The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-05-19

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| Letter From Kane City.
Mr. EDrroR:-Our long lived little town
we are vain enough to think Ia get one Of
the moe, prosperous In the oil region. and
We also think for charity We can excel an s
4 town OF It's size, o. at lesst make a bigger
outside show than some who would make
believe they arc very benevolent and gen.
erous. For proof Of our charity. Two or
three months ago the good people Of THE
vicinity got up Donation Supper for the
benefit of Rev. Mr.. Bntter6eld, the United
Brethren m lister, by which a handsome
su,n was raised, portion of which went 10
pay Mr. o. +. s b N Inn. Of your place. or
crackers and oysters which took awayn
portion OF the proceeds hut the handsome
sum Of $50 was realized, and wasahsnkiuily
received by the preacher.
l. Our next charity meeting was gotten up
by a young man from the country in honor
of the anniversary Of she wedding Of Capt.
Handy aud lady, u very fine old couple re-
siding in the suburbs OF the city. The
country gent ia very refined. very good
singer, and plays on the organ, but do not
hint il to him as it might make him con-
ceited, as he is one of the In est basbful
young gents alive, especially 40 in the com.
psny of ladies. This party was very
pleasant one and enj,yed by all.
But the last and greatest act of charity
came off week ago Friday night, at an
aba andoued boarding bonss on Kane Run,
for the benefit of some Of our engineers, who
have been on small pay for some time back
Although they got the party up themselves
II was managed very sbrewdIy and the
would be elite and fashion responded liber-
ally With pork, beans, cake and other deli
cacies. Bnt alas. when the gong rang for
supp eT but very few Of the delicacies were
IN sight und large quantities. Of pork and
beans. Now who would have thought that
such well pred and we'll fei class Of com
munity would condescend to d evnur puch
provender as pork and beans, and ya
strange to say they went At it with will
and the provisions snff red IN ost fearful
depletion, "Anon I be iun grew fast ard
furious" and your readers would have spIi,
themselves with laughter at tho sigh. Of
the incest OF men going through tail prom
enade" with atist full OF beans and pork 10
one hand and lady hanging to the other
arm. And here is the joke. A short time
after partaktng of this most hearty Of sup
pers. one Of the chief man ayers passed round
the hat at the same time demanding in
steu'orian tones the sum of ''one dollar and
dhy cents gentlemen, ladies excepted -
With surprise pictured on their faces, they
"csme down with the money mill the con-
tribution box arrived.at the place where an
old gent was sitting who happened to have
but one dollar He paid that out and
agreed TO settle the balance when Gil came
up to So. 90 per barrel. The ladies 10 M any
cases. appeared 10 be more flush than
the gentlemen. 10 fact one OF them bad IA
pocket full of money, and rem arksd to an
Other lady that she was afraid abe would
lose II as ber husband had given 1t 10 Ter
for safe keeping. Not many husbands
would trust their wives to that amount
On the whole the benefit Was probably q
good thing for the eoginesrs-tbe poor sn-
sineers. And now fo- a word of advice 10
them, and that is-Less playing of billiards,
fewer fine Clothes and more hard work will
place you in that position that you will not
need Lot get up pork and bean parties to
help you out of the woods Above all things
avoid Kane City aristocrecy as they will
never stand living on pork and beans. and if
you would only study human nature trjls
more you wonId find that pork and heane
are sure ruin to mankind when induged in
to any great extent, and Tor one do not
like to see my fellow men carried out OF
the world by such windy trash. Aud thus
ended the pork and bean party gotten up
by the engineers for the aristocracy OF Kane
City, and in which PORK and beans on the
half saell wac ths predominant feature.
.-- More anon.
TORPEDO