The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-14
Moral Power OF Muscle.
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Moral Power of Muscle.
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tt3is about q dozen Years since ;s buiai.
ness-not pleasure- took me to New
Jericho, the terminns. of civilization and
the Whammelover Railroad. And esa
hard road to travel" that was. Il Ind
Bteeper grades, sharper curves, and .n,ft5Sffa
OF them than, it is to be hoped, ever put
in peril the public life and limb before or
since. NJ
~ W9a saturday i fafternobnj and; we
!sere TO fehch Jofichb at. some Indefinite
hour that evening, sstime not being Of
the essence of the contract"
!. Alta place called Blueruin We stopped
fiNeen minutes to- t'iiquor." There had
Been q coeki fight, and several other
fights. and acbig crowd there that day.
and everybody WIS In high nigh ssieaSS.- ssiaSS-
II The New Jericho delegation returned
by our. train, and .rougher looking
samples Of rustic rowdydom it would
have been difficult to find, even in that
favoRHFeN2l. t6ong IhhhS]eaBa ak
footer, very Hercules in prop 6ftions,
with cock-o'. the-walk sort OF swagger
about him, who took possession Of two
seats. depositing his body on the one
and dead heading his legs on the other.
0:aplteek was pnfe= :oqt. by IN under.
lying quid, while eyer and anon, with q
back-aotion jerk, he would send near q
gul OF tobacco Juice over ..his ehouldes,
which those within range. had the privi-
quences of, as they liked AS for, bia
conversation, the caree of Ernulphus. or
the tabls-t talk, Of asFlandere mees-rnnrn
: III Uncle Yoby's time, in pdint OF male
dictory power, wns weak in comparison.
nat the next station q young lady came
on board, beautiful as Venus and modest
as Diana. yHoRso rare a:aoWer came to
bloom in such wild, was Question to
puzzle over. But there was no time to
s:the it. The lady was standing, and all
the seats were occupied. Z was on The
point of Offering mine, when q youthful
I. looking, gentlemen, OF preponsessine
manners. and. appearance, stepned for.
ward, and addressed the couchant Her
eulea:" 4'i..a 'Li;e ..,:, .I,t
ss..Allhw me. . he said politely, "to turn
over tile. back OF this seat" ~.
uHey" the other grunted.
Thefequest wak repeated.
"See y6h idod darned frsti'' Was the
expostulate.
.;; :,E1okee :.here, you,' bluaterea, the
!, bully, t""don't you cffer for to go for 70
Iiie mel That's my advice. on I gives
sit free gratis, cause feel o intrnst in
r ,''Bat this lady is entitled to o seat, .
! the, stranger persisted, asst,
"Give her your, own then, dod drot
.yonl ian'l stop your chin music, or, bY
hHrp xnOSStsr;if1, 1,~iTia =
] a,,As. 9 last resort, the gentleman dp-
/ paaletd to tho conductor, who ohal,ced to
be passing. But the latter declined 70
interfere. Such things must be left to
!, courtesy, Besides; it wasn't. his place
:. to take part in tho disputes of passengers.
iI70o saying, he went his way, punchinpe
tick kets, ,pand taking no further heed. &
,.t'Dod blast you, you hev riled me-.
shouted the bully, springiDg to his feet
and stridipg up to the young man, who
didn' 'Sseem quite sensible OF biz danger
you've gone end stuck yodr nose into
snfs .gsYpa'ss 1NPffoss'' 1Nfo ' an Tn goin' to
: An attempt WAS made to suit the &C.
ton to the woody but before the metu.
Aphorioally offehalng membor had been
80 much, as touched, somethipg-i.
moved so swiftly couldn't be lpositive
it was the gentleman's Ast--tookl Her.
scoles directly bstween the cyce, and sen!
him sprawling to the other end OF the
car. He didn't get up Immediately, and
when he did he seemed little bewil.
dered as to whether he had been knooke d
down or the train had run off tie track.
he had had enough at all events. wher
ever u came from, as was evident from
Inc snbdued Dir with which he took. his
departure for tho smoking. car, whittier
ma companions soon followed, no doubt
a. al!B B.n 90 F;'aoi, t1e ohams Of whipped bully.
New Jericho Rest, was the moat commn,
nicative of hosts. Before bed time thai
night, I was thoroughly and accurately