The Washingtonian., 1845-08-09
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!" From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
A MOUTHFUL OF PICKLED DOG.
BY CHARLES r. HOFFMAN.

the real Alleghanian breed, determined the
other day to have full view Of Niagara before
emigrating from western New York, to Wis
consin, whittier "his folks +" were all bound.
Having partly satisfied his curiosity on Goat
Island, he crossed to the Canada side, and
soon after presented himself at the hotel near
the Falls, asking eff they could give feller
something to eat"
"Where do you come from, my friend"
said an Englishman who sat smoking cigar
upon the piazza, and who thought he saw in
our friend fit subject for a quiz.
"Where do come from, mister why from
a good way long off, if you only knowed it.,
and that is clean from the Forks Of the Alleg-
hany, near down alongside the Seneca nation,
in York State, is my place when I'm at home" !"
"The Forks of the Allegheny" said the
other; "then I suppose, my friend, you are a
true specimen of what your countrymen call
an out-and-out United Stateser, real live
Alleghanian and no mistake"
81 never heerd afore of sich critter as an
Alleghanian; but tell ye, mister, come jist
among the spurs of the mountains, the raal
sprouts of the old backbone; and if Allegha-
nian means the raal prickly grit Of Ameriky, I
am Just some of that same-I am. A true
Alleghanian boulder, by Heaven; and | only
want to see the man that has word to say
agin it do"
"I did not mean to annoy you, my friend,' .
said the Englishman smoothly" only wish
ed to ask you about that dog Of yours. He
looks to me like an Indian dog and hearing
you ask for some refreshments, suggested the
inquiry whether or not that was the kind Of
dog they eat in the Seneca nation, near which
it seems you have resided?"
"Eat Hauk!- eat my dog Hauk! I'd like
to see man or hound, mister, that would dare
to put tooth in him."
"Why, my good fellow" replied John Bull,
whose sporting sensibilities were so aroused
by this remark that he instantly forgot his
waggery; "why have bull terrier here, in
the yard, that would eat him up in mouth
full. l said he looked like an Indian dog, but
in truth, when come to examine him, he is
nothing but what we would call in England a
miserable cur
"I tell ye, mister, if Hauk be cur, he is
nevertheless raal Alleghanian cur, as you
call it, and sich cur would lick five times his
weight in English bull dogs"
"Why, he has no scars about to show that
he is fighter" said the Englishmao, curiously
examining the dogs head and ears.
"Shall tell ye why, mister?''
"Why?"
because Alleghanian dogs is kind of
critter that gives scars instead of taking
them"
"Aha! that's it's it? said the English.
man, drily. "Well, my Alleghanian friend, !
will bet you this golden sovereign against a
silver dollar, that my bull terrier will shake
that Alleghanian cur of yours to pieces in less
than five minutes, by my watch-in short, will
make mouthful Of him."
"Wal, wal-thats all fair" replied the
Alleghanian, scratching his head. "But We
see, mister, Hauk amt had any vittles to-day,
no more than his master, and it isn't in flesh
and blood to do its 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
we'll have the fighting afterwards"
"That's all fair-that's all fair, too; but
mister, as to planking down my silver sinner
on that yellow piece, don't know that alto
gether like that somehow. We don't see
much gold in our way, and that sovereign, as
you call it, looks to me for all the world only
like brass Indian medal"
"You won't bet on your cur, then," said the
Englishman, contemptuously. "You repudi-
ate, perhaps, all you have said in his praise !;
in word, you back outw
"Back out, mister? Nothin' on airth is
further from my natur. tell'd you were a
BOULDER raal Alleghanian boulder-and
am. But want 10 fix things in Christian
like manner, and not rob folks Of their money
on the highway, as it WERE"
elbow, then, shall we make up the match,
my good fellow2" said the Englishman, not
unkindly.
"Why, now," replied the Alleshanian, with
great simplicity, eff you and your terrier want
SO much to get fight out of Hauk and me,
why can't you go in and tell the gentleman
who kepns the favern-whom yoll know and