The Red Cloud chief., 1888-10-19
QUEER eLEcrioN eers.
Asn stalking Their Wessds I'm the ss&
eess of Q 1aSosite Caaslldass.

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Some b.sters. not content With tho
ordinary chances ~ fortune. rack their
brains 10 discover some strange and
unusual methods OF wagering. and tho
consequence il that at tAc close u
every election "A number ~ more or less
ludicrous bets have to b" settled. tho
payment Of which occasions no, only
much pleasure Ia the winner bu, also
great hilariiy among the public "a,
large.
Tho 'w~heclbarrow bet il one ~ tho
timo-honorcd election vagcr-, and has
been made probably in oycry city in
the country. BY Its terms the loser
agree. to triDdlc the winner In n wheel.
barrow for "a certain dis,nGcc over a
specified route. Several, such waycrs
have been made In NJ. Louis. one of
tn" most noted being that made by n.
Clay sexton In 1856. when hc wheeled
his victorious adversary for several
blocks along Broad way. followed by n
large and enthusiastic crowd. Tho
election u Mayor Francis. In 1854.
caused n rather cmaciated Rcpub-
Ilcrin ~ Carondelct 10 wheel "a ponder.
Ous and triumphant Democrat for
nearly IA mile. compromising himself
for his temporary mc,anorphosi, into
q beast of burden by humping hi. p,..
sengcr mos, severely by reckless cross.
ing ~ curbs, and In several instances
dcpositing him unexpectedly in con.
venient cutters. alleging his ~inexpcri.
enc In thi, line " industry n. thu,
cause Of the c~atastrophes. In 1850
Robert A. Wilson. ~ Kansas CITY. an
enthusiastic Hancock man. wheeled n
Republican three times nround he,
principal block in the city, the Repub.
lican bearing In his hand "a larry. Chr.
field Transparency. \ dozen member,
Of the Garfield Club attended IA "A
guard 81 honor. bearing lighted torches.
and the procession Ne Gathered "A
large and enthusiastic crowd In il.
wake. MIR. Wilson, IL 4. understood.
has abjurcd all similar wagcr,.
Next to the wheelbarroy bet. nm
agreement 70 carry soux, unusual bur.
den through the city IL p,phubIy M,
most common Of These wau.
crs. II Ia one OF the tradition. az ~.
Louis that Henry :. (,.y,r. I'm, ~ m,
leading Wing leaders. In 1882 per,n.
bulnted Muin street, from Vim. 10 Chest.
nut streets, bearing upon hi, ,hould.r
IL long hickory pole which had b,.cn
used during the campaign nv "A .Ia,k.
son adhorent. Not many wear. AGO a
hod-rarrier In fultillmcnt ~ "A wny,r
carried another I'm the inclin,. from
the ground Ia Tn, iop f,oor a, +, uv.,.
house. Men lcuriny s,,k. 80
-four or bar. of roty,. ,h,,rnyh m,
streets nrc sometime. .nrn M IN, clos,
Of AN election. 4 New unv,n dom,
SOAP manufacturers WI, onc,. ~,.nmn.lI,,I
90 march through tho s,r,,,. c,..ri,,
n large siyn in.,rib,.d with h,,h nr,;s,,
OF the goods of "A r;yrl hon.,. Will,
his partner followed in th,, rom, I, IN,
guisc of a sandwich ~,m,,, ,ho
boards between which H., v,. .,,,,,n.d
setting forth in florid lnny,unc, IN, In.
fcriori,y Of IN, produc. of hi. ow, fa..
tory.
Another set ~ queer bot, mr., ,h,so
relating 10 hair. Tn, instance. .,.,
numerous. of ,bo,. wb, h,v. ,r,,.,,
no, to en-, their h,ir un,i, m. .I.c,;,,
Of n certain candidate md wh, .,.
Obliged 10 carry nb,ut with ,hnw :,
wealth Of locks NOR, ,on.ni,,o,,. ,h,n
comfortnbl,. uur;,g M, l,., p,..;.
dcntial campnirn "A fnshio, ,rn.,
IN, Jeni,,ns of Rad, NJ h.,,,,n, ..
hir.nt, .Jn,,n,,, ,%,,;n., -. w
-, .n"",, A"o'"'r' :"
against the rich whiskcrs " "a Republic.
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