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September 8, 1824
Harpers Ferry Free Press
Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Sainte-Foix, author of Essays on Paris, remarks in a coffee house that jelly makes a poor dinner, offending a man who challenges him to a duel. Sainte-Foix is slightly wounded but repeats his witty observation afterward.
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Sainte-Foix, the ingenious author of Essays on Paris, having one day entered a coffee house at the dinner hour, and observing some one taking a jelly, said, loud enough to be heard by a party, "a jelly makes but a very poor dinner."
Offended by this remark, the gentleman turning to him who made it, said, "that it was his own choice, and he thought it very strange any one should find fault with him."
"That may be," replied Sainte-Foix, "but you will allow, sir, that a jelly makes but a very poor dinner."
This repetition of his observation irritated the stranger to such a degree, that some further altercation terminated by his demanding immediate satisfaction. As it was the custom of every one to go armed, they had merely to draw their small swords, when the aggressor soon received his adversary's weapon; on which the former asked whether he was satisfied, and, being answered in the affirmative, Sainte-Foix added, "You have wounded me slightly, sir, and I shall get over it, after a few days' confinement to my room; but, if you had killed me, it would not be less true, that a jelly makes but a very poor dinner."
Offended by this remark, the gentleman turning to him who made it, said, "that it was his own choice, and he thought it very strange any one should find fault with him."
"That may be," replied Sainte-Foix, "but you will allow, sir, that a jelly makes but a very poor dinner."
This repetition of his observation irritated the stranger to such a degree, that some further altercation terminated by his demanding immediate satisfaction. As it was the custom of every one to go armed, they had merely to draw their small swords, when the aggressor soon received his adversary's weapon; on which the former asked whether he was satisfied, and, being answered in the affirmative, Sainte-Foix added, "You have wounded me slightly, sir, and I shall get over it, after a few days' confinement to my room; but, if you had killed me, it would not be less true, that a jelly makes but a very poor dinner."
What sub-type of article is it?
Witty Remark
Human Interest
What keywords are associated?
Sainte Foix
Jelly
Duel
Witty Remark
Coffee House
What entities or persons were involved?
Sainte Foix
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Topic
Witty Retort About Jelly During A Duel
Key Persons
Sainte Foix
Event Details
Sainte-Foix offends a man in a coffee house by commenting that jelly is a poor dinner; the altercation leads to a sword duel where Sainte-Foix is slightly wounded but reiterates his remark.