Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-07-19
THE CREASED POLE.
IA LAueHABLE sToRFa

when he arrived at the age of IS be had "got his
growth" and "cut his eye teeth" circumstance
which was generally admitted BY all who knew
him: One bright morning in June, Zeke placing
his long body into shirt, run his legs through
a new pair of striped trowsers, wrapped span
new waiscoat about his breast hauled up his stiff
starched cotton dickey, and tied check gingham
about his neck and then donned the swallow tail
) ed coat, the brass buttons Of which looked like
row Of newly risen stars Zeke was literally
a pioneer in the "Bloomtr costame;" atfeast one
would have thought 50 to have seen him as he
stood now. He disdained 10 have his trowsers
legs dangling in the wash bowl, so his Blue stock
ings peeped forth from beneath the tops of his
> cowhides, and looked up full six inches to the
, trowser's bottoms while his bony wrist had free
scope from either shirt Sieve or cuff Zeke's hair
: which was Of no color in particular but bore all
the lighter shades Of the vegetable Kingdom was
put down with pure bars lie, and directly on the
top Of his head he put white hat some somewhat
> resembling an empty butter frkin, and and after
gazing at his presentment four minutes and half
he was heard TO say: -s.,.gy -.sl4 ..r.,,
J 4
that then guess ,chat amt phat that's all ..,
Zeke was bound for Bostng with load of gen.
ewine apple sass and he expected ere lie re-
turned to make slight commotion if not more in
the great Metropolis. The old mare ives har-
messed and in due course Of, time Zeke and his
load arrived safe in Bosting where the sass was
disposed of to good advantage, and with seventy
five dollars in his pocket ourhero began to look
around to see the sights. .rotQal..s 2-1
: ''Hel low!" exclaimed Zeke, as he stopped one
: morning before blazing placard which adorned
one Of the brick walls in Flag alley; ''watn tarn
: atoms that-A Golden Ladder, a road to For
.--oh-tortia that's it-a road to tortia. ,sa
Zeke went on to decypher the reading below
: and gradually he obtained the intelligence that
on the Black Bay there was to be pole twenty
feet high, upon the top of which the proprietor
IS would place prize of 5000 to be attained by any
: one who could obtain it.--Chauce So. ."1i-"
"Wal tew hundred dollars is some! punkins, "
: soliIoqused Zeke. GIVE clumb some, ,pooty skin
ny trees in my day; I'll jes walk iutur that fell
: er's tew hundred dollars, rot me if don't"
70 the scene of action and it was not until he had
run down dozen apple women in his course that
" he remembered his entire ignorance of where
. the Black Bay might be and when this, informa-
: ton was gained, he;ahappened to remember that
: the sold mare had not been seen to- ves7f, -t
: Zeke, was economical in his house keeping
I. He hired single stall in a small shed near the
Providence depot, bought bis own hay, and caret
Z, for his own animal. Thither he hastened hi
= steps, and having watered his beast he took from
y his wagon box an old wool card and raked, dowl
the old mare in the most approved manner to bt
y sure the steel teeth moved little harshly over thu
- bones than usual but then Zeke was il. a hurr.
= for the tew hundred was in his eye. f., a3r
- At length, by dint Of much inquiry, Mr.. Ezeki
.N ei Philpot, found his way to the spot where tn
i people had already began to collect around tn
- "Golden ladder a.,s,ri ,s., .y~a,.t.,,,
81 "Hel-lowt" exclaimed zeke- as he came up
~ ~ "wbere's the chap what keeps this ere pole"
NJ "I'm the man." answered the burly fellow wit
- red nose and pimpled chin who occupied tn
80 chair near the pole; want to try chancel Wal
~ up gentlemen, walk up-only three three dollars
Who wants the two hundred! Who"
as "Hold on, old feller," interrupted Zeke, "de,
he yer mean to say as heow't there's tew hundre
ce dollars in that ere bag up t'top of that pole"
se '.'Certainy," y, .., .-z.,.. ...
ne ',"An' if | kin git it's mine" -...f r.,-- ID,
k- "Exactly."' \. ..,,,,,. ,a. ,.,..s. ~. za7s s
in ..Zeke divested himself Of his coat ,rolledup h
ch sleeves ana giving powerful leap grasped tt
~ pole about ten feetfrom the grounds sing
f q second-not longer--he staid there and then 81
Mt. Back upon terra frma Zeke looked at his han'
sur again raising them to his nose, and with lor
ne, deep smell seemed to set his doubts and queries
Lae rest and uttered
lid r''IAe deuce! Hogs fat by hOley''hl-Aq5a.zd
der A, broad laugh from the crowd brought.Zeke
rt- senses and convinced him that he had been sol
ace But ere he could find his tongue again an old 50
ad- about "thtee sheets in the windP paid for }
der chance and essayed to clnlb the pole. The sal
IN or hugged and tugged. got half way upfan thu
~ slid The crowd laughed again but this time the
nly attention was turned from Zeke to the new asj
OK, lfant ana in moment in sort Of "brown study
,ss- our hero quietly slipped away remarked 70
uill red-nosed man tfiat he'd try 1t again. W. @
lid Pa m about an hour Zeke was again on I
, In gtpuhd u 0st'a''4 '''' ~ s'.' ~
itch sa"Nsow od fellef" said he to the! man "
the tookethe entrance money I want to fist try Il
was efes thing once more, ,an' Iwant yeWa Wat' ,ihd
,wn stan. IshaIIj jist taRe off my shoes this time
wise l1"G Gof nothing sin your astockingsa' suggest
tlthered tieseamai ioEaaa aoiaV s..i VoEa Y
Sex 20 NothiDg but my efeety'Ireturnea zekea as
ere planted thirteen Inches oe flesh ana bonento
the lap of the querist 'Fssos9Aq aai'9 'isS'
" to Zeke paid his three dollars audminus coat,v
IL and shoes, he grasped the poles Slowly
- steadily he crept up from the ground. He h
a9 sgyed like BIood sucker othe greasy pole and
a degrees nesfedethe top His hand was With
hch few feetof tie bag Of dollars, ,and he stopped
you gets Breath One more lift 1.-the prize Z