Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-06-26
A AonlhfnI Of Picked Dog.

a long llmb,d, wifv made coun,tymAn Of
The ftn A'lcgban,an breed, d,,ermned the
Other day 10 have foil view Of Nnsara BE-.
lore cmisrating from Wescrn New YorL
10 Wisconsin, Whhher has hlkS were al
bound. Having panty SATISFIED h,. curos
~ onGpU diui he crossed to the Canada
SIDE, and soon after presented himself at the
hoIcI near the falls asking II they couldn't
give 4 irllow something 10 eat
"Nhcfo do YOU come from, my lt~sl,,I
said an Enel'hmun who sal smoking q
cigar upon the pinrzn, and who lhoup b.
he saw in our friend 81 subject Tor qoiz
"Whete do come from m,slct' why
rem good long way Of, Il you only
knowj II, and that is clear from the Forh,
OF the Allegheny, down alongside The
Srreca nation, 10 York State, is my place
when I'm 10 home"
"The Fork, oftbc Allegheny" said the
Other then | suppose, my freud you are
n trne specimen Of what vont countiymcn
call an ont nnd.out Unl,d S,i,,ser, n real
live Ai'eghanlan and no mistake"
81 never heard afore Of such cri,tcr rs
ms an AllcshOniun but tell sc mister !
come from lst among the spurs, Of the
mountains The raal sprouts Of the old
back bone; md II ghancin
means the raa prIckly pri, Of A,acr.
ky, am jus, some Of that s1mr--I am -
A true AIleghnnion boulder by heaven
and unlv wan, 10 see the man thu, has a
word 10 say against til do
81 dad not mean 10 annoy you, my friend. "
SAID the EugIishmon soo,hinglv. Il only
wished To osl v0G about That 1ur or ,au-t
Ne looks - ~, i,kt az l. iluU .- .DI
bearing you ask for some refreshments
suggested the inquiry whether or not that
was tn" kind Of dogs thcvca, in the Seneca
milton, near which II SCI ms You have rcsi.
dcd7'
"Ea, Hank rat my dog Ilruk II
like 10 see man or hound mister, that would
dare In pm, n tooth IN him"
"Whv my good fellow" replied John
Ball, whose sporting sensb'lnlrs were so
ronsed by this rcmnrk that he instantly for
go, his wnpprrv-"whv have a bull ter.
lIrr here ~ the yard that VI onld eat him NJ
alta mouthiul SAID he looked like an
Indian dog hn, IN truth when come to
examine HIM. b" Is n"Ihlng bu, what we
would call N Enghud miserable cur u
II tell We, mister If ilauk be n cur, he
is ncv"rhrrss rail- AlI'ghnnian cur, rs
Won call IT, md such n cur wIl HEX hy,
tunes his weight IN EugIIsh bulldogs"
"Why he has no scars about HIM n
show that he isn fighter sail the English
mon, cnrIously examining the dogs b, al
and ems
"Shnll toll you why. ms,er2"
"Why7'
Because Alleghnnian dogs is kim
OF cuucr that gives scars insrcnd OF mkini
them
"Aha that's i, o. said the Engishnan
dnly "Weli, my Aileghanian friend,
will bet YOU this COLLEEN sovereign against
silver dollar, that my bull terrier wi
shake ,hlt Allrghanlnn cur Of yours Il
pieces IN lcss than five minutes, by M
wn,ch--in short will make n single mouth
ful OF him"
oval, wnll-thal's all fair replied th
AIlrghnnnn, scratching his head "BU
you see, mister HAuk n'n't had his viulc
10 day, no more than his master, aud
isn't in dcsh and blood to do lis best Ggh,
ing on nm empty stomach"
Il will order your dog 10 be I'D thon
You can, meanwhile, be eating your owl
dinner and wc'Il have the Grh, afterwards
That's AL fair, that's all fair, too bat
mister, as TO plankins down my silver sht
ner on tina, yellow picce, don't know
lha, altogether hike that, somehow W
don't seq much gold our way, and lha, SOY
ercign MS you call II, looks 10 me for al
the world only like a brass indian medal
'Yon won't bet on your cur then snr,
John Bull, contemporary You repudl
ate perhaps all Won have said II his praise
ir word back ont
I Bach out, mis'cr7 No'Hm' on nirth /
further from my nntur lcIl'd you wcr
n boudcr--a ranl Alcghanan bouIder-S
lam Bat want 10 fv 'hihqs in -h,i'''oi
hn, 1880, r.nr. t.ii.a tI.o. .....,a
- on the high way MS Il were
How then shall we make NJ tie match
ms good f'Io~7' sad the EugIshmcn, no
uuL'nily
Why, now rcpl"d thc Alcehaniar
with ar'a, simplicity If you and yolr bo'
tru''r wants. much to gel fight out Il
Hank md me, why can, yon 90 IN au.
tell the grolltman who kcops tie tavern
whom YOU know md d,ni krow-Nh
, can't you tell the gentleman TO give ne o0
Hank raal good dinner, wnh someh-n
good Tor f.Iicr TO drink oul then t., M
doCs,hght afterwards TO decide which Of o.
Is 20 pay the shot Why can't YOU do thu
lsty, II YOU MO so tearing mad TO have
h2h' TINT you wl'i NIX your gold up'
~
? The Englshmen could no, help lapgt
inc hcauiiy NJ the AIirrhaina' notions
what CONSUMED fAir hf; for the propos,
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