The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-08-31
A Genuine Fight.

which occurred at respectable boarding
house in Covington:
A southerner, named Robbon, who
has "plenty of money and nothing to do"
was boarder at the house, and amono
his failings he would occasionally drink
too much good brandy, and on such occa-
sions, was ripe for any kind of warlike op-
erations. A few evenings since he arrived
at his boarding house in what is politely
called estate of inebriation.'' He had
a servant, small negro boy, with whom
for some trivial cause, he became angry
and attempted to chastise him, but with
the assistance Of the landlady, the boy got
out of his way and hid in the kitchen, un-
der the table; Robbon pursued and com
menced a search, and CHANGING to stumble
over the stove, fancied it was his boy,
knocked it over, and beat it furiously with
a chair. Finding his mistake, he became
infuriated, and returning to the .landlady,
struck her with his hand.
A young man named Taylor, who does
business in Cincinnati, witnessed the blow
and Immediately attacked Robbon, but the
latter was armed with cane, and knocked
him down. Taylor rallied and returned
to the charge, and was again foored-
The blows were by no means comfortable,
and he drew knife with the idea of sud-
denly putting period to his antagonists
demonstrations. But better. idea struck
him, and he did not use the knife, but held
it with his left hand, while he fought with
his right Presently he brought Robbon
down, anda long struggle ensued on the
floor. Finally Robbon got up, and as the
room was by this time filling with people,
he ran out and to the first turn of the
stairs, taking with him solid and heavy
chair. Planting himself on the stairs he
swore that there was not men enough in
!, Kentucky to take him. The crowd in
creased rapidly, and the excitement was
at high pitch. AT length it was resolv-
ed that the rascal should be taken dead or
alive, and number of brave men started
up stairs to make him prisoner. He
f stood on his defense like Spartan, and as
the storming party could come at him but
two abreast he knocked them down as
, fast as they came within reach, until neal
! dozen had fallen badly bruised, when the
assault ceased. oe
Several times was this scene enacted
Robbon fought with the fury of a tiger,
and so battered the men who rushed upon
E him that they became dismayed, and q
temporary panic possessed them. But il
e would not do for one man to defy hun
f dred, and they renewed the attack with
the utmost desperation. Stones were
: thrown in volleys at the desperate, who
/ was fighting with a gallantry worthy of 9
better cause, yet all was in vain he with
e stood the storm dauntlessly, beating bacl
: the crowd with chair.
At last the lights were blown out, an6
Y two Of the bravest of the throng, one po
. liceman and the other a true Kentucky
V s'blood," assembled the perilous stairs
# holding chairs over their heads. So tire
mendous were the blows that fell upon tht
n policeman that he was knocked, chair an(
n all, headlong down the stairs, but at th'
moment the "blood" grappled with Rob
e bon, and a terrible fight ensued. Fo
r several minutes the crowd stood at the foo
it of the stairs, listening with awe to tn
O blows given, and the groans and curse
that responded in the struggle going O
J. above.
c The ''blood" was victorious, however
r for when the people recovered their sense
d and went to his assistance, they found hin
o uppermost. Robbon was, in the heat O
e the moment, numerically beaten and the
dragged to Jail. His wife has punishe,
d him most severely by refusing to live witt
v him, though she, like true woman, wait
ed on him while he was sick in jail. If h
d would go into business and quit drinkin,
for one year, as an earnest of his intention
II to reform, she will live with him again
!, and on no other condition. He had bet
II ter accede to her terms and become wha
4 a man should be. Any one who canmak
= so valiant a defense against multitud
n as he did, has something in him wort
4 preserving. Fortunately and strangely
! none of the persons who fell beneath hi
V blows were dangerously injured.
q REMEDY FOR CANcER.-Col. Ussery, Q
the parish of Desoto, informs the editor o
, the Caddo Gazette that he fully tested
q remedy for this troublesome disease, re
/ commended to him by a Spanish woman
l native of the country, The remedy i
/ this: Take anegg and break it, pour ou
IS the white, retaining the yolk in the shell
put in salt and mix it with the yolk as Ions
as it will receive it, stir them together un
! til the salve is formed; put portion o
. this on piece of sticking plaster, ant
J apply it to the cancer about twice day
He has tried the remedy twice in his owl