Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-03-18
THE CREASED POLE.
SHOWING HOW. zEKE PHILPoT GOT SUCKED
IN AND THEN AGAIN HOW he DIDN'T.

Ezekiel PhilpoI was born in America
somewhere near The headquarters of the
Penobscot, and when he arrived at The age
Of nineteen, he had go. his growth and
'cu. his eye,ieeth;' circumstance which
was generally admitted by all who knew
him.
Zeke was bound for Boston with load
OF genuine apple sass, and he expected, ore
he returned. 10 make slight commo,ion, ii
no more ,inihe great neWopolis~sThe old
mare was harnessed, and in due course ol
lime Zeke and his load arrived in Bos,ing,
where tho sass was disposed of to 60 d
advantage, and with sevenlyGve dollars in
his pocket, our hero began to look around
to see the sights
'Hel-lol' exclaimed Zeke, as he slopp ed
one morning before ablazing placard, which
adorned one OF the brick walls in Flag Alley.
What. in ,arnalion'I that?'-A Golden Lad
der-A Road to Fort e-oh, fortin,
.ha,'i,; road to (orin.'
Zeke went on 10 decipher the reading
beneath, and gradually obtained the in,elli.
gence that, on the Black Bay, there was 10
be a pole twenty feet high, on the top Of
which the proprietor weud place prize OF
two hundred doll"rs. to be retained by any
one who could obtain it. Chances three
dollars.
wal. two hundred dollars is some pun
kins.' soliloquized Zeke. 'I've clum some
poo,y skinny trees in my day. I'll just
walk into tha, feller's tew hundred, ro, me
if | DON'T Mr.. Ezekiel Phipo, found his
way to the spot. where the people had al
ready began to collect around the Golden
Ladder
'Hel.lop exclaimed Zeke. as he came
up, 'whare's the chap what keeps this 'efe
pole7
Pm the man. answeaed burly fellow
with red nose and pimpled chin, who oc.
eupied chair near the pole; want TO try
chance? Walk up gentlemen, walk up
only three dollars. Who
'Hole on, old felIer,' interrupted Zekc,
'dew yeou mean to say as heow't there's
few hundred dollars in that bag up. top o.
that pole?'
Certainly
AN if | git ii il's miner
You can have chance for three dol.
lars
'Zactly. Wal, meow; there's yer three
dollars, and here goes for the hull lot
Zeke dvested himself of his coat, rolled
up his shirt sleeves, and giving powerful
leap, he grasped the pole about len feet from
the ground. A single second, not longer,
lie s.aid there, and then slid back upon terra
frma. Zeke looked upon his hands, and
then down upon his striped rowsers. Then
he looked al his hands again, and raising
hem 10 his nose, when deep, long smell,
seemed to sci his doubts and queries at rest
.he uuered,-'The Devil! Hogs fat, by
hokeyp
A loud laugh from the crowd soon brought
Zeke TO his senses, and conv nccd him that
he had been sold. Bur ere he could find
his tongue again, an old salt, with about
three sheet in The wind paid for his chance
and essayed TO climb lhe pole. The sailor
hugged and .ugged, got half way up, and
then slid, The crowd laughed again, but
This time their attention was turned from
Zeke to the new aspirant, and after remain
ing moment in sorl Of brown study. our
hero qnielIy slipped away, rema'king TO The
red. nosed man, that he was going TO get
three dollars more, and then he'd be DANCED
if h. didn'Itry it again. ....
In an hour Zeke was again upon the
ground.
Meow ole C-ler,' said he TO the man that
took the entrance mouey. u wun. jes try
lha, ere thing wunst more, an want you
TO understand that | shall jes take off my
shews this time.'
Got nothing in your stockngsl suggested
The red .nosed man.
'No,hin but my feet returned Zeke as
he planted thirteen inches of flesh and bone
into the lap of the qucris,. ., ..
Zeke put up his three dollars, and, mi
nus his Goa, and shoes, he grasped the pole
Slowly, YET steadily he crepl up from ,Iht
ground, lie hugged like bio odsucker rc
tho CREASED pole. and by degrees he nearec
the top. His hand was within few feet o
the bag oldollars, and he stopped 10 &c
breath. One more li(i. and lhrn anothe
and The prize was within his grasp. Eek
slid TO the earth with TWO hundred dollars,
Thar! know'd | could do it. hahn
clum spruce and white naples all my days
for nolhin'! Goodbye. folks, an 'fenny o
you ever come cast, jes give us CALL!