The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-07-19
No. :35.

y why my good fellow" replied John boil,
, whose sporting possibilities we're 90 aroused
ny THIS ftinsfk that he Instantly forgot bis wag.
Refy--"why have bullieuier here, IN the
= tMd, lhst would eat him up al a mou'bful I
. salu ne looked lfe an Indian dog; but in truth,
Z when come 10 oksmine him, he IA nothing but
I wha, we would call IN England a miserable
. cur"
"ltel yc, mister, " IIauk be cur, he IL new.
!, etlbc e.s tsaI hleghsniap cor, as va call II.
ana sIch cur VIII hex five times his weight
IN English bull .doge"
"Wby,hc has no scars about HIM 10 show
that he is fighter" sad tho Engshman, curl.
ously examining The dogs head and ears.
"Shall ! tell ye why, mister'"
"Whyl"
"Because Allcghanian dog is a kind OF crt,er
that gires scars instead oftakng them"
"Ahol that's it's itl" said the Eng
drily. "WeII, my Alleghanian friend, will bet
you this gold sovereign against silver dollar,
tina, my bull.terrler will shake that Alleghanian
curof yours to pieces in less than five minutes,
by my waich-in short, will make a single
mou,hiul OF hint"
oval, wal-,bat's all fair" replied the Ale.
ghanan, scratching his head. "But ye see,
mister, Hauk amt had his vittles to-day, no
more than his master, and it isn't in flesh aid
blood to do It's best at fighting on an empty
stomach"
81 will order your dog TO be fed then.-You
can, meanwhile, be eating your own dinner,
and Wen have the fight afterwards"
| "That's all far--thals all fair too: but mis-.
| ter, as to planking down my silver sinner on
that yellow piece, don't know that atogeth-
er like that, some how. We don't see much
gold our way and that sovereign, a. you call
it, looks 70 me for all the world only like brass
Indian medal"
"You won't bet on your cur, them" said John
Bull, contemptuously. You repudiate, perhaps,
all you have said in his praise; in a word, you
back out"
"Back out, mister! No,hn' on ar,h is fur
Their from my na,ur. Itelrd were a boulder
"a raaI Alleghanian boulder-and am. But
| want to fix things in Christian like manner,
and not rob folks Of their money on the high.
way as it WERE"
SNOW, then, shall we make up the match,
my good fellow?" said the Englishman, not I'm.
unklndly.
why, now" replied the Alleghanan, with
great simplicity, if you and your bull.,errier
want 50 much 10 gets 6ght out Of Hauk and
me, why can't you go IN and teff the gentle
and / don't know--why can't vou tell the gen.
tleman TO give me and Hank a raal good dinner.
with something good for a Teller to drink, and
then let the dogs fight afterwards, to decide
which of us is to pay the shot. Why can't YOU
do that, say, if you are SO tearing mad to
have fight that you will risk your gold upon i,,'
The Englshman could not help laughing
heartily at the AleghanIan's notions of what
fair BET; for the proposed arrange.
ment left John Bull nothing to win, whatever
might be the result of the fight, except the
possible satisfaction of seeing the countryman's
poor cur receive drubbng from his bu.ter-
'ier. Diverted, however, with such an original,
lie instantly ordered the tavern keeper to give
he AIleghanian whatever he might want for
himself and his dog, adding, that he would be
espensible for the bill.
"Wall, guess I'm all ready" said our Ale.
yhanian friend, about half an hour afterwards,
As he stepped out on the piazza, smacking bis
lips, and wiping his mouth with his coat sleeve;
Il guess I'm ready, mister, and you may bring
along that bull pup of your'n, as quick as you
please, for have to be going"
"Here he u.s." said John Bull, and in the same
moment stout, tan colored, Ecompactiy built,
md vigorous looking dog, with tusks like those
IT a Wild boar protrudiug from his black muzzle,
oused himself from under the bench on which
lis master was sitting. He gave low, mufflsd
yrowl as he rose, while poor Hauk, who was
ust TRUSTING his nose out of the doorway,
hrank back in terror behind the heels Of tie
Alleghanian.
"Why, your dog has no igh, in him, my good
'ir!" quoth the Engshman, pe,tishly.
"Don't be too sure of that" answered tho
other; "ihe fight always lies deep down in our
aileghanian dogs; but when you onst get at it,
tbs the ras thing ard no mistake. As for
iauk, here, he hasn't had his drink vet; and
besides that, Away talk to him all alone by
i!mseIt afore he goes into fighting always
To-"
"Well, there's water in the horse. trough, and
here's the bar.room for your talk" said John
Bull, utterly COMPOUNDED by what he now cur
'ed, lnwardy, as the cool impudence of the U.
,ited Stateser, who had swindled him out ola
Inner in the name Of dog that would not stand
Up even to receive floggng.
"Drnk from horse. trough" cried the Ale
rhanian disdainfully. sHauk isn't that kind of
a crit.er, mister"
"What does he drink then?"
"Drink' why he never drinks any thing but
,edper.sarce. You may look, mistor, but tell
you pepper. lie my dogs drink. Isee that
gentleman in the bar has lots Of bottles Of it on
an upper shell, and if he will only let me have
a couple Of 'em, with that pail, in that back
room, so as can talk to Hauk alone, while he
drinks-l say il you will only tell the gentle
man in the bar to furnish me with these con-