Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24
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ne intelligent reader.
COLONY FoRK, Tex, Augusta.
Mr.. William Me-, Buck ShoGl, ". c.:
DEAR SIR: As cannot help but feel
that | have been outdone n little on buying
q five acre tract of orange land IN Florida,
/ have come 10 you TO see what you think
about IL.
The land was described In an advertise
ment az follows: "Five acres Of very rich
DRY land. Cleared and ready 10 be plowed,
and planted IN oranges. VIII not require
any irrigation. as there Is generally a6und-
ant moisture in the land. Price, $1,000.
cash. A great bargain
Well, l bought the land, aud then took
q trip down there 70 see IL, but | mover did
get TO seeit, although / found IL by wading
on my tiptoes in water up 10 my chln. Iho
land Is there, no doubt, for could feel IL
But the trouble is, IL Is out IN the MIDDLE
and al the bottom OF a Dig lake. The COM
pany says they did not mIsroprsent tho
land la their al. They say the land was
perfectly dry at the time they sold IL, ale
though the AXE had not been known 70 be
dry in 20 years.
Now, please let mo know what you think
about this. Can you see anything wrong
about ~ How can / utilize this land 80
as 10 get my $1,000 back out OF III
Yours truly,
WILLIE AvIy.
p. S.-PleGsc answer in your letter. l
enjoy reading your letters in the paper
very much.
Dear Willie, do not be cast down.
Other people have been treated Just The
same and recovered. A friend OF mine
in the mountainous districts OF the ar
gentiferous west, once while In search
of a grub stake, which means a grocer
who feels like furnishing a proprietor
with -four and bacon for tho winter
with a reward Of one-half the golcon-
das found by the honest ~prospector
! while the grub holds out, saw a large.
Juicy eastern capitalist perched on the
incoming stage.
Judging that be would make pretty
good picking my friend soon got a con-
tract from him for putting q tunnel into
the Realization, n new mine with no
work done on IL, the tunnel to DO 200
feet IN length 81 $50 per foot, for i was
pretty stiff digging, Or $4,000 Tor tho
lob, on completion December %, 1877.
MY friend did no., begin work tll
after winter began and a tremendous
fall of snow which totally changed the
aspect OF the mountains. However, no
worked patiently at the tunnel and tim.
bered Il as be went, and on the cath OF
December wUrk was completed aud the
vein struck.
The large, juicy Eastern capitalist
had64e govt, aud so sent his prospect
i've s~on-in-law, aged %, who was the
| ore.half back OF a college football team,
10 come out and accept or reject the
tunnel. Ny friend, the contractor,
whose nam was HonOre DOolan, OF Salt
Lake. took the hand OF the one-halfI
back and led him away 10 the tunnel(
Lighting a stub OF candle 81 the mout1
| oFthe tunnel, he led the youth inside
among the timbers. but the candle gave
a sizz like a wet i%recracker and went
out.
"Never mind" said Honore, III know
the way. Take my hand, and we will
90 In where l will light up again AZ the
far end Of the tunnel"
So they logged on, the young man
meantime slowly freezing 70 death. ~
the terminus Of the tunD-l Doolan
knocked of some pieces Of the orc.
while the candle again hIckered and
went tut. Hand In hand they started
out, fastening a tapeline az the Inner
end aud unwindlng II as they walked.
.Doolan ~ostenslbly put the specimens
OF ore In his pocket. but really bad
some 10 bis other pocket, which he pre-
ferred aud with which be exchanged on
the way out through the dark.
The young nan was, oh, 80 glad 10
get back 70 camp and warm up, and
Doolan opened a case Of stomach BIT
ters. The young nan showed his ore
70 a delighted audience, went % Den
YER with Doolan and paid him on. after
which be went On east. aud Doolan
| drank sparkling moselle for a week 90
breakfast. lunch and dinner. lie then
went 10 Australia, where he IL yet.
When tue large, juicy eastern capt.
talIst came 70 look At the Realization
mine and put men and machinery into
IL. be saw on the Lumbar region OF the
backbone OF the continent what looked
Ike the tlmbers for a covered bridge
200 feet long, for Doolan had cng bis
/ $4,000 tunnel 10 the snow, and when
shit had done gone of" the mine was
renamed the Dennis.
Choke back your soos, Niiie' ana
try il Ger again. That's the way we
must all do. Look up, not down; ont.
not in, Willie, snd lend . hand Yours
truly,