The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-24
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township Inst week, m i.ou The nov
city Of the saln., W . are tempted to re-
cord them.
As the story goes, y few Of the c;ti-
zcns "f,hat town hip, including \ gen
;lemM Of flowing beard, two or three
Frcnclnncn,, c%nu,,l, Of brothers III Inv.
and i constable, turned out t. break
ont the roals, Which hui been blocked
will, snow. Soon after they had ASSEM-.
blcL, II Of the nlmh.r-ih. con stabl.
who hui beea RI, over by III ox.>l.L-
com u ncc,l swingin. 4 jr-. thu. pecn-
liar chirp Of which soon dew around
him the crowd, in.la lin. I'll, nm Of
beard, who assisted upon seem. the
bird, anl succeeded i, sna,chiny the
jig; w~'h,rcupon \ ~>c,,flc took place.
which resulted in lgmm No. l.. COM
ing IN Ter. This kin lie | III, sym,,,hics
of Frenchm,n M. L., FIR jns m,n No l
50 that le relieved the Latter from the
weight Of il,e III OF beard. This in
turn resulted in Il rou.'ran | tumbi. be.
tween Frcnchman No. l, an the man
IT beard, with III, latter going down.
Here brn,her.in law 40. ! intcrt.rcd in
behalf Of the mn of beard, b. pnllin.
of Frenchimm No. |. WI. then imnrd
AM brought brother in law NJ. I mal"r.
closing IN upon him a.her %''f,nl.' b.
checking him quite severely, AMI until
he was relieved BY i new patty to the
aiyra:. This ended the proceedings
1T that time.
III III. evening some Of the parties
assembled ~ OF. rf The n%ci.hhors and
III, scene s::tin o?tnnl, l.y the mn m'
heard Stain. TIA; II, nm lathe caulty
was all. 70 Int him. F~rcnchmrn Noe
thinks ihi. X Il m:s'as,, an; tn. par
liz. '.s, il ~ knocking "Ghats.
tn, mM Of beard appeared hs'lsysa
number cf :i,nrs hrf his mites went
to III. a,or. A. length al,:k; blow sen.
!'rrMlin rs hit \ w!.i.l,n-. m /! an,th
er i, ~ f.. III Tie same s,nufrs i.nsael
til. 81 +. .: lis sl1l. t. til: h. Il.
m,-s~.l ..ri is:+t.l it va FIJI ,lpt
hat ,as MN Of h,rl -i,:a. 10 4fi..
fiction. received II ii liz -l,p, 1t i
hlil a:hanes. which SCAT him - the
i,oi -'r:wlins Gat.asiii. h;msc..f n,
A. Soon ~ possible. ie oH,=sl to e III
promise the m.'ter by sa.,k;l, hands
which prove! t, b. ba, \ fe;at, FIR he
made . pass 1T the E'rcnc'.man with =
blow finn the hand Ct peace, which
doing bm. little damage, c.lal out the
bal! OF baacs again to send him once
more e the ao,r. Collecting his shat
tered pats again. he Watched his on-
p~oftuni,y. and made y p,ss At tn.
Trcninnia with \ chair, waich WI.
varied of. an f,a,wcl up with that
uncrriny, re,iSiless ball Of bones. which
sgsin done complete execution, ~ the
measured lsn-.h nfs!,e nan beard npon
III. loor p:,se.l.. Rising t. his feet
o1ce moro, he d-cl,rcl ,hst he cpall
"~hip any F'recnl,mm in the vol |" or
1.-The crowd. This was too much fr
Frtn.hmen No. l, who mp to this tim,
hal been a q,ipt spectator Of the eve.
niny'. exhibition. Accordingly to lie.
FIND his ins,l'ed blood. he quickly APP
Piled a few kick. and cuffs to the man
Of beard, with :. vengeance that salts
fed tho latter that ''discrction was the
better part Of %valor," and that 4 E,ctk
ac1uicsence to such treatment, was the
best way to ensure less Of IL; and SO
matters with them soon cooled down.
Soon sitter these scenes had closed,
brother in-law No. 2-who it seem.
had been absent = great part ct the
tine-chargcd b~rorl,er-in law No. !
with timi.lity for not interfering il be-
half Of the ~ N Of board. This bring.
brother. law No. ! AMI brother. in law
NJ. 2 into IN earnest %rcuiiic. going
down with No. 1 unlcr. Ali:.le smer,
weighing soon brought him on the top.
and a full Use If the muscle obliged No.
2 TO cry ''enonyh." These parties were
no, se,i " Injured, \ fsw scratches
in the foe, aMl \ clicwed E.nino were
ahnu. tho extent.
We really hope the whole Array did
not pass off without som, instruction
being impaired to al concerned. Long
live Otter Greek.