The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-02-17
A aIIcIiiG.A N GIANT.
fYpsilanti Sentinel J

Charley Freeman. along bncN IN the
thi ties. appeared for the fist ti'ar among
a gang Of laborers ON tie Flat Rock and
Gibraltar Canal. ard he moved amo1g
ordinary men Ike s,n OF Anak. He
looked eight feet high at least, and three
feet across the shoulders. His arms
sprang from his chest as large a. any mil
die ; zed mans body. and teptred down
to hand three inches thick. and when
doubled into fist a. big and hard a. u
rails litte,'S maui. lie gave his age as
seventeen, and he Wa, growing. lie hired
for the wages and work OF an ordinary
hand; but when he seized shovel il went
through the clay Ike breai NJ up p,ow.
and the handle soon came of If the blade
held. Az ordinary axe was but feather
IN his hand. II sank to the eve In the
wood, and the nclve splmtcred lie dealt
out STRENGTH by the wholesale, and he
could not weight out hi, force in the ,nea-
sure of ordinary men.
When lie stood among gang Of labor.
ers the contrast made them look like
children The strollns lniians would
stare in amazement a lew II 0Ments, and
then with a deep "nch!' get out Of sight
Of him a. fast u, Their dignity would let
them. H was put II do the work Of
three pairs Of oxen. That was removing
the trunks Of trees cut III ten or twelve
foot lengths GU Of the way Of the Dig
| Is: not hitched to them ike oxen to
| snake them away. but with the right nand
under tue end, raising II from the ground.
then balancing Il across his eft forearm.
he shot the saw logs far 10 one sid with
/ nil the case that kiliful workman plies
his >pl, cord wool. And thus, day after
day the giant moved. Unit, the canal was
not built apy ,a~re.
! He appeared again on the boats that
piled along the Huron river. Michigan.
lie was eug;uc ani tachle to handle heavy
freight. W nat others could not shove or
roll he would pck UP AMI carry OF toss.
Whoa the heavily tfei-hted boat stuck
on the ripple, h. just >tel ped out Of tn
stern ana boosted her over. NeaoGv
would have let surprised II he had taken
the whole boat and cargo right under his
| arms, as a woman carries dough tray,
and marched across by land. when they
came to long bend IN tn. river. Nobody
ever said he did this. because they never
wanted to exaggsrate his leais, any mere
than We DO now.
But navigation did not pay, and that
stopped. too. Some of the fancy
heard Of the uncel-br.ted giant, and took
the notion that there was money in him.
He Was as simple a & child Any one
could lead him. 1t never got through hi>
skull that he was remarkable. The
sharpers meant to keep him SO, and spec
ulaie on his p'oi'sious power.
They coaxed him off east
ward. At Buffalo they sent
him into dock saloon with six
teen hundred pound anchor under his
left arm. just a chopper carries his ak.
to pawn il for drinks. He cot the drinks.
and the keeper was glad to treat him for
carrying it on, again Thus he and his
friends Travelled or his muscle 20 the sea-
coast. and across to England. They IN
tended to sc, soft thing on some Eng.
lish champion. They had too much of .
good thing. A friendly sparring. as an
experiment. with a professional boxer,
showed that match with any living
pugiisi was impossible. The giants face
could not be effecsualiy reached. Blows
on the bndv might as we'll have been
planted on sani-bag. When his un-
skilled maui came down. it came with the
force Of pile-driver. aud no matter what
It met. the obstacle wcn. TO the earth.
By the ruse Of representing him 5 large
AMI strong. but green th-y nade :
snatch Of aciencs ~ XII 1Gninse