CHIVALROUS LOVERS.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2645, 30 June 1877, Page 3

CHIVALROUS LOVERS.

A short time since a son of a highly respected farmer of Dover found that a ,yjoung. man from Cleveland was in the •HSBtt of meeting his girl, who is a resident of Bockport, and paying his respects to her without his knowledge or consent. This did not exactly suit him, so he determined to put a stop to it, and also to be revenged on the impudent city chap. Having learned that they were to see each other one evening, he was on the. look out for the city gentleman. Meeting him on the road, he demanded satisfaction then and there. In. reply to this demand he received a blow in the face which knocked him" on his back. Highly enraged at this. He drew out a knife and rushed upon his rival. He succeeded in cutting him slightly in the face, but again found it necessary to pick himself up from the grouud. At this period the young lady (who had heard that there was going to be trouble) put in an appearance and- induced the young men to stop. They stopped the fight for the time being, but as the young man from Dover was far from satisfied, he demanded that the city gentleman should appoint a time when they could fight it' out. Last Wednesday evening they met on the farm of Mr Francis Wager. The Dover chap had invited two of his friends to accompany him and to be ready to help him obtain satisfaction if his needed any help. The Clevelander was accompanied by one friend, and be-

fore the fight began he said that lie expected to receive fair play in this affair ; that hi 3 opponent vras larger and heavier than him, and that he did not think it would bo necessary tor any one to inter--1 fere; bufc to prnveu't anything of this kind occurring he would request his friend to take his revolver and sit on the fence and see that matters went off smoothly. They then went at each other and fought for three quarters of an hour. They were well matched, and pounded each other pretty well, but at.the end of that time the young man from Dover declared that he was enfiivly satisfied, but could not sco very well for a day or two afterward. The city chap made his escape without -reporting his wounds^ i —Cleveland Plaindealer. ■ . ]