Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-23
Furnishing a Desperate.
A SEINE ON THE Rio GRANDE.

cried one of the brothers.
You may receive it as such, if you
feel so disposed, replind Dugan, with
out betraying any emotion. Il intended
to convey the idea that when am IN
suited, or my rights are outraged, am
ready to demand, or exact, tnat salts
faction claimed by gentleman through
ont the world
you will fight;' cried the elder bro
ther, in astoBishmcnt.
'All three if necessary! was the
cool sesponse.
'Wait until we break this Internal
cheat of a bank, and you shall be ac
commodated to your hearts content. ,
said the eldest Allen, with a f.end.sh
frown.
Again The young girl with quivering
fingers, threw down the four leading
cards. again the three wicked brothers
Iisked their money, and this time on
the king of clubs, but the luck still ran
against them, and they lost, while the
stranger won his bet of fifteen hundred
on the queen of dlano DIS.
The rogues have played us false,
and we will rake the table p vociierat.
ed the Aliens, sprirging to their feet,
and drawing their Bowie knives to ex
ecute their menace.
Bat q iicker than their motion
quick as the lightnlng's leap, was the
action of Dusan. for, bounding four
yards backwards, he covered the heads
of the two boldest dcspcradoes with a
Deringer in each hand, ~hich had been
ready cooked in his pocket, and shout
ed
Williams, stir muscle, if ye dare,
and the devil shall have his ownl
At the moment the bystanders inter
posed, and an arrangement was effect
ed for an immediate Interview Of honor
between Dugan and the elder brother
The parties, attended by swarm of
excited specia ors, proceeded forthwith
to the bank of the Rio Grande, oppo-
site the >ile where the city Of Browns
vile now stands, and were placed in
position by their respective seconds.
1t was the hour of midnight, and the
great meridian moon, like magic
lamp of the purcst chrysoliie, brimming
over with the celestial CORY, gave a
lus,er nearly as vivid as that OF day,
and inefably more chastc, more en~
chanting, more divine, such as the
sw ete>t smil of an angel, the most
holy light OF heayen
Half miuu'e, or less, before the
death signal, Dugan exclaimed, in
calm, clear voice:
Assassin aud swindler! | will not
Kill you, for you are not fit to die; but
| will cripple your elbow for life, SO
that your red right hand shall never
more WELD the instrument which
should only be touched by the fingers
0: a genilemtn =
TIE ward WIS given, and with tho
last echoes the weapon Of the brave
Virginian roaIed on the night air, and
his bullet sh uttered the others arm at
the precise point indicated, while the
murderous daellst had not time 10 pull
bis trigger, and the rema ming Aliens
shruuk from similar earnestly prof
fred ordeal.
Since tLen, the victor has been re-
sident of the Rio Grands., and has en-
gagged in dozen other encounters, bu
always with the same wonderful hero
ism and forbearaacc. Strange, valiant,
mishty-minded nan During life of
almost sixty summers, he has fought
hundred fearful conflicts on the wild
frontier, and every one, had he so cho-
sen, might have been fatal to his an
aagonists, but yet no weeping widow,
no pale mother, no moaning orphan,
from all the perlshed past, comes to
haunt his dreams. and lay the aceusa
ton of b reavement at his door
PLowNG. 1t is desireablc to plow
"a early as possible, but it 81 a grea
mistake to commence before the sod is
in good working condition. Land pl w
ed when wet can never be got into fine
tilth. For winter VIII at this is not o.
such great Importance. as the forests
of winter mellow the ground, aud witt
ter heat requires somewhat rough
PASTURE but for the growth OF maxi
mum spring crops, it is absolutely IS
-ential to have the land thoroughly pull
verized and mellow. On this account,
the practice of fopping over wide fur
rows is poor economy. Better plow
an acre day, in a thor oagh manner,
seven inches deep and ten inches wide,
than three acres in the baking way
adopted by some garmers. 1t is next
to Impossible to make good seed bed
on land plowed in this manner.
The best thing to give your enemy
is forgiveness to your opponent ioler-
ance to a friend your child, good
example to father Difference; to
your mother conduct which will make
her proud of you TO yourself respect ;
TO all m n ch .rity
II you are Opposed to be petish or
insolent, 1t i, better TO exercise your Ill
humer on your dog. or your eat, or on
your servant, than on your friend.