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flMWIUUU wooiivu* I plxaelt;Expertness ofLogThe wonderful skill and agility of theuni^cnnoD mn loffft and ruftfl downlong beendewed with surprise. At Manistee, aihort time ago, there was a log rollingdescribedTimes andThe contestantsapiamnecwo:ereThcorbrcprcwith a smooth pine log about #fxteen hninches in diameter, and a pole with a j en1 spike and book at one end. They also i in j wore log-drivers’ boots, with spikes about , inone-half inch long set in the bottom.The contest took place in the Manistee j river, where there is a current of about r thtee miles an hour, and long before the lg-hour tlie banks were lined by thousands Et] of speQtatore anxious to witness the per- ;foimance. | coiAt a given signal they appeared onth# bank, coatless, and with a sasharound the waist, and each stepped uponlofif, ^r- —— ■ Athe current. They whirled the logs around, stood on one foot, sat downofBu2lt;yprwct.hikneeled down, laid down, rolled aver on Lth, tlie log, drank lying down, drank lymg ^ on their backs, and, in short, did more ^ than most people can do on the solid pCfl(Tb*aHy * oao jttnJi*?lt;kup onto 4lilt;§ lbg tU00nth the other and deliberately sent his _j. . . i 1 ll____J ^ • ^s. ♦ + I Wog whirling to the other side oi uie ^ river with his pike-pole, and now commenced the strife in earnest To roll the other off the log, one would set the log whirling like the shaft of a mill- | jjj wheel until the water wits covered with wfcaun from the whirl, when of a sudden «, he won Id stamp his spikes into the log • 4and stop it so that it would appear as p] solid as the eternal rocks ; it would not ti evon tremble. Then he would start ^ rolling in the Other direction until the ol waters would be whirled into foam again, jj and both men wotjM be running *ak toe eJ M wkir speed !o keeftjpu top x£‘ lb© btoplog, when in would go log would be stopped as if held in a 1 p vise. This was repeated a dozen times, ^ but to no purpose, each watched the pfoot and foot came down together. ^Jo soldier ever kept step better, and ft1 ach held his place on the log until they Jpihad been swept down the river ovei a mile, and past tli© bridge, when threw his pike-pole away and the other | c followed suit, and now neither had -a balancing-pole, and the contest gicw j ^ sharper tlian ever. The log was whirled one way, stopped suddenly, then whirled the other, and at times the direction of its roll would be changed so suddenly v that it was difficult for tlie eye to follow j { its coarse, and so evenly matchedWheelerffFre) that we doubt if either would have froved tlie victor, but the log floated . tunder the boom of a vessel, and, while I jstruck,1the other caught in the rigging of the ] vessel and saved liimself.
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Chippewa Falls Herald
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jul 27, 1877
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