Show A PRODIGY OF or STRENGTH A man kati who carried two hundred rounds pounds a mile without stopping chicago newsy new A wonderful net act it res marked a gentleman in the audience at the museum as the iren jawed man raised the barrel of water high in the air with his teeth how does it strike you uncle jet jerry I 1 1 unde jerry was a tall gaunt all a n t man whose face slouch Ellch bat hilt and ill fitting clothe clothes gave him a decidedly provincial air waal it s putty good said he lie reflective ly as a he scratched his hi chin bat but it looks to me like a trick so methin he hez practised practiced fura long time git him away aroi from his barl an I 1 reckon he aint ag ei stout but about weight lifters I 1 know a feller in this state as astri ia a weight lifter ana an a weight carrier too uv which latter I 1 will remark that ain aint it many I 1 knowel him when I 1 used ter buy hoga hog down in Il liney nigh onto ten year hgo he lived in princeville Prin ceville a little town in peoria county which auz allays jit as big as it is now an allays will be moats this tellers na name george moats he ile auz about fifty five years old when I 1 knowel him pas past hi is prime but a hustler yit he lie auz built like the statues ya ys sec see in the drug store winders uv old atlas afla a holdin boldin uv uy the world an auz the only man I 1 ever see that bed no armpits they auz rounded out with muscle an made him carry carr his arms bowed out like a dool dood he ile weighed about pounds and I 1 reckon auz one of the slouchiest slouch iett iest men an airth at thet time all the does cloes he wore auz a pair 1 r uv uy overhauls an a cotton ahi shirt rt an he ge nally had aboard a considerable dose doie uv tin the fuat principles C lesof of the Dimo cratic party arty uv which ho lie auz a 1 mell member er but george auz one uv the best catered men in the world an all as he lie used ter man knowel his strength the beat thing I 1 ever see george do carrying two hundred it n mile milo wit without shout kayin it down or resting on the way now you fellers look M ef that much uv a trick but let me tell yer its iva a big tiling thing any uv yer kin lift two buti hundred dred an carry it accost this room but whar will yer f fine int a man mian taets got the berro ter pack it a it mile without wea kilin it happened this way 1 I bed ben a aroun princeville Prin ceville gome pome time a bryin up shoats for winter an ail one afternoon arter noon was a bettin on the hotel porch with a lot uv other fe fellers llero geo george rge amongst the rest george was full of liker as usual he ile was mashed down inter a it chair half asleep his chin on his breast an his big bare feet turned up ter tho the sun against a post A little sport uv a feller ila named med charlie F baat ast auz a in a chicago newspaper newn paper how a felt fel ler there had tried d to carry uv a mile in the exper altion au an hed fell down on it george grunted like a fat tat hog an all seche that feller mus be I 1 e a chump my illy 0 ole le woman kin do it 1 ill bet ten tell dollars you cant do it rez charlie at the I 1 boys this kinder riled ailed george an mez he ye say a that charlie if ye knowel I 1 led hed ten dollars do llara diat then fred beach camo came orvn the saloon an eez pez he heill ill take the bet if george aez ha be kin do it an then ole jim rice the land lord uv the house aez til ill lake take 85 5 of the tame same fur I 1 knew know george kin pack anything he kin lift ko 80 charlie took cm ein both anthe money auz put up in roy ray bans george was to git half the bet if he lie done it 1 and charlie auz ter pick the mile mil ter be traveled and the Nv weight eight we went across the road ter the drugstore an got two one hundred pound kegs uv white lead lead each one auz put into 11 grain sack the two tied together accost georges neck the whole thi weighed poune and auz put on hi him in the tile wust trust way possible lile it auz a blazin hot day an the black ellinoy mud nua six indies inches deep charlie hed picked out the south road from town causo cause it auz uphill na down Asther As the roads oads auz urty ml appy an george puny stunk drunk it ivaz decided obet lie ashud bev a minute ter get up in in case ease he fell down so arter considerable abl e liu about one thing nu on another which wui a pint made by charlie ter tucker george out afore the walk begun the whole town down the road george leada a the knot on oil the back uv his hi neck kep abu therin him a it good deal so 0 o he be kep a tin the kegs sometimes on bis his back goine times on I 1 his I 1 is lire breast t A an n ji kogiu gin carry in one on each arn arm on all nil all UK the time gerin under his alii ay an a slip a flippin iipp m aroun ii the mu roud I 1 lika ike bo he wild fall every ever finif theonile The niilo nile ended with the ful fits t crossroads cross roads and tho last stretch u UV it a steep bill hill george kep up all right till lie started U up T thi th IS bill hill when the kegs the mu mud an tin the liker got the best uv him and am down he went ho he bed got the dea men in hia his li head ead thet he munt mu nt put his bans ians on the aroun ef he fell er ho lie mid wild lose the bet so uv breakie br enkin eakin the fall with bi hh i bans hans he thrower em aroun on his back an the aroun hinneck hb neck shot him inter the mud like hed ben t thrower h to e dof fiena bouse house he splattered mud on tho the hull bull party when he be lit an that he lay a pantin like love bis his head half buried in the mud an one blear eye a blink in up at us like a ayin coal in ill the ashes charlie fast fist got out li ilia is watch an putty soon he be sed half a george but george sed cothin an anae we he auz bunup aist there ole vaughn williams bulled pulled out hia his wallet kind kinda a solemn like kc unwrapped the shoestring frum it wet hia his finger an sed Gen elmen ill bet 50 he gits up with it on time the boys all yelled an looked at george an charlie Chrlie set youve got aist ten secund more and then george spit spi t the mud hia his mouth an aez he if ye think fifty dollars worth thail kin git up with this here vaughn im a ago go 0 ing t to 0 o git up an he be did T lie ae rose e right up his without movin his bans hahs nn an them two kegs a over ove r his face like two bg big ear car drops an while the koya boys juaa wu bellia be he walked up to the top uv the hill an all thrower them kegs over a stake an rider fence down ter get the aega back into the road an tha r a man in the crowd as cud lift both uv lem era an put em in the wagon we had fetched along ter haul em back fred beach balled and said he reck onedas how he win a jerge uv man flesh us its well as boss flesh an charlie fait past he jit cussed an bed sed hed seen luck like hian run on for for a year ct et a time an all then turn r u year I 1 git ft use but be sed he never lose fifteen dollars easier an george bed earnt his half uv it sure but ole vaughn williams Willip Willil ms 1115 he lie chuckled kind kinda a low like an a pi t out 11 his i 8 berb it c c er on aneed sed wo we acted like george anz a powerful ful man but he lie knowel thet Gcorge 3 eon son Os cud carry the ole mau luau an his load gel george rge putty sore fur a long time titter thet balkan wal kan had to b berry orry a crutch but he got over it t and once arler arter that I 1 seed hini but sli ettin up this aiu mu deum boys an weed better go home 11 |