A lot of new crockery has been received and is for sale by James Polly
– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, July 9, 1864
– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, July 9, 1864
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
We a few days since read a letter...
...written by Mr. Meeks of Auston, Nevada Territory, to Mr. James Polly of this village, which contained some items of general interest, one of which was related as follows:
A bet was made between a Republican and a Copperhead on the city election. If the Copperheads carried the city, the Republican was to carry a sack of flour to the Cop – some two miles distant – on his back, accompanied by a band playing “Dixie;” and if the Republicans were successful, the Cop was to carry the flour to the Republican, the band to accompany playing “John Brown.” The Republican won the bet, and the Cop came to time, according to contract. The affair was witnessed by an immense crowd. After the flour was delivered, it was sold by the Republican, at auction, for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission. The purchaser resold it for the same charitable purpose, and his example was followed by others until the flour had brought fifty dollars.
Pretty well done, that.
– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, July 16, 1864
A bet was made between a Republican and a Copperhead on the city election. If the Copperheads carried the city, the Republican was to carry a sack of flour to the Cop – some two miles distant – on his back, accompanied by a band playing “Dixie;” and if the Republicans were successful, the Cop was to carry the flour to the Republican, the band to accompany playing “John Brown.” The Republican won the bet, and the Cop came to time, according to contract. The affair was witnessed by an immense crowd. After the flour was delivered, it was sold by the Republican, at auction, for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission. The purchaser resold it for the same charitable purpose, and his example was followed by others until the flour had brought fifty dollars.
Pretty well done, that.
– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, July 16, 1864
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