Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-12

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IN good feeling you know, but if you lick me-.
why IN satisfied, but --'
Stop minute, stranger" said Francisco,
you've mistaken the man entirely, I'm no
fighting man at all, and if was, I've nothing
against you to fight about
\ /" Well, ] dont't know is there any other
Peter francisco in these parts n
NO, not that know off,
"Well, then you're the man, and you must
fight, I've come all the way from Old Kentuck,
and | amt agoing back without knowing which
is the best man,
t" But won't fight. I've got nothing to fight
about, and tel you | sscal fghtm
Did If you shant fight, stranger, I'm
bound to lick you if can, if don't you must
lick me-
BY this time Francisco had become angry
at the Importantly of his visitor and determin-
ed to put an end to the scene. Selling his an
tagonist, therefore, by the seat Of his buckskin
breaches, and the collar of his hunting shirt,
he threw him over the fence into the road !;
then walking leisurely to where his pony was
tied, unfastened him, and taking him up by
main strength, three him after his discounted
rider.
The Kentuckian raised himself from the
ground, perfectly um-founded by such an ex-
hibition of strength, and, after rubbing his
eyes, as though he thought be might not have
seen clearly, he mounted his pony, rcmarking
"Well, stranger, reckon you'll do. reckon
its about time for me to N Ike tracks. Ifany
body asks you about the great fight, you can
tell 'em ycu licked Bill Stokes most ---ly."
Francisco was powerfully built man, stand
ing six feet and enc inch in height, and weigh
| ing two hundred and sixty pounds. His mus
yvao ord
and he had been known to shoulder with ease
cannon weighing eleven hundred pounds !;
and q gentleman, Of undoubted veracity, still
living in Virginia, who knew him WE'LL says :
"He could take me in his right hand and pass
over the room with me, playing my head
against the ceiling as though / had been doll
baby. Myweight was one hundred and ninety
FIVE pounds" His wife, who was woman Of
good size and fair proportions, he would take
| in his right hand, and holding her out at arms
| length, would pass around the room with her,
and carry her up and down stairs in that posi-
sition. He would take barrel of cider by the
chimes, and holding it to his mouth, would
drink from the bung long and hearty draught
without any apparent exertion.
Yet with all his strength he was very peace
| fully disposed mar, and never made use of his
power, except in case of necessity about his
usual vocations or in defense of the right. On
occasions.of outbreaks at public gatherings, he
was better at rushing in and preserving the
public peace than oil the conservative authori-
| ties on the ground. Although uneducated, he
4 was man Of strong natural sense, and of a
kind, s.miable disposition. He was withal a
| companionable man, and his anecdotes and
stories of the war, Of which he possessed rich
fund, rendered him welcome guest in the
first families of the State. His industrious
and temperate habits, together with his kind
disposition, made him many friends, and
through their influence he was apponed Ser.
geant alarms of the Virginia House of Dele
gates, in which service he died in 1886, and
was buried with military honors in the public
burying ground at Richmond.