Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-11
LIEUT.. BOYLE'S DUEL WITH A
NEW JERSEY GIANT.

~Na'al, there he is" said the man,
with a sort of snort of triumph and.
sure enough, in staggered the round
shouldered, putty-faced giant. He had
tufts of dry grass for beard large,
fabby, pusillanimOus nose small, OBJ
lique eyes /; and two hay-cclOred dabs of
hair,. one on each temple, known to scien-
tifc explorers of the New York Bowery
as sOap-lacks. He was eating peanuts
or pap-corn as he entered; and jerking
chair round, he threw himself into it
witha contemptuous nod to the company,
and ordered glass of toddy hot in a
voice Of thunder.
''Little Boyle sat quiet, watchful, OBJ
serving, a curious smile curving his
good -humored mouth while the other,
half shutting his eyes, with an air of
lofty disdain, slowly slipped the hot
tOddy.
"Oh, pshaw = sncered our nasal friend,
in a whisper to Boyle; 'yOu darsn't tack
lie him. He'd make you look wOmbles-
croft in jiffy."
But Boyle, seeming not to hear this
impertinence, turned to US, saying, with
a lazy air. I'm going to see If there is
any grit in him." and approaching the
chair upon which Colonel George Wash
ington Kosciusko, etc., reclined, he per-
ched himself on the edge of a table near,
and said, pleasantly, "GoOd-evening,
Sir"
'-Who are you, Sir ?" returned the
other, with a viperIsh look out of his
slant eyes.
''I'm gentleman, and my name is
Junius Brutus Boyle"
''And my name is George Washington
KOsciuskO Peter Bonaparte Solomon job
Slimcum, and you'd better mind what
you're about"
81 will, thank you. 1 understand
that you are pretty considerable of q
fellow"
'Sir, you air ruther free an easy
sort of cuss; ruther too forrard." !"
"YeS, oh yes. ght be as stiff as
the north pole, or as distant as two
mile-stones; but then you know, the
other is my aUay."
Wa'al, Sir, l don't like your way.
'.NO? How queer Well, | won
be disObliging, and 1 give you permis
sion to lump it. then"
"Sir, you air-you air sassy. You'C
better curb them propensitatdeS of yourn.
"Just so. You have a propensitude
l understand, to consider yourself
great man p
"Sir, you air imperdent-"
Take care, Sir !" shouted Boyle. ''
won't stand any insult"
"Sho What'll you do ?''
do? I'll fight you; I'll blow yo
to the other end of nowhere"
"Ho hol Kin you fight ?" sheere
the giant, now on his feet, rocking bac
and forth, his gaunt bony hands open
ing and shutting as if they were in con
tact with an electrical battery. "Ha
no you'd better be keerful, goa haC
l kin cut cent in half, / kim
''Ha ho!'' laughed Boyle, imitatin
the bully. 'Tm sufFerin' turrible I
see you do it. I'd ruther have shC
than sugar-plum from such a 6re-eatt
as you"
"Wa'al. Sir, I've got a material tao
with firearms l kin fight with an
{ thin from a cambria needle to a 4:
e FOUNDER :" and he thumped the tabl
1 upsetting the glasses, and glared dow
e on Boyle, sure that he had "frustratt
: him, | bet, and no mistake nuther
e as our nasal friend observed under b
f breath.
b But he lost his bet, for, bold as Ma
: or Baron Munchausen, Boyle immediat
y ly exclaimed, ''Jingo you don't say 81
: / thought you had about as much re
n courage as one could put in home
k pathic pill. Come out now, my fl
D cock-of-the-walk, and give US a tOuC
i of your quality r
d "Wa'alI Lawful sakes !" ejaculat
+ the colonel; "yOu can't fight at nigh
d What mystical idee Y
( 'Oh yes. yeu can. Nonsense! ]
/ manage it Wen take two Lantern
a stand back to back, then each walk aw
twenty PAGES, wheel round and Gre "
"Darned if 1 do Amt agoing
g be dingdonged into stan'in' up like
y consumed fool in a dark night. Y
a Jess wait till to-morrer. I"
.'Or the ffty-third week Of this ye
| No .Sir :" thundered Boyle, stampi
his foot. which, like Mother Care
er chickens. was the sure precursor o.
es storm-'no. Sirl You shall fight no'
Tu | should never have taken the slight
oi notice Of you If / had not been told
e. your eowardly bullying Of women
~ little children. Don't stand moon
there In one minute more J shall
- your large ears, and then flap you o
J. the head with this horsewhip;;" :" and
i seized one standing in the corner.
- The world did not appear to 60 a