The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-12-25

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I4o famous aHd ngre popular hotel.
the laufofih House ot pitllele Cjty. "a,
wbieh casi s.s o11. sold tha ether la,
for tea dollar nolo, and llw furniture
which cost $1,000, brought les. than
500. Tho eFauesause otlbIugs tsrres-
K ifial has seldom hal q morrsttikipe illus.
uaIioa ofal lbs maf,cls 10 which the
hjstors Of che Pennsylvania petroleum
regions abound, the rise glory, and fsl
81 The once famous 5jty of rithole con.
siinte a prominent chaptor Ia the sptlua
81 1860 the site d the future city was
baehwoods farm, bordering on rlthole
creek where tho famous uiItd State well
bad been struck few months before
The oniy house on the farm was that of
is humble proprietor, Mr. IIolmdcn.
THE purchasers of tbo farm, Messrs. Dan.
can aud Pratner, iorseolng tie rush There
was g. bo to that oil Mecca, conceived
The idea Of building a city therr, aud 81
vided the farm np into ciiy lois accord
iugly, The lots leased fug tbeY would
not sell them-hko hot gabcs, ana the
corner lots soon commanded premiums
which would sarle even Broadway
real estate operator Buildings spraug
up Ia the night as by magic Ahddin's
lamp was actually outdaac by petroleum.
Within enc month lrem the completion
of the first house, the city boastod an
$4,000 hotel, with elaborate appoint
meuts, aud yieing with the hotels Of the
metropolis Ia the excellence Of It's accom-.
modatious IN two months ,hc had a
daily paper, and a lively one il was too.
In three months size had theatre, doz.
ems Of hotels aud concert saloons by the
score. CHAT theatre, NJ we learn from
an oil region paper, went 10 Pleasantyillc
thence TO Lawrenceburg, thence 10 Far.
ker's Landing, thence 10 wherc the wood
bine twinoth, in the second great fire At
the Landing last winter) In four months
another theatre and an academy OF music
sprang up. We leave the Mllertown
Sand pump 10 tell the rest OF The sto.
ry.
In i've months she had celebrated mud
fire extinguisher, curious invention for
throwing mud, hired by live Yankee
and id by necessity, for the city had
no water The people al drank whisky,
In six months she had seyehty-iour hotels
and boarding houses, where the substl-
stitnte for water was dispensed. IN sew
en- months the Miller farm pipe line was
which event threw 1000 men
and 1000 horses out Of employment, and
Ptho.e City had reached the zenith Of
her glory. She had AZ that time 1900
elaborate water woIks, and
all the paraphernalia Of city govern
ment.
She has now no theatre, no newspaper,
no hotel, no telegraph Office CHE tele-
graph Office was closed ior time aud cter-
nifty last week. and but nine families
1ut Of all that multitude The Pithole
4 Oleopols railroad runs but one train
u cars day ana that only 20 hold the
,harter.
Two hundred vacant houses now cast
'ver that once whirlng buzzng swarm.
ng hillside tho gloom Of death, the ST.
ence Of the grave.
Poor Pithole Alas poor Yoriek Icha-
,od, thy glory has departed! Like Jo-
Iah's gourd the great city grew mp ina
light and vanished in the morn. The
eal period Of Its existance was scarcely
more than three years. It's history, ifit
S ever written faithfully, both above
round, and below g,ound' will surpass
Il interest any romance Of the age
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