Nice spot for a duel
A bit of a break from the Civil War.
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 24, 1862:
Serious duel
–A duel was fought near New Orleans on Tuesday evening, the 14th inst., by two French gentlemen, which resulted very seriously to one of them, who, it is feared, cannot recover from his wound.–The weapons were shot guns, loaded with ball. At the first fire the challenged party did not shoot, owing to his using the wrong trigger. A second and a third fire resulted harmlessly. At the fourth fire the challenging party did not shoot, by accident. A fifth fire was then called for, when both guns were discharged simultaneously and both parties were struck. The challenged party received his opponent’s [b]all through both arms, fracturing the lesser bone of the left arm. The challenging party received the other’s ball through the left arm, breaking both bones. The ball then passed into his body, coursing around near the back and entering the right lung.
Some do it with shotguns
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Freeloading (although punctual) Goat
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 24, 1862:
A smart goat.
–Among the promptest patrons of the Canal street ferry boat for some time pastis a goat of unusual sagacity, whose reputation has become so extensive that a great many persons go down to see him. Invariably as the ferry is about to start from Algiers on its eleven o’clock trip, his caprid highness walks on board, and without offering to settle for the heavy bill of fare he has run up, he jumps off on the city side and starts upon his rambles under the wharf. Just as punctually to three o’clock as though he carried a chronometer watch, Mr. Goat re- appears at the levee, having dined sumptuously, and returns to his native place. He is a smart goat, Billy, and knows where to find the best living and how to get to it.–N. O. TrustDelta.
Ferry (apparently goatless) still crosses the Mississippi in 2007
The 2007 photo of the ferry is licensed by Crreative Commons
