The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-04-12
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COloref" Sainting OF L'etrOIeun,
Centre.

Centre.
We have heretofore referred to the scnr
ril!ons attacks made upon our village by
persons either deeply interested in our wei
fare, or arlcntly desirons 10 appear in print.
hut the MeadvilIe Republican of last week
"caos tie climax in this particular by de.
voting whole column TO an article copied
from the Buffalo Express containing state.
men's unknown to The citizens of this com
munity, and evidently or at least apparent.
~, pcnned with an air of little respect sor
the welfare Of the town, as the tone Of
tie article would indicate that our town is
made up oil ronghs and prostitutes, and in
consequence there is but little respectabilty
in our midst. The article says:
Tho town of Petroleum Centre being
without a local Government, has become
the headquarters Of a horde of on, casts from
society OF both sexes, who have been driven
from the large cities on accoun. of their
crimes or by their necessities"
The writer must either have been writing
against time, or his unbiased mind allowed
MIN 10 spread the mantle Of prejudice SEEM
'ns'y over an entire community, as we are
10 ih'er from bis matehless production.
mat bnt few aside from those do
scrioed IN the above extract, compose the
village o. Petroleum Centre. The editor of
'h' MfadviIle Republican has ignorently en-
eoised these assertions hy the publication
at them, and they are, in toto, rcitcrations O!
the Tilus"i!e Herald, the latter iourna, n
short time since having published some
thing to the same effect. This is g:ea
wrong upon the respectable people of Pc.
trc!eum Centre, and we are surprised that
respectable journals should lend their col.
umns to iraducing neighboring towns. We
have roushs and prostitutes in our midst as
docs every oil town, but we do not cousid.
der ourselves behind Mcadvlle or Titusyillt
III this particular, Lnt the inference that OIL,
town is made up Of them, is an insult upor
large population of respectable people
and our duty as journalist will not allow
us to let il pass unnoticed.
This borroriying writer further says thai
young girls are cnticed from their homes ir
Bnfialo and other places under preiense O
respectable employment at high wages. ant
are put into Concert Saloons, and in mos
cases are ''ruined in few short hours. -
No doubt the Concert Saloons referred t,
have some OF the oldest young girls tron
Buffalo (Canal Street) who. if ruined within
few short hours, Gala time agone,) mus
have required a great deal of urging ant
false representations to cntice them from th,
''eidrd mans ons" OF that notorious street
He further states that Keno is in its glory
and the swrat-board, cards and dice ar,
well pa'ronizcd." Now Petroleum Ccntr.
is not SO large but what If the two first men
toned games were in operation, it would b,
generally known, but our citizens ara in il
norance of their existence, and we pro
nounce the accusation false. Cards ant
Dice are found everywhere, even in The
quiet towns of Meadvillc and Titnsville
The article further says
Within the last six weeks certainly nt
less than live respectable girls, and prob
ably more. have been lureI into saloons b,
false promises. Turee Of them effected theii
scape within dly or two after enteIin.
tie saloons, and by the aid OF sympathizul
citizens they obtained work in hotels anu
private houses in Petroleum Centre. FJul
ol the iris including The two That are noa
III thr sriuuils--wtre hired at AN intelii.
grnce olice IL B"tian. whore the parent,
ID the s''s are now living