The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-11-03
First Fight Between North and South.

was up to Dickinson College the
other day, and as / crossed tina campus /
came to a spot where two paths meet and
cross each other. 1t brought to my mind
story told me by an old Dickinson
student who was at the college when the
war broke out. At that time there were
a number of Southern students in attend
ance-in fact the numbers were pretty
evenly divided between North and South
boys, and you know what college lads
are. They have their own opinion of
things and generally express them vehe
mently 1t was only natural then that
there should be considerable clashing be-
tween the students from the two sections,
and. while there was a good bit OF chin
music INDUCED in, there were no open
fights. Things kept growing warmer
and the feeling waxed more bitter be-
tween the lads until at last one evening
a dispute as to who was right in the
seeding arose between powerful
young blonde student from Philadel-
phia and k-haired, fiery
Southerner from Virginia, youth
of much muscle. The language grew
sulphurouss the lie was given and the
two fellows went together, the Northener
bent on climbing his antagonists frame,
and the Sotherner with the single pur-
pose of tramping on the blondes neck.
The fight took place just where the paths
intersect. Instinctively the students
from the two sections took sides, and
ranged themselves behind their rcspec-
tive champions. 1t was no sparring-
match with so many minutes to the
round. 1t was a determined, continu-
GUS bulldog fight, regular rough and
tumble. Both were men of science and
good wrestlers. and they gave and took
without finching. At one time the
Philadelphian was mopping the earth
with the Virginian, and then again the
Virginian was threshing the gravel walk
with the Philadelphian for fail. All
this time the two sides looked on and
never rnterfered except to utter in a
quiet way a word of encouragement to
the contestants. 1t would have been
death to have interfered then, for there
were a good many revolvers in the party.
Finally last clinch was taken by the
two fighters, who, breathless, bleeding,
exhausted, almost stripped of their
clothes, stood painting in the path. The
young NOrInerner Dy QUICK UdCh Iurll
threw the Virginian and fell on him,
and before the latter could turn the
blonde youth caught his antagonist by
the long hair and bending his head back
so that his face was upturned beat him
insensible. Then he arose, looked about
him, painted out We've won, boysp p
and dropped like log to the ground.
Each side carried away its man and
nursed him until he got well. How
typi al were these two young fellows Of
their sections. The Southerner never
cried enough" all through the fight,
and he only stopped when he was in
sensible. The South stopped fighting
only when it was beaten into insensibility
by superior force. 1t never squealed.
And so, loo, the North was utterly ex-
hausted at the close of the war. But,
you say, that was quite natural. Very
true. But wasn't it little singular that
the first fight between the North and the
South for supremacy took place on the
campus of Northern Collegeg--HarriS-
Jurg PENN Telegraph.