Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-07-24

MA" means tie raaf prickv grlt of Ameliky
am JisL some of that same am. A true AL
ieshanlan boulder Ivy Heaven; and only wan,
10 see The 'aan that has word to say agn i,
II do"
did not mean 10 annoy you, my friend -
said the EneIi>hman soo'hingly =" only wish
ed 10 ask you about that dog of yours. He
looks to NE like an Indian dog; and hearing
you ask Tor some refreshments, suggested the
inquiry whether or no, that was the kind of dog
they eat in the Seneca nation. near which il
seems you have resided :"
Eat Hauk !-ea. my dog Hauk I'd like
10 see man or hound, mister, that would dare
10 put tooth in him"
Why. my good fellow replied John Bull
whose sporting sensibilies were so aroused By
mis- remark lha, he instantly forgo. his wag-
gerry, "why have a bull,errier here, in the
yard. that would eat him up at mouihfu
said he locked like an Indian dog; but ia truth,
when come 10 examine him, he is nothing but
what we would call 10 England a miserable
cur"
"l tell We, mister if Hauk be cur, he is ne
verlhele>s raal AleghanIa cur, as you cali it,
and sch cur will lick five times his weight iu
English bulldogs"
Why, he has no scars abou, him, TO show
rha, he is fighter said The EngIishman, Gu
riously examining the dogs head and ears
"ShalI | tell ye Why, misler!"
"Why!"
because Alleghanian dogs is kind Of crit.
Ter, ,ha, giUes scars instead of taking them"
"Aha! that's its is 7" said The Eag!ishman
drily. We'll, my Aleghanan friend. | will
bet you this golden sovereign against silver
dollar, that my buII-terrier vii! shake that ALE.
ghanan cur Of yours 10 pieces in less than five
minutes, by my wach-in short, will make
single mouhfui Of him 7"
Wal, wal-,ha,'s all fair" replied the Al
leghanan, scratching his head. Bu, sc see,
mister, Hauk amt had his viuies to-day, no
more than his master, and il isn't in flesh aud
blood 10 do lis best d, Gghiing ON an empty
stomach"
IL will order yonr dog TO be fed, ,hen. You
can, meanwhile, be eating your own dinner,
and we'll have The fight afterwards"
That's all fair--rhar's all fair, TOO /; bur, mis-
ter, as 10 planking down my silver sinner on
tha, yellow piece. don't know that alrogeth-
er like that, somehow We don't see much
gold nur way, and that sovereign. as yoa call
it, looks TO NE, for all the world, only like
brass Indian medal"
You woni bet on your cur then" said john
Bull. con'emptuousiy. You repudiate, per-
haps all you have said in his praise in word.
you back oul ="
Back OUT, misier7 No,hin' on airrh is fur
lher from my narur. ielrd you | were a
boulder---a raal Alieghanian houlder-and am
But want TO fix lhngs in Chrisian-llke man
ner, and no, rob folks Of their money on the
highway, as it were"
"How, then, shall we make up the match,
my good fellow z" said The EngIishman, not un-
kindly.
well. now,' replied the Aileghanan, with
great simplicity, al you and your bul-ierTieE
want SO much to ge, fi.h, out of Hauk and
me, why cau'r you go il and Tell the gentleman
who keeps the tavern ~hnm you know and
don't know--why can't you tell the gentleman
10 give me aud Hauk raal good dinner, with
something good for feller to drink. and then
lei tue dogs Ggii alier"ard, to decide which oI
Us is to pay the shoI---why can't you do that,
say, if you are so tearing mad TO have a fghl
.. TO risk your gold upon II :"
The Engiishman could no, help laughing
heartily at the Alleghsnian's nouons of what
consiiiu,e cd fair bel for the proposed arrange.
men, lefi John Bull naihing 10 win, whatever
might DO the result of the fight. except the pos
sibie satisfaction of seeing the couulfyman'S
moor cur receive druhbIag from his hull-er-
yier. Diverted, however, with such an onel-
nal, he Instantly ordered the tsyern-ke"Per 10
give be A'leghanian ~hateser he might wan