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The man who owned that territory on which the city of Titusville now stands, and those Pleasantville valleys, had studied the subject from the second day of God's creation clear down to the present time. THE MAN WHO OWNED THAT TERRITORY ON WHICH THE CITY OF TITUSBILL NOW STANDS AND THOSE PLEASANTVIL VALLEYS HAD STUDIED THE SUBJECT FROM THE SECOND DAY OF GOD'S CREATION CLEAR DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME
old his farm, according to the county record, for $833 (even money, “no cents”). He had scarcely gone from that place before the man who purchased the spot went out to arrange for the watering of the cattle. He found the previous owner had gone out years before and put a plank across the brook back of the barn, edgewise into the surface of the water just a few inches. The purpose of that plank at that sharp angle across the brook was to throw over to the other bank a dreadful-looking scum through which the cattle would not put their noses. But with that plank there to throw it all over to one side, the cattle would drink below, and thus that man who had gone to Canada had been himself damming back for twenty-three years a flood of coal-oil which the state geologists of Pennsylvania declared to us ten years later was even then worth a hundred millions of dollars to our state, and four years ago our geologist declared the discovery to be worth to our state a thousand millions of dollars. M ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY RECORD FOR EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE DOLLARS EVEN MONEY NO CENTS HE HAD SCARCELY GONE FROM THAT PLACE BEFORE THE MAN WHO HAD PURCHASED THE SPOT WENT OUT TO ARRANGE FOR THE WATERING OF THE CATTLE HE FOUND THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD GONE OUT YEARS BEFORE AND PUT A PLANK ACROSS THE BROOK BACK OF THE BARN EDGEWISE INTO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER JUST A FEW INCHES THE PURPOSE OF THE PLANK AT THAT SHARP ANGLE ACROSS THE BROOK WAS TO THROW OVER TO THE OTHER BANK A DREADFUL LOOKING SCUM THROUGH WHICH THE CATTLE WOULD NOT PUT THEIR NOSES BUT WITH THAT PLANK THERE TO THROW IT ALL OVER TO ONE SIDE THE CATTLE WOULD DRINK BELOW AND THUS THE MAN WHO HAD GONE TO CANADA HAD HIMSELF BEEN DAMMING BACK FOR TWENTY THREE YEARS A FLOOD OF COAL OIL WHICH THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF PENNSYLVANIA DECLARED TO US TEN YEARS LATER WAS EVEN THEN WORTH A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO OUR STATE AND FOUR YEARS AGO OUR GEOLOGIST DECLARED THE DISCOVERY TO BE WORTH TO OUR STATE A THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS
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