Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-11

vigilance Of The efficient police
force, q couple Of our lately en-
franchised citizens found an oppOr-
tunity yesterday, on the outskirts
Of the city, to settle q little feud that
existed between them, originating
IN q want Of p~Ollteness to the belle
Of the evening, at q ball recently
given on China street. It was at
first intended that the affair should
be settled by the code Of honor, and
pistols were the weapons named
but on arrival on the grOund-prin-
cipals, seconds, 9 few select friends,
and the female cause Ofthe intended
sanguinRry encounter-it was die.
covered that there was but one pis-
toll among the party, and that 9
harmless little brass.barrelled one.
What to do under the circumstances
was moro than the principals and
seconds could decide upon, as apart
from the ineflcienCy Of the weapon,
there was no ammunition with which
to charge it. Dinab, however, de.
termined that her cavalier should
not be banked in his attempt
to redress the wrongs pub
liCly heaped upon her, stepped
forward, and with lungs that be-
tOkened no pre-dispOsition to pull.
monary disease, declared that "dat
kinky headed niger, dat black sar-
pint Jim dar, done an Sed fore all
de ladies and gemmen In de ball dat
she couldn't dance morn q COW,
an didn't everybody know she was
the bellegerine Of the ball, guess
dey Does" Augustus George Rev.
els, the lady's cavalier during this
time looked daggers OF the thick
set and sturdy Jim, aud seemed to
regret more than ell the others the
failure to provide the necessary
weapons, while Jim only occasion.
ally displayed his set Of spinning
worries and INDUCED in a haw!
haw! At this juncture q happy
thought struck the seconds, 1t was
that the affair should be settled &C.
cording to the rule of the P. R.,
and as soon as they announced 1t
jim jumped about three feet high,
slapped his hands on his thighs, gave
a good shanghai crow and yelled
out 'dats my han gemmen, jes let de
tallow culled nigga loose If yer want
ter see de fur fly" This PROPOSE.
ton didn't seem to exactly suit the
views Of the highly scented and ex-
quisitely gotten up Augustus
George, but it was too late to back
out, he was the challenger, and there
stood "lubly Dinah," for whom lie
had undertaken to do battle. Soon
preparations for the event was
made, and the contestants stood
face TO face for
ROUND FIRsT.
Augustus George a little shaky on
his pins. Jim displaying u good
stock IN trade for dentist, advances
boldly, and with a sudden coup de
main, sends his head with terrible
force into the pit Of A. G's. stom.
ach, landing him on the broad of his
back In the dust. First knock down
for Jim claimed and allowed.
ROUND SECOND.
A. g.. evidently not liking Jim's
tactics, fought shy of his head and
danced about, keeping out of the
way of that awful battering ram as
much as possible, although urged
Dy the %ubly Dinah" ITO go in an
win" An opening presenting
itself, Jim landed on the smeller,
turning on the Claret prOfusely.
First blood allowed for Jim. In
going to his corner, Dinah assisted
the seconds in s~taunching the blood
from Augustus nose, using for the
purpose q magnificent embroidered
hankerchief that could not have cost
less than fifteen cents.
RoUED THIRD.
Jim jumped forward with anoth-
err shanghai crow, but Augustus
responded very slowly to the call
of "Time," aud scarcely had they
taken their positions when jim,
lowering his head remarked "LOok
out you greasy-headed negro, I'm
gwine fru and fru you, and suiting
the action to the word, almost burr.
ed his head In Augustus'bread bask.
ct, leaving another full length
daguereOtype ofhim in the sand,
ROUND FOURTH AND LAST.
Jim kicking up his heels and
Growing, Augustus George indis.
posed for further hOstilitles. could
only be induced to come to time by
the persuasion OF Dinah, who urged
him by "de Tub he done and sword
to her, to lick dat sassy Niger, or
neber kiss her lips agin." Urged as
he was, they again faced each other.
but his teeth chartered and his body
shivered as il he was laboring under
a severe attack OF ague. Jim again
prepared to put on his battering
ram, but Augustus, knowing from
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