The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-30
FIGHTING IN FRANCE.

HOW THEY THIRST FOR THE BLOOD OF THEIR
EEEMIES-A CLEVER BURLEsQUE.
Punch gets off the following on the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS business:
LETTER i.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. l-Monsieur:
have discovered that u years ago You were
good enough to accuse me of telling an in
famous faisehood, L have taken 10 years
70 obtain a copy of the wretched print in
which the libel appeared. The miserable
periodical you edited ~ years ago, and, IL it
still exists, you edit II still. You must edit
IL still, repeat, because it is
TOO barbarous to be edited by
less disnonorable than yourself! You hear
mel The never-to- be-sufficiently- hated jour
nal Is, or was, called lie Gamin de Deux
Mondes. 1 corteously invite you to explain
TO me what is the meaning you attach 10 she
words infamous" and "fslsehood.u may
add, tor your information, that recently
strolled into the cemetery in which il
situated the grave of your grandmother, /
the writer OF this letter-you understand)
danced upon that gravel Accept, Monsieur
my considerations the most distinguished.
HECTOR DE VIM ORDINAIRE.
LETTER II.
BUREAU OF LIE GAMIN DE DEUx MoNDEs,
March l.-Monsieur: You will ace that i
have FASTENED to reply to your base and
mercenery communication! You ask me
for the meaning of the words 'sinfamousn
and "falsehood." / am not surprised. You
are man OF no education. "Man" is
courtesy title confer upon you.
the source OF your literary IN
spirationi If that work affords you Insult
eient information. you will find full ex-
PLANTATION of the two words in the history OF
your own life. / have nothing more to say
30 you, but denounce TO the world your
late father and your mothers uncle IA
poverty stricken pickpock cts and low salR-
ried spies. accept, Monsieur, my conside.
ration the most distinguished.
AGAAEMNoN DE POMMES DE TRRRR.
LETTER III.
LEICESTER SQUARE, May 1.-Monsieur: ]
hurry to answer your miserable and preten-
tious communication. As an explanation it
Is unsatisfactory; as a contribution to peri
odical literature it is beneath contempt IL
you are not in the hands of the police fer
committing petty larceny, / Invite you 10
meet me-to meet me to fight a duel TO the
death! You hear what say-to the deaf ,
First let me inform you, however, that YOU
are william, ruffian and a vegabondl Nv
friends M. le Comte de Fole de Veau and Nj.
10 Chevalier de Vingt-ciiBq Confines will
represent me. Accept Monsieur, my con-
siderations the most distinguished.
HECTOR DE WIN ORDINAIRE.
LETTER w.
! BUREAU OF LIE GAMIN DE DRUx MoNDFs.
July 1.-MOnsieur: you viii see that your
wesk-minded challenge is accepted st once.
| L rejoice that spoon stealing is not punish
able with death, for The law has thus saved
you from the guilloine to fall victim to
my vengancel 1t will be no news to you 10
hear that you are bully, card sharper
and a coward! NY friends, NJ. le Viscomte
Pifpall Pouff and NJ. lie General Boum, will
| represent me. Accept, Monsieur, nv con-
siderations the most distinguished.
AGAMBMNoN DE- PoMMES DE TEREE =
LErTERv
| PARIS, Sept. 1--MessieurS: We have the
honor 70 declare thai we are acting on be-
half OF our principal, NJ. Hector de Vim Or
| dinaire. Our principal Claiming his rights
az the lnsulted party demands to choose
weapons, distance and conditions. he pro
poses pistols as the weapons; for the distano g
three PAGES; for the conditions, that the pik-
tolls be loaded with powder, psper and bnl-
lets. We await with impAtience the reply
OF your principal. Accept, Messeurs, our
considerations the most distinguished.
Lis CoMTE DE Fore DE VEAU.
LIE CHEvALIEUR DE VINeT-CINQ CENrIMEs.
LETTER VI
PARIS, Oct. 1, P. M-Messieurs: We
have the honor to announce that we have
hastily submitted your proposal 10 our prin-
eipal. NJ. AgamemnOn de POmmes de TerTe
hurridly accepts the weapons, the distance
ana part OF the conditions. He will meet
your principal, pistol in hand, at three
PAGES distance. However, although the pis-
tolls may be loaded with powder and paper
they must nos be loaded with bullets. His
honor (Which is far dearer to him than his
} llfe) demands this sacrifice. The incident
must therefore be considered at an end
unless your principal accepts our principal:
proposition, which is 40 follows: The
weapons 10 be rapieTs, the distance -four
feet, and the conditions to be that The
J rapiers shall have blades at least three teai
long We await your reply with anxiety
| Accept, Messieura, our considerations tht
most distinguished.
LIE VICoMrE PIFFPAFF-PoUFF.
LIZ GENERAL BoUM.
LETTER VII.
PARIS, Oct. 1-3 P. M.-Messieurs: We have
the honor TO announce that we have tardily
aud regretiully submitted the proposal d
your principal to our principal. Alter much
and long consideration our principal finds
that he can only agree to rapiers and the
distance. he objects 90 the conditions. be
feels that his courage, his reputation as 9
brave man, demand that the rapiers, instead
of having blades three feet long, should
have no blades at oil! Under these circum-
stances the incident must be considered al
an end. Accept, Messieurs, our considera-
tons the most distinguished.
LIE CoMTE DE COLE DE NEAN.
LIE CHEvALIER DE VINGT- CINQ CENTIMEs.
And, strange to say, the incident was al
an end.