New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-09

y GU must 1glt me, S1r-cOde OF hOnOr-nAme
your weapons, time and place.
Certainly, by all means Weapons-shot guns.
Time-to-morrow. Place-Hoboken
Seconds were chosen. All arranged, the parties
began to load the guns.
Stop, stop ~ said the challenged party, that's
wrong: those guns mustn't be loaded
Not loaded Are you mad?''
"Not exactly" was the cool rejoinder !; ION 4
the contrary fiatter myself that am rather sem
sble.''
"Pshaw this is no time for jesting."
"Just my opinion. I'm not in the habit of Jest
ing my life in danger That fellow challenged me-
had choice of weapons. chose shot-guns. By
the way, that was the bargain, wasn't it7n
ITO be sure.''
every we'll, load em up, thenn
The seconds glared at him moment. His an
tagonist growled an anathema upon towards. The
other grnned and the fowling- pieces were loaded.
| "All ready?n cried the seconds.
| eyes" replied the challenged; ssbut Just ex-
cuse meadow me to examine those guns
| "Do you doubt our honor?'' exclaimed the Sec
onds.
mo shufling |" cried the antagonist.
'.There shan't be,'' said the challenged, mot Of
my mortal coil if can help it, at least.n
He stepped up, took the guns, and before the
seconds could interfere, fired them both off. @
There, give him a gun. I'm ready !"
'What do you mean, sir?' ss
81 mean that said l would fight with shot
guns. and I've only just made sure that they ,oe,e
shot,
That duel came to a sudden termination immedi-
ately, if not sooner
RAvENous.-A western catte-dealer, who rarely
had the privilege of sitting down to meat with
family, and had never been in minister's house in
his life, was not long ago benghted and lost in his
ride across the praries, aud compelled to ask for
shelter in the first house he could find. Happily
for him, it proved to be the dwelling of good
man, parson, who gave him cordial welcome,
and what was especially agreeable, told him that
supper would soon be ready.
The travellers annette Of the taast kind
and the moment he asked to sit by, he COM
piled; and without waiting for second invitation
he ravenously pitched in to what was within his
grasp
"Stop, stop" said the good man Of the house,
eve are il the habit of saying something before
we eat
| not within the comprehension of so rough Gus
toner, and with mouth full, capacious enough at
that, he muttered,
$50 ahead say what you like, you can't turn
my stomach nohow u
An eccentric barber some years ago opened a
shop under the wall of The Kings Bench prison.
The windows being broke when he entered it, he
mended them with paper, on which appeared:
" Shave for penny with the usual invitation to
customers; and over the door were scrawlcd
these lines
60 Here lives Jenny Wright,
shaves as well as any man in England
Almost-not quite.'
Foote (who loved anything eccentric) saw these
Inscriptions, and hoping to extract some wit from
the author, whom he justly concluded to be an
odd character, pulled off his hat and thrustng his
head through a paper pane into the shop. called
out: :" Is Jenny Wright at home? ~ The barber
immediately forced his head through another pane
into the street. and replied: No, sir, he has just
popped out.n Foot laughed heartily, and gave the
man guinea.
The Hartford Times says: Sixty spots in the
sun can now be seen with good telescope. Such
an extensive eruption indicates that something is
out of order in the solar system. Is mercury good
for it?''
A Farmer in Scotland, sowing a field of turnips,
appropriated a ridge for the accommodation of