The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-11-11
Mayburg.

+. X. Brown and wife go to Plttsburg
this a. IN.
j. G.. Richards, wife and Ralph made a
two days visit to Hon. Peter Berry, near
Plummer. Report a good time.
We miss the Hon. Peter from Balltown.
1t was stirring times when he lived there
and the Howe and Balltown leases were
pouring out rivers of oil, aud it was no
small part that he took in the develop
ment of the Balltown field. Rumor hath
it, and | believe it is true, that the open
ing of this immense pool of oil was large
ly due to his persistence and the natural
German hang-on. You only need to look
him in tho face to see the bulldog tenac-
ity, the never-let.go till victory is as
sured. In this case the victory was some
thing wonderful the production made
things lively at Porkey, Balltown and
Mayburg, the paw roll of three or four
different companies swelled every month
until it reached a scattering of say S25,OOO
to $50, 900 a month, and while the boys
were enjoying the good things that could
be purchased with their salaries, old
mother earth seemed to laugh and grow
merry at the thought that she had count
less millions of oil, gas and other things
stored away below the surface and hid
den from us.
Well, old Forest county has had some
lively days. In the Gusher field. where
the Hon. j. J. Haight is nov pumping
out his remainder at $l.92 per barrel. The
Balltown field, which so far has lasted q
years, and is still producing largely, then
the field around Tionesta at the headwa-
tiers of Little Hickory and Tubbs Run,
and the end is net yet. Other fields will
be struck until for its size Forest county
will rank high for its oil production.
We are about to loose the McManigle &
Brown bookkeeper, G. G. Smith. He ex-
poets to go West sometime this month,
and in the spring return for a few years
at school. Clyde is pretty well up on the
education line now. To see his writing
you would hardly think he needed any
more schooling, but our individual am
bition should be satisfied no matter what
it costs. Job says "Where shalt wisdom
be found?" and the answer is, 1.-THE fear
of the Lord, that is wisdom" l believe
it. C. c., with all OF his ambition Tor a
higher education, has the fear of the Lord
with him.
Our old friend Orion Siggins passed
through town last week, going to Ball
town to do some surveying. He looked
Just as hearty as ever. Call again.
Mrs. Thomas Clifford has returned
from a visit to her friends at Newmans-
vile.
This week 1 saw a most vicious looking
bear trap over at the S.. & Il. r. Il. depot.
II struck me as most awlully cruel sport.
There is something manly in hunting
with a gun, SO that bruin is quickly put
out of his misery, but a trap with all its
agony is certainly a relic of days gone
past. How would we like it?
Miss Zahniser and her cousin of your
town was visiting with Rev. and Mrs
Zahniser this week.
A. M. Hunter and Lewis went to Oil
City on Monday to see about Lewis dn'
kle, which has bothered him since it was
crushed on the mill last winter. The
doctors advised leaving it alone for thu
present.
VIM. A. Hartman, is still on the sicl
list with n aprained ankle.
Mr.. A. J. Slower moved way this
week. We lost q good
MORE ANON.