The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-08-01

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difference between charge Of cayalry
ana drove q nevis. when be had
related bow be YEA his division At Get
tyslslfrgs DASHED fo8nHa az Spotlsg
vania and received three wounds b
Petersburg rose az rose up.fQ my
full height SUI 8klng him
straiglrt between q eyes | said:
General Blum so sili excuse me.
suh. but waere can ana yo.r wah rec
ord
Nowhere. ne repfed. They were
20 Jealous Of me tliat t has never been
written mp
We Ind few othef nosfa, ssh, aud
felt that II was due % my dignity to-
challenge him lie received the chal.
lcnge eooliy and sent friend b ar
range niatters, Claiming ~ d sci
dler and a gentleman % aied pieks
axes as weapons Ihlnk 81 i. SUBJ
think OF a gentleman taking such
coursel refused. Of Then be
turned to plantation hoes 20 cotton
hooks to bah clubs and ID long ban.
died 6h1pels. II was rsy dpsy under
the circumstance "a preserve my dig
nifty. ans} has gone down In history
lhat preserved IT. Insisted that we
nft with sword or pistol, aud re-
fused to dignity him 81 debating his.
proposals Then General Blum him
self called to see me. lie found ne
frigid and deterialnea. '6eionel Bun.
ker, says he, 'yo ia my yes
faeity. and daslte 70 SIZED yo'r blood
Idasire 70 shed It BY The quart and the
gallon. II 80 are not coward, ye'
wlll meet me At Sc seg the fiv-
er ACROSS the II Aihl the chal-
lengei party r has & tie choice Of weap-
ons. win name sdS bea. slIh soy hea
at two paceai the ythe q az EN-
blem OF time. ColoN Bunker and Il
was with a scyfha Ted down
scores OF the enemy at APPOINTED
Il stood on my dignity, suhstood
on my dignity and rejected the weap-
ons. No gentleman had eyer fought
duel with a scythe Ia his hands. It
would degrade the code degrade the
code, sub, and make me a public
laughing stock. stormed at that
man, sub. begged and entreated and
even sought to bride him to meet me
with pistols or swords. But he was
firm. He was settled on scythes and
would not bulge. ! bowed him
out and appealed to the public. And
on my honah. sub, on the honah Of the
man who led the desperate charge ct
Cedar Mountain. the public agreed with
General Bluml Yes. sub. the public
contended that It was my duty as a
gentleman to engage IA a duel with
scythesl l brought forward the code
for 800 years past but it made no diff
ference.
"a duel with scythes, suh--a meet
ing on the field OF honah with farm
ing Implements No gentleman's dig
nifty would permit Of It. / argued and
protested and disputed, but General
Blum and the public were firn. In
standing to my guns I lost prestige.
At the end Of three days scarcely
man In town would nod to me, and
the newspapers were asking If Colo
mel Buaker was afraid. 1t was then,
sub, and only then, that resolved to
fight the general with his own weap-
ons, must do It to save my prestige.
The public was with me at once.
had my pick Of 20 different scythes,
and was determined from the first
that I would begin at the generals
heels and gradually cut him down to
his neck. No mercy should be shown
In such q case. Public excitement ran
as high as IL 4 state election was be-
ing held, and when the morning Of the
duel came there were hundreds on the
ground to see. I set 10th with my
Ecythe on my shoulder and was first
on the ground, but the general was
only a few minutes behind me. l had
planned to begin at his heels. but his
plan was to begin at my head. saw
It in his eyes as we stood there. Yes,
sub, he meant to decapitate me at the
first sweep. Mo than that he had
sent to New Orleans for a special
scythe, and he had secured one about
two rods long.
~By and by we We're ready. / felt
my loss Of dignity. but / had to save