Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-31
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Dog Fight i'm ErOg.own

Dog Fight in ErOgtOwn
The most remarkable dog light On record
came of at Frogiown, on the frontier oi Maine
some years ago II engrossed the entire com
munity in one general indiscriminaie melee
interminablc lawsuits or suits of lawsuits
distraction ofthc town, its downfall aud ru.
IN.
A lanciiul genius named Joe Tucker man
about iowu--a loungcr, without visible means
of .upporl-a do-nohing. lounglng, cigar
smoking. good injured fellow-o~ ned n dog
4 slick, inleli ent, and rather pretty beast
nlu avs nj Joc'S heels, aud known as wei as
his masrer and liked far more by the Frog
towncrs. One day Joe and his dog were pass'
iirr Bnniou's grocery store, " hrna great pc
bald uely looking dog Standing alongside Of
II wood wagon bounded on 10 Joe Iuckar's
dog-knockrd him heels over head and so
frightened Bob Carriers vile, who was passing
towards her husbands blacksmith shop With
his dinner, that she stumbled backwards. and
her old sun bonnet Hopping of, scared the
horse attached To the wagon. He started, hit
Lathcrems barhar pole, upset the load OF wood
half of which falling down Gnmbo's refresh.
ment cellar, struck one oil Gumbos children,
ON The head, killed it for Il time stonc dead ;
and so alarmed Mrs. Gumbo, that she dropped
a stcwpon Of hot boiling oysters into tie lap,
instead OF the dish, of a customer, WHO sal
waiting for the savory concoction, by table III
the corner Mrs Gumbo rushed for the child
the customer for the door. Mrs Gombo
screamed, the child screamed. and the custom
er yelled!
'Ohoh!oh oh oh-h, ny poor chIjl" c'ed
Mrs. Gnmbo.
Goa murdeH o. my evelasting SIN, I'm
scaldrd TO all clernityl Murder Ct RI" reared
the customer.
The horse, ,he part oflhe wagon, and some
Of the wood were On their mad career. Tie
oWnrr oi the stfaf &c dog came out OF The store
Us, in time TO see Joe Tucker scizc "A rock 10
iemoIish the savage dog, aud not Ting 10
see Joe let drivo, gave him such a pop on the
back. TIM, poor Joe fell forty rods up the street
md striking the foot of II long ladder upon
which Jim EdJcrby vas perchcd, paint pot IN
and, some thirty feet from terra iirma brought
ladder, Jim aud paint POI spra"ling to the
cath, crpplng poor jun for life, and sprlnk.
IN, III 10 painI copiou,ly over the br5nd cloths,
at,in,tts and calico,s of Abraham Miller, u
ormaI aud even tempered Qunhor who ran
,nt 10 thu door, i4st as tie w dogs had gone
arIy at il hi pand thigh, nip and catch. A
lance at matters seemed to convince ALra
,ousuolIv elevated voice Abraham called olt
to Joe Tucker. who had fiphted up.
"Joseph Tucker. the dogs fchting."
Let 'em fght il out" yelled the pugna.
cious owner ol The strange dog. "Lct en
feht il out; I'll bet lood of wood my dog
can cal any dog IN town, and | can eat the
owner.
We have said Abraham Miller was a mild
man. Ooakers arr proverbially so. But the
gauntlet thrown down I the stranger from the
country. stirred np The gall of Abraham, and
he usied into the store. from Tie back ward
having sIippcd his collar; Abraham brought
forth y br'ndle cur. s,rono and all poworlnl.
Friend said Tie excited Quaker, 'thy dog
shall be we'll beaten, [ promise thee! Hike,
seize upon himl Turk, here bowl a.d the
dcr " eut at il.
Bob Carter, tie smith, coming up in time to
hear tie st,anse,,s Gefiaeee 10 tie town. and
he,t on u f. ht with somrbndy, for the insult