Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-12
AN ALL DAY FIGHT.

/ ,IaL he was C0nfed and Fl with Lee,
and both was powerful on the brag. One
day -hey come lOg5 her on the cross
roads. stopped and walked around and
looked al each other for q spell, Just as
| YOU h5v seen two strange daWgs do.
/ Then Peters, he sez:
( That ar Gneral Grant ar a kuss 10
I fight and l don'- keer who knows it,
Nebbe he ar SCI Hopkins, but 1
/ knows Of better man and better
fighter and his name ar GineIal Lee.
"'Giueral Lee? Gineral Lee? seems
| like I've heard The name beio'. Did ne
tout i'm this wah which has JUS ended
up.
He did. He ar the man who licked
I every him on legs Till ne got tired and
lost his eyeglasses and couldn't see 10
fl no mo- Any cri-ter as SEE thar was
"a better fighter than Gineral Lee has got
10 take i- back or lick me-
'Slo0, B--,cr 90 home bsfo' / chaw
yo' up
Shoe, I'm right here 10 be chawed.'
That was The beginning" explained
Lab. Thar was was a dozen o. Us
thar. an ne kept EN- apart. but they
agreed TO cum back next Cay and hey it
on. The news spread around ana went
TO .rh. and next AFTERNOON 1 reckon thar
was 200 mcu a. the cross roads Every
body sad it would be an awful fout-Jhe
awtulesr f0ut ever seen between two
men i'm this we're STATE OF Tennessee
bo-1 men war thar on time They had
rifles and revO,yers and knives, and no
body Was To- step ia 90 peryen tout
Wn5n they cum together Peters he steps
up and seq.
Me05e the presence OF death has
sor,5r changed yor mind and yo' want
TO apologize for them ere words about
Gineral Grant?
Ner yeus Hopkins, as he filings
down his hat wiki a who0p. 'Gineral
Lee was the best man. ana I've got
blood TO shed In Jhe proviu' of il. How
VIII SO fouc2"
Ell. its jest the same 10 yo' I'll take
knives. k3se then / can slice 70 up q
slice q timer
Them men looked so fierce and de-
-arm.nej,' said Zsb. tina. / Tel. my
hair curl up and was q good mind 10 90
nome. They put aside their rifles and
pistols. peeled on most or their clo,Aes,
and ila way they chankc5 their teeth
and teamed t1e mCu-h was 4"Lul 10
see Butoy an was ready. and then
Peters boots a terrible hooJ and SCI:
"Feller cr. er, I've go, q hear, in
me and Kin feel Ter the wilder and the
fltheyless. but yO' must take back
.. '.- - nv, - fo~sver g,
--. 81 ,,,,i5 - an
no ..'' ,,,.1i,;r,e, ON fes-I
49, -,-,. s1- ,,o,,r moi. yifS cant
----5 ban -e5rs
.'-..-., ..,.,. -,lr-sl -bo- WAY FOR a long
..- .l55 ~. ,S'' 49,. - i'.r,e5y we 90
,-- ,-., a.. nc and fac-n' Zach other
81 '-.o '-'7 - - .-oi.-~s5 m SEQ Mood
WIN KNIVES " 80, ~ -. 49,.
...,,.-7 .~,,,n5 r7c5 Other. pale as
dean ana .hel1 A-1~9 -, - ~, -
mo- &, ''o' ~, T5-le,s he souar's off
,.t,~ -- ""'"'''
anu Se1' g.. .-;- ,-oro last vab
t-+ ~ s's -. ~ ,-or,s fir i'm
"a.lA 1N"- ere
To. ,,...,-;,,. .,7shrs vo' re-
ul-' 30 - az hi RIM. Antie-am.
1 - Cz-I,.sh,l~s, tss VII
''"'' - 80 7 vas right thar
oe- ness anu - Lee and we killed
anu 50 "17 , -. .ba- wa never
SO many oi ,-,,, ~. b,a7 over
ana sc, '-lIe u 0''''
IT,. .,-.-, v-a,,D-ee, Yo' bev only
.Oop' i;,.e WAS in them
.i1e -IL, .,,s ,-J didn't see a dead man
Iou's InF sen anu - -,o,5fn, right bv the
on ool 80 49, Cr3nt when yo'r cri,ter
sue o C.' ~ 81 ~ beran to run.
vi O. 49, r,bo1nr
q. ,,,,,1--hoo-lsho5r"
..7-hers was great deal Of blowing
80 -be, oct 20 business.
%. -- +Ss old 'Possum Hunter, as he
500 oD5 c1uckled over the r5mem-
$40, $40,
..--.,,.,- never GOT TO business, ne an
-' w o., EN- an hour TO gil to
-'..i- E,.- -5sv sDsnt it i'm blow and brag
w.. I'm, sr,und We see they was
60 - and boo-ad EN-. but they wouldn't
49, in Sum ~ the crowd went away
oD5 others hung on. and them two aw-
FIJI fob.ers sol down and glared at
rsos o-5a. for q hui hour without sayin'
- -rbon peters beeins 10 git red
u, .S, fscs ana IN sb9rDen his knife on
ID, L.. 1o-. a,,5 bin,ebv he wells ort.
- 81 80 mai -bs wiider will mourn
....5 -,,, .,-to,iass win veep but snuck
,.-,. IA. ~ 7 kin stand this we're any
- ,,r -',,' I've got to A1ve the blood of
S-7c-,t+sr U-,e+ sez that G.neral Grant
- boss of the roOstr
-.CiDers1 Grant GineraI Grant, sez
H. -.~o+eba- his hpl1 and