Of course, there must be a flag pole.
So, the pole was put in place, and the flag was braced to the pole.
At what cost, please?
Why, the flag pole cost $850. Not $8.50, but $850.
So, at least, it appears upon the expense-account.
What was the flag pole made of?
Why, it was just the round body of a large pine tree.
Nothing else, my son.
The probability is that any sawmill in the country would have furnished such a tree for $25.
The labor of preparing the tree for use as a flag pole might have cost another $25.