V OL. XXI.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1890.
NO. 33.
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I ANCIENT OIL WELLS.
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THEY WERE USED BY THE PENNSYL
VANIA MOl'Nl) HUtLDERS.
'trulcuu was sought and used in
North America perhaps oh early us any-ili-va
else iu thu world, since it was col-1-
'-d in many places and in largo quan
ti!)' by that mysterious people or peoples
wli .a wo kuow as the "The Mound
,' i Mers." When, iu 18.V.), I went to
Y,ttwille,liko thousands of others, called
' t'-ira by the Drake oil well, I noticed
;.'iat the bottom fands on Oil creek below
the town, and were covered with a mag
tiilcent forest of hemlock trees, were pit
l ( 1- 1 in a peculiar way, that is, the surface
' I v occupied by a series of contiguous
, J d prossions ten or fifteen feet in diameter
f.iid from one to three feet in depth.
, .. These were circular and symmetrical,
I in that respect differing from the pit's
I tf. J l ...J 1 T :
1 y'ouu ujr ujiiuiHuu trees. luquinu
of Brewer and Watson, who had an oil
well there, what was tho cause of this
scries of pits, I received no satisfactory
answer from them; but a bystander ac
swered my question by taking me to his
well, just begun in the vicinity. As it
chanced, this well was sunk iu one of
the pits before referred to.. It was car-
,! tied to the depth about twenty-five feet
in the earth, when therock was reached
and the drilling beguAi.
Throughout thisdepth it followed the
course of an oldwell, which had been
cribbed up wjflh timber, and in it was a
ladder smjbas was commonly used in the
eoPjft1 mines of Lake Supeiior by per
hips the same people who worked the
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'4..' 'jj' wells. This ladder was a portion of
a small tree, of which the trunk was thick-
f !y set with branches. These were cut
off four or live inches from
the trunk, and thus formed steps
by which the well owner could go down
. and gather the oil as it ac uMiulated on
the surface of the water, just as was done
by the old producers on the banks of
the Caspian and Irrawddy. Some of
the trees which grew over the pits which
marked the sites of oil wells were three
and even four . feet in diameter, thus
proving that the wells had been abandon
ed at least 400 0: 500 years ago.
At Eoniskillon, Canada, and Mecca
; and Grafton, Ohio, I found similar au
cient oil wells. At Enniskillen the oil
was obtained by sinking pits through
lafty or Sftp feet of impervious clay.
Beneath this the oil accumulated on the
surface of the limestone, and sometimes
thousands of barrels flowed out when one
of those reservoirs was tapped.
' In sinking one pit, which was 7 by 14
feet in area, on the banks of Black creek,
the operators found that one corner of
their shaft cut into an older shaft which
had been filled up with rubbish, twigs,
leaves, etc. At the depth of twenty-seven
feet from tho surface a pair of deei'a ant
lers were takeu from this old pit. Hero,
as on Oil creek, the surface was occupied
with trees three feet in diameter, and
gome of them were glowing immediately
over the old oil well. Harper's for Oc
tober. SPELLBOUND.
A NORTH CAROLINA I.ADY S REMARKA
' BLE PERFORMANCE IN TEXAS.
; A Dallas paper speaking of the Stao
fair and of the enterprise of one of the
musical dealers who has an exhibit in
the fair, says:
"As an evidence of his enterprise he
has secured the services of Mrs.. Joe
iPerson of Charlotte, N. C, a lady who
s quite a reputation as a performer on
he piano, who will daily delight visitors
y tho artistic manner in which she
Manipulates tho keye of the best instru
ments on the market. Mrs. Person held
ilt audience spellbound yesterday, and
Is long as she remained at tho piano
Ihousands congregated to hear her play."
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EFFECTIVE ORATORY.
1
HOW A YOUNfl LAWYER MADE HIS
MARK.
Jonathan II, Pugh was a pale faced
young lawyer. Day after day ho sat wait
ing for clients, but none came. The first
term of court convened, and his name had
not appeared on the docket. At that
time my father was clerk of the circuit
court, and one day there came to him a
poor, sad woman, who poured into his
ear a pitiful tale of woe. A brother-in-law
had robbed her of all tho property
left to her by her dead husband, had op
pressed ato abused her, and was now
seeking to' take from her care her only
child, a little girl 3 years old. My father
becamd deeply interested in the womati,
and promised to help her. He sent for
Pugh, and the young lawyer came and
took charge of the case.
The poor woman's brother-in law was
rich aud had employed tho best of coun
sel, making every preparation iu his
power to defeat her in court, and subject
her to still greater oppression. lie even
circulated slanderous stories against her
and succeeded at lust in totally destroying
her good reputation.
This story kindled the soul of Pugh,
and he went to work with a fierce deter
mination to unmask the villain. The
day for the trial arrived. Tho neighbor
hood was thoroughly aroused, and the
court room was crowded with spectators.
The sad and dreamy young lawyer be
came another man a bold and dauntless
knight fighting for outraged womanhood.
He arose to speak, and the silence was
painful, while with a master haud he laid
before the court and jury the work of
the poor woman's oppressor. The per
jured witnesses writhed beneath his fiery
denunciations, and judge, jurors and spec
tators bent forward to listen.
As he told ot- the woman s wrongs
tears tilled the eyes of all. Then he turn
ed from the weeping woman to the au
thor of her sorrows, and in terrible lan
guage he exposed the villainy of the man
Suddenly he faced the victim of his
scom, and, pointing his quivering finger
at him. exclaimed: "You have stolen
from this poor woman all her property
But more than this: you have robbed her
of uot only her last dollar but of what is
more precious than gold her good name,
And now, with savage hands, you seek
to tear from her arms her darling child.
In the awful hereafter you should not
be allowed eveu the privilege of herding
with the common damned, but in some
iower, deeper hell be compelled, singly
and alone, to howl out an eternity of
woe!"
As Pugh reached this climax it fell
like a bolt of thunder upon the ears of
the guilty man, and he rushed headlong
from the court-room. Pugh's reputatiou
was made. He was flooded with clients,
aud became at once one of the busiest
lawyers in towu.
THE MEN FOR A TOWN.
The only men of worth to a town or
community are those who forget their
own selfi.-h ends long euougb, and who
are liberal enough in their idea", to en
courage every public aud private enter
prise; to push all projects calculated to
build up the town and euhauce its impor
tance. The enterprise aud push ot
town or community is in the foundation
of its permanent success. A town may
as well prepare for its funeral as to be
come indifferent to the enterprise in its
midst. Men who come to a town to
make it their future home, who cannot
look far enough before them to see that
money placed judiciously iu a public en
terprisc will be hundred fold in the ap
pieciation of their property are to be pit
ied. They are not the men to put their
shoulder to the wheel and build up the
town. They are the class who are ready
to take all they can of some one else's
building enterprise, but they are not will
ing to do anything themselves
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A BOWER OF SNAKES.
RATHER STARTLING ADVENTURE OF
TWO NORTHERNERS ON ST. JOHN
RIVER.
They have snakes in Florida. They
are not mentioned in the real estate ad
vertisements, but they go with the real
estate just the same, and likewise the
water. A young man who has gone
down there to escape any cool weather
that may strike this winter was out boat
ing on the St. John's river with a friend
00 a recent evening, and, seeing a little
tributary coming into the main stream
beneath a picturesque aisle of cypresses,
they decided to explore it. They had
rowed but a short distance when the
creek narrowed so that there was barely
room to propel the hoat and none to turn
it, and undergrowth of bushes hung so
ow as to almost touch their faces. A
peculiar rustling caused tbem to ship
their oars and listen. The noise was
overhead. It was made by snakes.
They had got into a regular nest of ser
pents. The banks were alive with them;
they were crawling and squirming on ev
ery hand; the undergrowth was festooned
with them; they were dangling close to
their heads; they were wriggling through
the water long snakes, short snakes,
harmless snakes, poison snakes, fat snakes,
ean snakes, ugly snakes, lazy snakes, an
arbor of materialized delirium tremens.
The two oarsmen glanced at each other
for a second, then bending low and mov
ing cautiously they rowed their boat,
stern foremost, back to the St. John's
river. Until they reached more wa
ter neithpr of them spoke and they have
no recollection of breathing. They do
not row there any mure. New York
Snn.
OR HOLMES ON TOBACCO.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes touches on
the subject of tobacco and alcoholic stim
ulants in a recent contribution to the
Atlautic. The older he grows, he says,
the less use he makes of alcoholic drinks.
Occasionally he takes a glass or two of
campagne, which agrees with him better
than any other drink containing alcohol.
An old doctor whom he remembers, who
lived to be a hundred, used in moderation
a mixture of water, cider and rum. Those
who are aged require less food, especially
animal food, but thedoctor does not blame
them for being dainty, since the pleasures
of the palate are among the last gratifica
tions of the senses allowed them. "What
do I say as to smoking?" continued the
doctor. "I cannot begrudge an old man
his pipe, but,I think tobacco often does a
srood deal of harm to the health to the
eyes especially, to the nervous system
generally, producing headache, palpita
tion and trembling. I myself gave it up
many years asro." Those who might
fancy that the wise and penetrating ol
doctor offers any encouragement for the
indulgence of dangerous habits get this
partingshot from him: "Philosophically
speaking, I think selfnarcotization and
self-alcoholization are rather ignoble sub
stitutes for undisturbed self consciousness
and unfettered self control."
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HOW TO TALK WELL.
Learn to listen well, and very soon you
will find yourself speaking the word in
season and surprising yourself, as well as
others, by tho quickness with which your
thought will bo well expressed.
Head the words of great writers, think
them over and concludo iu what way you
differ from them. The woman who talks
must have opinions decided ones but
she must have them well in hand, as no
thing is so disagreeable as an aggressive
talker. Say what you have to say pleas
antly; remember always that the best
thing in life, dear, sweet love, has often
been won by that delightful thing "a low
voice."
Do not be too critical; remember that
every blow given another woman is a
boomerang which will return and hit you
with double force. Take this into con
sideration it is never worth while mak
ing a malicious remark, no matter how
clever it may be.
Worth what while? Worth, my dear
girl, the while here, which is, after, so
short, and the while hereafter, which is,
after all, so long and sweet. It seems to
me that when you and I stand before the
good God it will be the little gossip, the
petty talks about others, of which we will
be most ashamed.
Never forget that mere idle talk is quite
as bad as gossip, for nobody is gaining
any good from it, and as no vaccuum ex
ists in Nature none can in every day life.
Not to be a good talker, my dear girl, not
to be an interesting woman, quick in your
sympathy and ready always to give the
word of gladness to those in joy, or speak
your tender thought to one who is in
affliction, is to be that most unpleasant
of people an unfeminine woman. Ruth
Ashmore, in Ladies' Home Journal.
TALKIN' AND SWEAR1N'.
Most old time residents of Mississippi
have known, or at least heard of, Judge
Thrasher,of Port Gibson,says an exchange
who died a number years ago. He was
an eccentric old man, strong in his dis
likes and prejudices, and much given to
taking revenge for real or fancied slights
and injuries. A young member of Clai
borne county bar named Drake, whom
the judged secretly disliked, had brought
an action for a client, to sustain which he
relied entirely upon the testimony of the
old gentleman.
"Judge Thrashes," said Drake, when
the cause hjuTbeen called for trial and
the witness sworn, "please go on and tell
the court and jury what you know of this
case." The judge complied, but had not
talked two minutes in his peculiar draw
hog tone before it became apparent to
everybody that the plaintiff had no cause
of action; indeed, the testimony was man
ifestly in favor of the defendant.
"Judge Thrasher,"iuterrupted the law
yer, as soon as he had recovered somewhat
from his amazement. "Don't you rcuieui
ber having a conversation with me some
t'iree months ago, touching your kuow
edge of the transaction in question?"
"I do, JUr. Urate, was the re
spouse.
"Didn't you tell me " and the iudig
naut attorney went ou to state the tosti
niony he had expected the judge to
give.
"I know I did, Mr. Drake. I was
a talkin' then, but I am a swearin' now."
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COLONIAL HISTORY.
RELIGIOUS NOTE8 RELATIVE TO THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN HALIFAX
COUNTY.
At tho recent meeting of the convoca
tion of Tarboro,held in St. Mark's church,
Ialifax, Mr. It. II. Smith, Sr , read a
very valuable and interesting paper on
the "History of tho Colonial church in
Ialifax county" from which tho foili
ng extracts are taken: "lhe earliest
settlements in this county were made
somewhere about the years 1718 or 1720
on the Boanoke river (then called by the
ndian name Morattuck) and on Cono-
conara and Deep creeks. My greatgrand
father, Nicholas Smith, and his brother
were among the first settlers. His fami-
y were Church of England people, and
worshipped in Kehukee chapel, on Chapel
Bun. The remains of this chapel are
still visible." "Dr. Simmons L. Baker, a
former citizen of this citizen of this coun
ty, told me that when he first came to
this county, about the year 1795, the old
hapel was standing in ruins. In this
chapel, my father, William Buffin Smith
was baptized about the year 1780."
By act of Assembly in 1732, the pre
cinct of Edgecombe was cut off from the
county of Bertie, at that time embracing
a largo extent of torritory on the south
ern side of the Boanoke river. In 1758
the parish of Edgecombe was divided
into two parishes St. Mary's, now Edge
combe county, and Edgecombe now Hal
ifax county. In 1759, Rev. Thomas
Burgess preached the funeral sermon of
a Mr. Thomas at his home near Norfieet's
Ferry on Boanoke river, as appears by
papers in my possession, in liuu, an
act of Assembly was passed confirming
an agreement made by the church war
den and vestry of Edgecombe parish with
the Bev. Thomas Burgess. So also in
17(54 an act of Assembly was passed al-
owiog an increase of the salary of the
Bev. Thomas Burgess. 1 1770 he con
tinued as rector of Edgecombe parish."
"As a Congress of the representation
of the frreemen of the State of North
Carolina, assembled at Halifax on the
17th day of December 1770, the second
ordinance passed was oue to confirm title
to "all glebes, lands aud tenements here
tofoae purchased, given or devised tor
the support of any particular ministry or
mode of worship. And all churches, peo
ple, and other houses built for the pui
pose of public worship shall be and re
main forever to the use and occupancy of
that religious society, church, sect, de
nomination to or for which the said glebes,
lands aud tenements were so purchased,
given or devised, or the said churches,
chapel or other houses of public worship
were built." "Iu 1779, an act of Assem
bly was passed confirming any agreement
and order made by the vestry of any pai-
Uh for making provisiou for a minister to
erve the parish to the 18th of Decem
ber 177 ti. So also 10 1796 an act was
passed confirming to all lands, houses,
tenements gifts or donation to any roligi
ous society or congregation heretofore or
hereafter given." In the course of his
paper Mr Smith traced, as far as he
could, the history of four chapels, viz:
Conoconara, Kahukee, Qianky, and one
iu the town of Halifax, all built, he con
eludes, by rivate subscription, and for
the use of tho Episcopal Church. "In
1832 a congregate n railed Trinity par
ish was organized in Scotland Neck, com
posed of the following persons who were
baptiz-.'d members of the colonial church,
viz: Simmons J. Baki-r, Mrs Rebecca
Hill, Mrs 11 W. l.owrie,Wm. K Smith.
Sr., Mrs. Sarah W. Smith, Mii-s Sally
Pecker, Mrs. S. J. Baker, Rebecca, a
colored woman, and others.'' Mr. Smith
then stated that there an at present six
churchis in the c unity of Halifax in
which the services are held, an 1 1 h n con
cluded his paper in the following W"i-J:
"l think it not inappropriate on the pros
ent o.-caion to alluL; to my fiien'l th..
honored layruuu who was the pnrjiiij.i. i
builder and supporter of the church i
which wo are now h i; lio s-r.ijo Ui
Fivdcrick aui i 0,4 .''l.il-hail by quo' in
I mm the r. port of the Bev. Jis. B'ount
Cheshire to thecanvention of 185, "The
church in this parish has sustained a
great loss in the death of Mr. Frederick
Sterling Marshall. He was a good man,
whose heart and hand were ever open to
the church's wants. "To his power, and
beyond his power," his house was ever
open as tho minister's home. His holy
life was a living witness to the faith he
prnfessed. He has gone to his reward,
and wo arc left to our "sorrow not with
out hope "
NO KISSING IN JAPAN.
Young Japanese girls, says the Home
Queen, are as nature made them, and
very sweet they are, too, in their quaint
dresses, showing their p'ump chest and
rounded arms. Pages could be written
about their charms. What dear, dainty
little dolls they are! Such white teeth,
rosy lips, coy smiles! Whoshall describe
them? And what Dext? A kiss, per-
ps? Not over hero. Oh, never!
They never do. They don t know how;
actually they don't know how, and even
peasant girls are closely guarded.
Fancy a young man in cotton kimono
and wooden clogs stealing a chance to
walk with his best girl under the bloom
ing cherry trees, explaining the constel
lation and quoting sentimental poetry,
telling her that he "hung upon her eye
lids," that her voice was like a temple
gong," in fact, that he loved but her
alone, and then making her several for
mal bows at the door of her father's
straw-thatched hut as they parted in the
moonlight. Can an American lover
stretch his imagination enough to believe
in a sweetheart not kissing those pretty
lips by a sort of "natural selection?"
'Tis a melancholy fact, but a Japanese
has no such impulse. No lover courts
his mistress with "sweetest, persuasive
kisses." No mother kisses her baby as
she cuddles it against her bosom.
TETTER AND BOILS.
For years I was afflicted with an
aggravated case of Tetter. I tried
lotions, salves, soaps, and other out
ward applications, without any bene
ficial results. In addition to the Tet
ter, Boils commenced breaking out
all over my body, causing me so
much pain that I had to quit work
aud go to bed. I then decided that
I had started wrong, and instead of
using external treatment I ought to
go to the seat of the disease and pu
riy my blood, as it was obviously
bad blood that caused both the Tet
tt-r and Boils. I took several blood
purifiers with any good effects.
About the time my case was dcclar
cd incurable I commenced taking S.
S. S. In a few weeks the Tcttei
was cured, and one by one the built
disappeared, until I was entirely and
permanently enret'. This was three
years ago, and si .ee then I have
been frecfrom any skin eruptions. My
skin is now, and has heeu for three
years, as smooth as any ones. S. S.
S. not only cured me of lhe Tetttr
and Boils, but also rrsiored my ap-
petite aud general health, causing
ne to increase in weight aud im
prove in every way.
M. 8. POLLOCK.
New London, O.
Miy fi. 1890.
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