The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-02-06
With the wreck of his for

tunes young Stokes embarked
next in the enterprise of es-
tablishing an oil refinery at
Hunters Point. Three hun
dred thousand dollars were ex-
4 pended in the works, which
were to be Of the best
class, when the company fell
into difficulties, and at this
{juncture the baleful light OF
Jim Fisk's countenance comes
into the story. Jim was in the
| full tide of his operations with
Erie. He held the advantages
Il 1--WE wish 1t were less employed
Ey even more scrupulcue rail
way managers than hey sup
6plied by has corporation in
< Transportation and control of
market, as the Erie was the
great thoroughlare to the oil
regions. A compact ives
struck, Fisk entered the re-
finery company, reinforced its
capital, and with a change Of
name and heavy drawbacks"
on fhe Erie freight bills, the
d Hunters Point refinery sailed
strongly into successful COM
petition. Stokes was Secretary
as we'll as partner. At one
3 time his profits from the refn-
cry gave him 81 900 per week.
! In 1864 Stokes married the
daughter of ]. W. Soulhwlck,
prominent furniture dealer in
n1New York, one of the Oldest in
N-his line in that city. A short
time since one of our Oldest
residents showed US a set of
furniture, u wedding outfit
brought to Chicago in 1886
bought of Mr.. Southwick, who
. is now a man OF immense
wealth, and still in active bust
ness In a great Broadway es.
tablishment. The wedding o.
:. Stokes with Miss Southwick
y seemed TO lack nothing tina,
, wealth, position and social sur
y. roundings could bring to insure
happiness. They made theil
sumptpous home in the Hoff'
man House, and moved among
The most brilliant life Of the
metropolis.
D The next scene in the drama
a brings the Infamous woman
Mansfield into the plot. Solo,
g mon described her many cen
q turies ago, and We fear Solo.
mon knew what he was writing
r about. But his painting has
1 never been surpassed, and il
somebody could have slipped
q into Stokes mind this little pen
portrait, made two thousand
=. years, ago, of Josephine Mans
+ field and her Infamous sisters
it might have spared commu'
9 nifty the fruits OF the new &C.
, quaintance. Here are some o
4 the wise mans colorings Of his
4 subject: '.t
!, She lieth in wait as tor a prey, and
increaseth the transgressions among
men.
: Her feet 60 down to death, hel
f steps take hold on hell.
Her house inclineth into death, ant
= her paths into the dead. None tha
60 unto her return again.
O He goeth afler her straightway, al
an OK goeth to the slaughter.
She has cast down many wounded
Y yea many strong men have been slair
|. by her.
Her house is the way to hell going
down to the chamber of death.
= The dead are there. Her guests arr
y In the depths Of hell.
d And just precisely that hap
pened which the Son of David
Q predicted; from the house o.
S the harlot the path turned
a downward. A quarrel between
!. Fisk and Stokes followed. II
J, was carried into affairs of bust.
!. ness. Fisk refused to allow the
8 Hunters . Point concern tc
a make a dividend, and thus cuI
t off Stokes supplies. The dis
}. graceful relation with Mans
Q field became more shameless