The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-06
GATE CITY.

r. "Briok" Pomeroy, Of the LaCross'
Democrat, was at the Dubuque Fair
and relates his experience in the follow
ing decidedly rich style:
CHANCE At THE FAIR GIRLs.
Nothing like it 10 the world. or under
the organisations thereof. Nothing liks
the Sanitary Fair. This morning, armed
with my best clothes--arrsyed in my usu.
al smile. like ltaiy's sunny cliDe-haii
nicely parted IN the middle. a Ia John
Charles the Fremont, kind and genial
eye bcaming from under my glasses, and
a dollar verdant in my larboard yes,
pocket, vented to the Fair. There was
lot of folks there, the whole Of Lots
family Went to cube hole in . cube
shed, Intercepted quaint looking man
with whom l was not acquainted for q
ticket, quaint man gave mo the document
Went to the front door, man said sstothel
door," Went where the man said Tother
door was fast. Asked wicked man where
''tother door" was, Told me to 60 to
h. uniting for it. Don't like that man.
Found the door. Chap with pair of
scissors amputated the northwest corner
of my ticket. Passed in. First thing /
saw was a label "bewsre of pickpockets. :"
So I bewared. Joined the crowd and
jammed in. Saw lots of things. Pretty
girls ran up to me with a day-book and
pencil. Wanted me to take chance in
photograph album for half dollar
Very sweet little girl-couldn't say, no.
Spent my half dollar quicker than boiling
eggs. Started to go. Another girl ran
up to me. Egad, but she was not so bad
looking. Had pretty face, curly hair,
blue eyes. red thing on top of her head,
like rooster, red things on her wrists,
red, white and blue flag on her chest Fell
in love with girl-she wanted me to take
a chance in bed quilt for half dollar
Borrowed ten dollars of a Dubuque edi-
tor, and took the chance. Another girl
ran up to me. Nice girl, nicer than the
other girl; more OF her, dressed different,
but had the flag on her dear advance.
She wanted me to take chance In . sew.
ing machine Tor half dollar Asked the
girl if it was one of the kind good to stay
soitA on Saturday night. The girl said,
"can't see it ]" Told the girl wouldn't
take chance till could see it. She coaxed
me. Took the chance, but it is chance
il take tie machine. Walked on slow
ly. Ran against pretty girl, who want
ed me to take chance in red flannel
cloak, for half a dollar Begged the girl
to apologize me for running against her.
Said she would. if I'd take ticket
Deuced smart girl that. Makes puns
rapidly. Told her / never met so many
girls by chance. Said she, "the usual
way" here! Asked her what I'd do with
the cloak, if / drew. She said i, wouki
cover a multitude of sins Asked her if
she was sincere. She said no. | told her
then that she was not sin-seared She
said it was wicked pun. Told her it vas
Horr .ible Pretty girl said ooh good
ness p Said "that's me if you please -
Took ticket. Thought I'd take ticket
as drew so well. Pretty girl wanted to
know what had drawn. Told her be-
cause I'd drawn her attention. Another
girl came up. Rather large girl for one
OF her size. Took ticket in rug with
cat on It, Asked the girl if she had a
feline for me. She didn't see it. An
other girl wanted me to take ticket for a
glass house, for half dollar Don'tlikc
glass houses-can't throw stones in them
girls said could if | wanted to--took
the ticket. Took lots OF tickets All the
girls in the room ran after me. Spent
my ten dollars in forty-one minutes Ex-
pect to draw lots of things. Wonder il
they don't intend to let the girls go by
chance-half dollar ticket II 80 viii
take chances for all of them. Deuced
pretty girls. All have flags over their
waists. Asked girl if that was not q
waist of flags! Girl didn', see it. Asked
her if she ever intended to fight under
the flag. Girl said no. Sharp girl Me
lots of girls By chance. Expect to draw
something, if nothing more than our las
breath Ii | do, I'll give it to the girls
Went come tired. Dreamed muchly-
Thought | was in Heaven. Ten Thousand
pretty angels with red dingusses on the
heads, and little flags on their breastl
wanted US TO take chance for fifty cents
Thought Heaven was Dubuque, and al
in one Sanitary Fair. Told the girls o
angels not to flag in their endeavors.-
Girls said it would be chance il the
did. Nice girls, but not BY chance.
Fairly, Back"