The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-06
N1ISolsILIlANE0WSo
A M0UTHFUL OF PICKED DOG
BY C. +. HOFFMAN.


\. of The AlIeghsGian breed, determined Il
IS other day 10 have a full view of Niagara b
fore emlgratng from western New YuI
a 10 Wisconsin, wilher his folks were a
. bound. Having partly satisfied his Gu
Iouslty on Goat Island, he crossed over
a he Canada side, andlsoon after presenle
himself at tie hotel near the Falls, asklr
'll they can give poor Teller somelhln
10 eat
Where do you come from, my friends
said an Engllshmsn. who sat smoking
Itlgar upon Ihe piazza. aud who thought h
saw Ia our friend fiji subject for
quiz.
Where do | come from, mister, VIII,
from long wsv off, # you only knowed it
and that is clear from the Forks Of The Ali
ltghany, near down along side The Senec,
nation, in York SIale, is my place wher
IN al home
The Forks Of the Aleg eghany! said til,
other, than suppose, my friend, you ar,
a true specimen OF what your counlrymen
men call on ouI-andOul United S,ateser. d
real live AIIeghanean, aud no miStakel
i never heerd alore Of sch cri,Ner a.
An AIleghsnean, bu, tell ye, mister,
come from j's'among lhc spurs of The noun
AIMS, the raal sprouts OF the old backbone,
and if AlIeghancan means lhe raa prickly
sr'. of AmerIky,l am jSl some of that same
VIC ID, y--.i.i~--..- III L.. IL.
has 90, word to say agln III DO!
i did no, mean to annoy you, my ir'end'
,,id the Engisman, soohlngy, i onl!
wished to ask you about that dog oil yours
file looks TO me like an Indian dog,& hearing
YOU ask for some refreshments suggested
Inouiry whether or not tina, was the kind OF
dog they ca. in the Seneca nation neal
which i, seems you have resided
Eat HAuk! -eat my dog Hauk! Ia IKE
to see man or hound, mister, that wonId
dare to put tooth in him
Why, my good fellow replied J"h
Bull, whose sporting scns'blues were St
aroused by this remark that ne instantly
lorgo, his waggery, why | have a bu
TERROR here in The yard that would eat hln
op al a mou,hful. said he looked like
an lndlandog, bu, in truth, when come 1t
examine him, he is nothing but anserabl'
cur.
Il tell ye, mister, if Hauk be cur. he Ii
nevertheless ras AIIeghanean cur; art
sch cur as will lick five times his weigh
in English bull dogs
why he has no scars about him 10 shoV
that he is fighter said the EnglshmaG
curiously examining the dogs head an
ears.
Shall | tell ye why, mlsler''
4 WhyH
Because Alleghsnean dogs is kind
cruer that gives scars instead 'aKr
them
/ AHA! that's it's IT, said the Englisf
man dryly-'WeII my Aleghanean IrIeA'
a will bet you this gold sovereign against
silver dollar, that my 5ull.terrIor will shaI
? ,ha, AIIeghanean cut Of yours to pieces
less than five minutes by my watch
It short, will make single mouIh!uI
himr
= oval; wal-,hats all fair, replied I
IAleghanean, SCH tching his head But
h see, mister, Hauk ain'l had his vlIIes
Iday, no more than his MASTER 'nd 1t Isl
b, in flesh and blood to do It's best in tlgh'l
on an empty slomack;'
q Il will order your dog 10 be FED mt
You can, meanwhile be eating your o.
he dinner, and we'll have tho fgh! afIe'wsr
.That's all fair-tha,'s all fair too; b
mis,er,a. to planking down my silver shII
on ,ha, ysller piece, l don't know 'ha
e' altogether like that. somehow. We DC
see much gold our way. and that soVrln
20 vop call il, looks 10 me for al the w
only like brass Injun medal