Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-17
l FORTUNE FROM A dream.
Strange Luck of Hrs, Katherine Reed,
---~-O
Of West Virginia.
a vision Which Led to the Dis
c5very OF a Great on Well and
--ad5 the Widow Wealthy-The
Modern Nine. Midas.

louis Gl5he-Dsmocrat.
ms have played an important
-. 20 the foundation Of many fortunes,
lie only known instance where an
ton brought q woman god from
stone. SO to speak. and gave her the
power Of turning everything in
money IS chat ci = West Virginia
widow
modern Madame Midas vas The
TITO that has been borne for sew
by Jlis woman, who died re-
WuEams,own. W. Wa wo-
was known TO every oil man
Virginia and Western PennsyI-
her pluck and enterprise. a
.. Who brought order cut of chaos,
...-.4Led W1are all others had
and who mao5 -Ortune Tor her.
-f be-. BUSINESS associates, after
Ida. a-er though tley were men, had
r,s given C3 ID despair When she
...r. ..-l fortune OF 100000, which
81. r.. ACQUIRED .n the short time of
-v. wears. ana .ol5 behind two men
v-... fortunes she had laid the founda-
ton -.-. All t-is vas que 10 an ll7 pr
aul---l lre.iu INA, she h-'o' anu " u0u
o.. others had cl.ted her for investing
-N dollars that she pOS- SSed II
what ley declared was & fancy, she con-
-r.. obiUra-e and patiently went
She lived -o see the DAY When
she could with pride 20 -le result or Vl2t
r- ion, and make the remark.
l vas very d-uns In her case, l
-.t you SO.
SN years ago Mrs. k3tnerlne REED
was very plain. ordinary widow, Who
lived ol farm OF loo acres, near VII
ulus-cwc, W. Va. The land was poor
and u-.. Pc. covered with stones and
sr.ars. ana .1e only thing chat her hUs-
band left her in addition was a
v r- able 10 contribute much 10
..-r hood IL was hard work to
r.r. t..l erfs meet. and the sympa-
.r.- -rs -rtrhhors was often extended
r. widow Reed in her brave efforts TO
t..- --sv wolf from the door. and TO keep
t.,.rs.--a 1~aod toge. her. Such was the
..-f.-.,7 os Mrs Reed when the oil eX-
....-,.,- b-ol-a ont I'm West Virginia
..--,,,.. Civ v.sars ago Rut there finally
80. J,, Men hundreds Of drillers
---.--1--. IN ,,,s-, .r,os.s-f me Reed farm
.,.-s,. NV, HI. t}, f7crive territory
e,..-,-,,,-il,e or5 ~ +hev Dassed
,,.-,-os -, s-C.,-,sl NJ =. farm house
80 ~-e9I Fve~vtbi7qW as served of
-,- - oD4 ir sc7v became known 10
- ~, 49, Pee1 bousa and
- va 5. 80 ,,ossinis MA weary
' Nlsl-S'- - r. he n,oce T;mes
49, l,...sr ror +b. ,v;l3w and there
49, -. -.,., . I'D s,rngoia m NIKE
- ~. 49, sf-ar D9ving all her
80 -, -i, NO. ob,s ~ NM l;--Ie money
80 80 n, NO vs9rs .ba rad S4OO 10
- croliit r., -r. li--la monk at Williams
-,
?, r.,s ms. forr voars ago that two
7.,,-,- and f9vfsI Ir--s3men hapDened
.r--,~ o-,s s-,-.,e5 for several DAYS 9t
- 49, r,,,,i, r,o,,,os ,vere vii
,..l 80 - L-ells,- ord
nam N. hA-'! anu 49, 49, =, '>'''
.ag5 IaI JUS 'el'lss' IL lt - -, 80.
..ie L1i0, ""Vi c'-7 -
i1'S' ~. ~. .'.---.'-' r S,'l~.',,,o -,
..'.' ,.- es, nv, 49,. 800
go. -,. ~. go. ,L9,,Il t,.,
60, - -,, - r,eir fo~-,,rss IN
W. J-s-~i,,io ~. ~ -,rocssd ~ .be new
IN No. -,.5ic5 had ther been discov.
- a., L-.r.,,c,-,- For sore,ol bo,,re
- -, s-,,o1,,5 .Lei- ,;-o, ~,
~ a., .-l 5jsc,,sso1 tl,. $50
- L-..5 ~, -s.cl, 4, co,ol,,s.o-, Is,,i
-bev vere rnoble IN Geci5e end 6nalIy
rsrired determined m sIeao over the
matter
THE nevt -.ornirs 7t The breakfast IA
ble Mrs Reed RELAXED singular dream
ina She had had fbo nsc5- befora u
d~oamed~ She said that an oil well
md been SINK on INV Mace and that 2
rerarkable find had been made. The
black fluid flowed from he wen in such
am immense stream that it could not be
confined. and much of IL went to waste
before g. could be controlled Accord
ing TO my dream i- was the largest well
that had ever been found in West Vir-
ginia.
So earnestly did she relate the occur.
renee and so positive was she that if a
search was made oil could be found on
her farm that the TWO lrishmen. with
the superstition Of those who have bat
tied for fortune on the oil or gold field
became interested The w0man's dream
decided them. They would Try ono,
more TO make a fortune in West Vir.
g.nia. Mrs. Reed was taken into tho
partnership, and the well was sunk. IL.
coming in was watched with the creates,
interest. and so many people had told the