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Show WHY JACKSON FOUGHT DUEL. In a recent issue of Harper's Weekly ap- S eared an interesting account of Andrew ackson's duel with Col. Avery. A correspondent cor-respondent of the Weekly, writing in the issue of February 4, adds this to the story: It was Jackson's habit ot carry in his saddle-bags wh ;n he attended court a copy of Bacon's "Abridgment," and to make fre-qient fre-qient appeals to It in his cases. This precious pre-cious book was always done up in coarse brown paper, and the unwrapping of the volume was a very solemn function as performed by Jackson, who was then only 21 years old. Avery, during the trial preceding pre-ceding the duel, procured a piece of bacon the size of the book and while Jackson vas addressing the court he slipped out the volume from Its wrapping and substituted substi-tuted ths pork. At length Jackson had occasion oc-casion to appeal to Lord Bacon. While still talking he raised the bearskin flap of his saddle-bags, drew out the brown-pa. per package, carefully untied the string, unfolded the paper with decorous gravity snd then, without looking at what he held iri his hand, exclaimed triumphantly: "We will now see what Bacon says!" What wonder that the fiery young lawyer biased wKh anger while the courtroom rang with laughter at his expense. |