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THE OIL PROMOTER AS TRICKSTER
"R. Askal and Oil and Son,"
With "Spongeum and Fleeceum,"
And "Strip 'em and Grease 'em,"
And the "Take 'em in Brothers and Run."
There's "Watch 'em and Nab 'em,"
And "Knock 'em and Grab 'em,"
And "Lather and Shave 'em well," too;
There's "Force 'em and Tie 'em,"
And "Pump 'em and Dry 'em,"
And "Wheedle and Soap 'em" in view.
There's "Pare 'em and Core 'em,"
And "Grind 'em and Bore 'em,"
And "Pinchum good, Scrapeum and Friend,"
With "Done 'em and Brown 'em,"
And "Finish and Drown 'em,"
And thus I might go to the end.
Similar ridicule appeared in newspapers and periodicals.
The Boston Commercial published a burlesque prospectus of
The Munchausen Philosopher's Stone and Gull Creek Grand
Consolidated Oil Company, with a capital stock of four billion
dollars, and working capital of $39.50. Dividends were to be
paid semi-daily, except on Sunday. The directors were S. W.
Indle, R. Ascal, D. Faulter (treasurer), S. Teal, Oily Gammon,
and John Law. The Typographical Advertiser in the same year
(1865) announced the organization of The Antipodal Petroleum
Company, with a capital stock of one billion dollars, with a
par value of $10,000 per share, but offered to the public at
twenty-five cents. The company proposed to drill through the
earth and thus obtain production in both the United States
and China from a single well. The treasurer was Mr. Particular
Phitts, and the president was The Hon. Goentoem Strong.3
Thirty-five or more years later Texas was to have its quota
of D. Faulters, R. Ascals, and Particular Phitts. In referring to
some of them I have used such terms as "it was said," "it was
reported." Some of my informants have been reluctant to name
names or to give clues to identification. Thus not all my infor-79
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Boatright, Mody C. Singers and Storytellers, book, 1961; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67655/m1/85/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.