The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-22
A Good story, Though not True.

Many have wondered why there has
4 not been any hazing at Harvard for the
past three months In all that time there
/ has. not been case of hazing reported,
1 and some have come to the. conclusion
that the hazers have met with a change
of heart. 1t is not exactly a change of
heart, but change of clothes that ails
them. We are informed that the hazing
has been effectually broken up. just
after Sullivan whipped Ryan he was
called TO Harvard and a plan of breaking
up hazing was unfolded to him by the
/ Faculty, and he fell into it readily. He
was to attire himself as a Quaker young
man. and apply for admission as fresh
man, and let nature take its course Or;
the first day of April Mr.. Sullivan APP
peQred at the college under the name of
Abila Watson, and was assigned to p
his appearance was commented on, and
as he passed through the college grounds
with his peculiar garb, young fellows
shouted ''Shoot the hat, 'iget on TO his
nIbs,N and other collegiate literature. 1t
was all Mr.. Sullivan could do to restrain
himself from whipping couple of dozen
Oh The boys then and there, but he de-
eided 70 wait until the proper time, when
ne would be able to get enough for a
mess That evening he was approached
.oy u young man who pretended TO be his
friend, and invited to accompany him to
a room whore few BOYS were going to
open few bottles of wine. Abba said
verify he didn't go much on the sinful
beverage, but to oblige his friend he
went with him TO a large room where
seventy smart young fellows were con
gregated, with all of the appliances for
hazing. Sullivan says there were seven
ty, but the Faculty only found sixty-five
smart Alecks when the door was opened,
but Sullivan thinks a few might have
jumped out of the window and took to
the woods. 1t seems that when they got
the Quaker into the room they locked
the door, and the ringleader told the
peaceful man to strip off his coat, vest,
and shirt. He objected, but finally took
them off,
Somesof the fellows who have since
got out of the hospital say they noticed,
when he removed his shirt, that he was
put up like hired man, and they
thought il queer that Quaker should
have am arm as big as canvassed ham.
They then told him TO prepare to meet
his God, - and got out the iron to brand
him on the back. He told them that he
willing to submit to anything that was
right, but ne asked as a favor not to bear
ON toe hard, as he was of nervous tenn
perament and might faint. Then they
decided not to brand him until later, but
would throw him up in a blanket first.
50 they got the blanket and tipped Sui
livan over in it, and about twenty of
.ess smartest hazers took hold of the sides
and tossed him up. When he came
down he knocked four fellows seHseless
with his fists, kicked four more across the
room, and then got on his feet and began
TO knock them right and left. He had
Knocked down about twenty, and had
,stoPpcd to spit on his hands, when the
rest Of the hazers huddled in corner
and proposed to put an end TO the slaugh-
ter. One said: 90 good Mr. Quaker
please let us alone. We belong to re-
spectacle families. and won't do so any
more" Sullivan looked at them, and
said: at is hazing yez want. Well
yez can have plinty;" and he went at
them, and in about fifteen minutes he
corded up the whole gang, and hazing
was broken up in Harvard College. As
he threw his coat and shirt across hisarm
and walked out of the room and met the i
Faculty in the hall, he said: Throw
water in their faces and they will all re-
gain consciousness in from ten minutes
to half an hour;" and he shook hands
with the Faculty, received his $500, and
left for New York with his trainer, Billy
Madden, who was sitting on the fence
outside waiting for him.
Fot kind of time did yezshave wild !
dc b'ysg' asked Mr.. Madden, as he
helped Mr.. Sullivan on with his shirt
and changed the Quaker hat for another
verify, friend William said Quaker
Sullivan, as he counted the roll of bills
to see that the Faculty had not showed
any counterfeits on him, sit was the
evint of the season; it is good exercise"
And they started for Cornell University
at Ithaca. lfillcdukee .>zsla