Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-30
history OF GREASE
- FIND IT IN Tbs LOCAL BUSINESS
j CROLRS.
,.....o,.ii7s Glance at the Recent Oil E1asmm'
mn T,,sTng Win ShOr. Narrative Of
S,ns E.as SpsculahOns in Stocks.

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Eight .rvtbiDg nav. for I
-, heard a thing, was the discour-
ll', - r,Dlv: and then, as he noticed the
's.-9 ,+er's gloomy appearance, the eiti-
en said .s,.. ,o,, hrt
,su YOU something interesting,
s ~ IS often just as good"
The reporter admitted this, and the
citizen said;-
''' w., nos thinking, just before you at
- IN null my leg for al item, OF a
i 5-Sii, ocsI oil history-and some OF it's
". ....,Cb very remote history, either. In
a' t,,s unite recent, and some OF the
'--.' ara cltempOraneOuS. You know,
,.onrsp. that you can hardly throw
80 DOG i'm this town without hitting
-'- 80 one who has a little oil stock.
81 If +, IL. or has been, a good thing,
o5 come of it isn't so good. l am no
l- --.,ri5n 10 the general rule, and IL has
s.ll-rsnsd that most Of my stock belongs
.ss class that isn't so good. But still,
- ~ q business turn of mind, l have
..,rseed to come out toierably whole.
o. hi my little ventures was In GER
Va ComDsnv organized right at the out
- the gas excitement, some years
~, when we all had visions OF perpet-
- ,rosDerity and Of sudden wealth in
80 ,.rticuIar fake. Some OF the boys
IA rot ND little company, and had
80 a SI0l share, along with the rest,
..5 va used to make weekly trips 10 the
zee 10 watch the operations of the
nan who were boring the hole In the
s.--b One DAY / was sitting In the
,a.,s. sort Of revolving things in my
-,-r5 when a member Of the Board OF
directors Of the Company came IN. He
4sr', often call, and smelled mouse.
b. talked about several things In a
,,rb.ipg way, offered me a cigar, and
flaI.y said: go
"Iook here, jim; I'll give you $3.50
b- that share Of stock in the Company.
"Iuspected that gas had been struck,
nm, 7 didn't let on, and said: oh, l
guess don't want TO SELL
DYoud better; here's your money,
-ybt here said my friend, as he waved
srII Of bills. You might as we'll let
me have IL. 1t isn't every day man
can lay down a hundred and pick up
hundred and fifty profit as easy as
this
u thought OF several times l had
s,irrad him ont OF more than that at
poker, in one night, but l didn't say
s1ytninc about that, and / firmly re-
fused 10 sell, and my friend went
OUT
after while another stakeholder
and a close friend rushed in, with his
eyes sticking out. Say he yelled,
nave YOU heard the news? No. said
7 what is it?' why, our wells struck
gas. and our fortunes made. Hope It's
rue said 1. Blank was just in here,
ald offered me two nifty for my share
The Internal scOundrel; don't you
all. Why, it'll be worth five thousand
dollars in thirty days. Don't think OF
a.ling,'
well, that made me feel pretty good,
aud we went out and l opened a small
bottle Of wine, and we mad a good time,
rejoicing over our good luck. Well,
that little pocket OF gas blew out in
ABOUT a week, and there wasn't enough
10 the we'll after that 10 scOrch afeath-
or. I often think Of that two hundred
and fifty with sigh,
But I came out better with my In
yestment I'm the Pumpkin-Neck Oil
Company, although We didn't strike
much OIL We had about a quarter Of
90 acre in a down river field, which was
being doomed at a great rate, and had
Ten shares of stock which cost me a
thousand. As a matter OF course, as
was the custom of the town, about
year or so asO, / made pretty frequent
,.ps down to the field, and as our
lr.'ar was a pretty slick oil man, l
made it a point to keep on the right side
Of him, always having a well-tilled flask
and some good cigars when l showed up
lttae well. As we got close TO the
sand got it pretty straight from the
cr..ler that while we were going TO get
OIL, 70 wouldn't amount 20 fortune all
around, and I naturally got TO thinking
over that thousand dollars. By and by
'ae well came in for about fifty day,
aud the report got out in town, as It
sometimes does, by accident, that we
l2d three hundredbarrel hole, and 1t
would get better as soon as we drilled a
A,,.e m0re A friend of mine, whom
vel, call Jones, had been talking about
OH, OF aud on, and was anxious TO come
ID Finally be braced me to know
what be could have five shares for, and
atec studying over IL for a while, l told
a.l chat being a friend Of mine, he
gould have 'em for q thousand. Well,
-' walked OF In disgust, but l knew l
.'- him on the string. A couple Of
Jays aiterward, after l had taken an
,.ler run down TO the well, stopped,
s-..e by accident, you understand, IN
'll,o my friends place Of business, and
presently be came out and wanted 10
'a-y" about the stock again. He said
-7 would Ike 20 come in on good
,-'ls' ont he hadn't any ready money,
.' and finally, TO make a long story
s-''l he traded a rather fast nag,
-sSy, sons Silver-Dlated harness, and
-s" other trifleS, with fifty dollars
y DO e. for FIVE shares. 1t wasn't
"-S ,I he felt bit sick, Of
nurse, and then he wanted to unload.
""s1 you know, a good many ladies,
.Ae most of the men, had the oil mania,
' r-- my friend had very particular
-l' friend, who had considerable
-.-ey and would like to buy little
s.'elged OIL stock, and conided as
Fya TO my friend, Ny friend went
~-.' ao'u, this time, and one day, in a
I-s3-eai Of Inspiration, he wired his
c '! Trend that he could get his hands
Nee block OF five shares oil stock.
-,-,l Tor Eve hundred went on, and
~ 'IIeld was safe. But the fun OF il
as '0-- Ia about two weeks that lady
I'm around to me and tried 10
Ge ny five shares back.
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