The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

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mel. 'you do not understand this bust.
ness. 1t requires man of the high
est attachments
| Here the Colonel, closed both eyes.
his smile of self-satisfaction became
SO overpoWering. and "Our DAM
seized tn: opportunity and brought
his right ''mauler" with tremendous
force square on the Colonels "snuff-
box. and the ''claret'' flew in all di-
rections.
Yon will please observe. Mr..
Editor, that 1 use the appropriate
terms of the ''Ring."
tremendous uproar and cheering
followed. "First blood" was claimed
Tor the English champion. and admit
ted by the umpire.
"Hurrah for our Dan!' shouted
the pea-green man and three cheers
were given.
The Irish were mad-mad all over.
| The Manltoban picked up the Colonel,
| Tor he had seated himself in a surpris-
Ed state of mind in the middle of the
ring. and. was, like the Danbury
mans ibilly-goat. scratching his
head and trying to recall how the un-
fortunate affair all happened.
You re fool y said the Manito-
! pan' "dldn' l tell you to mind your
eye, and then you went and shut both
eyes You are a disgrace to old Ire
| land -
It'll that: he poured some whiskey
down the Colonel's throat, wiped his
''snuff-box with the sponge. and
| shook him up savagely.
SECOND ROUND.
lie Due called Time
| Now 1T is to be observed that it is
the nature of an Irishman to flight.
while dignity is simply an artificial
veneerlng spread Overt the original
character by society. When, there
fore. Dams fist tiattened out the Colo
nels probosis the veneering disappear
ed, and rs the Colonel advanced into
the ring his eyes flashed fire and his
''meat-trap moved ugly.
look out, Dam" cried John Nor
| IRISH. she means business -
| But the warning came too late.
The Colonel, without waiting for any
preliminaries. lowered his head and
went at Dan bull fashion; he struck
him amid-ships and Dan went downs as
II he had encountered cannon ball.
The uproar was deafening.
| The ''first fall was claimed and al
lowed for O'Leary; but the English
| cried ''fOnl-fOul," and alleged that
the Colonel had struck Dan below the
charcoal line which lie Due had so
carefully established. 1t looked like
another free fight, but lie Due COM
manded order and called for Doctor
Finch.
Dan. still insensible, was lifted up
on the counter. and the doctor pro.
ceeded to make an examination to de-
termine whether the Colonel had or
had not struck below the belt. Nor
IRISH got some whiskey down Dams
throat. whereupon Dams eyes snapped
and he licked his chops and revived.
The convention gathered, full Of
excitement, around the PROSTATE
champion, all except Steb who had
crawled under the counter close to the
beer kegs, and Teddy who was empty
ing the heel-taps in the beer glasses
down his own throat.
The Doctor found the traces of the
blow inflicted by the ColOnel's head,
for the skin was already turning
black. and by careful measurement,
with a carpenters rule, he ascertained
that eleven-twentieths Of the blow
had been above the charcoal line and
nine-twentieths below; he therefore
decided that upon an average the
blow had been above the belt.
lie Due announced his decision in
favor Of O'Leary and added:
''In fact, gentlemen, the ColOnel's
head is SO big that il will be difficult
for him to strike Dan with it any
where about the body without tres
| passing across the line
The Colonel bowed his acknowledge
ments Of this compliment to his intel
lectuai Developments and the crowd
cheered vociferously.
THIRD ROUND.
The champions came up at lie
d uc's call Of Time smiling pleas
antlg. The Colonels '.snuff-box'
still showed two small rivulets of
blood. and Dan bent little and held
one Of his ''maulers' over his "bread-
basket while he squared off with the
other.
It was observed by some that Dan
and Norrish had had secret and
| mysterious conference before the
round opened. and the afanitoban
had warned O'Leary to look out for
tricks.
Dan danced around the Colonel .as If
he was leading polka. and watching
i. his opportunity he suddenly lowered
nd nj e.@ ~ .s-,&
mense force. in imitation Of the Colo
nel's strategy in the last round. But
OLeary saw him coming and quickly
stepped aside and Dan passed him by
and his head encountered lie Due In
that same detachable land between
the bellows and the laboratory.
. '-Oh Lord! Oh Rnthy ~ cried IL
Due and down he went.