The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

entirely across that state, viewing a
part of the famed blue grass region and
later entering a mountainous country
where our train crept over high bridges
or Numbered through tunnel after tun-
mel,
After leaving the train we found
teams for our party and baggage
awaiting us, and after driving seven
miles due west, we arrived at Rugby.
The hostelry there is the Tabard Inn,
and we were welcomed with hospital
ity that was unmstakable. One party
of nine seldom goes that way.
But strangers never go over the road
from Cincinnati TO Chattanooga with
out stopping off and driving over that
seven miles from Rugby Road to Rug
by. Seven English miles, mind you,
and Rugby is an English town OF
rather was. And thereby hangs a tale,
but l cannot tell it here.
In the graveyard there lies the moth
er of Thomas Hughes. and likewise his
buried scheme Of philanthropy. Go to
Rugby yourself and learn the rest. You
will never question this advice if you
do although you may never be able to
define just what it was that pleased you
most, whether it was the scenery, the
odOr of pines, the atmosphere, the cool
nights or the delightful personal inter-
est which every one there assumed
toward you.
We intended leaving next morning,
but we didn't. We spent two whole
days there and brought away photo
graphs Of beautiful spots and quaint
characters. Among them is Aunt Die
ie." Unlettered she was and stranger
to the polish Of modern life, but ma
ture made her a gentleWOman. In her
little home of a single room stands an
ancient loom and on that primitive ma
r. Cd he VIZ hGagar FOL afF4
while the sun shines through the open
door upon a face that is homely to you
until you catch the spirit that is reflect
ed from it.
But New England push got us away
from Rugby, although We would fain
have fingered there because We had
eaten of the lotus leaf, through Allardt
and on to jamestown. Here Mark
Twain's father was once register of
deeds and the little old brick court
house contains records written by the
old man which name is known to his
tory through the wit of the son who
has made two continents laugh.
When Jesse James robbed a bank in
Huntington, W. Va, and his gang scat
tered and attempted to get away, one
of them was caught at jamestown by
ex-Sheriff Taylor, and it is a thrilling
treat TO hear that keen eyed natural de-
tective tell how he did 1t. The present
sheriff of Fentress county, Tenn, al
ways brings in his man when he goes
after him. His name is G. W Conatser.
He stands six feet two, and by his side
is the trusty old muzzle loading rife
which is only a few riches shorter.
Next day We jolted down the noun
tain over as rough a road as can be
found in America, some thirteen miles
to Squire Abe Beatys, and there, near
Little Crab, Tenn, we saw what we had
come a thousand miles to see-the Cele-
brated Bob's Bar of we'll This we'll in
its way, is one Of the most remarkable
oil wells in America.
1t is the property of rhe Interstate
Petroleum Company. which has offices
in this city in rooms 503-504 State Alu-
tual building. We saw this we'll pumped
and VIC inspected the pipeline records.
The we'll has been pumped over two
years continuously and has never fallen
off in its production in the least The oil
is found in this we'll at a depth Of 297
feet from the surface, which, at tbs
point, is a deep eroded valley 1900 feet
lower down than jamestown.
Here is a region which would delight
the heart Of the geOlogist Footprints
on the sands Of time" are in every rock.
The formations are stratified and are
all sedimentary rocks except occasional
crystallizatiors. Just across a pictur-
esque little stream. called the East
Fork Of Obsy, stands another tall der
rick which marks the location of the
Reagan we'll which is also the property
Of the interstate Petroleum Co. Oil III
this well was found at a depts Of 500
feet. differing IN quality and character
from that afforded by the Bobs Bar
well and proving the presence Of two
distinct pay streaks."
A half mile further up the same
stream on the Abe Beatty farm is a
gas WeH estimated to have a daily ca