Divers Views, Opinions, and Prophecies of Yoors Trooly Petroleum V. Nasby I.E. D. R. Locke

David Ross Locke

Nasby I. E.

HardPress Publishing

Great West, a growth, which, in the short space of a mans life-time, converted vast praries and interminable forests into gardens, and the humblest hamlets into great and opulent cities, developed a spirit of speculation, which was, in some in stances amusing, and, in others tragical. All the cross-roads of the West expected to become Chicagos, and every man, owning one hundred and sixty acres of land, lived in expectation of seeing, before he should depart, stately buildings upon it, and of selling his ground for more per foot front, than it cost him per acre. The following pages simply record the rise, progress and fall of one of the thousands of these cities, and it has the me Vit, if no other, of being entirely free from exaggeration. For many of the chapters of the book, I am indebted to the brilliant and facile pen of Shirley Dare. The intelligent reader, and all readers are presumed to be intelligent, will have no difficulty in determining what part of the work is hers. D. R. L.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

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The Struggles: Social, Financial and Political of Petroleum V. Nasby (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Struggles: Social, Financial and Political of Petroleum V. NasbyBut it wuz not to be so. Grant wuz elected, and per conse quence I wuz oustid. Weary 11v life and heart-sick, I startid a grosery in the 6th ward, noo York,-where I hed hopes that the Dimocriey wood rally to my support, and give me a suffi shency uv the two prime necessities uv life, - a roof and whis key. But that didn't anser. I drank up twenty-five per cent. Uv my stock, and the balance wuz sold on credit to that class uvdimoorats whose proudest boast is that they never pay a bill. He needs to be an aco'ot man who deals with sich. Unable to maintain myself there, I returned to Confedrit X Roads, where I am now livin, and where, probably, I shel'die. It! Is the most sootable place for me, for here I am entirely safe. Massyohoosets ideas can't penetrate us here. The aristocracy uv this 'seckshun bleeve in freedom 11v speech, but they desire to exercise a supervision over it, that they may not be led astray. They bleeve they'r rite, and for fear they'd be forced to change their minds, whenever they git into argument with anybody, ef the individooal gits the better uv them, they to-wunst shoot him ez a disturber. Hence Massychoosits can't disturb us here the populashen is unani mously Democratic, and bids fair to continyoo so.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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