Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-02-03

foot lengths, out of the way Of N.
gers; not hltched To them iika zig.
snake them away, but, with his r;gh,
under the end, raising it from ,he gr.' naaa
then balancing II across his leff fo,oua,
he shot the logs Tar to one side yv;,s.
the ease that skilIful workman ri ~
split cord-wood. And thus. day as,a. an as
the giant moved until the canal W..
built any more. l0
be appeared again on the hos,, :.
piled along the Huron River. Nicb;s
He was engine and tackle to handle hsta
freight. What others could not sboS~!
roll he would pick up and carry or - y
When the heavily -freighted boat s,,,cs
the ripples he just stepped out Of the 80 -
and boosted her over. Nobody would -
felt surprised ii he had taken the ~
boat and cargo right under his arms :.
woman carries dough tray, ana marcs,s
across by land when they came 10 -
bends in the river. Nobody ever sa;d =
did this, because they never wanted H. ~ &c
aggerafe his feats, any more than we ~
now.
But navigation did not pay and ,b..
stopped too. Some OF the " fancy" bes,s
of the uncelebrated giant and took ~
Ha
was as simple as child. Anyone could
that he was remarkable. The sharne,.
meant TO keep him SO and speculate On
his prodigious power. They coaxed him
off eastward. At Buffalo they sent hin
into dock saloon with l.6O0.pound
anchor under his LETT arm, just As a ehon
per carries his ak, to pawn II for drink
He got the drinks, and the keeper wa,
glad to treat him tor carrying ii out again
Thus he and his friends travelled on n.
muscle to the sea coast and across n
England. They intended to get sN
thing on some English champion. Thsy
had too much Of a good thing. a friend.
ly sparring as an experiment, with pro
fessional boxer, showed that match with
any living pugilist was impossible. The
giants face could not be etfectualy
reached. Blows on the body might as weil
have been planted on a sand-bag. When
his unskilled maui came down 1t came
with the force OF pile-driver, and no
matter what it met the obstacle went to
the earth. BY the ruse OF representing
him as large and strong, but green, they
made match of science and skill against
power, with noted pugilist. The parties
came on the ground, but at the FIRST sight
OF him his opponent turned away, saying:
+" came to fight with a. large man, no,
with mountain" Seconds, referees and
all hands declared the match fairy "otf."
Finding nothing could be made out of
him, his sharp attendants deserted him.
From Michigan to Liverpool the route
had been one of continued dissipation. and
he had contracted the seeds Of disease.
Deserted in strange land, he was un-
cared for; an object of awe and curiosity,
useless to anybody else and helpless to
care for himself, he soon died OF consump-
ton and was buried in a pauper's grave
When Heenan and Sayers were raising
such an excitement few years ago there
was some talk of the sporting fraternity
intending to erect him monument. But
they never did.
Thus persisted perhaps the most mag.
nificent specimen of physical manhood
that the United States ever produced. He
never learned letter; he never felt a re.
filming influence; he never had real
friend. His rapid growth, great size and
immense strength prevented all possible
parental molding or influence. 1t was
fortunate for others that he was not vi.
cious. twas unfortunate for himself that
his birth was in place and at time,
where and when, necessity, we may say,
forced him to run TO waste. -Yp stdnti
(Hich.) Sentinel.