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

the strgggle was not of long duration.
In few minutes Signol received his an.
tagonist's sword right in the heart.
POLITICAL DuEIs,
The revolution Of 1880 was. at the
time, generally discussed with pistol
or a sword in the hand. Eugene Brit.
fault, of the Corsaire, opened the ball,
on the occasion of the arrest of tho
Duchess of Berri, with royalist, but
got wound for his pains. This was
followed by q general rising of the lie.
gitimist party against the republicans.
Godefroi Cavaignac, Marrast, and Gar
derin took the lead in challenging the
opposite party. Armand Carrel and
Roux-Laborie were, however the first to
meet. Roux-Laborie received two sword
wounds in the arm, but Armand Carrel
was struck in the abdomen when stretch
ing out. The whole of the liberal par.
ty expressed their sympathy, nor was
the effervescence cooled down till their
hero got better.
General Bugeaud and Dulong also
fought on the question Of the Duchess
of Berri, when the latter received ball
just above the left eye, after which he
never spoke q word. The Marquis of
Dalmatia and M. de Briqueville, wearied
with an Intellectual struggle with swords,
were separated by their seconds when
about to seize one another by the throat.
M. Louis Veuillot, when taking his first
flights in the art of apostrophizing peo-
pie, had to fight two duels--one with an
actor, the other with the editor of re-
publican paper, the Journal de Rouen.
Merry practised piece of consummate
mysticism upon the Marseillais. A sar-
cophagus having been discovered near
the city of the Phoceans, letter APP
peared upon the subject in the Messenger,
signed Marcredati. It was replied to in
the Mistral by another arch@ologist, by
name BiAi. The correspondence grew
so animated that the police were put on
the lookout; but Notwithstanding their
precautions, fnneral grafton on Mar
credati appeared in the Messenger, signed
Neroni. The affair created great sem
sation, and a monument was erected to
the memory of the fallen arch@ologist.
Merry laughed in his sleeve, for he was
Marcredati, Bifi, and Neroni all in one.
PERILs OF EDITORS IN FRANCE.
Imagine what were the delights of ed
itorial responsibility when such person
was so certain of receiving challenge
for every manuscript returned, that at
length he had to stereotype his answer:
"Sir, | have read your manuscript
with the greatest attention, and beg to
decline it. leave the choice of arms
with you"
Marshal Soult being insulted by Gen.
eral Hulot, who had been placed on
halfpay, the former said to him
General, you forget yourself. You
forget, also, that only fight with can
non balls"
AN ABSURD DUEL.
M. Mary-Lafon was bathing in the
Marine one day, Mr.. M. G. near him.
The latter suddenly disappeared. M.
Lafon dived after him and brought him
up again. Restored to his senses, the
delivered overwhelmed his deliverer
with expressions of gratitude. M. La.
fon, to get rid of such excessive demon.
strations, proposed an adjournment to a
house Of refreshment. But this only
made matters worse. M. G. called him
his father and his saviour, and persisted
in publicly embracing him. Lafon, an
noyed beyond bearing, threw plate Of
Strawberries at M. G., who retorted with
water decanter. A meeting was the
consequence. After first harmless dis
charge Of pistols, M. Lafon inquired il
the other would persist in his filial dem,
onstrativeness.
20, mon pere + was the only reply.
"Load the pistols again, then" said
Lafon.
Another fire was exchanged with the
same happy results.
90 mon pere !" exclaimed the iucura
BILE M. G., as he rushed over the interval
that separated the combatanu, and
threw himself into tho arms Of L. La
fon. There was no resisting such an en-
ergy of gratitude. The combat wa
obliged to be postponed sine die.
M. Louis Veuillot fought his third du
ell the same year. That was in 1884
Two shots were exchanged, but without
any untoward results.
A BULLY COOLED OFF.
Villemot, in his "Vie Paris" re
lates an anecdote Of certain legitimist
bully, Choquart by name, who is said te
have been subsidized by the Count de
Chambord. He had gone to provoke Z