The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-31
or II Canton Young Mantle
Falls In Love
With piokle Maiden ut Princeton,
ana Fights u Duel With q
Biood-thirhty Kentuekian,
YounR WapamRheh ~ philadelphia
Acts 80 eeooud--hoth arc Wound
cd, aud Then the airl goes
Back on noth ~ rhem,

tbullmr rKierienGra, IT. 10 tho son vi
"A promiurIt |Rluthernrr of Atlanta
Oenfnl,a and l8H graduate OF historic old
Princeton College, OF Now Jersey, lie
A TAI. grbtrIuL, dlNuiitd and very ath.
letie. hiid pruuunly tho best pistol shot
I'M Cautuu. W. viii Hnll him Chaflef
M0anui, although mat 10 not his real
name. Tho NiWar DEMOCRAT reporter.
whu earned he following tlflllng ep
i6O0r of ut earlier NE, ghllitfrd u
from 1870 intimate itlend ol ms, an old
ohum, WHO visited Canton this week
Although tne ancient town OF Prince.
ton has Z history running back one
hundird lud AIy yraId, n ~ SIN u
alAmlliug Oid village win ltes tlil
0bU0 pUlU lon NH ii TINS VII
lnQe, Hnd urtr enc iUuuun uiu GOllelgi
that Con. NHsliupiun uu Jan, dd, III,
madH niai muut day break hlttuk upon
tho nIl,ihh forces uuOer Lord cornwall
lia. hid Won "a Bplfulld victory Prince
Ion i also ihuUusly historical, nom tht
fact lAlt thr Continental C0ugrehb ~
hemu "a there June ~, 1853
10 Watw thlb historic ola burg, full
0i nr Oir memories, mat our hero com
mrnu Il Hf college career u 1873 lllb
room nNtr ANA chum was yuuuR Wan
am.0UE II l'UtIudU lpliA son OF John
NluaInl Ger, who expects within less
tlYu IuI.y dos" 90 become famous iu
iUr tb.n,t goo lIJl,u hUn oil indiana
.uHi 4iWr iuHuuunrIHl the village
lIu. lE IHI ut ultlci with W
.tYuya, aud lhr mITu pfrlUutlpuH
nuu mnfi.t ,uWNH of the ifeshy irrlNn
THEOLOGICAL urinary, llt town, llNe
most rllIpue town, 10 famous for lla
largr army %, ola maids, ~ N u we'll
ferleuig.d last that students seldom
we'd, nnd o. 0Hvrr ia new baton OF stu
douta 40 uyrfy .ulltgc term, ana only
one rTJfu l uI.V 10 go f1uud, tho Ritlh,
lfuu ri "a multitude Ot attentions
g. uIt fuclrU iu their minds, grow
gII. d Iarl that concrete cOucen
U. Il devotion TO ore single object
a. /, necessary 10 culminatH u mar
rlhIr .uuiUUL lleuCH they Il r. and
Hri,tpr tirIT affections, Hud waste the
hpy day ul llte with The trancleut aud
a.,1,eareut h.udtulH, Nld wake up allef
awhile with u 10. Of old maids wfiuk
la. "a glIv hair Door. ava there, bOWe
pniniAr. .-t, uuU .iud They are LETT
Nav these OBJ eIVltiuuU are about what
young MuIlaud was talking with his old
chum iu Canton last Tuesday, anu
thereby hangtN tale
when CuhfeB Morllnd entered the
Frrsumn cIubg 40 Princeton, he was
luat turnmW into his lS,h year ln the
middle of lu4 i"at Term, no met aud
ipll d"UAprfA'rly iu love With u peach
checked, chubby, luNtrOus eyed dHmSel
Of the village, who HuH j1pt ~, ANA Just
too sweet Tor anything, she wtw Just
tho Kind ot Hpl'l 10 make dnlt u
]auscpp,lhie young Wvn Oi IN auburn
lHirud dispulllllu, who vas struggling
with hia lrat muslNche AZ about tbs
sAmu tma another Freshman, numtd
WIN a. Eau, Of Kentucky fell IN love
win the same pitl, and u desperate
struggle cnsUvd, "a, 10 which Of the two
should capture the gifl The girl, girl
nRU. r~ucluJN4ud tugLtientipuS Of both,
bad each IA ydu hImlNf believe that he
WINS ihc rtrptpd Upyorile Finally, on
n bllmy evening in cWly June, while
Murluuu VIVA calling on the young lady,
Earl Wta seen approaching, ana Nor
lnud iu order % test the young lady
proposed u Wuly, His Invitation was
aceepttd, aud young Earl arrived I'M
der Ono siHduW of the big elm tree, Just
IN the twilight, TO gee his best girl walk.
ing of ou tho arm of his uynL THIS
stirred his hot Kentucky blood TO boil
ing temperature, aud no hOgtened To
his room aud wrote MOrland a chal
lenge ~ light % duel
Morlauh was u happy young
man that night lie thought his
prize was won; hut after II
htful sleep he awuke the next morning
90 hud a inca rlpul, with tho challenge
70 fight a duel, He haCded the message
10 young Wduumahpr who "a d TO him
without hesitation, III you don't want
~ lose caste aud be- branded M coward
by the whole class you must accept
this challenge" Without h%esitutiug u
moment MorlNnd went 10 his desk and
accepted the challenge, aud named The
next morning NJ sunrise ~ the dime,
miles out on tho Trenton road as the
place. pistols rs the weapons, and dls'
lance 20 PAGES. Young Wannmaker
agreed % act gg lIs second, ana he took
the message and delivered II 70 Earl
Both MurlnHd and Earl were crack
pistol Shots, but Alurland says he had no
idea Earl intended 10 XII him, but such
was the fact. AZ daylight the next
morning both MOrland aud Earl were
on the spot, which hpd been eelectCdby
their aecoods to fight the duel. The
place wls about eighty rods from the
maia road, and was hid from the
road by u peach orchard.
Earle chum, u young man named
Warren from Nashville Tenn, aCtC1 as
his second. Warren and Wanamaker
paced off, side by side. 20 PAGES: both
examined the pobtols aud II WAS agreed
that The words uue- twu-three should
be called, aud nt three, both should fire,
Earl shot 20 kill, but MOrland aimed
low, Co wound only. Both shot stimuli
%taneOusly, the report e0unded like one
pistol; both fell. Morland was hit In
the right check, aud Earl In the left
wrist. Both Immediately rose how
eyer, aud the te'Ouds after ascertain
iuf hat neither were mOrtally wound
eQ, declared hOi0y ~ satisfied, and
both had their wounds dressed by their
respective surgeons IN attendance and
aud were hustled into carriages and
driven back 20 Princeton. IL will not
BIZ necessary, on this occasion 10 give
an account Of the tremendous sensa.
ton created In the classic shades OF
Princeton by this duel, Suffice II to say
II was In the nature of the tumultuous
or course the College Faculty must ex-
pei both Morland and Earl: but owing
TO the extreme youth Of the young men
and their previous good behavior they
were let 1ff with a reprimand.
IL was just two weeks after the duel,
and when M0rland's wound In the face
was sufficiently healed to allow the ap
plication Of court plaster, and the
College professors had decided, on The
ground OF his youth, not TO expel him,
that he decided TO visit bis girl and
claim her for his bride. The pain and
anguish caused by his wound IN the
face had strengthened and intensified
hla love. lie Ind lnllY mAdn nn his