Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-05-16
SANDY's FORTUNE.
An Episode Of tho Oil Regions IN
1880.

1851
lwa- a. Marren sosE after the "a.
nous th"rry Groy. disaster For the
benefit ~ thu-o who know nothing ai
tha petroleum country ~ Frunsy lyauia
! mas .ay that cherry Grove wa. the
nam" II one ~ those mushroom dis
trirts " hich h-rams den.ely populated
b. . day and deserted the next That
y o. say 40 ruterpri.inz man would
g." into The heart ~ ths Wopds aud sink
a mystery arll BE- would strike
a. may hap 'gush.r ~ several
Thousand barrels q ds, aud Instantly
the s"od- Nuuld rr~ouud with the
hlue. ~ the axe. aud ths bin. would
hrt-ils With Fauut drrrirk. Fnr
lim" Jhe fy,rri.h nc - n. place
vuula attract uuItituds- - sts,rulai-
"r-. gamblers and s,il vuinsu. even a
church might ,priug up iu uIght
Then. -uId"uly. the excitement uuald
Hirecr ~ucrrs-inn ~ Wvlls might
prov. .'dy -hoir-" ur 'dustrr-.
HrS territory might b. opened aud
rlH7'dily dln aut The multitud,, wuuId
,tnuh. the tuar ~ the torpedo and
ths Puf ~ the ,ueiu- un more b,
heard tn the land Th.-. ia hrief ua.
The history ui many mushroom dis
trirts iu thr oiI REGIONS % ua. the
st"rl ~ thr Cherry ,.rutg disaster in
l~St lso msn. DAVIS and Murphy.
hta made ahuui milIiua auif.rs out ~
thH m1 sirr, NrIl "6lG which utssu~d
up thr uru territory ! d. uut know
h"v many hundred mru ami Num.u
urre ruined by the crack E.rry
hidy sp-1uiaird in ol certin,atr.. /
met clergy mau uh, had abandoned
his profession b. 90 -. Oh -cuut- wrr,
college graduate
10 return "a my story Mhra I
reach"d Warren, Wber, the nearest 80,
exchange wss established. thr excite.
mrut Ia %" cherry Grove couutry haA
largely -ub-idrd Bat the strange.
would not have believed Il from ~.
pandsmonium ~ ths exchange | -
outside th' railing aud watched IA,
how linf hrud- wttbin. one - them i.
particular. a long. thiR man. vita
sandy hair aud mu-tache. au appalling
mouth and a voice ~ Infinite rrarh
Al rrc - I made hi- acquaintance.
through oommoB iricud. with whom
we both luuerrd said my friend
sandy here. j. the pride - thr
exchange H. has made more money
Ia les time thau any ~ "a. aud lost i
-oouer. Tao hundred aud hfy thou
sand N thrrg hours. wasn't Il. sandy ?"
This clirit"d. after some NOR, press
urr aud vine. thr story ! wanted a.
hear, Nhich. a. ">audy' modc-tly -.
lated a. ran some y hat IL this wi.e.
II thought ! had a good thing on
Wa then srlling a. vyry near d dollar
and quarter call Il dollar aud 4
quarter There wa-ut any Balltown
! had the bs-t zrput in the country.
bar ~ Hughes could pat his ear b.
the ground a hundred yards -. and
tell the Gov ~ a sell 30 the barrel
One dsg he strolled into change.
winked to me. and we went over 10
window together. and sat down
Look uatural A. you can. b. said. I'm
gotag 10 stump you Go ahead.
said J.
49, 'iloat's 'asysierg" . ''dnsisr -
4 quivervd all over. 81 course. for
u wa- terrible big news The market
bad bson unsteady al day. expecting
20 hear big things oi Doaks well. aud
the ueS territory It'd open up. But
kept IA face and feet. lit q cigar. Ist
on to yawH. and made my plans. IN
about quarter u an hour ! got 20
work Hr-t wcnt a Il slow aud eau
tlous. - u I waz uncertain. and The
boys guyed me. and sold all I wanted
to buy. and they thought wa. trying
a hlua game. and dared ms 10 bay n
hig slocka Then went la tooth and
uail, and bought all they offered me.
tili thes eewan 10 snspect me. aud Won
der ~hat vas ap About two o clock
lot tbs ness leak out Then Il came
over thc wire
" 'llaak's myst.a J. a dusterr
such a crowd ~ crazy mea yoa
ueyer saw. They lost their heads and
fought the prics up 10 sl -; then
sold was IN about t2s0. .0p0
'TM course. I waatsd 10 do the SQUARE
thing ! telegraphed 10 all the near
est towns. and ordered down ali the
champagne they could spare; went
al'out my--if Ia warrca aud bought up
every bottle I could and ior sale. aud
lnyited the whole exchange that aight
10 = bag disner. We had q great slna.
They were al good fellows and
don't belleve one % them wa. mad a.
me ior my luck. Before Rine O'Clock
! was soaked with wlne.
just ahou, that hour. or a little De.
fsrr. Ia came Doak himself Well. ~.
sept over him. and haihea him In
ehampagne. and be TOOK 10 like . little
rnan. ! made place for him beside
me. and told him hos had done H.
"'it's lucky. says he. laaghlag like
q Eoot fellow. that you cleared your
eli = six o'clock. 'whyF~ says 4
Well he says its ialilne market
! believe. u my wsli vas dry. al
i,R bat there's oil oat thare surp A.
IA. and there's ol ell aroaad. You
g z u COED time
~ . bit q a. Doakey. sAys 1
..ai = ~ wroag DIDO Il agala. aaa
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