The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-06-05
nuMoRs OF DuELISG.
some Amusing Episodes ON tho Field of
Honor.

A certain mathematical tutor ut Cam
bridge. who had been confdentially
made the recipient of information to the
effect that a graduate and pupil had
about completed preparations for hos
tile meeting, sought out the latter and
inquired: what is this all about why
do you fight?" Because he gave me
the Ge," frankly and promptly replied
the young man. "He said you lied.
ell ?-well, let him prove it /; if he proves
it. then you did lie, of course; but if he
does not prove it, why then, it is he
who has lied. Why should you shoot
one another?' In the gallery of
Dusenne, one time, crack shot was
affording q good deal OF entertainment
to himself and others by shattering one
after another the puppets set up to be
fired at. There was one man present,
however, who could not laugh. That
man was the proprietor of the puppets.
AT last they were all down but one
that was Napoleon. The marksman
took quick aim, and down went the first
consul. The proprietor gave wild
scream, and exclaimed: "You cannot
fire as we'll upon the groundl" Come
out and see!" Bang" and down fell
the proprietor. HE could fire as well, !"
groaned the PROSTATE one.
Croquard was not unlike st. Folk, In
many respects, although not SO gallant
and proficient in the use of the sword.
and was always without sous. One
day, at the instance of the Count de
Chambord, he called upon a contractor
and challenged him, at which the latter
picked Croquard up and held him un-
der pump and pumped water on him
until he was completely drenched. He
once challenged a linen draper. whose
wife informed Croquard that her hus-
band was ill and would not recover be-
fore six months. In precisely six
months from the day of his first Gro
guard again called, and was again met
at the door by the wife of the linen
draper, who invited the nomadie duelist
to breakfast. He declined, although
hungry, saying that he wanted to fight
more than he wanted to eat "Won't
monsieur try glass of Madeira?" in
quired the diplomatic woman, with
well-affected affability. MADEIRA"
circulated Croquard, with smack OF
his lips like the crack of a whip. "Oui,
Oui, my dear madame and your good
husband shall remain ill for another
six months" Croquard once got en-
ragged with an actor named Mouton,
and was about to challenge the Thes-
plan, when he remembered that he
owed him five francs. "How unlucky,
mon Dieu!" he cried, after having un-
successfully attempted to borrow that
amount from others present, that |
should owe man money whom l want
to fight"
Saint Beuve once fought duel hold
ing an umbrella-during the prelimi-
naries of which he said that he had no
objection to being killed, but that he
was determined not to get wet. When
the Duke of Wellington wanted the
Tenth Regiment kept at Dublin, he adj
mitted that lots of duels would grow
cut of such action, "but that's of no
consequence" he added. Some years
ago two inexperienced shooters met in
the woods near Paris, and at the first
discharge of their pistols cry went up
at point only few yards away, and
it was quickly discovered that we'll
known attorney had been hit. IF it is
only lawyer cried one of the COM
batants, "let us fire again.
During the progress of duel be-
tween Senator William M. Gwin and
Representative j. w. McCorkle, IN
1853, poor donkey nearly half "a mile
away was shot dead and the donkey
was not even spectator. Sterne once
fought duel about goose, and Ra-
leigh one concerning tavern bill. An
Irishman once challenged an English
man because the latter declared that
anchovies did not grow on trees. A
member of Louis the Eighteenth's body
guard challenged three men in one day
ono because he had stared at him, an
other because he had looked at him
askew, and the third on account of his
passing by without looking at him al
all. A Liverpool sea captain was once
challenged, and named harpoons as
weapons. A Frenchman who had beer
called out named twenty-four loaves OF
"seige bread"--"we shall eat against
each other" he said, until one of us
shall die, for one OF us is sure to die.
Many who have received challenges
have accepted and named horsewhips
or cowhides. Two Tennessee editors
who had long quarreled, repaired tc
the field to fight, but settled their diff
Guilty after firing one shot by agreeing
to merge their papers into one concern
and enter into partnership with each
other, which they carried into effect af
ter their return.
In 1858 M. de Pene, a Parsian journal
list, was challenged by whole regiment
Dumas fought with Gaillardet, neal
Paris, over a controversy concerning
the authorship of LA Tour de Nesle.
Marshal Ney once challenged every
man in a theater. In his fatal due
with Lieut.. Cecil, Stackpole, after fir
ing, said, shaking his head and smil
ing: by George 1 have missed him.
B. c. Truman, IN Alta California,