| Show POTATOES HIS WEAPONS From the he Lexington Ky KII One way of combating an aD evil pr o ao-o tine tice is ii is to ta make mke ft It rrie I leue L It U wa waby by this thic tb ft that at d ass fp e JIh I lb b a cerl ln td ts A Hr f 40 years yr y ar ago aKo At t pat hat a tints time a traveling prea ber named Vow Bowman n a strong m man mad a series of religious i In h iq Kentucky At Atone Atone Atone one of ot them thern a Well known desperate character created a disturbance and being beina publicly reburied rebuked by Bowman sent leot ent him bim a to fight lI ht The rd first thought was wa to treat the matier matter with silent contempt Then Chen be he reflected that dueling was all too common in that region and aud Le lie de- de decided de decided to acc accept pt the challenge As Ai the challenged party Bowman bad the holes choice of weapons He selected a halt half bushel of of of Jarg large Irish potatoes I and that nl hie op opponent must mu t stand stan tand 16 15 pa paces pace ei dl t nt and aud that only on one at at a time be taken from the tb measure r x T The d desperado P rad Ws wa t but ut flour flour- Bow nian map ii r e Cba d y 11 i tte l 1 ft j- j f w t dt- dt d l tb t i V made further Seeing noway DOY out of ef the scrape crape the be desperado at last Jut consented T The e contest cony took place on the out out- ou- ou outskirts skirts of the town and almost almot every every- body everybody in 10 the place turned out to see e the fun The seconds de arranged the two mea menn me lu in position petition by the side of each being a half balf bushel measure filled with good sized I zed d potatoes Bowman threw the first fint one It U struck truck his opponent in a central spot and flew fl w to pieces piece A shout of delight went up from frolD the crowd w bleb flurried l the de his bia potato flow flew wid wide of the mark Bowman watched his bis chance and every iT ry time hIS hr opponent stooped looped for tor a potato another one oue hIt bit him in iD the side aide leaving a wet spot on his bis clothes clothe and then scattering on all aU sides The fellow tellow was wai hit bit in this thil way five Vb times time then the sixth potato struck him in the short abort ribs and be belay helay Jay on the grass doubled up with pain and groan groan- ing groaning groan Enough The bystanders went wild with de- de de d light but Mr Bowman very Tory sober ober The desperado was waa taken hom home and put to bed and there he stayed tot for wore than a week And when he ap- ap appeared appeared ap appeared again he was wai greeted with 6 so many EO-many many maDY jokes jokel that life Ufe was waa almost a bur burden lien den to him Dim That wad wa the end ead of ot duel duel- d duelling duelling ling in that tnt region |
