The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-19
TOLD BY THE ozAR's BoArmAN.
The Monarch Is a Samson in Strength
but He Dan t Catch Fish.

The Monarch Is a Samson in Strength,
but he CANT Catch Fish. IN
From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Among the thousands of European emf
grants who came to this country during
the past year, one, and very interesting
one, too, drifted to this part of the state.
I The emigrant referred to is Christian
Petersen, a Dane now living in Wolcott,
who up to four months ago was member
of the King of Deumarks body guard.
Petersen is young fellow about % years
of age, and is a splendid specimen of
physical manhood. He is 8 feet inches
in height and weighs 240 pounds. His
face is broad and kindly, of the Danish
type He speaks Danish, German and
Dutch tiuently, and can make himself un-
derstood in French, but his English is
still somewhat uncertain quantity.
Something over two years ago Petersen
was among the conscripts from his native
village of Faerjavik. BY virtue of his
superior physique and education he was
transferred six months later, when suf-
ficiently drilled, to the kings body guard
a picked body of the finest troops in the
kingdom. Early this summer the car Of
Russia, the prince of Wales and other
high mightinesses came to spend the sum
mer with theking of Denmark 1t fell to
Petersen's lot to be detailed on the car s
guard, and they escorted that imperial
parsonage wherever he went. In May it
became his whim to go fishing daily each
afternoon on q small lake near the royal
IN charge OF his guard to select
a competent oarsman to row him about.
In response to the latter's question as to
! who among the men understood the man
agement Of a boat, six soldiers stepped
| from the ranks. The car looked them
over and selected Petersen. Thereafter
for about fortnight, his only duty was
to man boat from 8 to o'clock p. m.
| each day and row the car about. The
latter, Petersen says, caught very few
fish, being too nervous to become an ex-
pert angler. Yet it could not have been
through fear Of nihilists or other evil dis
posed persons, for whenever he was afloat
the lake was surrounded by 10000 sol
| diers, who spread out in thin line clear
around the sheet, allowing no outsider
even to approach the shore.
Petersen describes the car as a huge,
| handsome man, very pleasant to all who
came in contact with him, and of prodi-
gious strength. he weighs nearly 300
pounds, is & feet 4 inches TALL and without
an ounce Of superfluous fat On one Oc-
casion this spring he gave a public exhi-
billion OF his enormous strength. He was
complaining Of the quality of metal GER
van NohNAdCtuI udu SupDll6u lOE INC DdgO-
nets used in his army, when the captain
Of the guard ventured to assert that the
sword bayonet used by his men were Of
the finest quality of Norwegian steel.
Il think not,n said the car. Il will
wager you 90 francs that YOU have been
| cheated like the rest of us"
81 win take that wager" said the Off
Ger, with satisfied smile. In an instant
the car called one of the soldiers TO him,
and FpmOVinC rho hqynunf frDm tina In
ter's gun, took it between thumb and fin
gers Of either hand. Then standing
erect, and apparently with scarcely an eff
fort he broke the tough steel in two
pieces
Petersen explained that this was merely
a whimsical exhibition of great strength,
and no reflection on the quality Of the
metal, which could not be surpassed. But
the soldiers OF the garrison subsequently
tried TO emulate the feat, selecting some
OF their strongest men for the trial, but
were unable TO break the bayonets.