Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-07-28
DIR. RICHARD aArEMoop.

600 pounds. .-5ss.s.ls. x "a -
DIR. RICHARD GATEwooD, $50
better known as sJaw Bone Dick, the Herb
Doctor" was as famous as either of the
foregoing for his muscle. p = = 80. ~ {,
When the workmen were engaged in
building the old Assembly Hall, on the
southeast corner of Walnut and Pearl sts.,
Dick carried, in hoo prepared for the oe-.
'casion, $50 brick up four ladders without
stopping, and laid them down on the roof.
Estimating each brick at weight of four
pounds, and the hod at twenty-five pounds,
the total weight of the load was 625
pounds. But Dick as all other ':good dark
les" could not withstand the hand of time,
as he was found dead aboud a year since,
in his cabin on ''Millcreeks Nasty marge.'
EZRA o'HARRA,
who was killed in row at the Empire
House, on Sixth street, was another speci-
men of the shalt horse and half man, y
some claiming for him greater strength
than. that possessed bv Frank Buffalo. !.
!. Some one or two of bis feats are worth
relating. sss si-s -.s7 ss1 ss=si ~ -ss1
Many times he, for small wager, would
carry. Three. bundles of shingles up one,
two, or three ladders, as the case might be.
At another time he and Joseph Lewis,
who still resides here, lifted and carried a
few feet, a 'hogshead of sugar. Another
one Of his common tricks was 10 take a
barrel of whisky, raise it above his head,
and drink out of the bung hole. He once
did this rick with a man sitting astride
the barrel. go
Lea - JOHN S. POWERS. af.
lOur.old and highly respectable flour iu-
specter, John s. Powers, is another model
Of the bone and muscle. When the s'Cin-
cinnati Grays" were In the zenith of their
popularity, they bad their cannon weighing
1000 pounds down at the river firing, as
a tribute of respect to the memory. of the
hero of Fippecauoe, whose remains were
passing on steamer TO North Bend
While there, one of the wheels of the gun
carriage sank several inches in the mud, SO
that the gun could not be used. The
horses could, not pull it 1t out, but Samp-
son Powers easily lifted & the cannon off
the carriage, while the others were engaged
in npulliug opt the wheels.-Cfa. Gag.
Some time since we Published an ac-
count of the remarkable feats ofstrength
exhibited by DR. Windship, of Boston,
He, however, made a decided mistake when
be represented thathis lift-of 926 pounds
is the greatest on record. The Providence
Journal claims that Providence can riyal
Boston in this respect. It says: ass 81 "a
The engineer on one o.. the merchandise
trains running en- the Providence and Wor-
cester Railroad, frequently amuses himself
by taking under each arm, from the floor,
barrel of -four, and thus ballasted, walks
off very comfortably for exercise, What
other prodigies he can perform, WI, shall
not venture TO state, but from his muscu
lar Development, we should judge him
fair match for an ordinary company of en-
ployecs.s ~, ~ =. ....ss, .-a.sr.r~
The McGregor gowal Times also says
in refelence TO the same subject:
We have seen Andy Gafpy, of McGre-
gor lift, for the fun of the thing, over one
thousand pounds at square lift, and be
tells us that he can lift twelve hundred
pounds without any straps, machinery, or
other advantages. Andy don't think he is
the strongest man in America, but he can m
pick up the weight of the Boston cbamni-
on l926 pounds) with the champion on
top of it. Boston is smart city for ;ts
size though.
We know man by the name of Milo
Whiting, formerly of -Austinburg, Ashta-
bula county, now Of Iowa, who won a five
dollar bet some ,thirty-fye years ago, by
lifting one of the wheels of Conestoga
or Pennsylvania wagon, loaded with $500
pounds weight Of merchandise. The wag-
on itself weighed at least 5000 lbs. For
this we have Mr.. Writings own statement,
and we knoac him TO be man incapable
of telling anything but the truth.
Alb. McIlrath, the "Strong Man" of
Euclid, has lifted in bis prime 1,5ao
pounds. He has been undoubtedly the
strongest marin the State of Ohio
DR.. Windship will have to practice some
time longer before he can lay claim 10 be-
ing the strongest man in the world,