The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-02-18
BUTTING FOR LOVE.
Wash Bowler and But Brown Have a
Novel Duel-The Winner Loses.
From the Philadelphia News.


two hard-headed negroesof Hurst
street, have been for some time
rivals for the smiles OF Mollie
Jones. Mary has never given Ell
Their sign that he was the prince
of her affections, aida week ago
the rivals decided to settle the
matter between themselves in
rather an original manner. The
weapons Of mutual choice were
their own hard heads. They
made arrangements for a butting
match, which was for the gate re-
ceipts and the unhindered possess
sion of Mollie's coquettish kelrt.
The butting match came off on
Friday night. Bowler is some
what heavier than But, and is of a
larger build, but his weight was
handicapped by inexperience in
the art Of butting, and his mallot-
like head was apparently safer
than the bullet-shaped knob Of
But That gentleman, however,
was full Of confidence in his abiIi-
ty TO do his man, and his friends
laid a BALI dollar against two bits
on his winning the match. There
were about 20 people in the yard
at 1890 o'clock, when the match
began, and about half Of them
were whites who had paid their
quarters through curiosity to sec
the novel contest.
Mollie Jones, the cause Of the
duel, stood beside the referee and
held the gate receipts, ready to
deliver the stakes (herself and
the money! to the winner. At
1870 precisely the men faced
each other, and the privilege o.
giving the word was accorded to
the animated part of the stakes
$50, an may de bes' man win,
she SAID, as she gave each an en-
couraging smile. They went, and
the crack of their closely cropped
skulls rs they eame together rang
out like the meeting Of two empty
gourds. Their teeth ratified, and
Wash Bowler's eyes rolled up in
his head He looked willing to
give up the fight then and there.
He caught an encouraging smile
from Mollie, however; clinched
his teeth, and went at il again.
He cleverly lodged several of
Butts fierce rushes and received
them on the shoulder. After they
had been butting away for about
two minutes both stepped back,
and then made a rush and goat
like jump that brought tlieir two
heads together with a hump snffi-
cient to SKATER the skull Of a
Rocky Mountaih sheep.
The shock sent both men flying
back, and Wash looked half stun
ned for a moment. The black
skin was split on the top Of the
head, and But claimed first blood
Mollie's sympathios seemed to be
with Wash, and she wiped the
blood off his head with her own
handkerchief. The sight arouse /
the devil of. jealousy iii Butts
heart, and he resolved to "break
dat nigna's skull d. mex trip"
Three minutes of alternate but
ting and lodging constituted the
second round, aid the result was
in as much Golbt as ever. When
they began the third bout, But.
by an upward movement struck
his opponent full between the
eyes, fattelfing his nose and slut
ting the light out from both OPP
tics. After that he had things
his own way. He bdttcd his fee
in the face, on the side and top of
the head, knocking him around ii
d way that set Lis hackers wiki
and filled With disnay those who
Ind laid their nickels on Wash.
The iatters second threw up his
hanikercbief for the sponge and
declared his man whipped. Tho
referee decided But Brown. tho
winner, and attempted TO hand
over the stakes, but the principals
parted the stakes. M4llie Jones,
Wifi the usual pervesaity OF Ter
sex, refused to be handed over,
declaring that she flowed r5,.r
Wash dc bas' OF all and she:weie