The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-06-29

time. We whipped, and spnrred, and pulled,
and pushed, and hollered, and screamed, and
the team hauled we'll The old OK bows creak-
ed. and we begun TO think that we should reach
the top. But when we got abont, two-thrds
the way up, the team got stuck agln, and tho
il took eight or ten smart pulls after this it did
mt get any higher, outevery time backed down
q little ga D TfI.JIyW
It was pretty clear after this that it was
gone goose with the Old Fogies. We hadn't
no hopes of 'em any longer, Ii the Cass and
Buchanan teams could a been hitchcd together.
they would walked over the hill as easy as
cat could lick her ear But there was so much
ouarreling among the drivers that this couldn't
bo done. Every driver was proud of his own
team, and would stick TO it and have nothing
TO do with t'other. Tho Virginny delegation
went out good many times to consider il and
make up their minds. and every time they come
in they marched right up and took their stand
by the Buchanan team. They, stuck to that
team without flinching for thirty three steady
pulls: and for the last ten or fifteen pulls l
couldn't think of nothing else but cold Virgin
ny never tire" But there was good many
others stuck it out full as long, and some a
good deal longer than old Virginny, before they
gin up. We tried few pulls with the Marcy
team and few with tho Butler team, but it
was no 90. We became satisfied there wasn't
an old Fogy in the field who could ever reach
the top of the hill We begun to look round
now to see how Young America was getting
along If- rs fo isHg Ioiird
The Douglas team was made up mostly OF
Young steers; and it was a pretty smart team,
we'll trained, and pulled well. But it wasn't
equal to the Old Fogies for a heavy pull; IL
hadn't so much bone and sinew and wind and
bottom Howsomcver, it made pretty good
scratch of it, and kept gaining gradually up
the hill; so we thought we would take hold and
give Young America boost and see If we
couldn't get candidate that way. To tell
the truth, we begun to feel rather streaked for
fear we should've got candidate at all, and
felt willing to hitch on to most anything. But
the best we could do with Young America, we
couldn't get only about half way up thehill be-
fore the steers begun to back down agin, and
we see twas no use, they couldn't como it,
Well there we was all in fix. We couldn',
see no other chance; we'd got to 60 without 9
President because we couldn't nominate q
candidate. -rrlfq- E.rI ff,4 fV 1lf v5
One of the members actually tainted away
here and all of us felt good deal womblecrop
and down in the mouth. But "old Virginny
never tire:.' and when we was all hitchin oil
! round for the thirty-ifth pull, old Virginn.
marched into the field with bran new team
Every body stared and cried out, 'what team
is that1 what team is thatr And when the,
heard the answer, 'The Franklin Pierce team
of New Hampshire they wouldn't hardly be
, lieve their own ears. But it was a fact, ant
Virginny drove that new team one pull alone
Then one or two others hitched on with he
and tried eight or ten steady pulls. All Of u
, looked on and watched the working of tina
new team. rs8 f TaN tti
At last folks begun to make up their mind
that was the team to pull and straighten on
, the Democratic traces, and with proper help
might be got over the hill Old North Carl
ner bitched on, and Georgia hitched on, an
! Tennessee hitchcd on, md By and by there wa
, a general race all over the field TO see wh
|, should hitch on first. 1t didn't make no odd
a who-Old Hunkers and Barnburners, an
7 Free Silcrs and Abolition, and Union Soces'
! ion, and State Rights, and Old Foges an
q Young America, all run hclter skelter an
: hitched on the Pierce team. That team,
y tell We, went up the hill like smoke. Some {
l the States run till they was almost out {
: breath for fear they shouldn't hitch on befor
: tho team got to the top of the hill. But the
all made out to hook on, and every State wa
q Sin at the DEATH and ready to jine in the ger
s eral hoorah.
. After this weEhadn't no more difficulty: ev'
Il rv thing went on as regular as clock work.
" The master told us we had read and spelt we
. : and that we might all go out till four o'cloc
: So we went out and took little bit of spree
!, and then come in and took hold and worke
a together just like brothers, and hauled NJ
j King right up to the top of the hill in two pull
n and made him Vice President.
A. Then the committee brought in new pa
form, and we all danced on it. In the crow
,o and confusion we couldn't see what it w
70 made on. but we was told it went agn the Ban
and agin the Tariff, and agin Internal Improv
II ment, and was first rate platform; so we ;
In jumped on and said it couldn't be no better.
r. p. s. I've tclegraphed to Gineral Pierce
a save the Downingville Post Office for you;
n you may feel easy on that score.
n l remain your loving nephew,
: MAJOR JACK DOWNING.