Fergus County argus., 1888-06-14
SULLIVAN MEETS ms nATcH.
BDi Nye oncrs so Nice, i!.- Bos,onian
Win His own M.apons.

BIZ NEe. lie staten Island Pet yes
ter,lay handed 10 the New York World
the Acknowledgement. with "a request
for Immediate Publication and two
copies nj the paper to be forwarded to
his address:
70 Colonel John Lawrence sullivan.
Boston. Mas-.--ir: | see that at your
testimonial last evening. i'm Music
Han, YOU guarantee TO lick the next
man you stand mp against. also no.
tice with pain that for some time YOU
have been un-uccessiully looking for
your peer, and like Goliath of Gath
walking up and down before the regu-
lar army and beggins in loud and I'M
grammatical terms for some gentle
man To come and tread on the tail of
your coat.
The only sling | know anything
about Is your best weapon, and 80 /
shall not name the sling. | want to
meet YOU on equal terms, and 20 |
propose only such conditions as shall
I've fair for both of Us. | hate TO see n
man making Il wreck OF himself while
wait Ing for some one to meet him. and
so have decided tochaiienge YOU.
have only been waiting It'll | could
ret trained down so fire tndt rcnoV-
ing my spectacles ana the cotton from
my ears would make hall difference in
my weight. and now that | have
reached that point ! yoarn to get hold
OF YOU
now challenge you. John I.awrence
| sullivan. late OF England and France,
/ but now of Boston. Mass, TO meet me
anywhere in the United States or any
/ foreign monarchy where fair play viii
/ he assured to both. either in a sixteen.
/ twenty or twenty-four-foot ring. with
/ bare knuckles. to talk into a phono-
graph to finish, for S5O.OOO Il side,
le gate receipts and the champions
ship OF the world.
1 select as my timekeeper large
four-pound Waterbury watch and
name as my seconds Noah Webster
and Lydia L. Pinkham.
In case we are broken up by the 20.
lice before the contest is finished, the
purse shall 90 to the one having tn,
best OF it at the time OF the int erfcr
| cnce.
~ my bottle-holder I select ex-Gov-
crnor st. John, of Kansas, and as
sponser shall bring an nc Iuaintanc,
OF mime, who porroNs my umbrellas
and sells them.
1t shall also be Il part OF the agree
ment that the press shall he fully ant
freely represented, each correspondent
or reporter to have his expenses pait
to and from the contest 10y the losin.
party, whether the place selected be il
thi, country or in Europe.
All kinds OF talk shall count. Every
thing goes-slan-. blow, brag, biuster
old lectures, secondhand responses {,
old toasts. italici,ed wind. old Fourtl
of July oratIOns, contempt tor Other
pualists aud imprisoned appeals foi
some one to lick will score. Each maI
shall strip at less than 50 pound'
and be allowed u bale of tin foil and ,
box al bronchial troches.
The Tree list shall be suspended, will
the exception of members of the press
me Prince OF Wales and such oi youi
iaVorite wives as You desire To favor
with tickets.
The time occupied shall he six days
or to "a finish. StraiIhtway or catch
as CA ch-can. No profanity to be al
lowed and no language To be use
which the press shall consider lmpropcl
for Publication.
Each contestant shall he entitled L,
: II copy of his remarks made during th'
= encounter, and m"" copyright th'
same for publication in book forn
aftcrWard.
. um no pugili't, but wEon pusili,n
nets within the reach oi II common
converSationalist and conscrvator a
. Cab. think it il - >hamc that yOr
= have remained unohlllrngrd 50 long
= may he no match Tor You. bat II yo'
, will meet me on the above terms AM
/ the boy. will see thai We have iai
play. / will guarantee that will max
/ il interr9tin. for you, and that So fn
as am concerned it shall be no hip
3 podromc.
BILL N1E.
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