The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27


OFTEN sat Ill my seat in the house, =
continued Mr.. McEttrick, "and looked
over my colleagues from an athletic
point of view There We're not MANY
athletes in the late congress. Cham
Clark of Missouri has n model build
and with proper training would make
line athlete He has the body, head
and shoulders Of an old time gladiator.
Payne of New York has the head and
body OF litter. Tucker of Virginia
could walk forever up and down his ma.
tire mountains. He has the loosely knit
Inquire OF Il mountain climber. For q
great big man Stone of PENNSYLVANIA
has the most graceful, easy walk of any
man OF his size I've ever seen. He starts
OFT like roadster, moving easily and
yet with strength. Baldwin of Mime.
sofa If trained would have been u first
class sprint walker and could have done
several miles more per hour than the
average man. LATE Pence of Colorado
is small, but well put together for box
ing athletics and has the head for it too.
McMlliin Of Tennessee is strong ard
symmetrical, but not quick enough in
movements for good athlete. Bourke
Cochran with training ought to be
strong He has the head and body of n
fighter and is very enduring horseback
rider have known him to ride 20 or
80 miles without thinking anything of
it. Bailey of Texas is shapoly and well
put together, but has nothing of the
athlete about him. Wilson of Washing
ton would be great scrapper He has
all the spring Of the boxer about him,
but not much strength Warnerof New
York is another athletic looking fellow,
built for strength. Bellamy Storer has
an athletic appearance, but is run down.
He used to be an oarsman ut Yale. Ii
Hopkins of Illinois had moro body, he
would be Il good boxer or wrestler, for
he has the head for it. Snodgrass of
Tennessee has head that looks us though
it would stand q terrible lot of ham
mering, Judge Daniels of New York is
not an athlete, hat shows wonderful
amount of vitality. Tho coolest day in
winter he goes without an overcoat his
frock coat open, no gloves Or scarfs,
complacent and happy, when others are
all mutfled to tho ears. He says he never
feels cold. Cockrcll of Texas has IA
shapely, massive head, which is sug-
gestive of strength. Meiklejohn Of Ne
braska has figure that could be deyel-
oped into great athletic force, latent
power that would amount to something
if properly brought out Boutelle Of
Maine is rugged looking and chock full
of vitality. Catchings of Mississippi has
Il remarkable nervous organization, SYM
and trim, with fine head,
and if heart and yiscera arc right nerv-
Gus organization amounts to Il great
deal Reed Of Maine has Il big, strong
figure, yet he has to avoid strong tea,
though he doesn't lock like it, does he:'
asked Mr.. McEttrick.
''There S II man here III Washington,
Mr.. McEttricll said i'll conclusion of his
who is Il wonder as an athlete. He is
in the government service, though not
IN congress. | mean Edward a. Moze-
ley, secretary Of the interstate com
nerce commission He is one of the
best boxers and swimmers in the coun-
;ry and probably excels all as Il swim
ner He's Il fighter, toe, and fought
Jake Kilrain ON one occasion for half
IN hour and has trained Kilrain for sew
,ral fights. He has wonderful deyel- |
)pment Of thorax, his chest expansion
being seven inches.
How 1t Feels to BE Shot.
One of the veterans in congress who |
vas severely wounded in the late war !
s General Henderson Of Illinois. Gen
raj Henderson has consented to tell me |
he story of how he received his wound
1.-THE line of my company had been
,roken by the irregularity OF the ground |
reversed in an advance that had been !
rdered. We had come through some |
woods, crossed n stream and reached the |
Cd of bluff where the enemy had |
feared away every obstruction to their
ire, even cutting away the undcrbrdsh.
heir Notifications and rifle pits extend
d to a considerable distance ON each
ide of us The fire was SO hot that our
nen were obliged to lie down. Whilo /
he line was reforming, Dave White, a
rawny Englishman to whom I'd taken
great fancy, was shot through the
hroat by buck and ball, a kind Of am
lunition sometimes used by the COntcd-
rates, composed Of three buckshot with
bullet in the center. | leaned over
i'm and said, We'll, Dave, you've
ought your last fight; goodby, old
IAN. A minute or two afterward L
,as shot myself. The bullet went
trough my right thigh, just missed the
,moral artery, coming within the frac-
on of an inch of killing me. / didn't
eel the wound and did not know OF it
ntil began to get faint. dropped in
" tracks and was carried to the field
ospital in the woods near Resaca. l
" there for a time and was then sent
, Chattanooga, where had been but n
wv hours when who should walk into
,e hospital but old Dave White, / was
/, startled I thought for moment l
lust be raving. Why, thought you'd !
zen killed Dayer l exclaimed. ooh,
D; I'm good for a good many fights
It, he replied. Il heard you We're here
nd had to come to see you. Dave
-hite is living yet out in Illinois, and
90 TO see him now and then. 1 was
lot by mimic ball, which entered by q
ear cut hole in the front of my leg
I'd passed ont at the back with twist