The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-07-10


|upon Indulgence. thai fhey never even
ihosghl OF looking about sheml But we're
these three Ell The parties 20 be engaged
Alas no. There Was ssworn enemy of
ihe e=s's approaching siso. fsnder cover
Of large basket in lhe shape OF q mis-
ehlssous whine dog. kept by very quar-
relsome msn on ihe other side Of The
street. This dog Was ihe terror Of III The
cats In the nrighborhood. and. most of sll.
Of lhe four-desler's; 90 ofien had ne ehss-
ed her. and 20 ofien experienced ihs bin
Ter disappoinimfni Of seeing her climbing
up The posts OF ,he shop. and ihen spit.
iing n him from the top Of the shed.
Infatuated lizsrdl Wrelched Ify Be-
irayed pussyi she needed not the ely
creep ofthe dog. 80 intent was she upon
The successful issue other spring upon The
lizard. The fly Was gorging himself with
honey. He alone pariook not Of the in
tense anxiety OF The lizard. The car. and
the dog. lie psnook only of-honey!
The crisis al length srrived. The n
gard made iis nimble pounee al The fy.
The cat sprang al The lizard. The lizard
missed its footing in consequence. and
would have been the cats portion fly.
honey. and sll-bnl for ihe dogs sudden
attack upon puss. Here was scene |
The lizard falling 10 the ground. was
al once involved in The consequences
of the quarrel between the dog and cat.
What were ay or honey 10 him at the
moment, when In state between life and
death he crepi back sore and wounded 10
his chinks and cobwebsl The fy might
or might not have escaped. Not so The
cat. now sorely worried by The dog. in
spile Of all her ouicries and all she could
do in the way Of biting and clswing; for
il was an old score The dog was paying
her of. and that might soon have cosl her
her life. if her master had not rushed out
OF his shop with broom.slick with which
he began to belabor The dog.
Now the owner Of The dog had been as
long at enmily with the man Of -four and
honey. as The dog had been al enmi,y with
the cat and probably longer. or course,
therefore. when he heard his animals
cries, and saw The punishment inficiing,
he armed himself with a broomsiick also;
and, rushing across The street, gave the
flour dealer such crack upon his head
as knocked him down as IA, as a pan,
cake. - nN
stake that. you villain." said he, /" fol
It's debt I've long owed youl"
slave youl" said The hour-dealer'l
son, as he rushed out with cudgel in hI,
hand. .Then tell me how you like thar
l-giving him such hearty whsck acros,
the shoulders that he was fain 10 drop his
bIo0msiick. ass.
i Yet the blow had hardly been given
before friend Of the dogs master ran VI
with a drawn sword, and would hav,
made mince meat OF The Hour.dealer's son
but for soldier, who cred out "Shame
thou coward, and son OF coward, who
j would attack youth with only slicL
in his hand, and you armed with a sword
Shame on you'll It's just like you ras
cally Hindoo fellows, who pretend 10 be
soldiers, and are as much like soldiers as
that poor cat. Why don't you try me"
i .Why not!" replied the man. .Dc
you think l'm afraid Of such bully a:
you! Come on, you scoundrel, and Ill
show you what difference there is be-
. tween a CT and Hindoor'
Upon this the soldier drew his sword
and both began 10 cut at each other il
good earnest.
On this all the people cried out, Muir
der! Murder" and great many soldiers
running 10 the spot, were soon engaged
|, always attacking the Hindoos. who wer,
: on The dogs side, and the Hindoos III,
D Mussnlmans, who were on the side of ih,
E cat; and whenever Hindoo and Mus
. sulman were fighting. the Hindoos aidet
1.-The Hindoo. and The Mussulmans IN,
! Mussulman; and the consequence wa
81 the death of many on each side. and lh
' wounding of most Of the foolish quarrel
. some people engaged.
I 0fcourse such hubbub as this coul
d not be continued long without its bein
9 reported to the Rajah, who forthwith has
il, tened from his palace with his body-guar
8 and some horsemen, and soon pu, sto
a 10 this terrible fray and all the ringlead
: ers were forthwith seized and tied togelh
: er, and marched off to prison. there TO b
Q kept closely confined till the sad bushes
e should be fully inquired into. and tn
o cause Of so dreadful riot ascertained, an
n fixed upon the guilty.
l. ALI that night, therefore, were the mag
/. istrates AID polce.officers hard at wor
IS listening TO evidence. but they did not az
!, vance a single step in the business; NJ
nor for several days after, notwiihstant
e ing the great impotence Of the Rajah, I
is whom they could only report from tim
n TO time the hearing of nothing but III
10 woads, "Cat. Dog" Cat and Dog,
d -" Dog and Cai,"-. Dog" Cat"
Ut A very similar feeling. also. was er