Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-05-11
Raising himself ttom Ills vol; a6a.sysipg 6Is

NAlslns HllqsSll Iuul llS Aepthtk ny
who appeate 10 bsohe jlhs half
lbone.LsIfalitsat6t bfettl Of Kehl0ckiahs, lete
iIblej, well, sltangetfI don't know Of any olhet
betson by that name In these pats but myself
well, reckon, you amt The man went, !
want 10 find The gteal lighting man I've heard tell
50 much about. Tie fellow they say can WHIP all
erection and KaiNtuck 10 boot
| Il can't tell you, stranger, whetc you'll tinl
thai ma q, don't know such man. said ktall'
cisco, iesuminy his wClk as hint 10 The othet
that the conference was ended. But the KentuekT
ian was moi 10 be blnfletl oil as lie would tern I.
look 'ere, stranger, said he, returning TO- lhe
Chulse, what might your given name bsN NY
name Is Peter Ffalctsco' al your service
'Ahl returned The ottet 'yuli'le Just the man l
want IL find, al The saOlE time riding Inside The
teuce, lie IlsmOunled and tied his nuiBlal-a rough
unsatnly lndiail pony-to one Of The posts,
Ny name Is Dig Bill Stokes, all Tie way lfom
Old Kenlnok, lam the Kentucky game chicken,
am. can out run, out.hop, olt'jump, KNOCK
dow h aud dag out, and ship ani man "a all llem
liseinss. So, ps hetlu tell Of a fsllet down
hetea6outs who could wllipall creation, thought
Id saddle oil Blossom, and liit Tide oyet to see
wllal stuff he's made Of, and hele ON, AMI
now stranger, I'm most starved TOT hshl, anu
I'm bound 10 sen who's the best man before 60
home. It's all in good Esel!ng sou know. anu u
You lick NE, why I'm satisfied, But
0StOn a minute, Sltunser," sail FIanciseo,
tYol'ye mistaken The inaD entirely, I'm no fighting
man NJ oil, and II was, I've nothing against you
10 fight abont,"
dWeIl, don't kuowi is there any other Peter
francisco IN these pats"
"NO, none thai Know Of"
"Well, then, yOn're tie man, aud you must
| Gsht, I've cUme all the way itOn old Ksilluck,
and | nint a.goins back without knowing which
Is the best man."
Al onl, and tell you trOn'i .fghtW
DBL il you Sllan't fsnl, sltanget I'm bonRl
10 lick you II can. II don't, you must lick me. !"
IJy this time francisco had become angry nj lie
impottunily Of lis visitor, und determined 10 put an
END to tile scene SEEING his antagonist, Therefore,
by The seal Of his 6uckskin breecheS ,nnl The
cola. OF his hunting shit, lie threw him over The
fence into the road; lien walking leisuEely 10
Whsle his pony was tied, he untasened him, anu
taking him uI by main strength, thrt0 din utter
bis discounted iidet.
Tie Kentucklun raised himselfftom thegtOuHl !,
perfectly dun,fOunded by such on exhibition o(
Strength, and after rubbing his eyes ps though he
thought he might not have seen Clearly, he lnuuH.
ted his pony, temaIkiUg, "Weli, Sltanset, tccon
YOU " uOt sUcSS uVOuA HHIC w lhE WWhh0
if1cks. II any body asks you about that gtest
lglt you can tell 'em you licked Bill Sexes most
d-IH"
Frsncisco was Powerfully bdill man, stand.
ing siS feet aud one incl In height, aud weighing
260 pauulS. Ills lnuSGnIa; system was ext TaOIdl.
natiiy developed, and b had been known TO Shout.
der with ease cannon weighing eleven bundled
pounds; aud 0 gentleman Of uRdOubted yetAcity
sll living in Visina,l who knew him we'll, says
Ihe cOnld take nc IN his tight hand aud pass
Oytt tie room with me-, playing my heal against
Ihe ceiling as though had been q doll baby,
My weight was 100 pounds" lis wife, who WIS
a woman Of good SIZE, and fair proportions, tIt
would Toxic in lis tight hand, AID holding her out
al AIMS length, would pass urOull The room with
bet, unl cnffy hi up aud down SHIFTS III that pO.
sition, lie would take a barrel Of cider by the
chimes, aud holding il 10 his mouth, would idnk
from Tho burg long aud hearty drought without
any apparent eXeEliOn.
Set, with NIL his strength, he wuS very peaccnbly
disposed man, and never made use Of hit power,
except In case OF Necessity about his usual yOca.
lions, OF IN jefeucs OF lie tight. On occasion Of
eut.btenks oil public gatherings, he was belief at
tutlnng III and preserving thu pubic pence than
all tie conservative authorities on the gtOund,-
Although uneduCaled, lie was 0 lnan Of strong
natural sense, 0nd Of kind, aInlaOle disposition,
lie was wllhal CGlpdni0nahIe man, and Ills Oec.
does and stories Of lie war Of which liz possessed
rich fund, rendered him a welcome guest IN the
first families Of The state, lis industrious mud
temporal habits, together with his kind disposition,
made HIM many fitnls, and Though llIet influence
liz was appointed Sergeant at.atnls oil The VII.
GINA house Of DeegntC$in which service he died,
! in 1895, aud WIS buried with military lnnOts III
the pubic buying ground nj IiiCInoad, Nrglniu.