The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-02-19

Brown, Of the Cleveland Plaindedler,
hearing that the three lions Of the n. Y.
Press, (dreely, Bennett and Raymond con-
tribused to late number Of the Ledger,
not TO be outdone, claims that he has secur
ed contributions from the three lions Of the
CleaveIand Press, for the columns Of the
P!asndealer. Says BRowS, who has done
the thing as "BRowS" as need be;
From the pen Of the veteran editor of the
Clsavland Press, J. A. Harris, Esq, we have
On able and eloquent essay on Prize Fight
ing.
Mr. Benedict, Of the Herald, furnishes
US with u beautiful paper On "Dress, Eli
qustte &C." on which he is admirably COM |
pstent to speak. lie also furnishes US with |
juvenile poem, which now appears for the
first time.
From Mr.. Gray's felicitous pen we have
an effecting article son the Evils of dan
eng" and also n Juvenile Essay Of marked !
merit ''On the E.vI haut.' Enough said. !
Mr. Harris, Of the Ledder, widely known .
out Of t.eveland, as well as in it, is repre-
scented as furnishing the following essay:
The i4te "mii.' between Messrs. Morris !
sey AMI Keenan,, Long Point, Canada 10 |
which bleak and dismpl spot, 70 the shams
Of America be it said, they were ru.hessly |
driven by cur Infamous lGws) has directed
attention afresh to the noble and musc.es
developing sports Of the Ring. How that |
contest resulted, my readers all know and |
presume none of them doubt that had the !
Benecia Boy not mistaken q post for Mr.. !
MorrisseY's 'mug," the result would have |
been different. shall shall always consure
the Hon. Aaron Jones, albeit Ao is a high |
toned gentleman, for throwing up the !
sponge at the time he did. Morrissey was |
nearly as far gone as Heenan, and the latter
should have been brought TO the scratch, !
AMI kept there. HeenAn should not have |
peeled unless he intended to conquer or die. !,
This pretending to bs a Teller unless you !
are one don't suit me. Let my young read |
er5 pom Ter this we'll. Mo7rssey and Heenun |
are both young and f thoy take care of |
themselves think they have brilliant tu- !
turo bef0r them. But 10 the sub ;ect prop !
er;
Prize fighting was IN institution as early /
as 1902. The assertion Of Henry Ward !
Beecher n 4 late number Of the independent !
that the phrase ..tr"vlling on your muscle |
originated with the Dutch Of Iipperary, Is
inCorrec.. Vim. Shakespeare, c0IUrcd !
draInati1t Of some noe, wrote IL temperance /,
drama, n l6Q3, while he was student ut
OberIin College, entitled "A ';Innce at New |
York" In this dramn, Lady Macbeth says |
to Clauln Menotte, "Nherefore perSpirest
thou so ?'' "Becausc my Lady," returns |
Claude, "iyo been travelling on my MUSCLE
may III that Henry Wudsworth Longfel !
low, he well known author Of Iliawatha |
All old Bob Riley, while travelling through |
3ceecu with load Of tn.wnre in 1872, al! |
so heard this same expression used freely !
b. the peAsaAtry. lie has made en.crtain- !
ing mention IF it in his interesting "Life
OF tue BrouEhtOn Chicken, or the Hero Of a !
I!nnlred FiEhts.' |
10 further cony:nro my readers that the
Prize ring vas IN institution at very early !
oke, vii. state that Socrates or as he was |
famiijarly called, "5ock,") acted ns bot |.
'e-hoIder at d very lively Gaht whom ne Was |
only I9 years Of aye.
The Prize Rin1 is now in America, but it
mus: grow. We have 40 Tom Suycrs or
Tiptou SMshers, it is true, but we have
Flyers and li2enans, 10 snv nothing Of the !
muHv members If "nr National Congress |
who give great promise Of future usefulness |
in the Hing, and who are already brilliantly |
K.f;. in im!rompt4 tights. Let the Irjeri- .
II ci'.Hzatiyu not despair Of the Prise Ring
IL America. No, no: despair!
B"1e,iirt, IL" e} :ompit,Let and graceful !
otto. Il the Uer4iu, - touched off az fol- !
Iowa:
An q -aa:.y dressed and polished man is !
my especial admiration. Whether | have
H.En..lcI mYsr.f in this ~u7 or not, ;
laodestv iorbli' me 70 sag. But haze ~ !!
r7E0pa'ny with those man who g around ,