Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-14
From Tie ", J. AHcgAomign.
A MOUruFUL OF pICKI.ED noe

IL.
Having partly satisfied his curiosity on Goat
Island, he crossed to the Canada side. and
soon after presented himself at the hotel near
the ,ril- asking il they couldn't give fellow
something to eat.
"Whcrc do YOU come from my friend" said
an Englishman who was smoking Il cigar upon
the piazza, and who thought Inc saw i'm our
frictl a fit subject iCr quiz.
"Whcre dc come from. mister? why from
a good way.oif, if you only knowed it; and that
is clean from the forks OF the Allegheny, near
down alongside the Seneca nation, i'm York
State, Is my place when I'm at home
The Forks of the Allcghany!" said the 9th.
or; then suppose, my friend, YOU are a true
specimen otwhat your countrymen call an our
and out UnitcdStatcscr, u real live Allegha-
MAN and no mistake"
Il never heard alorc of such critter a. IN
Alleghauian; but | tell We mister, | come from
jist among the spurs of the mountains. the
raal sprouts of the old back bone: and if Allie
ghaniaumcans the raal prickly grit of Ameri-
| Ky, am just one of that same am. A true
Alleghanian boulder, by heaven; and | only
want to see man that has word to sayagin
| it'll do"
81 did not mean to annoy you, my friend"
said the Englishman soothingly, Il only wish
ed to ask about that dog of yours. lie looks
to me like am Indian dog; and hearing you usk
W. NNiiD SNSNcSAttt TIE tlluullN
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 hcond, mister, that would dare TO
set tooth in him"
"Why, my good fellow" replied John Bull
whose sporting sensbilities were so reused bv
this remark that he instantly forgot his wag-
IScry-''why have bull terrier here in the
yard that would eat him up at a mouthful.
said he looked like am Indiandog, but in truth,
when | come to examine him, he is nothing
but what we would CALI England, amiscra-
bic cur"
IL tell We, mister, If Hulk BE- cur. he is
nevertheless raal Alleghanian cur as YOU
call it, and such cur would lick five times his
weight i'll English bull dogs"
"Why he hasno scars about hi m to show
that he is fighter" said the Englishman, Gu
riously examining the dogs head and ears.
Shall | tell YOU why, mister"
"Why?
because Alleghanian dogs is kind of
crtter that give scars instead of receiving
them"
aha! that's it, is it, said the Englishman
drily. 'Weli, my Alleghanian friend, will
bet You this golden sovereign against silver
dollar, that my terrier shakes that Alleghani-
AN cur of yours to pieces in less thun five min
a
gle mouthiul of him"
''Wall, wal-that's all fair, replied the Al
leghanan, scratching his head. ''But you see
mister, Hauk amt had his vittles to-day, no
m )rc than his master. and il isn't in flesh and
blood to do its best at fighting on an empty
stomach"
Twill order your dog to be fed, then. You
can, meanwhile, be eating your own dinner,
and we'll have the fight afterwards"
That's all fair, that's all fair, too; but, mis-
ter. as 10 planking down my silver dollar ON
that piece, don't know that altogether, like
tnat somehow We don't see much gold our
way, and that sovereign, as YOU call it, looks
to me for all the world, like brass Indian
medal.
''You won't bet on your cur them said John
Bull, contemptuously. You repudiaie per-
haps, all you have said III his praise; in word
| you ba ok out"
Back out, mister! Nothin on airth is fur
Their from my natur. | tell'd YOU were a
boulder raal Allegheny bouldcr-and am
But want to fix things in IA Christian like
manner, and not rob folks of their money on
the highway, as ii were.
Glow then shall we make up the match
my good iellow?' said the Englishman, not
unkindly.
':Why, now" said the Alleghanian, with
great simplicity, ''if you and your terrier want
so much To get fight out of Hauk and me,
why can't you 90 in and tell the gentleman
who keeps this tavcrn--whom YOU know and
don't know-why can't you tell the gentle
man TO give me and Hank raal good dinner,
with something good for feller to drink. and
then let the dogs fight afterwards, to decide as
to 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
liR"
The Englshman could not help laughing
heartily at the Alleghanian's notions of what
constituted lair bet; for the proposed arrang-
ment lett John Bull nothing to win, whatcV-
or might be the result of the fight, except the
possible satisfaction of seeing the countrymans
poor cur received drubbing from his bull-ter-
rier Diverted, however, with such AN orig
inal he instantly ordered the tavern keeper to
give the Alleghanian whatever he might re-
| quire Tor himself and his dog, adding, that he
would be responsible Tor the bill.
/ "Wall, guess I'm all ready" said our Ale
ghanan friend, about an half AN hour after
wards; as he stepped out ON the piazza, smack
ing his lips, aud wiping his mouth with his
coat sleeves Il guess am ready, mister. and
you may bring along that bull pup of yourn as
quick as ever you please, for have TO be 60
ing"
Here he is said John Ball, and at the
same moment a stout, tan-colored, cOmpactly
built, and vigorous looking dog, with tusks
like those OF wild boar protruding from his
black mulle, reused himself from under the
bench on which his master was sitting. He
gave low muiiled growl as Inc rose, while
poor Hauk, who was just thrusting his nose
out OF the door way, shrank back in terror be-
hind the heels of the Alleghanian.
Why, your dog has no fight in him, my
good sir," quoth the Englishmoh, pcttishly.
Don't be too sure of that" replied the 9th
CT, ''the fight always lies deep down i'm our
Allcghainan dogs but when YOU ons't get at
II, lis the Tal thing. and no mistake As for
Hauk, here, he hasn't had his drink vet and
besides that, always talk to him all alone by
hisself, aiore he goes into fight always
do"
well, there's water in the horse trough