Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1874 — An Exciting Rowing-Match. [ARTICLE]

An Exciting Rowing-Match.

A tockg man of this city facing at an up-river town a few days ago took a skiff to row to the next town down stream. About the time he put out he noticed a man and woman in a similar boat on the opposite side of the Ohio, toe man palling with all Us might down stream. The Evansville youth did not want to be beaten by a man who had aload while he had an empty skiff; so he bent himself to the work with great energy. Row as hard as he might toe oarsman on the other side kept ahead cf him, until toe yonng man made up his mind (hat there was something wrong with toe current, and he tried to cross. This seemed to give additional energy to toe other oarsman, whose “feathered oar" was plied with such a will that he gained sensibly, and our EvansvfUer «£n>ped back, but still kept toe couple in After half a day'y row toe stogie oarsptan stopped at»town, rested, and did

such business as he found, and took the next steamer for home. On the way down the steamer was hailed, and the couple from the skiff got aboard. The young man, after a short time, approached the "Ohampkm oarsmau and remarked.- “ Well, yotf beat me, didn't you, but I tried hard to get ahead.” “Thnnderaflion!” exclaimed the man, “ was that you a pullin’ after us? I tho’t It was Line’s dad, an’ I jest lit in with all my might; but it’s uo use now; we’s married for good now, stranger, an’l wouldn’t row that hard even es the old man was to heave in sight.” —Evansville (hid.) Journal. ' ,