The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-30

Powerful In Muscle but Weak In Mind
Remarkable Fcat- of strength.


Charley Freeman, along back in tho
thiftles. aup Hrcd tor the ur-t time among "a
nU of horcrs on the INT kork aud Gibraltar
Canal. nd he moved aai ug ordinlrS mcn IKE
q stu OF Auuk II looked ,iEht feet high, ut
icas' nd three f"rt across the shouldeff. IIis
arms spr ,ng from his chest 49, large as any mid
die sized naus body. aud tapered down t. a
hand three Inches thick. aud when doubled IN
10 fist. rs big and h rd as ar il--Ilitters maui
lie gave out his age "a scNcutccu, aud he was
growing. lie hired for the wages nd work -
an ordinary man, hut when he seized n shovel It
went through the CLAW like brcaking 40
plough. and the handle suOn came OH If The
blade neld. An ordinary axe was uut a fea her
in his hand 1t SINK TO the eye in the wood,
and the helVc suiintcred. He dealt out strength
bv the wholesale, and he could not wcish cut
his force ~ tue measure Of ordin ny men.
contrast made them LOOK like children The
strolling Indians would stare In amazement a
few moments, and then with deep ugh y
would let them. He was put to do the work Of
three pair of oxen. I hat WIS removing the
out of he way of the dReers, not hitcned to
them like oxen to snake them away, but with
his right hand under the end, raising II from
the ground, then dancing II across bis left fore
arm. he shot the saw logs far to one side with
all the ease that a skiiul workman piles his
splt cord wood. And thus day after day tue
giant moved until the canal was built.
He appeared again on the boats that piled
along the Huron Ilvcr. Michigan. He was engine
aud tackle to handle heavy freight. What 9th
crs could not shove or roll, he could pick IN
and carry or toss. When tho heavily fteighted
boat struck ON the ripples ne Just stepped out ~
the stern and boosted lac over. Mhody
would have felt SURPRISED II her had taken the
whole boat nd cargo rignt under his arms. as a
woman carries a dough ttay, aud marched
across by land. when they came To long bends
iu the river. Nobody ever SAID ne did this. ne
cause they never wanted to eNaggerate his feats
any more than we do now.
hut navigation did not nv. and that stopped,
too. some Of the fancy heard oi the urccie-
bratcd giant. aud took the notion int there was
money IN him. lie was as simple rs Il CHILD.
ANY one could lead hlm. IL never got through
Ills skull that lie was rcnai kable. The sharpSrs
meant to keep nim So anu speculate on his pro
digious Iower. They cOaXcd hun OF eastwar ].
At Buffalo thew sent him into dock saloon
with a sixteen-hundred-pound anchor under his
LEFT arm, Just as "a chopper carries hts axe, to
pawn It for drinks. ana the keepe was glad To
treat him for carrying II out again. thus lie
and bis tends travelled on his muscle to u G
Sc cost and across to England. Tney intend e
ed 10 get "A soft thing oil some English cham
pion. rney had too much OF good thing. a
friendly sparring. as an experiment. with pro
living pugilist was i'm possible. The giants face
could not be efectually reached. Blows on the
body might "a well nave been planted ON a sand
bag. When his unskilled maui came down IL
came with the force Of a pile driver, and no
matter what IL met the obstacle went to the
earth. By the ruse OF representing him "a lar ge
and strong, but green, they made match OF
science aud skill against power with noted
uugilist The parties came on the ground, hut
nj first sight Of him his Opponent turned away
saying: e. came e. 1eht with large man, not
with a mountain seconds. r. ferces and all
hands declared the match fairly OF" Finding
nothing could be made out Of him, his sharI
attendants deserted him. From Michigan o.
Liverpool the route had been one Of continued
dissipation. and ne contracted the seeds or dis
ease. Deserted In a strange land, he was un
cared for: an object OF awe and curiosity, use
less To anybody else. ana helpless to care foi
himself be soon dlcd II con-umUtton, and was
buried in paupcrs grave. Thus persisted per
haps the most MAGNIFICENT specimen II ph,si
cal manhood that the United states eyer pro-
duced. lie n W, learned letter he never TEL
nIthuIug influence, he never had a real Trend