The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-23
A Wrestling Match.

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,saias The following very amusing account of
.saIA wrestling match between two horse-tra-
lsnqdeFs, We clip frow the Albany Knicker-
,gswt yas tpeksr. 1t beats the Morrissey and Hee-
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One of the greatest wrestling matches
"a thowni to the history of this country came
of at Ireiand's Corners some time since.
Tho pal ties were DR.. FRAZIER, of Troy,
and Abram Herringtop, of Watervliet. =
nj ntThe parties met at g. A. NJ, for the pur-
ncs pose of trading horses. They talked
ke1 horse' two hours, but could not trade, as
.Jaa s'each wished to 'put leak" into the Other
At last Harrington lost his temper, and
ts9, proposed TO give up ,horse-trading and 60
80 wrestling for $40 side-the winner to
pay the drinks The Doctor agreed to
this, and put up the money without hesita-
ali ting Q moment. The stakes were held by
Elias Ireland. -srsl sal - .lH
60 sss,, !. Round l. This round was side hold.
sda 1t lasted As minutes, during which time
Harrington got the Doctor four times a.
,hsa gsinst the shed, and once under two
a.. horse wagon. Toward the end of the
round, the Doctor lost his wind, and went
e down on q broken bottle, and lot of bricks
Cheers for Harrington. Ten to FIVE Off
:, cred on Herrington--no takers. Bottle
,s holders gave parties something wet out of
"a abottle, and wiped their faces with piece
of oil.cloth. 90
Round 2. This wasa square hold flop"
1t lasted one hour and ten minutes. The
.anz Doctor tripped Harrington and staggered
saie1him., Harrington made spring, and re-
fares covered his foothold Cheers. The Doc
tor now braced back, lifted Harrington
from the ground, and undertook to fall in
O(emud- puddle with him. Cries of "foul y
s1lHsrrington touches the ground, and gives
the Doctorsa yanks that lifted him out ol
asne-b bis boots The Doctor rallied, set his
.,s3 teeth. and vent in. Harrington, exhausted,
"a Invent down, cutting his chin with tin
pan. e"First blood for FRAZIER" Cheers
;Arna Twenty to Eve on the Doetor-no takers.
Round 8. This was a. "back hold. p
80. The round commenced at SO minutes past
assqs q and flushed at S minutes past three.
Time: 2hours and i S minutes-the long.
EST time on record During the round
they crossed the road 8 times, got into
the, cattle-yard 1 times. brought up a.
.ss,, ,gainst the pig-pen 81 times, and upset a
.tls wagon A times. The round finally ended
49,, ia favor Of Herrington, owing to the Doc.
ss.e- tor tipping his foot against a piece oi
scsntling, and falling on Davis's dog
killing him instantly. 5o
sA.s 4; The 3 rounds agreed upon having beer
gone through With, Harrington was de-
chred the victor, amid the shouts of g
multitude which amounted to near 200
3 Harrington smiled smile. and asked
q ireland for the stakes.
.sHavent got them all spent for drinks
q % hour ogo-in addition to which the
E z barkseper, has balance against you o.
4 b11 y g.5. & ~ ,ga !.
& Afshfs led to fresh wrangle, the result
q 81 which was that Harrington has agreed
9 tpxrestle with Irelaad and the barkeepel
On Monday next for $50 a side.
As postscript to all this, we would
s' state that Davis intends to sue Frazier
- for killing his dog. He lays bis DANA
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