The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-09
WHEN SULLIVAN CLOSED A TOWN.
Belfast Remembers with QuaNno Knees
AnniNersarN Of lnhn | & l.---hLa Him

Belfast Remembers with Quahng Knees
Anniversary OF John Us ] sUible Thirst
Belfast, ~ Y, July o. Every time the
citizens Of this remote aud quiet commu-
nifty hear Of John l.. Sullivan or see his
name in print they nsk one another, DO
you remember when John L. closed up tho
TOWN."
Then their knees wahbie and they say
"br-rr!' In a way that shows how Intense
Is the spell Of fear John J.. east upou them
thirteen years ago. john not only closed
the town. He made an epoch, rte people
stIll date things from the night that he
broke trqlBlng-and everything else that
came 70 hand.
1t was when Muldoon had the mighty
RcRS @P M GsePfs Wh t0 he aec 9ats' S
championship Of the world against .Iagv
ktain Nlnldoon had warned y the hotci
keepers not "a rel strong drink 10 the
champion They oheyed.
John /. s thirst became furuacellke. II
drove him forth IN the darkness. lie in-
yHdcd a barber shop in which a fumcr
lay stretched on two chairs
Here, rumhlcd voice that sounded
Ike n rolling mill IN action, here you,
run out and get me- quart Of old ale.
I'm dry I'll shave that guy"
Whereupon John J.. took the razor from
him $40 bill and waved him away. FERRY
sought the nearest forest. the farmer
meantime shaking 6ercely With apprtacn.
sion. The, razor in sulliven's mighty r!sht
fist goshed bis check IN three places. rho
honest agrlculturlst presently dashed out a
study Ina white and dripping scarlet yelling
murder and alarming the town.
John L- fearing ihat Jerry and the can
nikin would never arrive. sauntered 10 ttc
RelfaSt house communicating the bar uu
der pain at destruction, and refreshed him
self win few meager quarts ~ ale, lie
visited the other bars and did likewise
Belfasters of an ages ana conditions has
t!ly. blew ont their lamps, double locked
their shutters and retired 10 woodsheds aud
cellars Praying meantime that the SUN.
van cyclone might soon pass John mean
dered through the streets 81 the town. bel
lowing songs in voice like that OF tho
bull Of Bashan and anon roaring this
challenge:
~ can HEX any mar. that was ever born
No one came on Every hotel. saloon.
grocery. barber shop general store and
business house was closed and barred.
Every light was ont The most timid took
horse for remote points.
Al the MnssaSot house. John encountered
Billy Madden, with Nike Cleary and Jack
Barnett. forming q hollow ana melancholy
slnare.. lie charged The square broke
and side.siepped
Il can lict Won al IN bunch" said the
rumbling voice. "Bill you can't drive me
Hike a dog Come on, an OF you, and the
whole town, II you IKE
John urged the calm, diplomatic tones
OF Mulutuus 4 want you TO iAhf "a Nitle
drive with me. There's a cask n ale ia
the w8.on'
'YouIfe a gentleman. Bill" replied the
giant. you're ny. friend. I'm win you
How the hic fellow climbed aboard how
be refreshed himself hy the waNsldo and
soon fell into gentle slumber are stIll mat
tiers of conversation here The Belfast
lamps were sO0l reit the stores and hotels
opened, u YRS. Johns only outbreak from
trimming Had he mhde another he would
have depopulated the town forever.