The Washington herald., 1915-05-16
"OLD GLORY'
And Why the 7own of Sand Hill Didn t
Hoist It,
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| agreeable TO all. he would hist the
emblem at sunrise and lower it at
| sunset durin' the rest of his natural
! life.
/ The Deacon said that was also
! beautiful speech. with a mighty strong
pint to IT, and the fee deeli1's of the
| freedom and liberty that tears STOOD
in many eyes. Hosea was followed
ny Squar' Josiyn. Philetus Williams:
! was frequent cheerin' and shakin'
| h. nds.
About ten years ago Abijah David
ed by Joel Hartman, and the men had
been enemies ever since. but under
the excitement and patriotism engen-
dered by the speeches they fell into
each others arms and became brothers
a'gin. 1t was finally settled that 4 pub
| lie contribution should be taken up
question of where it should be raised.
Enos Hopkins. who had started il all.
got up in modest way and said he
pole in front of his house 1t WA,
on high ground, and the flag could
be seen from every house in town.
trouble said Deacon Black as he
rose up. Hes done his sheer in
thinkin' out the plan: I'll see that
the flag is duly displayed from the
rives."
whats the matter histin' it over
my grocery, ASKED ian SKINNER as
he wiped the tears of emotion from
his eyes.
Or with histin' it over my coal
yard said Darius Waterman. who
calculated to chip in ten cents and no
more.
Then everybody bobbed up and de-
ent wanted that flag in front of his
house place of business. and no
where else. and purity soon they was
a vnllldn'f
there or refuse to contribute a red
cent. There was a lively row in
two minitS. with no more weepin
over patriotism.
AS the row grew hotter Abijah Da-
wilson turned to Joel Hartman and
said he was glad his dog had bit the
to serve Joel the same way. Deacon
Black ratified on the stovepipe with
his cane until he quoted the racket.
and then he said:
"FelIer patriots. have we no public
speerlt among u.s."
We have" yelled the crowd:
Then let us exhibit II. Bein' my
cooper shop is the highest buildin' in
got to fiip-fop in the breeze to he seen
and venerated. unselfishly offer to
fss has ~ pO'' anu '"A charge Oh '"e
Then squar' Joslyn made a speech
He told how million men had died
for that flag: how its stars and bars
had made tyrants tremble: how a
young nation had worshiped it and
made all the world respect ii. He
wound up after ten minits by offerin'
TO float it from his boss barn, but
only Kisses and groans follered. There
was signs that three or four patriots
would soon be punchin' each others
heads when Tom Bates strolled in In
that careless way of his. Deacon
Black pounded and ratified till he got
order and then said:
Il want to hear from Tom Bates on
this matter: Mebbe he can suggest
sunthin Tom, what place in town
would you say the American flag ought
to float from"
How many stars are there in the
American flag" calmly asked Tom.
Nobody could tell.
We'll. how many stripesT'
Nobody could tell,
Pears to me-" said Tom he
started to wander out ag'in-"'Pears
to me that as none of you can tell
the difference between the American
flag and a tablecloth you'd better hang
up an old army blanket most anywhere
and let II go at that"
And at the end of five minits more
there wasn't patriot left in the post
office. and nothin' more has ever been
said about buyin a public flag.