The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-26

10 SQUIRT water in yer eye,
"a quarter fer store kite
THAT'S guaranteed ter ny,
dollar bill fer bike repairs
And ten cents fer tool
And Dad, 81 me q penny fer
l,er take ter Sunday School.
THE DEACON.
There Is comparatively little drunk
enness in Marion county now. occa'
sionally Sheriff Glover is notified OF a
drunken man at some point in the
county and Immediately scours that
nejrhborhood until there is littlc
chance for a man with bottle TO get
very far. 1t is rarely indeed that
man Is seen on Fairmont streets VINO
IS intoxicated.
EARLY risers the other day caught
sight Of a fellow making mis- way across
tiie South Side bridge who appeared to
be IN bad way though 1t was at tirst
thought that he was Ill from other
causes than drinking One kind.heart'
ed fellow tried to help out the wan
derer but found he could do nothing
more than give an idea OF the pest
road to Grafton. The stranger sad
that he had been drinking and that
the only way he could get off a jag
was to take long walk. He was head
ed for Grafton this time and felt sure
he would be all right by the time he
reached that point. He told about
checking his baggage to that point and
assured those with whom he came In
contact that he was ION the level" by
showing a good.sized roll of money.
The same fellow that would give
anything for the flags Of the allies at
this time refused a Canadian quarter
the other day.
Coal miners who get away from
their work at $3.50 every afternoon
could hardly be expected to look upon
the daylight saving scheme with much
favor.
What are known as blowing wells
are described by the United States
Geological Survey, Department Of the
Interior, in recent letter to CORE
spondent.
Blowing" wells, also known as
"breathtng," sucking" weather"
and barometer" wells, it is stated
have been reported from many loCali-
ties. When such wells have been care
fully observed 1t has been found that
the blowing and sucking occur alter
nately-that is, at certain times the
blowing is outward and at intervening
periods it is inward. 1t has been found
that the Phenomena are due to differ
ences in atmospheric or barometric
pressure. The necessary conditions
seem to be porous stratum, such as
sandstone, gravel, or porous limestone,
only partially saturated with water,
oyerlain by some impervious sub
stance such as shale or clay. While
the atmospheric pressure is high the
air enters the we'll and collects in the
upper part Of the porous stratum
above the water level While the bar
ometric pressure is low the air is ex-
4pelled with considerable force, produc-
ing what is known as blowing" This
blowing frequently occurs during
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certain direction or during certain
periods Of the day.
"The peculiar action which you have
observed in the case Of your own we'll
may be due to causes similar to those
above mentioned. If gas is escaping
1t ought not to be difficult to detect its
presence. 1t should first be tested to
see whether or not it will burn, and
for this test a funnel or some other
contrivance can be used. In case 1t
will burn it may be either marsh gas
Or oil or rock gas Whether it is
one or the other can be determined
with some probability, though not with
certainty, by chemical analysis. Some
natural rock has almost, If not exact
ly, the same composition as marsh
gas.
"It is not, at all probable that your
well is giving off gas in sufficient guam;
tity to be used for domestic purposesS
but in case it is It will be necessary
to install some mechanical device for
collecting and storing the gas. From
the storage tank 1t could then be
piped to your residence to be used as
fuel or light"
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