The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-05
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY
THE FIGHT OF HELL.KETTLE,
TYRONE POWER.

Never let il be SAID the days OF ChlVdiry
are lied herads may have ceased 10 record
good blows stricken, to the tune OF lar
Jesse wor,hie knights, -pennon and ban,
ncr. sQaare and swallow tailed sleeve anu
scarf, with all the trumpery OF chlvalry.
are long since dead, lis true; but the lofty,
generous feeling with which that term has
become synonymous, is yet burning clear
and bright within ten thousand bOsoms, not
one of which ever throbbcd at the rrcoiec-
lions which the word itself inspires in gen
I'll bcartes,' or could tell the difference be-
tween Or and Gules, or Vert and Sable, as
the following narration OF combat be-
tween two "churles,' or williams rs the
herald would term my worthless will, /
trust, 90 nigh to prove
I. was the fair night at Donard, Il small
village IN the very heart OF the mountains
of Wicklow, when at the turn OF corner
leading out Of the Dunlayin road, towards
the middle Of the fair, two an
cieot foemcn abruptly en1ountred.
They eyed one another fora moment with
out moving step, when the youngest a
huge six-foot mountaineCr, in u long top.
coat having his shirt open from breast to
ear, displaying on the least movement a
brawny chest tina; was hairy enough for a
truak, growing rather impatient said in a
omck under.tone, that listener would
nave set down for the extreme Of poltcness ::
You'll lave the wall, Johnny Evans"
To which civil request came reply, in a
tone equally bland;
"Not at your biddin', if you stand there
til next fair day, Mat Dolan,'
You know well | could fling you neck
and heels into that gutter, in one minute,
Johnny, me bouchii,'
You might, indeed, il you call up
twenty OF the Dunlavin faction at your
back, coolly replied Evans.
II name. here's the two empty hands
could do all that, and never AK help,
'ather," reported Dolan, thrusting forth two
huge paws from under his coat.
In the name o heaven, thin thry it,
said Evan, iinging the shilIelagh he hsd
up to this time been balancing curiously,
over the roof of the cottage by winch they
stood adding. "here's par Of fists, with
as little in thi as your own
ITS aisy to brag by your own barn,
Johnny Evans said Dolan, pointing with
sheer to the police guard house, on the
opposite side Of the way a hundred yards
lower down; the peelers would not he likely
to look on, and see Il black Orangeman,
like yourself, quilted in his own town, un-
der their noses, by one Mat Dolan, from
Dunlayin, all the way"
"Thercs raison in that, any way, MNtty,'
replied John, glancing in the direction in.
dictated. "Its not likely thin that's paid
by government to keep the peace, would
stand by and see it broke, by Papist or
Protestant; but I'll make a bargain wild
YOU; if your hoods overhot for your skin
which think to say the truth, it has
long been---come off ut once to Hell-kette
wild me, aud in the light Of tins blessed
moon I'll fight it out wild you, toe to toe
and well both be aisler after, whichever
bate"
"Thcrcs my hand to that, al word
JOHNNY" cried Doan, suiung the action tc
the worl-anl the hands Of the foes clasp
ed freely and frankly together,
"But are we to be only ourselves, ii
yc name" inquired Matthew.
"And enuG, too answered Evans; "w
couldn't pick n friend out any tint above
without raising hulabaloo the div
wouldn't quiet without blows, Hero, NOW
m give you the wall, only you jump tn
hedge into Charles Faucets meadow ~
cut across the hin by IIoIy-well into Il,
road, where youll meet me; divil a sol
else youl meet that way tonight, and
want 10 call at home for the tools
"Kccp the wall cried Dolan, hs EyaI
stepped aside, sprnging himself NJ Il
same time into the road, ankledeep
mud; an wait for you at the bridge {
the Hollywood glin road. Good by"
A moment after. Dolon had cleared Il
hedge leading out Of the lands into N
Faucets paddock, and Evans was quiet
plodding his way homcwari To reach h
cottage, he had to run the gauntlet Thou.
she very throng OF the fair, amidst Il
crowded tents, whence resoundod the i
according sounds of the bappipe and f
ale, and the loud whool Of the jig dancer