The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-27

free to confess that the singing OF the last piece
affected me greatly. l have not usually been Of
very adventurous spirit; and yet when heard
that oil was pouring out Of the rocks, and for
tones we're likely to be made in q day, I could
not Withstand the temptation, and 30 in went
with Others l waited long Tor the precious
return, but finding that it did not come, |
thought would take the cars and see for myself
where my treasure was located. / travelled,
going and coming, upwards of thousand miles.
Cars part Of the way, coaches part, and horses
part, and on foot part. And l can tell these
friends that the coach part and horse part and
foot part we're shockingly bad. At length
It ached the spot where my hopes we're centred.
A man was sitting by smoking his meerschaum.
asked him If he knew anything OF the Good
Hope Oil Companyr He said that he did, and
that he was the Superintendent. then asked
him if he could direct my steps TO where it lay
He rose rather reluctantly, and told me to follow
him. OF he started, and began to ascend
monsrous hill. At the top of the hill he re-
marked, Here, stranger, is about the centre of
your land. 1t spreads all over these hills. Oil
has been found but not in paying quantities,
about ten miles from this spot. / was ordered
to put down a well on this hill by your COM
pany; did so. 1 bored a thousand feet, but
no oil appeared, and SO gave it up l walked
up and looked at the hole. 1t was small and
dark and dry; and then 1 began to calculate
what the two hundred and fifty thousand shares
of the Good Hope OIL Company were worth.
Friends, tell thee, tonight, 1 felt sad, very
sad. As soon as l reached my home l took up
the New Testament and read to my family the
touching story of the man that fell among
fho hnAy I'D
Jericho. The only thing I wished for when l
read the story was that some good Samaritan
would come along and pour little 'oiP into
my wounds"
The Chairman now rose and said the audience
might now toke five minutes for quiet reflection,
dwelling chiefly on the uncertainty of human
affairs, after which a committee would be
appointed to draw up some resolutions express
| sive of the sense of this meeting. The five
minutes were soon over, and a committee OF six
were appointed, who, after a short retirement,
| brought in the following string of resolutons:-
Resolued, l. That, in the language of Tom
| Moore, this world is all fleeting show, for
O. 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the
| view, and clothes the oil wells in their golden
| hue.
| g. That it is unpleasant to pump dry well
| as the handle moves too easily.
| Z. That we labor hard to get off what stock
| we have at the highest possible figure.
5. That we sympathize with one another under
| our present circumstances of embarrassment.
| 6. That oil in Venango county is almost as
difficult of access as oil IN the Arctic among the
| whales.
Z. That for the cultivation of social feeling,
| we shall sing. at least once week, the song of
| the Hutchinsons, ''We're Band OF Brothers. or
something of similar import.
These resolutions were all adopted with great
earnestness and unanimity. The band then
struck up, "Cheer boys! cheer Yield not to
idle sorrow" and the large audience dispersed.
Just then was awakened by the whistling OF
the cars as they passed by my chamber where 1
slept, and found that it was all dream.