The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-11-29
How 1t Was Done at the Ridge.
NEws.HERALp Special.


SuaARTREE RIDGE, Nov. 10th, 1888.
Mr.. EDIroR:-I thought 1 would write
and tell you whats been the goins on
about here and in this part Nv the
wourld. We'ev bin haven the darndest
hottest times over the lection ever you
seen. I tell you some Nv us got on high
HOSES. But then all us fellers what
voted for Cleveland is jist as cool as
kukumbers now. We'ev bin haven lots
of doing down here and I'm just goin
to tell you about some Of EN-. We'eve
had lots OF big speeches and one thing
and an mother. But we'eve not had
nothen to compare to our pole raisin,
which we put up afore the lection. It
was great big hickery pole and. it tuck
fore hosses to hall it. OF course it wus
little crucked but we dident care fur
that, we was going to have pole cruck.
ed or no crucked. It was about hun.
dred feet long arter we spliced piece NV
lind wood on top 1--WE done that in homer
Nv the Prohibition party you know the
Republicans wont do nuthen fur them
kase they believe in free licker) an then
we fastened little. rooster on top NV it
(poor little feller he died Nv grefe) and
Sot the day to raise that pole and tole
everybody and ::tole them to tell there
nabors, and we hired a band ter play
musick fur us. Well sir it jist seemed
ter US like the day would never come ter
rase that pole but it come at at last NV
corse and rain came with it (fur it always
rains when we want ter have big time)
but we dident care darn fur that we
wus going to cary our kalkilatins inter
effect. So we shot away about a half
pound Nv powder ter let the people no
and some Nv the boys went clere to New
Market arter another quarters worth
more. tell you we dident care fur ex-
pences. And sir about dinner time we
had some Nv the darndest little rackets
ever you seen. Well sir we had the
awfulest biggest crowd Nv people here
that day. dident have time to count
them but I heard some body say there
must be about too hundred that is count
in wimin, children, Republicans and all.
But then they dident help rase the pole
we done that. And arter we got it rails.
ed we run flag to ter top by means of
pully and sir it did look purity. So we
all jist stood back and said let her flote.
] had about ferget ter tell you that we
tied lanterns ter the rope at night and
pulled them to the top Nv the pole
which looked mighty purity. Well sir
when lection day come we wus all red
hot an every man was at his post we
made an awful hard fte and done our
best an we made bets but it wasent no
use they beat US an we had ter pay our
bets. Some says it wus the thing they
call tariff that done it. I don't know
maybe it wus an somebody said tother
day it wasent cided yet and maybe weed
get our president yet but we feel awful
week in the nees about it the Republi.
cans had kinder Nv q Jollification here
friday night but we dident enjoy it none
but we dident let on. Mebby we will
all feel better arter we git up Salt river
and get few days fishin we low to start
some time this week. Well this is bout
all the lection news I can think about.
P.S. What hurt us the worst we had
ter cut that pole down.
Yours respectively