WHAT MEN HAVE DIED FOR.
Colonel Montgomery was shot in a duel about a dog ; Colonel Ramsey in one about a servant; Mr Featheratone in one about a recruit; Sterne's father in one about a goose ; and another gentleman in one about an acre of anchovies. One officer was challenged for merely asking his opponent to enjoy the second goblet; and another was compelled to fight about a pinch of snuff; General Barry was challenged by a Captain Smith for declining wine at a dinner on a steamboat, although the general had pleaded as an excuse that wine invariably made him sick} and
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Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 625, 12 January 1872, Page 3
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103WHAT MEN HAVE DIED FOR. Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 625, 12 January 1872, Page 3
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