“What’s in a name?” so Shakespeare wrote.

Well, a good deal when fellows vote,

Want a check cashed, or sign a note;

And when an oilman sinks a well,

Dry as the jokes of Digby Bell,

Dennis or Mud fits like a shell.

VIEWS ON THE TARR FARM, OIL CREEK, IN 1863-6.

TARR HOMESTEAD IN 1862

WELLS ON TARR FARM