A “BARBEROUS” PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1035, 29 March 1882, Page 2

A “BARBEROUS” PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER.

An o&'asional correspondent from Grey- : town sends us the' following item'.— Greytown possesses two profeßsors of the tonaorinl art, or barbers; they are rivals, j only natural. The tallest one, whose 'J height is about 5 feet inches, iff the latest arrival; the shortest, who is about 5 feat4inches, is the "old established," and therefore looks upon the tall 'profe&> sor as an interloper. The latter';reofeiyed a Valentine in which; lie or some other . professor of the art' was depicted riding on' the edge of one of their instruments of torture, or in other words a razor. Of course the short one was. suspected of sending it. This had the; tendency to, foment the hatred, and ; any who; , • have seen those two:profesßors meet and pass eaoh other since the " Love Saint's' ' • Day" could see by the profusion of ■. , and snorts that passed between them, tIM / a combat was inevitable; They met / terday; 'twas opposite the till one's. J saloon. They spoke l ; What they said iB j ; a mystery, In the course of a few seconds <" they were both dancingina wild stateround / the verandah post (which has the usu?li embellishments, and does' duty/' /HL barber's pole), ana hitting out vm , Hw at each other; now whether the slid <-Wm was more accomplished-in the scieL.?;B* fisticuffs, or whether the;tall one d|d not,;! ; /r wish to make a public exhibition of his, is not known, but after receiving some severe obtusions in the immediatevioinity. of his loft eye, he' invited him 1 "to coirie' i into his back yard," which invitation was not accepted, A few minuteß after, i the little professor stopped into a blacksmith's sbop and washed ,the goro from his hanfa. ; remarking, " Tljat |tho\ old )»iffpr lja<J j better order !)i& cosn if he starts oj} him x again," Qne'of tlie businesses is now l\ "To let," a good opening for a'pugilistio \ pro.- ' -