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Story
March 8, 1865
Urbana Union
Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio
What is this article about?
An ignorant but wealthy oil man near the Centre Oil Company attempts to educate his dim-witted daughter Kitty by purchasing musical instruments and hiring a tutor, only for the tutor to explain she lacks innate capacity, prompting the father to offer to buy it.
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Full Text
Touch of Petroleum.
Close to the lands of the Centre Oil Company lives an old chap who is worth a mint. Ignorant, of course, dumb luck has made him rich. His household pets consists of a terrier dog and a stupid daughter, both of whom engage his attention. The former provided for, he determined to "accomplish" his daughter. To this end he came to the city. He bought a piano, a harp and a guitar, and a cart load of music books, etc., winding up his business by engaging a first class intellectual and musical tutor, with all of which he started for the "oil region." The documents of course were soon arranged for business. The tutor set to work, and toiled like a Trojan, but with no success. Despairing of ultimate triumph, the tutor went to the oil king and made a clean breast of it.
"Why, what in the world is the matter?" asked the father.
"Well," answered the tutor, "Kitty has a piano, and guitar, and harp, and music, and books, and all that, but she wants capacity that's all."
"Well, by the Lord Harry," cried the oil king, "if that's all just buy it. I've got the stuff, and if money will get it she shall have capacity or anything else."
Close to the lands of the Centre Oil Company lives an old chap who is worth a mint. Ignorant, of course, dumb luck has made him rich. His household pets consists of a terrier dog and a stupid daughter, both of whom engage his attention. The former provided for, he determined to "accomplish" his daughter. To this end he came to the city. He bought a piano, a harp and a guitar, and a cart load of music books, etc., winding up his business by engaging a first class intellectual and musical tutor, with all of which he started for the "oil region." The documents of course were soon arranged for business. The tutor set to work, and toiled like a Trojan, but with no success. Despairing of ultimate triumph, the tutor went to the oil king and made a clean breast of it.
"Why, what in the world is the matter?" asked the father.
"Well," answered the tutor, "Kitty has a piano, and guitar, and harp, and music, and books, and all that, but she wants capacity that's all."
"Well, by the Lord Harry," cried the oil king, "if that's all just buy it. I've got the stuff, and if money will get it she shall have capacity or anything else."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Oil Wealth
Ignorant Father
Stupid Daughter
Musical Tutor
Buying Capacity
What entities or persons were involved?
Oil King
Kitty
Tutor
Where did it happen?
Near The Centre Oil Company In The Oil Region
Story Details
Key Persons
Oil King
Kitty
Tutor
Location
Near The Centre Oil Company In The Oil Region
Story Details
An ignorant oil-rich father tries to educate his stupid daughter Kitty with instruments and a tutor, but the tutor reports she lacks capacity, leading the father to insist on buying it with his wealth.