Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-12-24
The Yankee and the Creased Pole.

tage, anu seventy y-nSe dollars III ms pocket.
ZeIle began to look around to see the sights
' Hellow exclaimed Xeke. as he stopped
one morning before ba2in placard which
adorned oneof the back walls in Flag Alley,
8 want tarSsation's that? A Golden ladder
"a E,oas.. asortene.-sssEl, fortin, that's TIA
road to fortia"
Zeke went on to aecipher the reading be-
meath. and gradually he gained the intelli-
gence that on Back Bay, below the Common
there was to be pole twenty feet high raised
and upon the top of which the proprietor
would place prize OF two hundred dollars, to
be obtaiucd BY any one who sould obtained it,
Chances three dollars
" Well. tew hundred dollars is some pun
kins,' soliloquized Zeke I've clumb
some pooty skinny trees in MY day Iii just
walk into that fellows tew hundred, rot me if
| doent"
With the feeling of ofstupidity, Zeko started
for the scene of action aad as he was jumping
around he Knocked down dozen apple woman
that he remembered his entire ignorance of
where Back Bay might be, and when this in
formation was gained he appeared to remem-
Der that the - old mare" hadn't been seen to.
Heke was economical in his horse keeping.
He hired a single stall in small shed near
the Providence Depot, bought his own hay,
and took care of his own animal Thither he
hastened his steps, and having fed and water
ed his beast, he took from his wagon box an
old wool card, and raked down the mare in
the most approved manner. To be sure the
steel teeth moved a little more harshly over
the bones than usual but then Zeke was in a
hurry, for that q tew hundred" was in his eve
At length, by dint of much inquiry, Heke
found his way to the spot where the people
had already began to collect around the Col
ben Ladder p
. Hallow |" exclaimed Zeke as he came
up; < Whar's the chap wot keeps this ere
pole :"
- am the man." answered burly fellow
with red nose and pimpled chin, who oc-
cupled chair near the pelo want to try q
chance? Walk up, gentlemen, walk up
only three dollars. Who wants the two hun
dred q
8 Hold on, ole folie~,'' interrupted ZeEe,
$ dow geE. mean to say hoeW there's tew
hundred dollars in that ar bag upt' the top'o
/ that poIo!"
! " Certainly"
:. An ef I can get it lis mine ?'
q You can have chance Cor three dollars.
/ Mr. Iekc
& HactIy. Wall. there's yer three dollars,
an meow here's what goes for the hull lot"
Keke diycstcd himself Of his coat relied up
( his shirt sleeves and giving q powerful leap,
( grasped the pole about ten feet from the
/ ground. y single second-not longer-he
staid there; and then slipped back to terra
lirma. Ieke looked at his hands, and then
down upon his striped trousers. Then he
looked at his hands again and raising them
to his nose, while deep long smell seemed to
set his doubts and queries at rest, he uttered
Tb deuce. Hogs fat by thunder"
4 broad laugh-from the crowd soon brought
/ Iebe to his scases, and convinced him that he
( had been sold But ere he could find his
tongue again an old salt - about three
sheets in the wind, paid for his chance, and
essayed to climb the pole The sailor hug
god half way up, and then be slid. The crowd
laughed again, but this time their attention
was turned from Zeke>to the new aspirant,
and after wa ting moment IN sort Of brown
study" our hero quietly clipped away remar-
king to the red nosed man, he was going to
get three dollars more; and he'd be darned ii
he didn't try it again y
in an,hour Zelle was again upon the ground.
9 Meow, old fcl,er," said he to the man
who took the entrance money, g want to Try
that ere thing wunst more, an | want yewt
understand at | shall jist take OFF my shews
this time"
Got nothing in your stockings" sugges-
ted the red nosed man
:" Nothin but my feet" returned Zeke, as
he planted thirteen inches of flesh and bone
into the lap of the querist.
Hele paid his three dollars, and minu;
coaU, vest and " she~o,' he srasPod the polo
Slowly, yet steadily, he crept up from the
ground He hugged Ike blood sucker t
the creased pole, and by degrees he ncared
the top. His hand was within foot of the
bag Of dollars, and he stopped to get hi
breath. One more lift, and tEen another,
and the prize within his Crap Heke slie
to the earth with tw6ihundred dollars
:. Thar. knowd [ could do it, | hahn
clum spruces and white naples all my days
for nothin' . Good bye, folks, an eff emmy o
yeou ever cum deown East, just guy US
call
Zeke left the crowd in wonder, AMI made
the best of his way to the stable. He shu
the door of the she'd and then pulling up HI
trousers, be untined from the inside O. eacl
knee, one half of the steel toothed leather o.
his old horse crrd
g Well, ole Dobbin." said Zeke. pattint
the mare affectionately on the back. while h'
held the pieces of card Heather in his hand
the scattering teeth of which bad been file'
sharp, g rather guess | keen afforded to bu.
yeou new keard neew."
A 1oUNG Man in New York city has stolel
the affections and married the only daughte c
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