The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-05-17
Writien for the Star.
The Excitement Of the Day, May 18th, 1865.

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!, being an invalid for nearly two weeks,
was thereby fortunately Cor perhaps unfor-
iunaiely)l prevented from being much an
noyed with street gossip, until last Saturday
afternoon, after somewhat recovering, again
made my way up Main Street, when much
! to my surprise | found squads of gentry,
here and there, on the streets and corners,
in stores and hotels, shops and shanties.-
All seemed TO be thronged. Canes, fists,
hats, caps, papers and pencils were flying
| in numerous shapes and directions
stood for some moments, wild with
amazement, thinking as | am townsman,
il inquire the cause of this excitement,
my friends will consider me dull or inap-
prehensive. Bnt after gaining my equilib-
riHm, reasoned thus What gigantic trag-
edy nowl Has President Johnson been
assassnaIed +? Have they arrested JEFF. Da-
Wis, Clay, Thompson, Saunders, Tucker
and Cleary? Has another Cabinet officer
been stabbed +! Has bullet penetrated the
heart oe.another happy, hopeful and unsus-
peciing Government Clerk as he retired
from the ahors of the day .? Has another
pario; of Syracuse been called 10 his win
dow by voice once familiar, an eye bright,
beautiful and once-loving, TO see but a
wreath of white smoke and hear only the
sharp sound OF pistol, and then drop
helpless and dead mass of human flesh
upon the foorf Has another foul fend,
false TO his friends, to humanity and 10 God,
killed father and mother for their prop erty !;
or false 10 his confding wife deliberately
shot her down for the sake of another ?
The uproar and confusion On the streets
occasioned these tragedies to flash like
| lightning through my mind, when all at
once the sound Of Petroleum reached my
ears Can it be possible, thought |, that
another diaboical incendiary has, ia the
dead hour of night, managed 10 fire thou
sands of barrels of refined Petroleum to
devour and lick up whole blocks of houses,
and 10 burn furniture, men, women and
children relentIessly into one indisIinguish-
able crisp! Again, Petroleum Petroleum
Crude Petroleum reached my ears; where
upon hastily concluded not TO expose my
ignorance, but TO pass by the excited groups
and gain such information as could by
keeping both ears open. And now, dear
reader, you will soonest learn the why's and
wherefores OF This great rumpus by giving
you the conversation just as gol it:
Five hundred dollars is offered for
one hundred acre lease"
'Deacon lei me smell your bottle"
go, the country is full of il !"
esquire when you get through there
want TO see you awhile"
"In that region | wouldn't give a d-n
Tor his chance"
"The people will have 10 find more uses
for it,"
"See here, sir, don't you want share or
two?"
"Men, what do you say, l want Squire
here to keep a public house up there"
81 positively will not take FIVE hundred
A thousand or fourteen hundred will be
small pay in a month from this"
''The Duke must have thirty five hundred
leased"
II think we had better start Stock Ex-
change"
"I know my shirt is dirty, and my boots
are red, but who cares l'ye been smelling
for oil all week"
ellis hands and nose are oily too"
'Why, our mans per centage was Ten
dollars yesterday"
"Only seven months ago were their worst
enemies and now allow them to come up
here, and lease their oil land for almost
nothingI"
Smell that, Dr., doH'i that talk it loud
for you.n
"Why the Green Creek Company has
sent their man."
'By jove that smells ike IT,"
"We'll have our CHarler and our engine
started right up aud leave those fellows in
the back ground"
''I might have been rich, had | have
known this a month ago."
"Poh well find it cure. All si:, we've
got il !"
Just then some greasy fingered specualor
stuck a dirty little bottle 10 my nose, saying.
''Don' that smell like Coal Oil in Columbia
county 2" This gave me 10 understand thai
it was all coal oil excitement, whereupon
went home, told my wife tbai felt thank
ful that my life had been spared but really
felt that bad los! fortune by my sickness.
If anybody doubts the reality that Columbia
county presents extra indications for Petro-
leum, visit 10 the region will convince
them, and they will find it in the hands of
men whose spirit and courage Tor discovery
are equal 10 Franklin or a Fulton.
SPECTATOR.
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beautiful steel engraving is the appropri-
ale establishment OF the June number OF
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