The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-10-04

livery now ant tlen you would come upon
men iting Under The trees. with a worn-out
haggarl loCk All Of them seemed hal.
sick. aai Yer 81 were ready 10 work with
reckless zeal Returning. ] heard the
crack Of pistol. and supposed sonic men
were friaE 81 D target Soon after. how
eyer 80 entering the hotel. ! found a coun-
ie ot men hlntcn1ed and OF them shot
th-ou-t .e le- They had broken iau.
and 0ue %. them bad squared or" ~ The
constable on his arrest. unon which the
constable lad drawn his pistol and shot
hlm through the leg That same night a
tragedy came near enacting. Notice was
given the hotei-keeper OF an attempt AZ
robbery that night. lie watched by the
window with loaded pistol Al about
TWO he heard the soft tread or s man i'm
m0ccaslus The thief draw near. opened
The win low. was about 10 enter when ne
saw pistol az his head heard tho false
hammer strike, and was gone
l remained in Pithole a fortnight and be-
came ore OF the oldest inhabitants OF the
place. During thar time learnt much on
OF IL soci4. and business lifs You fnl
here. under The TOughest ci0-hes. some
most excellent men-ani as rule The
men are uuc0mulnly iuteli cent Every
=
steadlest mechanics aud wOrkmen have
most Oi them been psivate- and have many
Wild tales 10 TEL! OF battle anl adventure
Most 0f the oar-Neepers and h0tel-keepers
are captains or majors. Every now aud
then, In the ne ghboring country, YOU stun
bic Oh = man OF education engaged IN sink
ing vel. Many men Of fashion. also
from leading the may dance and fasc.na-
ting the hearts OF maiieus, have wandered
Oh here lut0 the forest IN search OF fortune
or q sensation. One must needs nave q
good conscience OF hopeful disposition
mus ID sit during the long months watching
little hole slowly sinking down u great
perhaps.
Every one he.e i very courteous and au
s"er questions iuagmeTabie without com
plant. You can see mere, on = snail scale,
how commerce sotteus manners Every
Use Is de-irOus ot making money out of
every one else, than which nothing more
promotes ur1ar.ty. Il is simply ridiculous
10 suppose that Tie oil business is ~plavel
out ID persons ike t. say now-a-days.
Ir'i single towa produces 0vel I've th0us-
aftt hn -~.i- 81 nii o. .ies- hs--..--i o. 80
Investments ld oil companies are the Oa!y
tLlngs which % not pay well AL capita
otherwise Invested there doubles itsei- with
wonderful rapiiity. WhIe was there the
town nearly doubled is buildings and in
habitants. I VIII only add u description {.
ny last GIT
Hearing that the great hotel Of tie tow
was going 70 be cbristenet / weat u X IT,
ness the ceremony. Drinks aud billiard;
free-aud a thousand thirsty men 10 Ell ly
them. Never before did bnOw how strong
was the love Of freedom ia the bumal
breast. \ Wild mass oil teamsters. opera
tors. workbench 81 every kind OF costume
drank IN the varied liquor Of the generous
d host. myself in private room, imbibe,
some capital sherry, aud after staying
short time and proposing 10 myself the Oll
q question, whether Z sponge or q PIthoa
had the greater power OF absorbing LIQUOR
took a walk 10 the centre OF ths town an,
took a long last look al Pithole by star
light Seating myself on pile Of boards
p which in Z few days VIII be Q hotel, churc
, or drinking saloon, gaze around In iron
- i tlickering t0rch lights up lantasticall
the thin Jaws Of the l0Id OF the TAT wO
/ men" Windows aud CRACKS equally pou
- forth straans of light, with that ari 81
e chiarolscur0 play over the swarth faces an
= strange forms OF the paSsers by Ther
d goes q gentleman wiki a quick step closel
:, followed by TWO Others. lie has been try
; ing 10 whee1le one Of them out Of an engin
: without paying fJr il, and they are on hi
b trail. Here comes our trend the paTs0n Z
e collect subscriptions. After him reel Us
II men somewhat overloaded with liQuol
o Everywhere there il 4 sound Of reveir'
, Looking n at the windows. YOU see ever
e where men playing cards, and drinking, 9
T always. BeyOni The stores on the ieii,
. small house, sleeps, alter his de4tn-ag,
p ny one Oi The victims ot the ire Dow
2 the hill on the right sits vigilance con
/, mittee in secret session 10 concert mea
l. ures 10 prevent the daily robberies. Fu
IL ther down, the littl6 streams or oil how @
e necessarily. Unseen they move this con
: plex machinery VI men and things, vii
s careless hand dealing out 10 their slav,
L life or death. wealth OF poverty, triumph
J. despair.
II The next morning l arose before The 50
e and walked 10 Oil City, and was soon tur
q ell towards the East and the glorious Oces
all Of whose waters hoped would be d
< unsuccessfuliy employed IN restoring me
a. cleanliness. amer being shaken a day a.
night 1 ind myself on board z Sound steai
ir er How strange everything looks liz
Is clean New York looks Never before
d since did cleanliness seem q mark OF Ia
IS city. See these SNUG little misses. vi
IS their melOd!ous giggle, thSir riugiets a.
IL retcules, their admOnishng mamma ai
"a bland papa. How kissworthy they loo
Is Here We have q dropping Newport 'swel
:, with his suit OF grey, his triste mCustach
= and bovine expectant expression. II,
er neat they all look. And how soft and Oh
r. their voices. How piOusly men seem
le speak or swear Their words do not, g.
e Oidom, come from their boots, pumped
~ with fierce gesture and hot with fier oatt
The courtly negro and the murGerous 20
IT seem 70 usher in q higher civilization,
G. the threshold or which l save whoever b
all followed ne thus far.