. Little journeys to the homes of the great . ut more. He anticipated Ali Baba, who said, Folkswho never do any more than they get paid for, neverget paid for anything more than they do. It was theyear Eighteen Hundred Fifty-nine, and Henry Rogerswas making money. He owned his route, and the man-ager of the stores was talking about making himassistant superintendent. Had he stuck to his jobhe might have become a partner in the great firm ofCobb, Bates and Yerxa, and put Bates to the would have then been Cobb, Rogers and Yerxa—and later, H. H. Rogers, Dealer in Staple and FancyGroceries.
. Little journeys to the homes of the great . ut more. He anticipated Ali Baba, who said, Folkswho never do any more than they get paid for, neverget paid for anything more than they do. It was theyear Eighteen Hundred Fifty-nine, and Henry Rogerswas making money. He owned his route, and the man-ager of the stores was talking about making himassistant superintendent. Had he stuck to his jobhe might have become a partner in the great firm ofCobb, Bates and Yerxa, and put Bates to the would have then been Cobb, Rogers and Yerxa—and later, H. H. Rogers, Dealer in Staple and FancyGroceries. But something happened about this timethat shook New Bedford to its center, and gave Fair-haven a thrill. Whale-oil was whale-oil then, and whale-oil and NewBedford were synonymous. Now, a man out in Penn-sylvania had bored down into the ground and strucka reservoir. A sort of spouting sperm-whale! But withthis important difference: whales spout sea-water,while this gusher spouted whale-oil, or something justas good 53 53 369 H. H. ROGERS. HE year Eighteen Hundred Fifty-nine isan unforgetable date—a date that ushersin the Great American Renaissance, inwhich we now live. Three very importantevents occurred that year. One was the hanging ofOld John Brown, who was fifty-nine years old, andthus not so very old. This event made a tremendousstir in Fairhaven, just as it did everywhere, especiallyin rural districts. The second great event that happenedin Eighteen Hundred Fifty-nine was the publicationof a book by a man born in Eighteen Hundred Nine,the same year that Lincoln was born. The mans namewas Charles Darwin, and his book was * The Originof Species. His volume was to do for the theologicalworld what John Browns raid did for American third great event that occurred in Eighteen Hun-dred Fifty-nine was when a man by the name of EdwinL. Drake, Colonel by grace, bored a well and struck rock-oil M at Titusville, that time rock-oil or coal-oil was no
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