The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-16
Wesa virginia Let1er.
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PEERoLEr1r, w. VA April -.
IhGye frsquantly noticed II the head
q ypur oolnmn Of nsws items an fnTi-
1afi11 16r eorresF s0nden from different
parts q Tie country. suppose this
point 8 o1e Of thoSs diFIeAf
p1rts. Indeed from the prices some
f5llss Pay 91r e.1il Lass here i would
place and that the ESt Of the world
vas e.n0EFlisre =
Itwonld Be difEenlt 10 ylritsjof any
thing hare hut Oh. The name Of this
station ftsslf nrgeIsts khe theme. Bnf.
then, By tie hearing Of The ears
this subject 5 kept Cs0Isfauf1y before
the rlln1-hY tbs putting Of engines
he elinkety click Of the drills,
and The constant talk around
rou about soil - t1uflss---sfgHeIIs .
sv-sl So esss 2 - y
eeoil comp niss -. splendId strike,'9
t-fi1s shoJT,si' sc. BY ths SEEING OF the
eyes 9lso this sukiset Is kept e0nstznf-
. 9slCEe tlls mind b. The sight q
tlles streams Of OF issuing from the
pumps the notices On the trees and
GerT7cEEs and store doors or slleaSRs for
s&lesn and o. mnltttntes Of derT5Eks
sticking in the gulehes eFerywhere
and even mp the hillsi5es 10 the tons az
the ridges; and BIZ the muIfft1dss Of
exelted men with pants In boots and
safehsls in hands, that are seen frayerS-
ing the hills and valleys seeking stloea-
lions or as Is perhaps. oftener the
elseS seeking some body 70 hnEnbng, or
% Be humh1EEed BY some body. If n
man takes 3 drink Of water, even, Il re-.
quires but 4 slight stretch Of the fssyersil
ilnAgination to So the rainbow tirlts OF
the E.ri4ee show on The top Of the
~ - "a.
undQl nledlF = tastes oily ? Every
thing that one touches here Is nily. and
= be should chance % BE foEfnnlte
elcrEn5 % wear eood clothes, Happy Is
he u ne escape uns1iied, leaving ont
ne and the ocior Of Skunks or
2 l1slz-lz rs, OF The !. Balm ola thousand
Flowers would be IoSt IN the cSiorff-
erous exhalsifoas s,1sistIv .iSiIt1i
here Nom numerous q1sill trells. This
latter senieuce may b ken ether liz
orally or dguratiTe1ss fIllsf,t- = IA
who - without an attlssiZ Of ssoii1
fever or losing his senses IN this de-
luxe or Oh and Ylhid 81 oil exc srierIf.
But there : no usa N using ridiGnle
Or irony Petroleum Is 4 nxed fiff.
and 5 appropriate1y named ne oil
g here. and no mistake Personal OBJ
sarvniion enables me 70 write thtIt
v Inch j dokuoW, because have SEEN ifs
In company with = mend the other
day. visited the wells on on Spring
Ran White Oak and Gales Eorls-
Within few rods OF e olenm Stanon,
On The Baldmore ana Ohio Railroad,
lenty-s1o miles est 81 Parkershurg,
a1esl Virginia, I witnessed , we'll IN
which 81 Was struck = felr days since
pumping * The rats Of = gallon in six
o. seven seco1ds- mis-. II continued.
would make ahoct = i've hSrleI well.
Posing about two miles ssTslisr M.
.-0l Sprlng Rllns z We came 10 what =
1alied the Hanlan Wells.f These
wells ara Interesting and the manner Is
which they are pumped : \ sreat ours
ositT. Over dye years ag1 visited
ltese wells ana found then SIX q these
7re-ls pumped By one engine, some Or
l1e1 pumping Is or - liarrels Per dayi,
81 having been obtained n some 81
-1em * dsplh Of only s, feet NoW
Ind sorne Of these wells STU pun ping
ao411 TIE sane amount cf oil. and
.o.ee -t.e~n wells pumped By the same
snSlneI IN Al dircc-icns. some o. tlsefn
@-s-ant an'o1t HAIR mile
Passing t1cz1 ahonl q mile We md \
luD1e- o. Uells pumping Al he Faie 81 /
3 70 - barrels Ply day znf 1hese sssr /