The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-04-24
Captain William and Capinin DAunchaI
sen ia Duel.

Captain William and Capinin rHHHchaH-
sen ia a Duel.
Wet towels, soda water, and few
wholesome kicks in the rear having
rendered company 3, regiment . Mack
erel Brigade, sufficiently certain of their
legs to march polka in the space OF
an ordinary cornfeld, Captain William
Brown placed himself at their head,
and fianked by a canteen and an adJu-
tant, the combined pageant was just
about to move on rOcOnnolterngex
petition as came up.
"Ha"says William, hastily placing his
shirtfrill over the neck Of bottle that
accidentally peeped from his bosom,
81 am about to lead these noble beings
on the path of glory, and you shall
participate in the beams"
without word l turned his left
wing; and as toe band, which consis-
ted Of fat Dutchman and nightkey
bugle, struck up " Drops OF Brandy" y
we moved onward, like the celestial
vision of childhood's dream.
Like the radiance of higher heaven
streaming through the goIden-tinted
windows of some grand old cathedral,
fell the softened light of that April at
ternoon on budding nature, as we halt
ed before a piece of woods,just this
side of Strasburg. On the new leaves
of the trees in front Of us the sunshine
coined thousand phantom cataracts
of specie, and in the vale below us
delicate purple shadow wrestled with
the hill-refected fire ofthe sun. Deep
silence fell on Company 3, Regiment
5, Mackerel Brigade the bandput his
instrument on the ring with the key
of his trunk, and William softly recon
noitred through spy lass furnished
with cork. Suddenly the tones OF
a rich, manly voice swelled up from
the bosom of the valley.
"Hush!' says William, stcrnly eyein 6
the band, who had just hiccupped-''
It's the Hymn Of the Contrabands."
We all listened, and could distinct
ly hear the following words Of the
singer
They're holding camp meeting in Hickory
o. let my people go
De preachers SO dark dat be carry um lamp
o, let my people 60.
De bruddels am singing dis jubilee tune,
O., let my people GO
Two dollar year for the Weekly Trabvm,
O, Let my people 90 y
AS tue strain died away in the dis
lance, the adiutant slapped his left leg.
"Why," said he, dreamingly, that
must be Greeley down there"
"No!' says William, solemnly, ''it Is
one ofthe wronged children of tyranny
warbling the suppressed hymn Of hi
injured people. 1t is sign, say
William, trembling with bravery, ''tha
the Southern Contederacy somewhere
around for when you hear the squeal
of the agonized rat" said William, phil
osophically, "you may be sure that th'
sanQuinary terrier is on the war path.
Scarcely had he spoken, my boy
when there emerged from the edge y
the wood before us a rebel company
headed by an officer of hairy counte
nance and much shirt-collar. Thi'
officers face was a whisker plantation
through which his eyes peeped fortI
like two snakes coiled up in a window
brush His dress was shoddy, his al
was teddy, and yard Of valuabl
stair carpet euyeloped his manly shout
ders.
'FHalt!' said he to his file OF reptiles
whose general effect was that Of a con
gress of rag merchants just come IL
from happy speculation IN Georg'
Law muskets.
"Sir," said the officer, bowling in ;
graceful semi-circle, 81 am somewhat
in the First Family way, own plan
tation, drink but little water at home
and have the honor to be Captain
Munchauson, of the Southern Confed
eracy."
"Dost fence?" says William, griml
drawing his sword
'Fence!" says Captain Muncbausen
also drawing his disguised crowbar
'Did'st ever hear, boy, or read, of tina
great fencer of the olien time, tn
Chevalier ST. George
Gotten" says William, i'll tone tina
was as plainly the echo OF lie as i
that of the delicate female eater o
slate pencils, when she says that sh'
could never bear pork and beans.
swell, Says Captain DIunchausen
haughtily, ''the chevalier was so ex-
tremely jealous of my superior skill
that he actually went and died nearl,
a hundred years before | was born"
'Soap, "says William, like one talking
in his Sleep" is sometimes made Will
powerful lie"
'By Chivalry F." says Captain Mum
chausen, cholerically II swear, 1 never
told a single lie in all my life"
"a singlelie says William, abstract
eddy ;'sah, no ! for the lies of the South
ern Confederacy are all married, and
and have large families. "
This domestic speech, my boy, was
too much for Munchausen. Asking
one OF the rag merchants to hold hi:
three ply overcoat, and carefully re
moving his fragmentary cap, that
none of the cold potatoes should spill
out of it, he planted the remains O.
his right boot slightly in advance o
the skeleton of his left, and Numbered
'SbloOd!"
Quick as the Tightening leaps along
the cloud did Captain William Brow
send the great toe of his dexter foot tt
meet that of his foe; his Damascu,
blade lay across the opposing brand
and he whispered
'Sdeath!'
Itwas beautiful slightly Minerva
it was.
"Stop - says William, suddenly
hauling in his weapon again sit shall
never be said that took advantage OF
foeman."
AS he uttered these memorable
words, my boy, this ornament of the
service plucked an infant demiiohn
from his fearless bosom and maguani,