Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-04-07
Adventures Of an Orphan.

rs Towards the latter part Of t
y, summer of 1910, a lad of pref posses
J. ing appearance entered t he b Heautif
N town of Geneva, situated at The fo
N of Seneca lake, near IL le fntre
Y the State Of New York. lie ha
Travelled from the weste part
). Ohio, where his father. Eidowd
y had died Of one Of thos malignat
fevers so common to ne WY settle
countries, while overseeing the Gu
E tivation of a large tract of land, i
order to regain fortune lost durin,
I the disastrous speculation of 1886.
Being an only son, and poor, he re
solved to leave Ohio, and remove t.
: the State of New York, for the pur
pose of trying his fort unes in any
n hammer that chance might offer. H(
b ad passed through the s. Rveril towns
a nd villages .on his rou te, without
n leeting anything to, att ract bis at
! it4ntion, till reaching Geheya. This
! Fl he town, with its lovely lake and
pleasant scenery, struck his fancy, so
BE determined to obtain employment
'if possible, and make it his future
b bme.
While walking along t be principal
s. rect of the place a 81 lady avenue
o kerlooking the lake, al hd on which
al Ee located several fine c hurehes and
o ther public buildings -he saw a
l|rge crowd of people assembled
abound a newly erected liberty pole,
i front of one of the principal ho
tkls. On approaching be spot he
flund that it was a political meeting
Held for the purpose of raising the
| ole and max ing party speeches.
Our hero forced his v ay into the
Fowd hist as they were raising the
Stars ahd Sit ripes,' with the names
lf their favo rite candidates, to the
pp of the flag staff 7 he flag had
3arcely reached half way, the enthu-
Ilasm being at its height. ywhen the
ord twisted and caught in the little
I.heel at the top. They pulled and
sied every way, but were unable to
aise or lower the flag aIsingle inch. {
portion of the opposition party,
-ho were grouped together a little in 5
he rear of the main body, began to j
eer and Joke about the apparently 5
ad omen, to the evident discomfit- j
re of their oppon nents- G
At length Judge s. II editor T
the Geneva Journal, then q candi- S
ate for Congress, Offered fifty dol C
rs to any one who woUId ID climb the fl
aff and null the cord through the a
heel. The utmost silence reigned d
7 several minutes, but no one ad- k
tnced to make the daring trial j
'Will nobody volunteer shoute I'D IL
le Judge, strongly excited, as a pqa qal W
laughter went up from t be ran rs Sc
the opposition ' III
Their chuc1le had Sc hFoPly dice Ell
7ay, however, before G George, wi th vi
S cap and shoes off, ste pped before
e Judge, and with a COZ flident lo9k ha
claimed = ca
Yes, Sir. I'll climb i'll
You, my lad! are you strong pl
ough?' sa
'o6 yes, sir, I'm used to climb Il I
Then go ahead, my little Spartan, H
ID the Judge, at the san be time glF he
, him an enco uraging pat on I'll ie ga
builder. PR
hand over hqInq, his feet tn
tched the pole in a ma nper yhleh gla
wed him to be an exp Rrt elimbeF, sta
orge made his way to the top df for
. staff. which was so slender that to
waved to and fro with bis weight. wit
thing daunted, he wou nd his 4legB wit
ht and left around th pole, and
h his right hand untwisted the cei
shouting fearlessly to those in
ow to hoist away, he clung on un- ~
the flag fairly reached The top and
n slowly descended. hlnl
rhe cheers that now rent the our Ge'
e truly terrific everybody, opPo- me
on and adjoining in with one q ni-
sal shout. lam
After the excitement had some you
t subsided, the Judge looked up MAJ
the boy witt. admiration, and took full
his poeket-book to pay the prom noN
reward nes
Ieorge n Dticed the action and ex- :
med: x eep your money, siE ! lars
t no pay for helping to raise the can
erican flag. leF,