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ISLE LA NOTE.

NJ s. Thomas, who has been in Maine
the past six weeks buying apples and po-
tatoes, returned home Saturday morning
H. q. Holcombe has gone to Manches-
ter, n. IT,, to attend the funeral of his
sister, Mrs. Abel phelps.-The auction
sale of the costumes from De Wolf Hop
per's comic opera "Pckwick" for the
beneht of the public library on Tuesday
night was not largely attended on ac-
count of the rain, s35 being the proceeds.
There will be another sale as soon as there
Is any crossing.-Mrs. ID. Z. Tromblcy has
been called to Manchester n. H., by tho
death of her mother. Mrs. Phelps.-Mrs
a. ii. I'M has returned from two
weeks visit in New York.-Mrs Annett
bcngfcld is ill.--Mr. and Mrs. ~ W. Fisk
have gone 10 Boston for II few days.
Mcssrs. Julius and Edmund Seymour OF
New York spent Sunday in town-Mrs. j.
w. Ho'oomb and son Kenneth of Rouses
Point and j. NJ. Skeels of Whitehall, N
Y, are guests of Judge Holcombe.
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HENS WERE ACTIVE.
Warm Weather Made Them So and
Eggs Are Much Cheaper.

The Unprecedented warm weather Of the
past week caused an unusual activity
among tho hens. with the result that eggs
took a great drop so that the strictly
frcsh variety were retailing yesterday
at q cents a dozen. Creamery butter re-
tails at 81 cents a pound while dairy
butter continues at 20 cents a pound.
The fruit and vegetable markets remain
with prices practically unchanged. All OF
the dealers have an abundance of canned
goods in every line. Owing 10 a short
crop Of tomatoes last season, the packers
were unable to secure the usual quaint
ties and canned tomatoes consequently
are higher than last year. Standard to-
matoes sell at $3.50 per dozen cans or 70 IL
cents a can. The best grade OF whole to-
matoes sells at IS cents for a three pound
can.
Other canned goods sell al the follow
ing prices: Corn, 10, PIP and 10 cents a
can; peas, 10, u 1-2, L. 49, 90 and % cents
can; succotash, TO- IL II and 10 cents per
can: lima beans 10 10 IS cents per can;
asparagus tips. So cents per can; whole
asparagus, 81 cents per three pound can;
red kidney beans. L IL cents a can; wax
beans, Is cents a can; little green fancy
French string beans. 20 cents; spinach
and dandelions. % cents per can; beets
10 cents per threepound can.
Canned fruits are also to be had in va
ried abundance. Lemon cling peaches. %
cents to 30 cents per can; pineapples
either sliced. grated or shredded Is cents
a cam pears, 20 to So cents per can; plums
and apricots, 70 to 81 cents per can: straw
berries and raspberries, IS cents per two
pound can; blackberries, % to % cents per
two-pound can; blueberries. Is to Is
cents per two-pound can.
In the lire of pickles, imported products
are offered in the following lines: Girk-
ms. mixed and chow in half pints, Is
cents and in pints, IS cents; picked onions,
Is cents half pint; picked walnuts. 10
cents a pint OF domestic pickles, the
usual varietier are offered at from rs to
80 cents per pint. Pin Money mixed
pickles are SIS cents a pint
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and 100 cords of wood to draw to the
village.-Tho play entitled Aunt Jeru-
sha's Quilting Party" was given by the
l.. V. ]. 8. Wednesday evening, January
H. to full house. Sixteen people took
part and all wore old-fashioned cos
tunes. Their parts were we'll rendered
and many laughabe local hits were
drawn for the play. Miss Skinner of Col
chester, one of the Bellows Academy lady
students, entertained thu audience by
two very fine recitations. Music was fur
nished by w. j. Trombly, Miss Belle
Hicks and Miss Southland; also two selec-
tons were given by the male quartotte.
which Is composed of II. Ballard A. Will
kins. +. Kinfeld and Mr.. Taylor. Mrs
J.. II. Tabor played the organ. The re-
coipts of the evening were about $1,000.
l.. II. Tabor is SO far recovered from the
fall he received two weeks ago as to be
able to be out--W. II. King of Buck
Hollow has bought the II. Hull place
The Rev. Mr.. Burkes little boy is con-
fined to the house by sickness Mrs. Ad-
die Allen of st. Adams and w. 3. Judd
of Swanton were guests at G. G. Ortons
last week.-George kimball and family
expect to move this week to Bakersfield
and take charge of the mill property
that he bought the first of the month.
He will rent his place on Main street,
The drivers OF the school barges are hav-
ing a hard time this term. One day il is
on runners and the next on wheels.--Mr.
Sawyer, the r. +. ID. inspector. was in
town last week and went over all three
of the rural routes and took a measure
ment of the roads.--Prof. NJ. ID. Chittcn-
denis little daughter has been quite sick
with the grip.
The comrades Of I. y. Richardson
Post and their wives met at the home of
Comrade John S. Howard January 10 and
passed a very enjoyable afternoon. The
officers of the post were installed after
which they paitook of a spread prepared
by Mrs Howard After supper they
sang a few war songs and were given a
literary treat consisting of recital of
New Englands Dead by Master Roy
Howard. aged six years, the youngest son
Of a veteran In town, and the reading Of
an original poem by Mrs. Howard, COM
posed for the occasion.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY
EAST FAIRFIELD.

Mrs. Gates Ilawley, who has been con-
fined to the house by illness for few
days. is much better and again able to
be out.-W. T. Croft and daughter Hazel
ore visiting relatives and friends in
Nashua. \. H.. and Boston, Mass.-Miss
Bessie STANLEY of Bakersfield is the guest
OF Frances Pomeroy.-Tho supper given
by the Womans auxiliary of the Meth
odist Church at NJ. NJ. Moran's pleasant
rooms in Reads block rhui sday evening,
was a success, socially and financially
The Rev. r. II. Blunt of Connecticut will
begin his duties as rector of the Episcopal
Church February l. Mr., Blunt and family
Nlll arrive in town next week and will
occupy the house owned by Wavland
Wright.-The whist party given by the
Ioresters Friday night, January H. in
Their hall in l.. b. Strigess block. was
well attended and quite Il little sum was
Yp1lizpd
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sWANTON.

Allie Barr, one of the steamboat corps
of engineers for the Champlain Trans
portation company, has gone to Shell
burne harbor to work on the new boat,
the Tconderoga, as maChinist
The ice went out Of the river above
and below the dam Monday night. The
river is very high but no damage has
been done. Sixteen years ago the ice
went out in January.
Mrs Albert e. Willard is threatened
with pneumonia and has a trained nurse
from Burlington.
B. T.. Naramore, who mas been engag-
ed in trade in Stones block for the
past year, is moving his stock of goods
to Bakersfield. O, X, Brown &; Son
will move into the store vacated by Mr..
Naramore next week, Mr.. Brown has
been engaged in trade in the Farrar
block for % years
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GEORGIA.

Mrs. Sarah Lorimer and daughter Mrs.
Laturnr and son, from Portland Oregon,
are guests of the Rev. and Mrs. ]. G.
Lorimer.-Mr and Mrs. II. c. McNall of
Milton were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Gull Thursday, January lS.-Miss Eme c.
Gordon of St. Adams Is visiting friends
here for a few weeks.--J. NJ. Skeels of
Whitehall. N. Y, and ]. II Cull were
guests of the Rev. r. I. Nye Wednesday.
January l7.-Charles Scott was in St. AL
bans Tuesday of last week.--Wiliam Will
bur of ST. Adams Ridge is to move to the
farm of the Rev. c. W. Clark March /.
Mr.. Brooks will move to his own place at
the Centre..-The Rev. C. w. Clark will
occupy the house Of Mrs. George L. Dee
the coming year.--James NJ. Skcels and j.
II. Gull were guests of Ira H. s. Fair
banks Friday.
An oyster supper and social will be
given at the Baptist Church Mt Georgia
Plain on Thursday evening, February |,
together with a short literary and musical
progralnme.-Harold LOOMS aud family,
after spending two months here with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William LOOMS,
started for their home In Wyoming last
week.-Mrs.. Phoebe Patterson, an aged
resident. died at her home on Sunday
night after but a few DAYS illness.-Miss
Tina Scott. who was operated on at the
st. Adams hospital on Wednesday OF last
week for appendicitis, is doing as we'll as
could be expected, and Mrs. Clark Abel,
who underwent an operation on Tuesday
last, is doing very well.-Mrs. Louise
Churchill is still seriously ill.-The roads
were in fine condition for wheeling before
this thaw, so that automobiles were down
from st. Albans.-The Rev. 4. w. Ford
exchanged pulpits with the Rev. A. G..
Austin last Sunday.
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EAST BERKSHIRE.

Ernest Young spent Sunday at his home
Hero.-laul J. Moren has returned from
i3oston.-The Azulihet club met with Miss
trace WadlciRh Saturday evening"
Fourteen couples from this place attend
sd the dance given by the Foresters Mt
Cnosburgh Falls Friday night.-Mrs. q.
H. Lawton VINO has been visiting her
Mrs. u. Vincent. returned home
Saturday mornng.-Miss Grace Rouse is
|ill.-R. Wood of St. Adams spent Sunday
lin town.-'rhc l.. V. I. S. had a So
|cial at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. SAT-
ford Tuesday evening,-C. Richardson
was in Lvndonville over Sunday.-The y.
a.. :. c. +. of the Congregational Church
had social at the home Of Mr.
land Mrs. l.. Button Wednesday evening.
Mrs. r. Demar was in Hardwick We'd
|hesday and Thursday to attend the fun
|gral q I Eroup
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WEST BERKSHIRE.

The village schools are closed this week
wing to the illness of Miss Ellen WaE-
+er.Thc w. c. r. l.. will meet with
|lrs. G. X, BurlesOn Saturday afternoon.
fhree members were initiated at From
Ter Grange. No. 346, Thursday evening"
lrs. j. II Washer is i'll with the mumps.
Mrs. Jennie Cocord and Mae Austin
n Richford have been visiting friends
p town for few days.-The Rev. and
IRIS. f.. J. Lord Of Johnson were in
|own rccontly.-Sevcral Masons from
|his place attended the district meeting
nd banquet at Frelighsburg, p g., Fri
Law last
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1895 bu; sales. 25ooo bu. futures; Ii2 900
bu spot; spot steady. Option market
was moderately active and steady until
near the close, when ID eased off with
wheat showing a final &c net loss. Jan.
closed 5i%c; May closed 5lhc; July closed
5lhc; Sept. closed slice
OATS-Receipts, $1,000 bu; exports, g.
100 bu; spot steady.
CoFFEE-sDot Rio steady; No. 7 In
voice, skGS%c: mild quiet; Cordova, ioD
iSc' The market for coffee futures opened
steady at unchanged prices to an advance
or hve points on steady European cables
ana further advance IN the rate OF
brazilian exchange. The close was SOILS
points net higher. Sales were report I'd
or 1880 bags, including Feb, Sc solis. 95;
march, %.90@7oo; May. S15172O July,
T.S5; Sept, $3.50; Dec, s7.G5a77o.
SuGAR-Raw nominal; fair refining.
&c; centrifugal, 90 test, S,bc moIasses
sugar, 1l-1Gc; refined steady.
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Green Cut Bone For Poultry.

During freezing weather we cut up q
great many tons of green bone and
meat. There is nothing better for poul
try. Price $3.50 per barrel Of 200
pounds, at which price We prepay
freights Ia almost any station. At this
price cash must accompany order, Re-
NIT at our risk by check, postal money
order. express money order or regis.
tered letter. C. 8. Page. Hyde Park, W.
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EIGHGATE CENTRE.

Miss INA Hunt, who has been visit
|ir- 'tr c;hi ,imothcr. MS Mary Hunt.
|has returned to her home in Rutland. -
William Regain of Sheldon was in town
fMonday.-MrS. -. w. Steele visited re-
Pativcs in St. Adams last week.--G Ray
Pnond stimets WAS home from Bakers
field over Sunday--Mrs. G. III. Deal has
been quite i'll the past ten days with
ana Mrs. !. w. Ryea of
F'itchburg, Mass, are in town visiting
relatives and friends.-Mrs. Samuel
Plumb of Sheldon is in town called here
by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Bates
f9yea.-Mrs. Herbert G. Carman, has
)Deen seriously i'll the past week. but
Is now cOnvalescing.- G.. Austin of
st. Adams was on town on business
Monday.-Alhert Clarke is confined to
I he house by illness.-Mr. and Mrs. G.
NJ. Steele spent Monday in St. Adams.
! Miss Rcta Elwood, who has been
Staying with her brother. G. II. Elwood,
ias returned to Fairfield.
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BAKERSFIELD.

Miss Matte Boutoli, of East Fair
field spent Wednesday of last week
With Mrs. =. .. Tillotson. MIR. and
Mrs Broe, of Durham, +. G. We're the
quests of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bou-
her last wcek.-Mr. and Mrs. f. A.
Start have begun housekeeping in Mrs
'orse's house. The common schools
Closed Friday, January 10, Sylvia Head,
Gretchen Head, Mary Farrand Barlow
,oretta Barlow, Ella Miller Maynard.
fIverel Baldwin, Howard Barlow and
Michael Stewart were absent only one
half day, Bessie toss one day and I.yn-
Eon Cowan one and one half days Mr.
nd Mrs. Loren w. Potter were the guest
pr Mr.. and Mrs. w. a. Potter last
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COMMERCIAL.
New York Produce Market.

New York, Jan. "a
WHEAT-Receipts 1900 bu; sales D.
10000 bu. futures; spot weak. After show
ing firmness up to the last hour, based
on covering orders, steady Liverpool
cables, fair clearances and n better
Northwest cash demand, wheat suddenly
turned weak. 1t broke nearly cent be-
fore the close under severe bear pres
sure and withdrawal of bull support.
leaving Off ssGac net lower. May closed
Whc; July closed soc: Sept closed S79sc.
CORN-Receipts. $500 bu; exports.
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GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
ALBURGH CENTRE.

George Tudhope is visiting friends in
Boston and Manchester.-W. w. Rock
well is again confined to the house by
sickness.-Mr. and Mrs. William Hyde
are visiting at the home of their son
Merton Hyde.-Arthur Hemenway was
called to Sheldon Monday on account
of the illness OF his brother, Henry
Hemenway.-Nrs w. ]. Wrightman has
been seriously i'll of heart trouble
Misses Waity and Lbbic Reynolds are
visiting friends in Hurlngton-Roy
rockwell spent SUNDAY IN Swanton.-
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MONTGOMERY.

Miss Bessie Longey, only daughter Of
fenry Longey, was found dead in bed
y Friday morning, January 3. She had
|een in poor health for % years, but went
b bed as well as usual on Friday night.
he was born In Enosburgh January l.
|69. The funeral was held at Enosburgh
lalls at ST. John the Baptist Catholic
|hurch January Z. She is survived by n
|ther and mother and three brothers -
The Ladies' Aid society and Epworth
league are to have a social on Thursday
Fening at Oliver Goodrich s.-B. II. Halle
hs moved to the house he recently rented
DIR. c. C.. Smith.
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tee from the council, with the church
committee on Friday evening.
News has been received here of the
birth of daughter to the Rev. Dr.
and Mrs. d. Sage Mackay of New York
on January II.
Mrs. Olive Roy Of Pine street was yes
terday arrested by Chief of Police Ma
honey and locked UP on the charge Of
obtaining money under false pretenses
Frederick b. Morton is i'll with attack
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NEW YORK LIVE STOCK MARKET.

New York, Jan. a.
BEENES-Rcceipts, 1,SSS head; prime
ana cholce steers steady; others slow TO
loc OIL; bulls steady; steers. A0Od5.60:
extra, $500; oxen. s2.75dA25; bulls, S3oo1
aZo' cows T15a3G0 choice. s4O0 ex-
ports ID cattle, 20 sheep asAi $500 quarters
Of beef; tomorrow so Nttle and $500
quarters of beef
CALVES-Receipts, 154S head; veals
steady; veals s5.oOue50: tops. 1915: little
calves, :35Oai.5O; barnyard calves s3as
@f00; western, si25.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts g. 800
head; sheep steady; lambs slow but
steady; sheep. Aooa57j; lambs. $1,000
500; culls, $500
IIOGS-Receipts, $3.50 head; market
steady: state hogs. ss10d6. %.
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CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.

Chicago, Jan. "a.
WHEAT-May s5'sGs5lac; July, ssxa
S37sc.
CORN-May, 445sQ45c July, 45lsc.
OATS-May. 3l%c: July. 3o%c.
MESS PORK-(Per bbD-May s1lo5;
Jan. sl3.1O; July, sli17is.
1'ARD-per 100 lbs)-Jan., s737A: May.
s7.50a152ia; July, N62iad7e5.
SHORT RIBS-Sides doose)-Jan.,
$40; May. s757h; July, $40.
Cash quotations:
WHEAT-No. . spring wheat. s4dssc:
No. ,, So0SJ,2c; No. red, s53.ass5sc.
CORN-No ., 42isc; No. yellow. 42a.c.
OATS-No. ., SOAc: No. white, $40
3Z'ac; No. 8 white, 3ld4Nc.
RYE.-No. .. Sc.
choice mailing. 42450c.
FLA%SEED-No. 1, SIP; northwestern
No. 1, slI9.
TIMOTHY SEED-Prime. none.
MESS PORK-(Per bbD-s1367kTl3.7o
IARD-(Per 100 lbs)-s7.40.
SHORT R1BS-Sides Ooose)-s7221.D
1873.
sIDEs-short clear noxed)-s7.soal
40.
SHOCLDFRS-Dry sailed, none.
WHISKEY-(Basis OF highwines)-H2s
On the produce exchange to-day tho
butter market was easier; creameries,
1Sd27c; diaries. l9d2+c; eggs steady at
mark cases included 171l9c: frsts lsc:
prime frsts. zoe; extras, 22c; cheese.
steady, 11AG1Sc.
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LET US BIND YOUR MAGAZINES.

We can't an be Carnegres and build
Libraries for other folks. But we can
build our own and that is the kind
that is best appreciated and most used.
great help in increasing the size.
appearance and value OF your library
will be the binding Of your periodicals.
A very neat binding can be had for rs
cents a volume.
FREE PRESS BINDERY.
o76 dGytt
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Ocean Tug Struck Lodges

Eastport. Me. Jan. 23.-While round
ing the southwest head of Grand
Manan during a thick fog, the New
York tug Gypsum King, with one barge
in tow, struck on the famous MUIR
lodges and will probably become total
wreck. The crew of both vessels
landed at Seal cove. The fate Of the
barge Is not known.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

New York. Jan. "a.
Cotton futures opened steady. Jan,
sl1.25: Fob, $40 bid March, sl1.3s, April.
- May. sl1.51; June, -; July, S11.5S:
Aug. s11.40; Sept, -; Oct, sl0.72; spot
closed quiet, rliddling upands, s11.9o; do.
gulf, s12.l5; sales, none.
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EAST HIGHGATE.

Perley Longe, who has been i'll for a
few days, is able to be out.--'rhe In
provement society met with Mrs. T. A.
Derosia Wednesday afternoon.--The con-
dition of Gordon Bedford who is i'll
with pneumonia, is improving The
Married Peoples Whist club will meet
with Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Cutler, We'd
reeday oycpinu bo
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SOUTH HERO.

The annual meeting of stockholders
Of the Sandbar bridge was held Thurs
day. January Is and the following
officers were elected President, r. i.
Iandon; secretary, r. H. Kinney;
treasurer, r. r. Landon directors. f.
H. Phelps, Juan Robinson of South
Hero, Jed p Clark of Milton, Nj. o.
Kinney of Grand Isle.
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BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKET.

Boston. Jan. "a.
BUTTER-Market quiet but firm:
northern. 26@27c; western. 25hQ2s,sc:
Vermont dairy. 20624c.
CHEESE.-The market was firm to-day;
Vermont twins. I3iaal4c.
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FAIRFAX

Mrs ]. x. Curtis OF Georgia was the
nest of her sister, Mrs. &. q. Orton,
anuary lie. d. Shepardson has about
o. 900 feet of logs to draw to his mill
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Mr. and Mrs Ray Duba are in town
the guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Rama Duba
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-06-08

JAMES r. GARFIELD ueflnS an inquiry
into the methods of
the Standard Oil trust. The report o
the commissioner of corporations,
James r. Garfield, on which the mes
sage Of the president was based, states
that about 26,OOO,O00 barrels of oil are
refined annually in the United States
and that of this product the Standard
OIL company and its subsidiary corpo-
rations control about 100000 bar
rels, and approximately the same pro-
portion of the other finished products
Of petroleum. The methods by which
the Standard has gained this practical
monopoly over the petroleum output of
the United States are described in con-
siderable detail in Mr.. GarfeId's re-
port, and the abuses In the matter Of
improper and unfair railway rates al
legged to exist have been cited as
among the reasons for the passage Of
the railway rate measure now pending
in congress.
The growth of the petroleum industry
to its present gigantic proportions In
this country is one of the maryels of
the past half century, and as an indus
try the oil business has had even
greater prominence than these proper
lions might naturally have won it on
account of the fierce battle that has
been waged for years against the at
tempt of the Standard to secure and
maintain a monopoly In it.
1t is not quite half a century since
IL. l.. Drake struck oil on Watson's
fats, near Titusylle, Pa. The exact
date of this event, so important in the
annals Of American industry, was Aug
g. 1853. The scenes in the oil fields
which soon followed this discovery
were almost as exciting as those which
were witnessed but a few years pre-
vious in the gold fields of California.
Wells were sunk in large numbers in
western Pennsylvania along Oil creek,
French creek and the Allegheny river.
The scenes Of industry and excitement
shifted as the oil wells Of different To-
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-06-08

calities became exhausted. One of the
famous oil towns Of forty years ago
was Pithole City, which, next to phila-
delphia, had at one time the largest
postoffice of any city in the state of
Pennsylvania. Today the place where
Pfthole City stood Is farm land.
People had been gathering Oil at GER
tain places in Pennsylvania in the
vicinity Of streams for some years pre-
vious to brakes experiment and had
been collecting 1t from the water by
means Of pits arranged like separators,
the water flowing away below, leaving
the oil floating on the surface, whence
It was dipped up with blankets. Drake
sank an artesian well. When the bore
had penetrated thirty three feet the
drill dropped into a creyice about six
inches. This was on q Saturday night.
By Sunday afternoon oil was found
near the top Of the pipe. Afterward
the well produced at the rate of TWEEN
ty-five barrels a day. This was small
In comparison with the output of the
big wells Of today, but at that time 1t
was considered remarkable. For some
two years the new petroleum industry
was restricted to the Titusville terri
tory. 1t was not until 1874 that the
Bradford field was developed, and not
long after that oil In paying quantities
was found in some parts of western
New York and In other counties of
Pennsylvania. About the time of the
Chicago Worlds fair Ohio came into
notice for its oil fields, and In the past
half dozen years Texas, Kansas. In
diana, West Virginia, California and
some other states in the west and
southwest have come to the front In the
industry.
The oil regions abound In pictur-
esque sights. An oil tank on fire makes
brilliant display, and it does not take
long for a tank with even such ca
pacity as $4,000 barrels to go up in
flame and smoke. Shooting an oil well
Is common though dangerous opera
ton In this industry, and its frequency
accustoms those who work In the oil
fields to regard the performance with
as much complacency as IL 1t were an
incident attended with no peril what
ever. The operation consists in explod-
Ing nitroglycerin torpedo at the bot
tom of the drill hole to make the oil
flow. Often after the explosion the oil
comes out of the well with tremendous
force and velocity.