St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-19
UNCLE SEYMOUR ABROAD.

Uncle" George Seymour, as he is known,
has spent several seasons i'll South America
This story is told on him:
When he was in Caracas, Venezuela. he
had an unusual experience. There were two
New York gentlemen who had gone to Span
1sh America with small stake. with the
view to making fortune. But fate did not
smile on them and they became stranded.
They resorted to everything they could con-
ceive to get back to New York, but their eff
forts were futile. The even offered to work
their way on a steamship, but the officer of
the craft had no use for unski!led seamen.
Then they visited the United States minister
and made pathetic appeal. That function
airy referred them to Mr.. Seymour, who was
putting in an extensive electric plant to il
Illuminate the city and to furnish power fo-
the street car system.
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Mr.. Seymour. by the way, had been often
invited to the Sunday bull fights, but he
wouldn't witness the events because they
are too brutal. But all the people there at
tended bull fights-officials, Christians and
heathens Well, the gentlemen waited upon
Mr.. Seymour. They related their tale. They
wanted work.
What can you dor asked Mr. Seymour.
1--WE can work. sir, but we are not me-
chanics," replied one of the two.
"All can give you for unskilled labor is 60
cents day. That is what pay the poems,
and any one of them can do more work than
both of you. Now, you will have to pay 81 a
day for your board and you won't get very
good board at that. You can't take the job"
I'm heavens name what will we do? We
can't starve''
'.Get up an entertainment of the true
Yankee STYLE"
"We can't do that either. We can't sing,
and we are no gymnasts."
Can you box?''
Il can't" said the spokesman.
Il never had the gloves on. said the other,
when his friend looked at him imploringly
"Still you are strong and healthy" OBJ
served Mr.. Seymour encouIagingly.
YES; l am" they replied in chorus.
Then I'll fix it, and you shall go back to
New York. But you must do just as l direct"
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They agreed with alacrity. Mr.. Seymour
found gentleman who would translate the
manuscript, and he had the city well billed
in the Spanish tongue. Signor Smith and
Signor Hall, professional prize fighters would
give an exhibition of the manly art after the
true American style tor $1,000 side. Soread
the announcements. The newspapers took
I'D the story, and the hall on the night of the
''go'' was packed to suffocation. Mr.. Sey-
mour has had no experience with Marquis of
Queensbury rules but he has seen a great
many glove exhibitions and he undertook
he task of training his protoges
for the contest and he succeeded
fairly well. He showed them the cross
counters, the upper cut showed them how
to duck and how to clinch
to avoid punishment when it came
to severe infghting. Then the gloves
There wasn't pair to be found in Yemen
zuela. and he got some white cloth and had
two pairs made and had them stuffed with
cotton batting. The fight came off and the
people went wild with excitement. They
made the welkin ring, never dreaming that
the whole thing was a most shabby fake
The receipts above the expenses were nearly
500, and the two men purchased their
tickets and left Tor New York. But the
newspapers. They praized bull fights, lauded
them as royal sport, but they denounced this
glove exhibition as something shockingly
brutal, and compared it with the duels of the
ancient Roman arena when the gladiators
did each otheEbattle to death. Mr.. Seymour
has Very little respect for the humanity com
Functions of the Spaniards.