Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-22
New York Herald.

plumber enough to make himself master
oil the lead pipe end of it. There could
be no mistake about it; Sullivan was
bound to win. Amy one who Numbered
had himself to blame, for wasn't 1t
pain as the nose on your face that
Corbett was younger and blessed with
more endurance and more windP A fig
for any one who couldn't make up hi;
mind about IL and pick the champion
Corbett was winner Sullivan was a
winnerl And there You were. All the
rest was rumbling and whirring of
the wheels of special trains, buzzing
in the head at night when one attempted
to reconcile the varying vcrdicts of the
authorities and remarkable largencss
In the same head caused by other things
and felt more particularly when the
porter reached to the upper berth and
thrust his paw in your mouth with the
remark, "Next station we stop for
breakfast. BE there in 20 seconds"
Princes travelled like tramps, and peo
pie who looked like tramps iourneyed
In palatial cars like princes. The Hester
street saloon keeper was on the same
moral level for the time being as the
wealthy dude
Porter" sqneaked ono hundred
pound child of fortune who ought to
have been born girl, "porter, there's
man in my berth, donchawknow ?"
"Ics, growlcda Hester though"
with an oath, land its a good deal more
than theresd be if you were in IT,"
"Get out, you horrid creature; I've
paid for that section" again squeakcd the
dude
But the tough was already asleep and
snoring and he licked two porters and
smashed chandelier with the dudes
legs, waving him in the air like n baton
of authority, before he was elected.
People OF warlike disposition who
travel thousand miles or two to see
war must not complain if il comes n
little ahead Of schedule time. They
ought to be glad.
While the Sullivan train had its nui.
sance in the person of a resident Of the
Bowery whose profession it is to drop
stuffed dummies off prominent bridges
the Corbett train boosted an awful super
fluffy OF its own. He was a Philadcl.
phia barkeeper in Il linen buster and
cricketing cap, whose province in
life he believed to be to go through
sleeping car bowling for some friend Of
his whose presence he considered indis-
pensablc-to himself His howls were
interspersed with remarks intended to be
funny, but which every one but him
self thought silly, especially when
Weakened from u sound sleep TO hear
them. This person did not know that
Corbetts training car was to be left at
Charlotte and those who were to remain
took precious good care he didn't learn
of it. a tram hand was told to engage
him in conversation and laugh al his
jokes for few minutes and the trick
was played before he was aware Of it
and he was carried to New Orleans
squirming and cursing. But other nui.
sances developed later on. To para.
phrase celebrated remark, one can say
that q nuisance is born every minute
Two remarkable freaks were discoy-
cred at Charlotte, N. G., by the Corhett
party. u was at this city that there was
u wait of "a hours scheduled. Naming
the freaks unearthed there in a shorter
period OF time in the order of their in
tellectual Importance, | will say that the
hrst was negro named SAM" baggage
breaker for the Richmond 81 Danyiiie
railroad, and the second was the city
attorney of Charlotte. SAM is G feet
AAS''NS SlJ pOuutS, ana
can toss bale of cotton around MS
Sullivan would football. He lifts
weights of 800 pounds with ease, In
spite OF his great strength lie is an ar.
rant coward except when acting under
orders from the head baggage loser at
the depot. Then he becomes as brave
as lion. "Sain" believed that Corbett
must be at least twice as tall as he was.
and when he learned that the Califor-
nian was shorter and very much lighter
he began to pluck up courage. Toward
nightfall some of the boys around the
depot filled him up with lot OF stories
about his own superhuman strength.
and presently he mustered UP courage
to climb into the training car. Corbett
was away at the time, but his trainer,
Jim DAILY, was there, looking very small
compared with the negro. When sam
asked for Corbett DAILY stepped forward
and said:
"Fhat is my name, sir; what can | do
COR you :" Then he pretended to give a
start OF surprise and he went on /:
why, Peter jackson, how are YOU
you've grown twice as big and strong
as you were"
The baggage destroyer believed that
he had been really mistaken for .Jack-
son, and he bulged out all over the car
with pride. He explained the apparent
case OF mistaken identity, and then DAILY
K began TO talk reminiscently of his meet
ing with jackson, explaining to the
crowd for the benefit of 'Sam" how he
had left jackson for dead in the ring,
and how his head was ioosened by d
punch and had to be sewed on again
with silver thread, all of which "Sum"
seemed to believe.
4 Presently he gathered more courage
and said
"But you couldn't treat me like that,
Mr.. Corbett."
"Why mott ?"
because | wouldn't let Won. Use
like mad dog when / fights, Mr.. Cor
bett." The colorcd people who had
clustered around the car checred this
sentiment. Brady measured the darky's
arms, felt of his muscle and shook his
4 head despairingly, and then began to
back out in as cowarGlya way as he could
4 think of. The Charlotte champion grew
more eager for a scrap every moment,
and so did his satellites, who rejoiced to
see a Charlotte man take the starch out
OF the great pugilist.
Presently the real Corhett came in
from iaunt. lie looked like baby
compared with "Sam.n lie stared at
the big negro, who by this time had half
notion TO clean out the whole car.
"Ilcre's John l.. Sullivan himself. -
cried out every one in the car as Cor
bett entered.
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