The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18
A sAD-EYED MAN.
HOW HE SQUARED ZACH. CHANDLER's ACCoUN'
WITH CoEKLING.

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HOW HE SQUARED ZACH. caANDLER's ACCOUNT
WITH CoEKLING.
Crawford writes from Washington to the
Pittsburg Leader:
do not care to say that Chandler drinks to
excess he might arrest me Tor criminal libel,
but think may venture, with impunity, to
the statement that he is not strictly tempAf-
ate man, and that after dinner he inclines& %
become excessive garrulous. friend reports
me sample of Chandlers style, as follows
Chandler loves to boast of his strength. Upon
this particular occasion he raised his arm over
the table.
'See my muscle, said he: 81 can lick any
man of my size anywhere, if am an old man;
that is because l am scienced in the business.
But won't lick man unless he is gentle
man. Now, when man tells damlise about
me, my way is to go and lick him, if he is
gentleman. Now look at Don Pott (Piatt);
he tells more danlise about me- and l would
lick him, but Don Pott IS no gentleman.
George Townsend was going to lick once for
telling dam lie a bout me and hunted him
for over a week, but before ! found him.
learned that he was no gentleman. and SO his
hide was saved"
Chandlef's great hobby in his skill as pugi-
list. Roscoe Conkling is also great boxer.
He has private gymnasium in his residence
at Washington, where after dinner he invites
such Of his friends as are gymn,astcaly in
Conkling is a very good amateur boxer, and
as he is very large, powerful man, he gener-
ally has it his own way with the guests who
are bold enough to put the gloves on with
him. For some time it was an open dispute
between Chandler and Conkling which was
the better boxer of the two. Chandler would,
member calmly assert that he could lick any
man of his weight in the United States One
day last winter Chandler dined with Conking,
and the latter inyeigled the great war Senator
into his private gymnasium. The gloves were
donned and the two doughty champions be-
gan to make graceful senatorial passes toward
one another. according to the most approved
rules of the z. r. The bout. however, was of
a very short duration. Chandler suddenly
Ceived u blow between the eyes. which caused
the huge senatorial form to go over back ward;
his truSty legs failed him, and then he sat
down SO hard that tears came out of his eyes.
! 1t took four men to get the war Senator upon
his legs but he threw up the sponge at once,
without any further effort to punish Conk-
| ling. The only remark he was heard to make
was: . Damn strange and "I1l fix him
yet
| Conkling and Chandler were much together
| in social way, and it not long after the
above occurrence when Chandler received an
other invitation to come up to his house and
spread his legs under Conkling's social board.
| Chandler sent word back that he regretted
very much his inability to be present, but he
| had guest at his house, valued constituent
| from Michigan, and he could not leave him.
| Conkling sent back work, Bring your friend
| long" With this form of in vitation ClIand-
| Ter consented to come up. Ho brought his
| friend with him. and introduced.him as How
| u,
| eyed man of dhhdent manners, who contented
| himself with paying very close attention to
| the themes of the bill of fare rather than TO
| join i'll the general conversation at the dinner
| table. Conkling in great glee during the
! dinner. He told over and over again the story
OF Chandler discontinue as boxer, and never
| seemed to tire of asking him what he thought
about his ability to lick any man in the
| United States. Chandler took all these re-
marks in an absent-mnded way, as if, sud-
denly. he had become lifted above any such
lete After dinner Conkling led his guests
| into the gymnasium for a general smoke and
| chat.
Come said he, pleasantly. to Chandler,
| don't you want another bout with the
gloves?" and then Conkling laughed again in
his most cheerful. turkey gobbler style, as he
| put on pair of gloves.
| No, don't want to box" said Chandler
"but perhaps my friend here would consent to
amuse you." Turning to Howard, Chandler
| remarked. You box, do you not ?"
Howard still looked sad-eyed and absent
minded. He did once know something about
it, but it such long time ago.
"Come, come" said Conkling, 'let us have
a friendly bout. won't hurt you"
Evidently the great New York Senator was
pining to knock some one down. The sad
eyed Howard, evidently hattered at the pros
pect of being knocked down by SO distinguished
a man, began slowly to put on pair of gloves.
AS he was drawing on the gloves, Chandler
was observed to walk down a little to the back
ground. A contented look was on his face,
and every now and then he would raise MS
huge right foot upunder his swaying volum-
inous coat-tail and give himself congratula'
tory kick, expressive of rapture.
The sad-eyed man now came forward, and
the round began. Conkling was for proceed
! ing at once to knock his opponent down, and
he would have done SO had he not found
great difficulty in getting anywhere near the
sad-eyed man. The affair eliminated by the
sad eyed mans suddenly rushing forward an6
landing thunderbolt of fist between Conk
ing's eyes. The Senator went over like c
great tree. and rolled into the corner OF thu
the concussion He was heard to say after
ward that he thought house had fallen OF
him.
Conkling had enough of boxing for once
| Chandler made several pleasant little remark
about the skull of his friend Conkling. which
were not received in the most cheerful way
Judge of Conkling's feelings the next da.
when lac heard that Chandler had played
Joke upon him by giving Howard 500 to com
up and bounce Conkling. The Howard, o
Detriot, Michigan, was none other than tn
notorious pugi list, Jem Mace.