Litchfield enquirer., 1856-08-21
 How to meet a Duelist.

A few years since New England gentle man. whose name we shall call Brown, was pass inr < few days at q hotel ilene of our western cities, he had the misfortune 60 unintentionally of6sad the susceptible honor of tall Indiana Colonel who was one of his fellow boarders His apologies not being satisfactory tchal- lenge was sent him, which, however he declined upon the ground of conscientious scruples. The colonel, who,. by the way, had won in two or three encounters, quite reputation as a sduel- ist, at once conceived the idea that his oppo- nent was coward, and resolved to disgrace him by fogging him in the face of all the as sehbIed wisdom of the house. Accordingly thenext day, at dinner time, in marched the duelist, armed with formidable cowhide, and advancing. to Browns chair, proceeded to dust his jacket for him ill the most approved style Brown was astonished. Luckily he had been a Lieutenant of militia in his native state, and knew the importance of incomnloding his ene- my by diversion. So, seizing gravy tureen, lie tossed the contents into the face of the ,belig- erent colonel, and before that hero could recoy- CT from the drowning sensation thus occasioncd, he sprang upon the table and began to shower upon him with a liberal hand the contents of the dishes around. re5 a. .a.. arS
 z You are an infernal--" r..r E
 "Coward," the colonel was about to say, but at that moment plate of greens stuck full upon his mouth, and the word was blockaded and lost forever .s-5.E-
 7"Ha r cried the little New Englander, whose blood was new up, fond of greens are you Take a potato too ;" and hurled a tell ing yolley of hard potatoes at him excellent eggs here capital things with calves head ; aud crash came plate of soft boiled eggs, against the side of his cranium.
 The blows of the cowhde which had hithcr to descended npon the Yankees head and sliou ders, now began to fall more weakly and wild ly, and it became evident that the assailant half stunned, choked and partially blinded, was getting the worst of it. His courage was rap idly oozing out
 Take a turkey" shouted Brown, as noble old gobber descended fairly upon the coloncls head, and bursting filled his hair and eyes with deIicions looking stuffIng "and here's the fix ings," he continued, as the squash and jelly fol- lowed after.
 By this time the colonel was irretrevabIy de- feated, and as his mcrcilcss opponent seized a hnge plum pudding steaming hot, and holding it above his head with both hands seemed about to bury him beneath it, he quailed in terror, and throwing down his cowhide turned about and made q rush for the door,
 Stop for the pudding colonel stop for the pudding" shouted Brown. Pudding, colonel pudding" screamed all the fellow boarders amid convulsions oflaughter. But the colonel was too terrified to listen to their kind invita- tions, and did not cease running until he had locked himsclf into his room. But although the colonel escaped from the plum pudding, he could not escape the ridicule which the affair occasioned. He subsequently challenged four persons against whom his ire was particularly excited, and they all consented to fight, but avaiing themselves of the privilege of the chal- lengcd party, appointed pudding bag" for their weapons. At length the unhappy duest, finding no one was willing to shoot or to be shot at, was obliged to quit the State