Connecticut western news., 1872-02-09
The Petroleum Business.

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 The Petroleum Business.
 The fgnres showing the oil transac- tions of the last few years are almost bewildering for their magnitude. Just think of ninety~seven millions one hun drsd and eighty-three thousand and ninety gallons (97, 183, ,090) of petroleum sent to foreign countries from the port of New York alone, during the past year and from all ports of the country, no less an amount than one hundred and sixty-one millions ten thousand eight hundred and seventy three gallons Q61,- O10,873! While for the same period, there was produced in the oil district of Pennsylvania alone, two hundred and fifty-one millions one hundred and twen- ty thousand gallons (251, ,12O, ,0OO), and in all parts of the country, three hundred and thirty-four millions eight hundred and twenty-six thousand six hundred and thirty-eight 1884, ,S26, ,638) gallons of crude oil
 The regular daily production of petro- leum in the oil district of Pennsylvania for December gives an increase over that of the preceding month of about five hundred barrels. The entire amount produced in this State during November was five hundred and twenty-nine thou sand eight hundred and seventy-seven | (529, ,877) barrels. Some of the older oil districts show slight falling of, while in a few of the more newly-opened regions there is an increased production. The largest increase appears to be n Pithole and in the neighborhood of Parker's Landing, at the former it being some thing over four hundred barrels daily
 Parker's landing shows the greatest number of wells going down of any local ity in the State, being in the month of November alone one hundred and ninety, while the average daily production at that point was thirty-three hundred bar rels. t.....-..., -..-...-. .=
 The entire production of crude petro- leum last month all over the entire oil district, was seventeen thousand six hun dred and seventy-two barrels daily, while the aggregate of wells being drilled at the same time was four hundred and eighty-one. These figures are all highly satisfactory, and have very rarely been excelled since the first discovery of petroleum. ...- .-.-. ,- s-,=. ........ I[t The total stock of oil on hand in Penn sylvania on the 1st day of December was five hundred and thirty-two thousand barrels, which is some thirty thousand barrels in excess of the stock in store during the preceding month.
 - The shipments from the oil districts ol I Pennsylvania during the month of De. cember were four hundred and ninety. nine thousand two hundred and sixty
 one barrels, which is an excess of some
 seventeen thousand barrels over the pre-
 ceding month. STOCKS ON HAND AT DIFFERENT TIMES. December, 1869 .. + 264, ,8O5 barrels December, 1870.....,......... BAG, ,154 ss December, 1871. 1................ 554,626 's
 During December prices on Lowe Oil Greek averaged four dollars and twen , ty-fye cents per barrel of 43 gallons. = Penn. Paper. FAT AND LEAN PEoP1E.-Thin men the world all over, are the men for work 3 for endurance they are wiry and hardy Thin people live the longest. The trutl is, fat is disease, and, as proof, ia
 people are never well day at a time
 and are not suited to hard work. rs, 4 Still, there is medium between beiD1 | as fat as butter ball and thin and juice 1, | less as rail. For mere looks, moder I ate rotundity is most desirable, to hav ! ! enough flesh to cover all angularities. To accomplish this in the shortes U time, man should work but little, sleel ? great part of the time, allow nothing t. ' ' worry him, keep always in a joyous X laughing mood, and live chiefly on albu :. inmates, such as boiled cracked whea }, and rye, and oats and barley and corn with sweet milk and buttermilk ant meats. Sugar is the best fattener known