Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-22
HOW 10 Met A DuEr1sr.

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land gentleman called Brown was pass
ing a few davs al a hotelin one Of our
western cities, be had the misfortune
to unintentionaIly offend the srscepti-
BILE honor of tall Indiana Colonel,
who was one Of his fellow boarders.
His apologies not being satisfactory, a
challenge was sent him, which, how
ever, he declined upon the ground of
conscience scFuplcs. The Colonel, who,
by the way had wozss IA two or three
encounters quite reputation as a
duelist, at once conceived the idea that
his opponent was a coward, and re-
solved to disgrace him by fogging him
in the face of all the assembled wisdom
of the house. Accordingly, the next
day, at dinner time, in marched the
duelist, armed with formidable cow
hide, and advancing to Browns chair,
proceeded to dust his jacket for him
in the most approved style. Brown
was astonished. Luckily he had been
lieutenant of militia in his native
State, and knew the Importance of in
commoding his enemy by a diversion.
So, seizing 6 gravy tureen he tossed
the contents into the face of this
belligerent Colonel, and before that
hero could recover from the drowning
sensation thus occasioned, he sprang
upon the table and began to shower
upon him with a liberal hand the con-
tents of the dishes around.
''You are an Internal"
"Coward," the Colonel was aboutto
say, but at that moment a plate of
greens struck full upon his mouth, and
the word was blockaded and lost for
ever.
"Ha," cried the little New England
der, whose blood was now up, "fond
of green's are you? take pOtatoe
too" and he hurled telling volley of
hard potatoes at him; excellent eggs
here, capital things with calves
heads" and crash came plate of soft
boiled eggs against the side of his
Uranium.
The blows of the cowhide, which had
hitherto descended upon the Yankees
head and shoulders, now began to fall
more weakly and wildly, and it became
evident thatthe assailant, half stunned,
choked, and partially blinded, was
getting the worst of it. His courage
was fast oozing out.
"Take turkey" shouted Brown, as
a noble old gobler descended fairly upon
the Colonel's head, and bursting, filed
his hair and eyes with delicious look
ing stufing, ''here's the fxings," he
continued, as the squash and jelly fol-
lowed after
By this time the Colonel was ire
trievbly defeated, and his merciless
opponent seized huge plum-pudding,
steaming hot, and holding it above his
head with both hands, seemed about
to bury him beneath it, when the Col
onel quailed in terror, and throwing
down his cowhide, turned about and
made a rush for the door.
"Stop for the pudding. Colonel, stop
for the pudding" shouted Brown
'3Pudding, Colonel, pudding" scream
ed all his fellow boarders, amid con-
vulsions of laughter. Butthe Colonel
was too terrified to listen to their kind
invitations, and did not cease running
until he had locked himself into his
room.
But although the Colonel escaped
from the plum pudding, he could not
escape from 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 availing
themselves of the privilege of the
challenged party, appointed pudding
bags for their weapons. Atlength the
unhappy duelist, finding no one wht
was wiling to shoot or be shot at, was
t obliged to quit the State.
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