Show the greased pole HOW PHILPOT OOT GOT SUCKED IN AND THEN AGIN HOW ME ezekial philpot was born in america somewhere inear the head waters of the penobscot and when he be arrived at the age of nineteen he had bad got his growth ath wd and cut his ey eye e teeth a circumstance tance chic which 70 was generally admitted by all who knew him one bright morning in in june zeke placed his long body into a dean clean shirt run his hia longer legs through a new pair of striped IP trousers trow sers wrapped a span new waistcoat about ut his b breast t haul hauled up P h his is stiff starched cotton iky and ti tied a check gingham about bout his neck I 1 and then dazed donned his swallow tailed led coat the brass buttons of which looked like a row of newly risen stars zeke was literally a pioneer in the JM cos tuse at least so one would have thought to have seen him now he disdained disdain ed to have his trousers trow sers legs jangling dangling in the mud or to have the buffi cans of his coat coat slopping in the wash wash bowl so his blue stockings peeped forth from beneath the tops of his cow N f Ps and looked up full six inches to the trousers trow sers bottoms while the bony wrists had bad free scope from either shirt sleeve or cuff zekes aekes hair which was of no color in n particular but bore all the lighter shades of the ve vegetable ge table kingdom nedom la was down with wife pure baxos bars it ile and dm directly atly on the top of his head he be put a white ht hat somewhat resembling an inverted batter firkin aid af after ter gaz gazing at W ra in the look looke ipg gh gass for four and a half ban minnies minn tes he was heard beard to say mr zeke piapot Phiip ot if yeou slide on that then I 1 guess what aint what all ad zeke was bound for boating with a load of gen boine apple sass and he expected ere he returned to make a slight commotion if not more in the great metropolis the old mare was harnessed and in due course of time zeke and his load arrived in boating Bo sting where the sass was disposed of to rood good advantage anti and with seventy five dollars in in his his pocket ket our hero bean began to look around to see the 4 owr sights ahel hellow hel lowi low exclaimed zeke as he stopped one morning before a blazing pla play card which adorned one of the brick walls in flagg alley rafn tamati carnations nations tar ons that A galden gaiden ladder 4 a road tu for tune t u n e oh fortin ita it a road to fortin zeke went on to de cypher the reading beneath and gradually he gained the intelligence that on the back bay there was to be a pole twenty feet high upon the top of which the proprietor would place a prize of to be retained by any one who could chances 3 wal tew hundred dollars is some dunkins pun kins q u iced zeke ive dumb clumb skinny trees in in my day ill jes walk inter that tellers tew hundred rot me if I 1 debont 11 with this feeling of cupidity zeke started for the scene of action and etwas not until he had run down a dozen apple women in his course that he remembered his entire ignorance of where tl the ie back bay might be and when this information was gained he happened to remember that the old mare been seen to zeke was economical in his horse keeping he liked a single stall in a small shed nm near the providence t depot bought his own hay bay and took care of his bis own animal animal thither he hastened his steps and hav I 1 t ting watered his beast he took from his wagon box an old wool card and raked down the mare n m the most lip approved proved manner to be sure the sted afeei teeth moved a kitle more harshly over the th bones than usual but vien then zeke was in a hy hurry for that tew hund haldred ha adred redl was in his eye at le length lb by dint of muc much inquiry I 1 mr ezekial ze philpot found his is way to the spot t w where ere the people e ta fad r d already began to collect around the golden lad hellow hel low exclaimed zeke as he cams came up chars the chap wot keeps that ere pole pm the man 21 answered a burly fellow with a aa I 1 aw aai a pi pimpled pled chin who occupied a chair war ear ite the pole want to try a chance walk up nt lomen wk walk up only three dollars who wants 9 he two hundred who I 1 hold on ole fellow interrupted zeke dew yer mean to say as hiowt theres tew hundred doff dollars are in in that ere bag up ti t the top op 0 that pole certaine certainly F 1 I an if aken eu git it its waine tine you can have a chance for or three dollars factly wal geow theres yer three doll dollars arsIan an geow bei baies es wot goes for the hull bull lot y zeke divested himself of his coat rolled up his hie shirt sleeves and giving a powerful leap he grasped the pole about ten feet from the ground A single second nc A longer he staid there and th then enslid 91 id back upon 11 n terra firma zeke looked at his bis hands and then tren down dowa upon his bis striped trousers trow sere sers then he ook look ad fd at his hands again and raising them to his nose while a deep lo 10 long smell seemed to set his doubts and queries Alu eries at rest he be erred s the devil hogs fed by th thunder wader A broad laugh from the crowd soon brought zeke to to his senses and convinced him that he had been fold but ere he could find his tongue apin again an old lit I 1 t about three e sheets in the wm wind 12 paid tor for his lance an ce and essayed to climb the pole the sailor f aggedy ed and tugged got half way up and then he id r the crow crowd laughed again but Us this time their ott intention It was turned to zeke to the new aspirant and nd after waiting a moment in a sort of brown sta agy liv 11 our hero quietly slipped away remarking to the I 1 N TOI nosed man that he was goin to pet get three dollars and then hed be darned if he try it spin gain I 1 in an hour zeke was again the ground i keow ole feuer feller said he to the man who took t OF she entrance money 1 I want tew few pat list try that yere ere athing dunst more mom an I 1 want yew ti unde tan at I 1 aist take off my chews this time y got nothing in your stockings suggested the ped nosed man I 1 No othin thin but my feet returned zeke as he plan NN ed e e thirteen inches of flesh and bones into the lap of I 1 zeke paid his three dollars and minus coat vest and chews 11 he gras grasped the e po pole e slowly ow yet steadily he crept up fromke from the ground aund he e h hugged g like a bloodsucker blood sucker to the greased aas pole and by y degrees he neared the topi top his is h band was within a few r feet of the bag of dollars and he stopped to get et ge ilreath ilreath one more lift and then another and the prize was within ith in h his is grasp P zeke slid aw to the earth with two bund hundred dollars F amsl I 1 tharl I 1 knowd I 1 could do it I 1 clum spruces spruced and white whit i e maples map les all my days for euthin nu thin GW good bye folks an if f entry enny of yeou ever cum deown least east aist t guv us a call zeke e left the crowd in wonder and made the best of his bis way to his stable he zut shut the door of the shed bed and then pulling up his trousers trow sers he untied from the inside of each knee one wf half of the steel toothed leather of hu his old asard haw card wal old dobbin said zeke patt patting the mare aff affectionately on the back while fie he held I 1 ia the pieces at card lea leather er in his hand band the scattering teeth of which had been filed sharp rather guess ta I 1 ken ford to buy yeou a new beard now carpet bag moral greased pole speculators a few are keen enough to keep their toll and grist too but most moat of the profession fail in greasing the pole suu 9 and loose the grist griet while they are goold ii toll honest many man one who gets hu his lick U by hoji eat later labor and when he attempts to the so greaser pole seldom dak a like zae 4 of tie thae ow 0 card wh teeth I 1 and is more mom likely to spoil his clothes with the grease on the pole than secure the dollars at the top honest 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