Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-03-28
-ye PEOPLE WHO FIGHT DuELs'
singular Encounters Upon the Al
>''' legged Field Of Honor.

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legged Field Of Honor
,rr, story Of "Old Hickory's' duel,
Itch ne was the challenged party
IU 4, RIGHT had choice of weapons
"'' Esan often told He stipulated
w.. .Sr his oppoueut and himself should
7. mon two kegs Of gunpowder with
rig1ted fuse attached to each The
-.,7.x Of this novel affair was reached
.h~n .OId Hickory's' fighting enemy
w., as the lighted fuse was burning
i,.,.rarnu,ly near the bunghole Of his
Z powder. And rs he fled he
N,7rd ..Old Hickory" derjsiyely calling
~, "rome back, you burned fool; there
10 oathing but onion seeds IN these
mother story about the man who,
...E., challenged by a former friend
.,.-.ieved at some, trivial matter, sug-
Sod chat they Join hauds and jump
go, me top of the highest building
Z, Nv York. created a laugh when il
.s I'm its prime. But il had grown
,r,,. haired aud decrepit through long
Years of faithful service aud has been
sbelyed.
The man VINO WIS CudtlCu ECU - "
,.ooaen-legged man has become his
,oriral on account of his queer de-
n,ond when he aud his antagonist met
,,.on fbe field of honor He did not
now until the pistols were loaded
and the ground paced off, that the man
.rho tbirsted for his blood was pos
se.sed of timber limb. He protested,
and cited that section of the code
which prescribes that neither party
snail have any advantage over his adj
.ar.al.y. contendug that his wooden
Iagrad opponent had an advantage.
..Eut rather than break up the affair,
r.nflpmeu." remarked the man who
Rad two sound and natural legs. 81
make the following proposition: if you
win oct "A bee-gum for me to put one
Of my legs in will 90 ahead with the
fight
The duel didn't come off
There was GOOD one told in Georgia
d few wears ago, and it has lost none
ofits yirihtv with are. A couple of
Gentlemen had decided that nothing
Iut Shot at one another with adult
pi,tols would satisfy difference they
cnioyed. BY reason of a failure to
make railroad connection one of the
pmucipals did not arrive at the place
selected for the battle, and his second
lrguuht the news of his detention to
tine others, who were impatient for the
.auprtpr TO begin. When the other
principal heard of the delay that was
ID dcbar him from the privilege of
shooting at his enemy he promptly
-. / H., s.ts.. .T.4E.. a,
for such emergencies. That when
either of the principals failed TO APP
pear al the time and place set for the
ducl his second must answer to the de
maul of the other side. But the
second I'M this ease did not take kindly
To ths and said that it would be I'M
possible for him TO fight, as he was
not uaturalized That duel was de-
cared off, and champagne supper
restored good feeling all around.
lu the days when it was the proper
thing To lock the duelisls in darkened
room and arm them with pistols there
were good stories told. One of them
has been preserved. A German and a
Frgucumau were the fighters. They
we're locked in room which was 50
dark That they could not see each
other The Frcnchman described
what uau,pired in his own peculiar
STYLES u know eff ! shoot my pistol re
DWcaman see by re flash and shoot
me- So ] say to myself, 1 fire re
chimney and us will scare re Dutch
mau So he shoot his pistol, and zen
can Rim him. keep var still, and ze
Dur.amaa / hear not at all But
when shoot my pistol up re chimney
~ scare him down he come. '-4tIaa5a
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