The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-08-15

to crafty and extend the prevalent desires of their
readers in this partcular Ii ofentmes, to be sure,
taxes their invention, butlke some other sublunary
things which rise in proportion to the pressure that is
applied, their success is usually correspondent with
the intellectual drafts that they required to honor
The details of the Burke murders, and of Stephen
sons flight and arrest, having gone the rounds of the
weekly periodicals, of the editorial fraternity
puzzled for proper natter with which to give in
teres and pquancy to their columns. One paper be-
fore contains circumsantia account of a1oJ
lately seen near North Guilford in Connecticut which
said midnight prowler had the bodness to enter the
fold of farmer and seize fine sheep that served
him delicious repast for cold night" Pursuit was
made on Saturday-the wolf and his pursuers laid by
for Sunday, and early Monday the chase was re-
newed, another sheep killed, and the nocturnal
depredator" finally escaped The inhabitants of
North Guford may hereafter say with Pete Feather
ton, that it is "quite ,coyy in them parts.''
Another paper contains dolorous narrative of
white man and black woman who recently, in fit
of romance, hung themselves in Georgia. A third
furnishes the details of woman who was placed in
cage with sixteen wild cats, and then suspended over
La slow fire. These beautiful specimens of the
mode of improving the taste and enlghtenng the
understanding of the public but like the crimes of
Burke and the flight of the banker, they in turn will
become stale, flat, and Improbable For the
purpose therefore, of lending helping hand to such
of our brother editors as deal altogether in murders
thefts, wolves, and horrible accidents, and who may
be sorely pressed for supply, offer the following
particulars of serious occurrence which recently
came under personal observation.
On Tuesday last, about twenty minutes past two
o'clock, p nj. servant girl threw from cellar
kitchen fourth street, beef bone, from which a
fine bowl of soup had just been concocted. This
bone was Immediately seized upon by large grizzly
dog, who after attacked by another
dog of black color and shorsh* tail'' that SEEM
ed strongly inclined to deprive his grizzly companion
of his repast. furious fight ensued, during which
several wounds inflicted upon each, the grizzly
dog being bitten on the left ear and the black dog
with the shortish tail'' on the right fore shoulder
Had it not been for the Intervention of draymans
whip, it is probable, that like the Kilkenny CATS these
would have fought until nothing was left but their
tails. While the contest raging a little puppy
dog (here be many such at the present day. ran off
with the bone.
The reflections that naturally arise from this lacry-
conuncture of two of the canine race are first
y, that 1t is improper to throw soupbones into the
street, nasmuch as it may give rise to boodshed and
breaches of the peace secondly, that the owners of
dogs in this city do not feed them with thai berality
which the exigences of their nature require thirdly
and lastly, that soupbones quite in demand at the
present time. We deem it also proper to add that
the beefbone was purchased at Beresfords stall who
it is well known sells excellent beef.
Cincinnati Chronicle.
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