The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-03-18
aArTerrible Duel.

| A IeW DAYS since, as New England
gentleman whose name we shall call Brown,
was passing few days in one of our West.
ern cities, he had the misfortune uninten-
tionally 10 offend the susceptible honor of
a tall military colonel, who was one Of his
fellow boarders. His apologies not being
satisfactory, q challenge was sent to him
which, however, he declined, from consci-
entious scruples.
-@The colonel, who by the way, had won
in two or three encounters quite a reputa-
tlon as duelist, at once conceived the idea
that his opponent was coward, and resol-
we'd to disgrace him in the face of all the
assembled wisdom of the house. Accord
ingly the next day at dinner time, in march
ed the duelist armed with cowhide, 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 in militia in his ma
tive State, and he knew the Importance of
incommoding bis enemy by DIVERSION
So, seizing gravy tureen, he tossed the
contents into the face of the beligereht
| colonel, and before be could recover from
the drowning thus occasioned, he sprang
upon the table, and began to shower upon
him with liberal hand the contents of the
dishes around.
Y ou are an Internal -''
| Coward !" the colonel was about to say,
but at that moment plate of green's struck
| full upon his mouth, and the word was
| blockaded and lost forever. bnas m
Ha y cried the New Englander, whose
blood was nowup, "fond ofgreens, are you
Take potato, too,"' and he hurled tell
ing volley Of hard potatoes at him. "Ex-
cellent eggs here, capital with calf's head,'
and crash came plate of soft boiled eggs
against the side of his Uranium. 94al
| 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
that the assailant, half stunned, choked,
and blinded, was getting the worst of it.
His courage was ooZing out
I ''Pake q turkey ?" shouted Brown, as d
noble old gobbler descended fairly upon
! the colonePs head, and bursting, filed his
hair and eyes with delicious stuffng.-
"Here's the fxing's" he continued, as the
4 squash and jelly followed after. 1'''
BY this time the colonel was irretrievably
defeated, & his opponentseizing huge plum
pudding steaming hot, and holding it above
/ HIS Htdu VIII. UOln uduuSy ScetH0u W, DuI y
him beneath it, he quailed in terror, and
throwing down his cowhde, turned about
and made a rush for the door.
Stop for the pudding colonel stop fol
the puddingw screamed all the fellow.
1boarders amid conpulsions ofolaughter.- -
But the colonel was too terrified, and did
not cease running until he had lockedhim-
selfinto his room. a bso a4 Say
i But although the colonel escaped from
the pudding he did not escape from the rid
eicule which the affair occasioned. He sub
sequently challenged four persons, against
whom his ire was particularly excited, and
they all consented to fight, but availing
themselves Of the privilege Of the challeng.
cd party, appointed pudding bags for their
weapons AT length the unhappy duelist,
finding no one willing to shoot or be shot,
was obliged to quit the State.lo .4a gft
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