipped up, or down
as the case may be, determined =
Found, upon examination tha
several boys had been pIayin!
"boring for oil,' Oh the sidewalk
with a bottle Of hair oil, whicl
they had spilled. l smelled quit
oily when I entered the house