Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-03-11
BELLOWS FALLS, VT, FRIDAY,

officers were present.
"What;" said the duke; the affair
had no results, then?"
Excuse me, colonel said one, hold
ing up his arm in scarf, have re-
ceiyed sword wound"
"Pooh scratch. And question Of
etiquette, too You must fight it out"
So the officers had to fight again, and
one of them received wound that kept
him confined three weeks to his bed. In
the interval, several others applied for
permission to fight, but the duke would
not grant it; they must wait, he said, till
the first quarrel was settled. One day
he met the wounded officer taking fresh
air, and leaning on the arm of a friend
"Whatl" he said son foot again
Capital Tomorrow you can fight again,
and let this affair be finished with"
The two officers met again, and both
fell dead The duke then summoned be-
fore him those who had requested per-
mission to fight, and said he would grant
them their wish, but it must be to only
two at a time, and in each case he was
determined to see the quarrel settled as
in the instance that had just occurred.
The lesson had its effect. The duke re-
ceived no more requests for permission to
fight.
NJ. de Marcellus was pious man. Be-
ing grossly insulted, he appealed to Rich
elieu, saying that some one had spit in
his face.
"Go and wash yourself" simply OBJ
served the indignant minister.
But the matter did not stop there. M
de Marcellus was elected one of the no.
tables in 1868, and he found that no one
would sit near him. He had not the
courage to remain firm to his religious
principles; he felt that he must wash of
the affront in blood, and he challenged
one of his deputies only to be slain OIL
the spot.
The Chevalier Saint Georges, who wal
half-caste, is said never to have me-
with any one who had chance with hin
). till he encountered that strange charac
ter, the Chevalier dion, in London. The
latter obtained an advantage over th'
creole, having touched him seven time
at public " assault d'armes"
A BAND OF DUELLIsTs.
Under the Asse1nblee Nattonate, bat
talion of chasseurs took an oath to con
: slider every attack made upon the patri
otic members as personal insult. Boy
|, er, on his side, organized kind of guard
who were designated as the battalion
: des spadassincides.' The revolution de
y ifed reason and legalized spadassincide
But it soon found other cats to whip thai
duellists, and combats of man to MAJ
:, disappeared in the melee that followed
till theempire arose, when all Frenchmel
being turned into soldiers, entr'aetes 0
! war were filled up with duels. Officer
fought merely to keep their hands in
: and that in face of the fact that Napole
on held duellists in the greatest contempt
He punished General Destaing for hay
ing killed General Reyneir in duel.
A LIFELONG DUEL.
One of the most curious duels unde
the empire, was one that had lasted nine
teen years. 1t had its origin at Stras
bourg. A captain of hussars, Fournie
. by name, and brettuet .foreene," killet
under the most frivolous pretext, you'll
, of the name of Blumm, who was tn
!. only support of a family. The evening
\ that Blumm was buried, General Mo
a. reau gave ball, and he gave instruc
% tions to his aide-de-camp, Dupont, to re
fuse admission to Fournier. The latter
irritated, challenged the aide-de-caml
y. for carrying out his generals orders, bu
n luckily the latter came off best AM
% wounded the bully. But month hay
n ing elapsed, Fournier had so far recoy
Il cred as to be able to call Dupont ou
n again, and this time it was the latter
ii turn to be placed hors de combat. Be
ST ing about to meet third time, Fournie
q, who used to amuse himself by knockin
X the pipes out of his brother officers
IN mouths when riding by, proposed pistols
n But to this Dupont naturally declined
h accede, and they fought once more wit
a. swords, both being slightly wounded
r. The two antagonists became general
Il without having ceased to fight wheneve
ID an occasion presented itself One nigf
Dupont arrived at village in the Gri
J" ons, so poor that there was not an inn
st the place. There was only light in Oh
al lone hut. Dupon opened the door an
II. found himself face to face with Fournie
X "What, youl /" he said, gayly. "Wel
Mt then, we must have bout with th
sword"
And SO saying, they set to work, col