Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-07-13
\ Princes Experience with an America


\ correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press tells the following rich story con-
ccrning the manner in which an Amcri-
can humiliatcd the Prince of HcSsc, Il
rcpul>ivc Young ,nob who had been
carrying everything with Il high hand
at one of the prominent German uniycr-
>ity towns:
In common with his mobile com
radrS, the prince amused himself Of an
afternoon lounging along the streets,
staring females out Of countcnancc. II
was Il regular practice for groups of
these Young rcprobatcS 10 station them
selves on the narrow way in front oi
the bank where all the Americans come
once II day, at least, for letters, and
with them they brought enormous dogs,
without cNaggcraion the size of Young
calves. These brutcS. clumsy beyond
expression, frequently y threw children
down, and were u terror To Young girlS
going into the bank. The terror rather
amused the lordlingS, and the diversion
became Il standard one.
| A good deal of complaint was made
to the owner of the bank, but that
shifty soul wouldn't have dreamed OF
demonstrating with such pcrSonagcS.
One memorable day, however, young
Boston girl trippcd into the bank aS
| the dogs and their masters came up from
the redewouS The princes hound
was restrained by long string, and as
the lady came out of the door the dog
was at one side and the prince at the
other. Before she could retreat the
dog returned to his master and her
ankles were cncirclcd by the cord. She
trippcd and fell. The company rushed
forward to help her to her feet, but the
/ prince, aS she stopped over. received 4
ringing cuff on the right cart hat sent him
whirling against the door. The fright
cncd girl screamed, and the dOg made
as if To laccratc her The hand that
had hustled the prince aside seized the
cord, pulled the dog away from the
victim, and then and there chokcd the
beast until it lay expiring. Then,
knowing the code of Il university town,
he flung his card in the princes face.
The scene passed with such rapidity
that the clerks in the bank had hardly
time to get out. The noble companion,
were helpless until the card fell on the
sidewalk.
An hour later the next friend of the
prince came to the American quarters
and laid the challenge before him. The
young man was from Missouri, an in.
veterate practical joker, and he grave
| ly accepted the proiler. He said he
would notify to the prince the weapon.
and the hour as soon rs he had consult
ed friend. The friend was u merry
blade of the same sort. He solcmnlN
visited the princes man, naming
o'clock in the morning in Il neighbor
ing valley; weapons, double-barrelleC
shotguns, musslc to muzzle. "But, >
exclaimed the mortified German, "tha
would be murder" "Axactly," re
Joined the other "My friend is bount
to have the princes life for his insul
to Miss "But we dare not iigh
this way in this principality." "Well
that's the way we fight in America, anC
if the prince don't fight he must apollo
giao or take a thrashing." The same
day the prince drove upin state TO the
Americans lodgings. He was received
by that jovial warriorin his shirt-sleeves
with a long briarwood pipe shocking
placidly. II have come" said the
stammering youth, "to acknowledge
that | was in the wrong and you were
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