The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-06


: in word, you back out.
Back out, mister! Noihin' on arlh
further from my mater, tell'd ye | we
bonlder--a raal Aleghanesn boulder
/, and am. But | want To fix things in
iChrisIisn,l(e like manner, aud not ro
folks of their money on the highway
II we're.
How then shall we make up the match
my good feIIow!' said the EDgllshmar
not un kindly.
Why, now, replied the AIleghanean wit
great simplicity, rfy you and your bull ter
rer,wsnI SO Tuch to get fight out of Haul
and me; why can't you go in and tell III,
gentleman who keeps the tavern whom
you know and | don't knOw-why can
sou tell The gentleman 10 give me ant
Hauk raal good dinner with something
good for feler To drink, and then let lht
dogs fight afterwards, to decide which is to
pay the shot. Why cant you do that, |
say, If you are SO tearing mad 10 have a
fight that you will risk your geld upon iI!'
The EngIIshmGn could not help laugh
ng heartily al The AlIeghanean's notion of
yha, constituted fair bel-for the proposed
rrangment lett John Ball nothing 10 win.
whatever might be the resul, Of the fight,
Except the possible satisfaction Of seeing the
poor cur receive drubtngI
ION his bull terrier. Diverted however
Win such an original he Instantly ordered
he tavern keeper to give the Alleghanean|
whatever he might want for himself andl
is dog, adding that he would be lesponsi
lie for the bill,
,arAs. ,M at as 6s 6sI ssIsppSa pea dd, on tne piazz,
macking his lips ard wiping his mon''
With MS coat sleeve, i guess I'm ready
mister, and you may bring along
hat bull pup Of yours as you please, for J
ave to be going
sHere he is, said John Bull, and IN lht
anne mo men, stout, tan colored, con-.
,aclly built and vigorous looking dos,wnn
usks like those of wild boar prorudInf
rom his black muzzle reused himself from
Inder the bench on which his master wal
,ivng. lie gave low muflled growl asI
10 ruse, while yoOr Hauk, who was jus
his, nose out of The doorway
,hrank back in terror behind the heels oil
IF the AlIeghancan,
why, your dog has no fgh, in him. my
good sir,' quoIh the EnglShmsn, Pe'nsh
Iy.
Don, be too sure of that's answered
The other, the fgh, always lays deep in
our Alleghanean dogs, bu, when you OnS'
Ce, at il, us the ras! thing and no mistake
As for Hsuk here, he hasn't had his drink
vet, and besides that. | always talk to him
III alone by hisseI(, just alore he goes into
6gh,--l always do
WELL there's water in the horse trough
and there's the bar room iors your 'a'k'
said John Bail, utterly conIou"ded by what
he now cursed. ilnwardly, as the cool In
pudence Of The UniledI Staleser, who had
swindled him out of a dinner in The name
Of dog that would not stand up even to re
oeive hOggng.
Drink from a horse trough! cried 'ht
AlIeghanean dlsdan(uIy, 'Hauk lns's 'ha
Kind of criiler, mister.
.Wha, dues he drink lhen'
DRINK why he never dIings any 'h'nt
IN, repper-sarce, You may look, mister
lbu, | tell you pepper. SARGE is my dog
,Idrink. | see tha, gentleman in The bar ha
lots Of bottles Of it on an upper shelf and
he will only lei me have couple OF e"
, with tina, pail, in that back room' SO as
= can talk 10 Hauk alone while he drinks
say, if YOU will only tell the gentleman
The bar TO furnish me with these conVIencel
n IrN isoon show you whether or not hi
BRUSH bull TERROR Of yOurn can cal up
/; AIeghansan cur at a mou'hln''
r Give the follow lhe bottles, the pail al
I Inc back room,' roared John Bull ihrou!
:, the open window, give hin whatever
,s wsn,s, and pu. the whole in my BILL /
n de,erm,hed TO hold the knsve 10 his orig
al agreement, in some way or other.