Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-02-24
vol. 5g.--NO. a.


and then again new ne LINN
Ezekiel Philpot was born In America.
somewhere near the head waters Of She Pee
nebseot and when he arrived al the age Of
nineteen. be had got bis groth' and cut bis
eve teeth I circumstance which was gen
orally admitted by all who knew him.
Zeke was bound for Bosting with lead
of gcnoomc apple sass, and he expected, ere
he returned, to make slight commotion, If
not more, in the great metropolis The old
marc was harnessed, and in due course OF
time Zeke aud his load arrived in Boosting.
where the sass was disposed Of to good ad-
vantage aud with seventy FIVE dollars Ia his
pockets, our hero began to look round TO see
the sights.
.Hei-lo~, exclaimed Zeke, as he stopped
one morning before blazing placard Which
adorned one Of the brick walls ia Flag Alley;
wat n tarnatien's that? 4 Golden Ladder
IA Road to For----f II n-e--fortin, that's
It'd road 10 tortin.'
Zeke went on 10 decyphcr the reading be-
meath, aud gradually obtained the intelligence
that. on the Back Bay. there was 10 be .
pole twenty feet high, on the top Of which
che proprietor would place prize Of $780, to
w fetaHcu ~ Guy WV ~Is u"Aa~ oosAau -
Chance S3.
WAL tew hundred dollars is some punk
ms solioquized Zeke. I've clunb some
pooty skinney trees 10 nay day. I'm jes'
walk inter that felcr's tew hundred. rot mo
il deon't'
Mr. Ezekiel Philpot found his way to the
spot where the people had already begun to
collect around the Golden Ladder
Hell lowr exclaimed Zeke. rs he came
up, swhar's the chap wot keeps this crs
pole
Pm the man., answered hurley fellow
With red nose and pimpled CHR. who occu-
pied chair near pole; want 70 try
chance Walk w. gentlemen walk up
only three dollars. Who wants the tive
hundred? Who
| Hole on, ole feller' interrupted Zekc;
4 dew yer mean to say as heaw' there's tew
hundred dollars in that ere bag up't topSe'
that poleY
Certainly sd
An if kin gil It it's minc?'
| You can have chance for three dollays
Exactly. Wal. meow there's yer three
dollars, and meow here goes for the hull lot
| Zekc Invested himself Of his coat. rolled
up bis shirt sleeves, and giving a powerful
leap. he graspcd tho pole about ten feet from
the ground single sccond-not longer
he staid there, and then--slid back upon lei.
ra f1.ma. Zekc looked at bis hands and
then down upon his striped trowsers Then
be looked at bis hands again. and then raising
them to his nose, while deep, and long
smell seemed to set bis doubts and queries
arrest, he uttered aa
me DerH! Hog tat, by hokeyF
broad laugh from the crowd soon brought
leke TO bis senses, und convinccd him that
he had been sold But ere be could ind hss
tongue again, an old salt, about three sheeta
in the wind, paid for hls chance. and essayed
to climb the pole. The sailor Rugged and
tugged, got half way up, and then cid Tho
crowd laughed again, but this time their at
tention was turned from Zeketo the new as
pirant, and after waiting moment, in sort
of brown study, our. hero quietly slipped
away, remarking to the red nose man, that
he was goin' to git three dollars more, and
then he'd be DANCED It be didn TRY 1t sgan.
In an hour Icke was again upon the
ground
Meow Old fellow. said ne to the man who
took the entrance money, 4 want tew jist try
that ere thing wunst more. and want yew
{ understand at shall jis take of my
sbews this time.
Get nothing IN your ssockingsr suggcs-
ted the red nosed man
'Nothin but my feet, returned Ieke ~ he