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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1884-10-16, Page 7as ' Velt$PPItOtreV ETi I3 SA. `inti e A Thousand Defiers a Day From at PittsburgWell, It, is NOW nearly a !swath since, after drilling for tweuty slays. tho 'great gas vein' was strndk PEI Mr. Westinghouse's property at Homewood,in this, city. There aro yet no sighs of the iteb be- eoming'eXliaustetl, kl'ut•ol3 the Centauri new welts' have been sunk at 'various points along it. at a distance of sortie wiles, with the result of ."striking it rich" in every instance The vein of gas, it is now definitely ascertained,. runs from northwest to southeast, be- ginning somewhere botweeri this city and the lake, and ''extending towards and probably to Washington, D. C. Indeed, it has been suggested that its origin is at the National Capital, and that with the adjournment of Congress au, entire cessation of the flow may be expected. Although other wells of equal size have s been struck, the original nal Westinghouse well is still of the great- est interest. In it gas was first discov- ered at the depth of 1,460 feet. Tho quantity was too small, however, to be of auv value, and the drilling was eels - tinned, The workmen were very ner- wets, ,and handled the engine gingerly. not knowing at what moment they ]tight strike gas. M a matter of fact the gas struck then]. They had just reached the depth of 1,575. feet shortly before sunrise one morning when there was a roar like a whole squadron. of cyclones. Drill, machinery, and en- gine were overpowered and unshipped in an instant by theawakened monster, and a torrent of water, mud, gravel, sand, antiother debris rushed skyward ill a mighty column, probably several hundred feet high, the well -tubo through which it belched forth being 61 inches in diameter. 'Needless to say there was a general stampede of the workmeu, There was also a general awakening of the people the couutry around. Those near by bounded from their beds in terror, supposing an. earthquake had broken loose, while for two miles in either dircetion the roar was like that of a stormy winter surf. The flow of water and. sand ronins ucd for some hours, and then gave way to a pure jet of gas. It may be re- marked, by the way, that atter always }]recedes gas, A. dry well is entirely barren. It was about 3 o'clock the Morning of Thursday, May 29, that the wvoll broke loose. The next day, when there was only a flow of pure gas,same of the visitors began trying expert - meats with it. A elauuk of coal weigh- ing seven or eight pounds was tossed into this jet just above the top of the pipe, aud was whirled into the air like a loather in a gale, A heavy spruce plank was shoved across the aperture, and was instantly snapped and splin- tered into kindling. A rope was fas- tened to the derrick aud then swung into the jet, which forthwith carried its free end up aud held it there stiff aud straight as n liar staff: 'There was little sleeping in that part. of the city for several days and nights, until lit. Westinghouse succeeded in riggiug ,a stop -cock, by which the Sow of the gas—and noise—could be shut off. Otherwise the well was not at all offensive to the residents, as the gas emitted no odor to speak of, it being nearly pure marsh gas. After the well had been gotten under control by a stop -cock, it was lighted in the even- ing for a few hours, and then before midnight entirely shut off, so that the neighbors could get some sleep. The lighting of it was an int wrestle enene, Tho hue derrick surrounding the pipe stood dim and silent its the dusk of the evening. Then the workmen lighted n torch mado of rags saturated with oil, and fastened it to a wire rope that passed over a pulley at the top a the pipe. Then the stop -cock was opened anti the air quivered and the earth it- self seemed to vibrate at the gas rushed out with a sound like that of Niagara heard at a distance. Then the men be- gan pulling at the wire rope, the lower end of which was at the ground a con- siderable distance from the foot of the pipe, the pipe itself being some sixty feet high. Slowly the blazing torch climbed the aerial slope, coining nearer and nearer to the top of the black pipe and casting a dimly -lurid glare upon the skeleton framework of the huge derrick. It was almost to thopipe and every spectator held his breath. An- other pull at the rope, then the torch stood still, there was a gleam of bluish flame circling around the tip of the pipe, and then, like a lightning flash sent back from earth to heaven, a pil- lar of Are rushed with added thunder a hundred feet in the air. It was a foua- tain of fire that arose but knew no fall - in. At the base it was a slender jet of UgIue, brightening into a pale yellow, then at the center into dazzling white, and expanding into a broad flood, while at the top it darkened into'.a dusky,tred The gas lamps in the, city street s and houses paled their ineffect= nal fires before the lustre of this stu- pendous torch, and the landscape far aroundstood vividly revealed amid the gloom of .night. A mile away one could read the Tribune's finest print with no other light than that of the Westing- house well This well was originally sunk to ob- tain a gas supply for Mr. Westing- house's private mansion. But now its owner proposes to connect it with street mains and give light and heat, to a. large part of the. city. , The gas i$':of a bettor quality than any made by artifi- sial means, and Mr. Westinghouse es- timates that he cansell itfar cheaper,. anc}'yet realize a profit of 44000 a::diyy; It'wall be remembered that Such huge establishments as the Edgar Thompson Steel Works, Oliver Brot lees' Iron and Steel Min, and a dozen other huge fac- tories are using gas; for. fuel, and Mr Westinghouse proposes : to utilize - the product of his well, which is the largest ever opened, in the same way. . The aCrtt'gar .trtq'rtipates aseuroauy ` pay *120,- 000 a year for gas, brought from Mur- raysville, a score of miles away; and the Nun Fuel Company, which .sup- plies natural gas to the manufacturers of this city has an income of. $300,000 a year from a singleward,df :the city,: So tbOistitnate af$'1',QOP.tl, 'days from the Westhg1oue we does.alai# seem ex- trop,#gev, since it.tisgi io'n ;out More gct%14an runs thrbugb, all the Mains of the Tenn Company, If, as now seems probable,as shall come into general use as ,fuel in the manufactories of Pittsburg, this city wilt be redeemed !tern the reproach of being the sootiest and dirtiest spot in Amerfea, and the demand for soap will decretl,ati fi0 per cent- The ladles, toos. will be able to wear white dresses and white feathers in their bonnets, and their common salutation on the street will tip .longer be:; "My .dear, there is" some soot on your nose." As to the permanence of the #tow of these wells there deems no reason for apprehen- sion. gasa ,On. Somel $ m wells nowfI w 1 owl as freely as ovehave been produei g con- stantly for twenty years. Says an ea pperienocd engineer of this city: t'Xou knew how the gas ie made]' Water front the surface of the earth sinks down end works its way into the bow- els of the earth until it reaches the In- ternal Are, There it is decomposed by the intense heat lata hydrogen gas,and this ;finds its way back through crew tees and caverns to the voles which are tapped by these wells. So the supply will last while there is water on the earth's surface andAro in its center." -- etesllury (Pa.) Cor, - Y. Trtbr4i e, .a. rl 1'fysteriotxs Sense. Some thirty-two yenrs ago, in North. ern Indiana, with e. company of per- haps a half-dozen glen and boys, I. was on a hot 4.ugust forenoon binding a, small piece of grain that had lain soy- oral days in swath to dry after being Cradled. At that season the sues- sasauga (Rho small brown and whits rattlesnake of the region) is said to be blind, and (foes not rattle when ap- proaehed. The snakes are quite apt to crawl under swaths of hay and, grain, and to lie there a long time if not dis- turbed. ]?or some reason—perhaps it looked like rain—all hands were sot to bind aud shock this little patch, and as something was the platter with one of my hands so that I could not bind, I raked up the bundles for two others to bind, Having heard of the propensity of the fuassasauga to hide under .swaths at this season and to keep quiet, I was careful in rolling up the swath into a bundle, always to rake the bundle aft the swath before leaving it, lest a binder should gather up a snake in his arms. As we wore fnlshiug the Inst of the patch the two who Were binding after me began to race, anti it was almost :irnpossibl° to get a bundle raked up and off the swath before the hinder would, be ready for it. Still I managed until the last, and was very strongly impressed that I must a lot lot tho bind- or—who was jumping to get it and bind it before the other finished Ins— catch it up before I rakedit quite off the ground. Ile had.. Itis band all fmado'and was just stooping, when I said: "Hold on, Jimmy! There's a snake under this!" "Nonsense!" said ho, and gave me a shove so that he could pick up the bundle. But so sure was I that there was a snake there—although we had not met one in the field—that I struggled with him, each shoving the other, until I got a chance to roach cut my rake and pull the bundle aft the swath. There lay coiled a inassasauga about three feet long, with his head up aud ready for business, wand saying not a word!' A. few steps away in a corn field was a hoe, the snake's head was quickly se- vered from the body, and my cousin, the owner of the field, picked the snake up by the tail to pull oft the rattles, which, by their number, showed that the reptile was seven years old. The moment ho began to pull the bleeding neck flew up as quick as a flash and struck him on the underside of the wrist. Had the head been there the. poison fangs would. probably have been buried in ono of the veins of the wrist. My cousin dropped the body, and was so faint with fright that he had to lean against a tree. Some interesting questions suggest themselves: First, why had 1 such a certainty that there was a snake under that last end of the last swath, al- though we had found no other in the fieldP Was there anything like the telepathy of which our English friends are beginning to talk? Second, what was the mysterious sense of direction that made that headless neck strike so swift and straight, just as it would had the head been on ftp Is there a less necessary connection between the brain and the rest of : the nervous system in cold blooded anin.als than in other verte-` brates?—N. 1' Post. , ear l'he ophthalmia of early infancy has been proved to be the most -`certainly, curable of all diseases, and yet its neg- lect results in more cases of hopeless blindness than any other trouble to which the eye may be subjected. An investigation of twenty-two blind asy- lums in Germany ,alone has shown that one-third of the inmates would be in full possession of their sight but for the terrible effect of neglected ophthalmia, and in England also n similar condi- tion, of affairs has been developed. Blindness is for the individilal a catas- trophe and for the community a bnr den; therefore the inspectors of the poor in all the largo European cities have been required to distribute cards giving simple instructions to mothers eihabinng them, to recognize the first symptoms of ophthalmia and to under- stand its, arrtvity. Und >r1 aLkC 4UI4D SA y TO those wh intens purchasing toe old so froze the manufaeturox t'hQ dealer who buys'` tc aell again Plumb necessarily have a profit. We eiaim to givetlre t)urchasere the benefit, which minuet tail '%'``' to meet the views' of the �' Grangers, our expenses tireless than. those ofe;fte ttlaran 114sr1;11%1 g: ti A4 4 n en t 'eo,atl selecheaver. 0. &, 'S. G,IDLEY, at,k,d I�`'ttrniturei ,102 a fluta Clt11.1' erf,s 4 W O' U L D ,,,. xairtg ear.to uuak1n dp meut,wltfeli is more cont; pietetban a ver,as we have a tddedeeveralnew designs of late The best 'coffins caskets sha;euds,and every tuitoral requisite at tl;o icvtostprict't our new Hearse isprogeun4e4by eompetent judges to bp. second to no;re in the provisoes Emblems of all the Different Societies UNDERTAKER AND conIUet d at thie very low' est raise:" SytStoek of Ultdortakintt. coodsis large, complete and we assorted, an any person sequtring anythi,u to this line will dealt to theiradvantageto give Elio a call and examine ter themselves. lwI .441 UABJNET MAKBR, I have iustreee veil a Argo steels Walnut and Li t osew o o A Caskets; also ConineF eW. 01 every' loscrtp tion. d, complete 'stook of Robes and Tritumiugs aster unhand. The latent styles of Chamber and Parlor Suits Allkinds of Furniture at the iewestrates, TRU $FSli LILE„A.lt sj IN THU vOUlti II, „Remember the plata-Nezl`1 'oppostte,Ietup's Tobacco Store, .stain -street, k.Exeter, JOX3 T Zitli..4077 Z e rost O 'ace Time Table. MAILS Kieliton,woedliari,Win.ibeiseaand Elin►vitla South,eastand west,iuoludin,g Dendon,Hanailton, Toronto Afontreal, :liauit Oba,United Staten,15ngtish mad foreign, mails ... ... .... ... ... South, eastand west ,., .,, ., .. ... North and eazat,includinp Goderleh, wieehatn,Kincardine and allpointer4orth stratfotd,q'oroato, Alontreal,and i:ar:tera States..,' ,.. ... Nerds salvia Vte8E. .`S 1u a,tn (fir,4t }ltt'l , 1 ) ISO am.CLOa,me: a. s p.m.14•20 P,. w ,IC.QOa,rn 8.7 a, TFi S.SQ p. m. I.CQ 1o.. m1' f•.incliF, SCO p. rat. la ONET ORDRES suedand paid on and from artyalone Order 0Wee in the Dominion of Canada,OrentlerituinR'; aland,l3risish WIN 'fewfouudiand.mertnany, Austria. Italy, Australia aud the [suited States. POST Oilf• tOR SAVR'iGS13AN15, Uopoelts will, he received at this oilco front. $1 to end. I ept'aitot' s OtttalaJtag the Voetenaeter General's apoetalpermission can deposit 81000. Devoe/taxa Savings l31tr,J; aeenunt rereivedfroil a,m.to4N.re. OmceboursLem 7.SQa.m,to7 p,tit. Lettersintended for regietration must be pested15 m inutes be tore the Owingof each mail. N11 --ft is particulary requested that the senders of matter will kindly add the manes of tit Counties to ilio addressee. II:JOHNS, t'estlnseter, ITCHING PILES—SYMPTOMS I.ND CUBE The symptozua are moisture, lilttF perspir- ation, intenseitehiit,; increased by scratching; very distressing, particular at night; seems as} Tf pin -worms were crawling its ani about the rectum, the private parts are sometimes af- fected. If allowed to continue very serious re sultsmay follow, "SWAY'NE.'S OINTMENT" is a pleasant, sure pure. Also for Tettor, Icb, atilt-fthetun, Scald] Bead, Erysipelas, Barbers' Itch, Blotches, all scaly -cruet Skin Diseases,. Box, by mail, 50 Ots.; S for &1,25 Address, DB. $WAYNE t5; SON, Phila., Pa. Sold by Druggists, AD'vICI'' TO AtOT111C.rlS. Aro you disturbed at night aud broken of year restbyasickchild. suffering and crying with pain of cutting tenth 2 If so, sand at onco and gotta bottle of MRS WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SXItUr•' Its value is incalculable. It will re- lieve the poor lithe sufferer immediately. Ile - pend upon itmothers, there is no mistake about it. It cures dysentery and diairhooa, regulates the stonan,ah and- bowels, cures wind colic softens the gums, reduces inflammation, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. Mas. Wu-'stow's SOori ino Srircry Bon Daum_ Tra;a TEuTHrNc is pleasant to the taste, and is the prescription of one of the oldest and best female nurses and physicians in the United States, and is for sale by all druggists through- out the world. Price 2+1 cents a bottle. TENNENT & TENNENT, Veteri• nary Surgeons, Graduates of the Ontario Veterinary ger College.Toron ened an office went of all imais, on Main �� ter. Calls from a distances . promptly at ended to. Medicines for Horses, Cattle, &c always on hand. to, have op• for the treat Domestic An. Street. EXe- SULPHUR IRON BITTERS Health & Happiness for all. WILL CURE OR RELIEVE Biliousness, . Headache, Dye- pepsia,,; indigestion; Dizziness, Jaundice, Dropsy, Fluttering of the 1-ieuft, And every species. ;of disease arising from Impure Blood, &c. tf:c. PR,LMAR FU PT 7THISc Climax Chemical CompanyCompanyMONTR%AL. ARNICA and OIL LINIMENT CURES ALL Paas and Aches AND 1S THE MOST PERFECT FA it 11BDarrINE in the WORLD SOLD BY ALL DEALERS, PRiCE, 2S AND SO CENTS PER COT i L APER} sir Vigor restores, with the gloss and freshness of youth, faded or gray hair to a natural, rich brown color, or deep black, as maybe desired,:. By 1E5 use light or red bait' may be darkened, thin hair tltickoued, and baldness often, though not always, Fared. It elrecks eating at the hair, and iFt' dates awe,als and sic,:"" -y growth to vto:. .« prevents' and cures scurf and chili t .o.6.,'-,• 1 twain nearly every d,sease 11• a . lo t' r asap, AS a Lacliea' IlaSr it K. d t V cots is une:malted .; it cum _:it.a , .1. , nor d"yo, renders the ]Este soft, t -;t., ; 1 tiikeninapp'nrsnee,mid lutturts a •E .,..., agreeable, and lastiu; pccivatie, MIL 0.1'. Bntetari writes fro 1 . 1–, O., Ju' 5 ]rapt "]last fan tit,• Pair falling out, and an is short t;nt i 1 t,•- - bsld, 1 tisr(t1, .a xlf t a f t s f;.ait 1 tot.ta,„awe., ' 1n.t of t'o hair, a 1!i started n r !'il- nos a f utlaati f l as=l sad art e.+.r rel a t ,.. u e +t }eller re oparaziott 1 s...t.....t}a ., .. r l4 nn , ev p oprt..'tor of .- t (rl "4.,,t k Jratr , $:1:8 it Is % .s1 rKet l tla i n r.. ' a. 1 1 alt -alt . f it front Sty 0.r., -:, # tilt” i t .p at) .144c1, Soft 1 tor 4t-enr iraef l tl "14 1g3S the prep i e t., -a a. . ,.... 1 444.:41V $41.14: aCi it. 11ri a + 4 FAIJIz'tt '. ^'f - ti•ta. al. t ail• volt d. 1*u a.4trzl;n4Futl 11• tt ver 4or: it ere of _1- 1'143 pi ' ooetlt, l ha to use! } ,tt i so'1'se',t tt a t tt'1's an apt1. arae o of yotttlrfuhat - s a cvr.sa.fcrsble eemeroerce 14, ill .., . •4o., . „< tors. actors, awl irr f trC ev,,« y wise %14i4 a,s ,4 III the oyes of rite public." ']las +F, A Pnnaeorx wriaioa trnau ISI ° n - Sr t7sel'<stness Mass, Apra 18 a. +=i: �e r,!t.trh a ♦'to..nt tY caioe .f. u .., 1 eat rt 4 f•uit g Vit, .0 t t 1 , eons t �• .! t 1xt .4 *, • ..l was 4 P!!k '4 la . ,- i 7.Z. t b t c „lt 1 r 0i of ilia t l4O'n, slut u+F.I 4o., a 4. 1�,•...a..;"♦33 a 4a:eel:lg " �a bave IFundreds of similar testimoat'als to the efileaey of $.t'an's if tr:t 1 o0t, it needs but a trial to cauvinca til nor: tt;eftl- cal of its value, rnurattre Tar Dr.3.0,Ayer&Co.,t owel[,Mass. Sold by all Druggists, • STOPS 3s000 til w,;.:Eu`u, Sewers et C,...arerrha. The hiss repo. THIEF. town of A4,......flow.tt 0014111 5,b a. fcr silo Cure of sails. C$d,, Nahum,. w4 Gvneastrttoa 1 bee Oven rias to 1p urlPu. compaael,. TOO Ce5u0,, A4ot. me* Aati,tta Also, kala., 1s prepared caly by treat Ir. Morose *Co., sole proprfetare, deplete, leslne, 5opro. tat yourself nom ita►tosl'Lop eismlaa the battle mad *ea th.t the name et F. u, rieamas. Prnoltiet, AttCusta, ?to., lablown le isle Mao Prthe bottle. A reward of 73009 5,. t,.'d is offered lira b.Fttr atone, wo saw Pzrcr m reward .t it5,000 to the proprietor at any remedy showlet hilt' me '..',Y 19M151on1,1, or rralla. tart] of MAMMA soil .Loan; crnaea 1n the ammo tanath or urge. .For auto by 41 re- ❑bte Drg55l, i mod Country I•eyyere. 2'rtr.. 10 .ed 71 tt'darir.,, *5.11 Per d.s.tad., ,,, essoN asob.,: par." 8. n., W h*1Mat. Ahola t.r ommda, VET 0 R. Povnaza. Axe plearaat to take,. Contain their own Purgative, Is a unto, Imre, aud rfteetual destroyer at worms in Children or.ldnit4, RE NSALL PORK PACKING HOUSE ]laving commenced businesstorthe Fall and Vrinter Trade We areprepared t op urch ase anyquanti ty of Pork, subject to the following regulations We will take off two poundsper hundred if dry, and three pound if soft. Shonldertack twenty-five cents. If any of the 1 ar,g g ate are left in, 25vents extra will be deducted. No proK be bought at any price if Ward]?, Wetvant all. Hogs Cutting s h right through breast, to heal, and Hams opened ont to tail TO FARMERS! GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICER;. NOAH FRIED, --ole THE Dashwood Flouring Wishes to return thanks to his numerous customers, for the past liberal patronage. given him, and since making im- provements, which is a large saving on fuel, will do --OH OP.PIN — until further notice, at the following --rates :--- OATS,' —RATS,° SIX CENTS PER BAG, And for all other grains. (Peas excepted), SEVEN CENTS PI! It BAG. TUESDAY, THURSDAY to SATURDAY, Are my regular grinding days TERMS - Strictly Cash. N. B. --Flour & Feed sold at a close mar- gin. Don't forget to give us a 0a11 G &; J. PETTY-. Dashwood, reb'y 7tb, '84