The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-06
MIS0lsIllhAN NlaOUSo
A MOUTHFUL OF PICKLED DOG
ny C. r. HOFFMAN.

/. Ioi Hie AHeghanian Ureeu, determined W
$ other day 10 have iull view Of Niagara be
fore emigraling from western New Yor
~ Wisconsin, wiher his folks were al
bound. - Having partly satisfied his cur
Iousity on Goa, Island, he crossed over Il
. The Canada side, and soon after presente,
, himse at the hotel near the Falls, ask,r,
If they can give poor leler somelhln,
10 eal''
| Where do you come from, my friend!
said an Englishman. who ss. smoking
Iclgar upon The piazza. and who thought h,
saw in our friend a fl subject for
quiz.
| Where do come from, mis,er1 VIII,
from long way off, # you only knowed it
and tha, is clear from the Forks Of The All
eghany, near down along side the Senec;
nalion, in York Stale, 10 my place whel
I'm at home.'
The Forks Of the Allegheny! said III,
other, than suppose, my friend, you ar,
srue specimen OF what your coun.rymer
men call On ou,-and.ou. United Sa.eser. {;
real live AIleghanean, aud no mis.akel
Il never heerd afore Of sich crl,er a.
an Alleghanean, but tell ye. mister,
come from jis' among the spurs of The noun
aims, the raal sprouts Uf The old backbone,
and if AIeghanean means .he raal prickly
sri, Of Amerlky, Il an jiS, some of that SAINT
I'm true AlIeghahean Boulder, BY Hea
vens! and orIy want to see ,he man thai
has go, word TO say sgin I'll do!
i did not mean To annoy you, my friend,
said the Englisman, soolhingly, Il only
wished to ask you about that dog Of yours
lie looks to me like an Indian dog,& hearing
YOU ask for some refreshments suggested
inquiry whether or not tha. was The kind ol
dog they cal 10 the Seneca nation, nes'
which il seems you have resided
'Ea. HAuk! eat my dog Hank! Id like
to see man or hound. mister, that wuulG
lare to put tooth in him.
Why, my good fellow replied Joh
Bull. whose sporting sensibiliues were s,
aroused by this remark .ha, he instantly
Iolgol his waggery, why | have a bull
TERROR here in ihe yard ihs, would eat hin
mp al moulh(ul. I said he looked like
an lndiandog, bu, in truth, when | come tt
examine hiu', he is nothing bu, spiserabt
cur
Il tell ye, mister, If II aux ba cut. he is
nevertheless raaI Alleghsnean cur; ard
sich cur as will lick five times his weight,
in English bull dogs
why he has no scars about him to show
that he is fighter said the Epglishmar. :.
curiously examining the dogs head and
ears.
'ShallT tell ye why, misterr
'Whyr
because Alleghanean dogs is kind oI
cri,er that gives scars instead taking
lhem'
'Ahs!' that's tits in said the English
man dryly-'Well my Aleghanean friend,
| will bel you this gold sovereign against ?
silver dollar, that my bul.lerror will shak'
tina, Alleghanesn cur of yours 10 pieces il
less than five minutes by my ws.ch-in
short, will make a single moulh!ul of
him"
Wsl; wal-,hal's all fair, replied the
Aleghanesn, sci a tching his head Blu. ye
see, mister, ilauk ain. had his vitlles to-
day, no more than his master, snd il ISM
in flesh and blood To do its bes. 10 fgh.ihg
on an empty somack'
4 will order your dog to be fed then
You can. meanwhile be eating your own
dinner, and we'll have The 6gh! afterwards.
sTha,s all fair--,hars all fair too; but;
mis,er,as to planking down my silver sinner
on ,ha. y.ller piece, | dom. know that
altogether like that, somehow. We don''
see much gold our way, and that sovr'n sS
YOU call il, looks TO me for all The wollt
only like . brass Injun medal