, 1876-02-26

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Charley Freeman Aiong hnok In Tho thtrtie1.
ls6orcre On tto Fiat Rock and Gibraltar Canal.
and hc moved smong ordinary mon like son on, o. 4
Anak. Ife looked i feet high, 1t lesst, and o
feet acrosa the Shoulders. His arMs sprang
from bis chest as large - any middle .aSsa Il,
thick, and whom doubled into fist IA biz and
bard ~ = rail-splltsss'a maui. Iio gave his ago
rs II, and ho Was growing. 1io hired Tor the
wA5oa and work Of an ordinary hand; but when
breaking up plo0. and the handle soon cano
OF II, tho blado hold. An ordinary AZ MAS bnt
fet theg IN his hand. It sank to the eye IN the
wood, and tho hofye Hpliutosed lIe doa'e cut
Btreugtn by tho whole, and he could not weight
out bis force In ths measure Of ordinary mnn.
Whon 10 Stood hn,oug gaug Of laoorere II inc
contraat mhslo them look liito children. The
strolling Indians would htare In amazomens q 2
few mononts. and tlen With dec? "nghr
got out OF sight OF him aa fast nj their dignity
would let than. lIo was put to do tho work Of
thrco paira OF oxen. That was removing tho
trunks Of trees cut in 10 OF "a feet lengths out OF
tho way Of The diggcrs; not hitched to them
hapd under the end raising It from tho ground,
then balancing 1t across his loft forearm, ho
case that skiIlfui workman piles bis split cord:
WQGus Anu tQubI uh$ hlltI uhjp tut ElHAk
moved, until the canal rus not bnilt any mare.
Ie appeared again on tho boats that piled
along tho Huron River, Michigan. lie was
engine mud tackle to handle heavy freight
WHAT others could not shove Of roll. he would
f1otghtod boat atuck on tho nppfcs, lie just
stopped out Of tho storm and boosted hcr over.
Nobody would havo felt aurpriaed II he had
taken tho whole boat and cargo right under hi.
arms, as d woman carrcs q doush-trar. and
marched across By land, whom they camo 10 long
bends in tho river. Nobody ever said ho did
this bocauao they never wanted to e1agGcrasa
hin feats, any moro than wo do now.
too Some Of tho "fsncy ":heard Of tho uneolo.
prated giant. and took tue notion that tharo wa,
monoy in him. Flo WAS ~ simple as child.
Any ono could load him. It mover got through
his skull that 40 was remarkable. Tho Hbarpols
\ mesnt to keop flinl 30, and speculate on hls
esatTard. al Butrato tLey sout lin Into . dock
saloon With t,Goo pound anchor uodor his ctt
arm, just "a chopper cafries hiR AZ, 10 pawn IL
for drinks He got Tho drinks, and tho keopor
Was glad to trsas him for carving Ii out again.
Thus be aud Lis trlonA6 Travelled on h!s nlilBcio
to tic sea ooast. aud across to England. They
Intended to got d aofs thing on sono English
| companion. Thoy bad too much Of q good thing.
4 frlendy ,sparring,, IS an experiment, with
professional boxer. showed that match with
any living puglist WAS impossible. Tho giants
face could not be efrocsually roachod. D!oss on
kQD pQuY ntHnk Hs WHtl nhTG peHu plAuIcu oH
s&nd-baR. When hia unaAilcd maui came down,
| It camo with tho force Of plle-driver and NJ
matter what It met, tho obstacle went 10 The
Garth. Dy the Euso Of representing him III large
! and strong but green. they mado d match ol
science aud akiEl against power With notad
| pugI1lBk. Tho parties catno on tho ground, bni
| Ut the frat sight Of him his opponent turncl
| away saying, II came to fight with largo man,
| not with mountain" Seconds, rofs1oeB aud
all hands declared tho match fairly "of1." Fiul
ing nothing could bo made Out OF him, Ills nhArE
attendants deserted him. From Michigan t
Liverpool tho routa had been ono Of CONTINUED
dissipation. aud he contracted tho soeds ol
diaeaso. Deserted IN etiange land, ho VA,
uncared for; an ob}cct Of awe and curiosity
useless to anybody elso and hclpIeas to CARE
| for himself he aoon died Of consumption, ant
| was buried In paupor'B grave.
Thus perished perhaps tho most nagnldcen
| HpeoImon OF phYslcal manhood tlas the Un:toe
Statea svor produced. Ilo noYor learned
lcttor, he never felt rolnlng influence; ht
nevsr had real friend. Ills rapid Rroutl,
| great alze, and immonBo strength prevented al
| possible parental mo!dinG or influence, It wa
| Fortunate for othssa that hp whs not 1!c!ouH. i
Was fortunate for himself that his birth was In
place, aud ut q tInlo, whore and when necessity
Wo may say, forced him 10 run to wAste.