The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26

that zigzag railroad and every one Of tA&m
was Ia the woods. At the first one stoppcd
Oh at found ons or two oil wells puRpass
away In everybody's front yard. just g
sso oSS might n have tcuntsin playing II yeus
bank. found that when . man tolls So
wife TO fetch some coal for the Are, out n
that country. she simply takes . shoya
and basket. goes out IN the lot and dios
might; ,...
Zig-zag was Tylersville. When they stsytd
that town they expected to make q humDer.
There was plenty Of coal there, sheY.Jn-
not, less than fifty yesrs' supply Of BAL.
and pine timber outlying. Hf
But after starting the place they serunk
snag. The best available blnldink ttS
were on a two hundred acre tract. nSh IN
the centre Of the town plot. But Hobody
owned it. A dozen different parties @alned
y. but none Of EN- could give titlcs' Then
they went TO law, and were in tha InASee
Of II the time ] struck the place, and there
that valuable 200 acres lay ussleSs,
.Tylersville, they had 10 drop thslT Gsiild.
ings down In all sorts Of looas1ous, and
even to boist them up on the hihS,' For
instance, the Methodist Church M bulk
two miles from town on the SiIAan3t Of q
s eay p to sst 90 e tie sst oh nsSs e.
there was no sidewalk. and when ! wss there
the mud was easily a foot deep, snd they
were holding q revival At the, church.
We've struck consumn4ts hard luak
the church to me. II 3 On ;tep Of Another
hill, half mile from the chnfoh. Il 0fss
two men day to dig gravpi u u. for therst
only one foot Of ground. The rest b al
solid rock. They have 70 drill and hlsst
after they get through thss one foot OF
But, lucky for us. the country b healthy.
We've only had three gra<es dug h three
years. The frst one belonged TO John Ola.
He was 100 years month"; and . day. Old,
W. buried his widow Yesterday. ehe
WIS io4 years Z months and days Old.
We hed our third burial the came dAy--
Aunt Mary Gray, aged oo.' =.
Il learned from tho landlord OF the hotsI
AZ Tyl,rsville that he had moved his hotsl
three "a time. IN year once becsuse be found
that It seemed another man owned and
wanted TO get at: the second time on aceeunt
or their wanting 10 put down an OIL vsu
on the spot where be had relocated the
hostelry, and thec third time because b
natural ga. vein. .k R he he had tsppsd D
putting down a well for water, and which
sent such volumes Of gas up into the houss
that IL made It unpleasant for his Gusste,
and tribe dangerous when ysu hs1khsd
IT hope hsin't got the aggravatn'
shebans on somebody's iron mine Or some
thin. this time, sa'd the landlord, Tor Tn
gittin' tired O. shiftin''
well. l learned from the landlord that tAs
day Of the two funerals was the moet mo-
mentous the town had ever known. -:
and one co. there had been the trial 0f q
young woman school teacher on . charge
of cruelty to one of her pupils.
During the trial the schocinas@H
iown and thrown him through the sqAe9E
touse window. The president at tie
board Immediately resigned, and NO 81
he directors did the came. leaving no QUO
rum and the schoolbouse ut The asns
line.
Justice Of the peace and . leading citssp
,ad come TO blows. Then frienda taking
Iides. a free fight had followed. HvS
lrrests had been made on charges Of o..
ault. The school teacher had rsdgnsd,
s Sps1 with c her lawyers brother end IL
.on the same day. Mart Stately. Who
worked In the sawmiD, climbed ffteen
eet to a shafti,G TO fl belt Whils
he was perched in the chatting the snSa-
,eer started the machinery. ststAly was
'In his flight he broke with his had
IN inch pine board. and was brought 70
stop by plunging into a pile Of slabs.
lie got up and went to work without Q.
cratoh or q bruise. and the landlord saif
Mart hadn't thought the incident worth
Two men were pitching. quoits IN frest
II the hotel. using hors. shoes for quota.
)ne was a sharp-faned little fellow. not
moro than Is. The other was rsiddls-
'ged man with gray whiskers
'aid IN. landlord to me.
he PLAYERS seemed to be any way enthua-
,stic over it, BY and by II was 6nishsd.
The young man had won.
I'm 90 over 10 Clarion and have the
leeds made out tomorrow, Colonel satd
he midde-ssed man.
An right, CAPTAIN said the win1sT
u the game. NO hurry
Then they went in, had q drink, sAd
walked toward the depot.
! told you that was an interes.in' game
aid the landlord 20 mo. II WAS for Q
ract OF oil-producing land against . hun
lred acres OF coal land.
That young chap that won wes Col.
Fox. who owns Foxburg. down in the val
ey, and is worth more than 81 600 600 Ths
rller that lost " Capt. vanderCeor ~
worth 5000 on
The stalks IN that game was worth se09e-
,sme, | tell you"
Il couldn't very well deny II, and Ieft
hat zigzag country thinking I had Ae~eS
truck anything just 80 entertaining ~ u
ras and don't thipk I svsx hak a fuArknR