Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-03-17
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A Terrible Duel.

A few years ago, as New England gentle
man, whose name we shall call Brown, was
! passing a few days in one of our Western
cities, he had the misfortune unintentionally
to offend the susceptible honor of tn Il mill
| tary Colonel who was one Of his fellow board
ers. His apologies not being satisfactory, a
challenge was sent to him, which, however, he
declined, from conscientious scrupes.
The Colonel, who, by the way, had won in
two or three encounters quite reputation as
a duest at once conceived the idea that his
opponent was n coward and resolved to dis-
| grace him in the face of all the assembled
wisdom of the house Accordingly, the next
day, at dinner time, in marched the duelist
armed with q 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 Lieu.
tenant OF militia in his native State, and he
knew the Importance OF incommoding his enc
my by II diversion. Seizlng gravy tureen,
he tossed the contents into the face Of the bel
ligerent Colonel, and before he could recover
from the drowning sensation thus occasoned
he sprang upon him with liberal hand the
contents of the dishes around
"You are an infernal-"
Coward T. the Colonel was about to say,
bat at that moment plate Of greens struck
full upon bis mouth, and the word was block.
AIDED and lost forever.
"Har cried the New Eno'onder, whose
blood was now up 'fond OF green's, are you
Take potato too" and he hurled a telling
volley ol hard potatoes at him Excellent
eggs here, capital with calf 8 head, and crash
came plate OF soft boiled eggs against the
side of his Uranium.
The blows Of the cowbide, which had hlh.
erto descended upon the Yankees head and
shoulders now began to fall more weakly and
wildly, apd it now became evident that the
assailant, half stunned, choked and partially
blinded, was getting the worst Of IT, His cour-
age was oozing out
Take a turkey 2" shouted Brown, as a no.
BILE old gobbler descended upon the Colonefs
head, and bursting, filed his hair and eyes
with delicious looking stulfing i
Here's the fxings,' he continued, as tho
squash and jelly followed after.
BY this time the colonel was irretrievably
defeated, and as bis merciless opponent seized
huge plum pudding sieaming hot, and hold
ing it above his head with both hands, seemed
to bury him beneath it, he quailed in terror,
and throwing down his cowhide, turned about
and made q rush for the door
otop LOT the puuulhR, coioheli stop lof the
pudding" screamed all the fellow. boarders,
amid convulsionso of laughter But the colonel
was too terrified, and did not cease running
until he had locked himself in his room.
But although the colonel escaped from the
pndding, he did not escape from the ridicule
which the affair occasioned He subsequently
challenged four persons, against whom his ire
was particularly excited, and they all consent
ed to fight, but availing themselves of the
privilege of the challenged party, appointed
pudding bags for their weapons At length
the unhappy daelist, finding no one willing
20 shoot or be shot, was obliged to quit the
State. ..