The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-05-05
WHOLE NO. l442

B uclpatei would taAe place before long,
She gave Bony so little TO eat that he was
5oFy indeed; and when he snarled aud snap
Ped,it was sweet music to her car.
Deacon Green was not quite so "well to
do as Deacon Blown, and so his wife was
MT able to dress quite as we'll as her sister.
She was quite sensitive on this point, and
was angry with the whole world, including
the Deacon. about II.
One Saturday morning, fnding herself,
unfortunately, out OF pork for the morrow's
dinner, (beans) she accompanied the deacon
10 The butcher, TO see that he selected a
good lot. Bony followed them. e'f
ltso happened that Deacon Brown and
his wife visited the butchers at the same
time, and they were attended by the redoubt.
able dog, Bose
Mri. Green felt anything bat pleasant, on
meeting her sister, with whom she had not
spoken since her marriage. MIRA Brown
WIS "dresscd up" on this occasion, and Mrs.
Green happened to have on her "every-dsy"
clothes.
The Browns pretended not TO be aware Of
the presence ofthe Greens; sad the Greens
looked as ifthey were entirely ignorant that
any such persons as the Browns had ever
existed.
81 must have some good sweet pork Mr.:
TrCtter,'' said Mrs. Green to the butcher
Crank pork in beans is horrid!"
"BsanS!" exclaimed Mrs. Brown, aloud,
| to her husband, turning up her nose contemp-
( tuousy.
ayes, beans" cried Mrs. Green, turning
around quickly, in fury. '.Pork and beans,
, If il comes TO that. You eat 'em yourself,
I Gua1,,, b,,o, L.
able to get 'em! You needn't pretend to be
so topptn!"
"You lie, you jade! don't care il do
swear. We never eat BEANS" said Mrs.
Brown. Ina twinhling, Mrs. Green seized
a string of sarsages and slapped her sisters
face with them. Then Mrs Brown planted
her ten talons into the bonnet of Mrs Green.
tore il off and ran and threw it into the road.
Then Mrs. Green followed her; and with
very stroDglanguage and very shrill cries,
they had terrible scratching and pulling
and twitching tims it,
The two deacons expostulated with their
spouses but did not interfere to part them:
Deacon Green, because his wife had the best
tof it, and Deacon Brown partly from fear,
as he was timid man, and partly because
he was angry with his wife, considering that
she had done wrong by commencing the
quarrel and Insulting Mrs. Green by saying
"bearsr
MoreoVer,the two deaeo-s "kept their eyes
peeled" each expecting an assault from
the other; and moreover, again they noticed
with anxiety, that Bose and Bony had got
their backs up, having been smelling Of each
other and breathing through their nOaaaia a
! very threatening manner, ever since they
, came into the shop.
!, Mr.. Trotter, being in the awful presence
OF two deacons, both his customers, didn't
dare to say word but he leaned on his
meat axe, exnltingly, and hoped the dogs
would have fight soon. To this end he
threw bone between them-the chen ffght''
continuing in the road.
Bony grabbed the bone first, and Bose
seized him by the fore-paw. This was a
lfaur pas on the part of Bose. Had he been
experienced in canine tactics,he would have
seized Bony by the throat before he had
, time to drop his bone. As it was, Bose lefl
the nape of his neck exposed, and Bony be.
! ing "scence' dog, dropped the bone and
closed his capacious mastif'jaws firmly upon
: Bose's nape. This brought Bose to his
senses, and letting go Bony's fore-paw, he
} tfied to get his head up again. But he was
, too late. Still, as Bose was the stronger
dog of the two, being half bull and hal!
? Newfoundland, as aforesaid, he managed tc
] pull Bony along with him into the road
4 Beny still retaining his hold.
) Their struggles carried them directly be-
r tween their two fighting mistresses, whc
: then ceased operations against each other
/ and with two sticks belabored each the dos
of the other.
. The two deacons, being now thoroughly
j alive to the disgrace which their wives ant
g dogs were bringing upon them, rushed fran
v tically to the spot, and bidding their wive:
i desist, endeayored to pull the dogs apart
seizing them by the tail,
- But what could two deacons do with twt
a strong, ravenous, spunky dogs like those!-
1t They pulled and pulled, but it was no use.
3 Deacon Brown pulled with both hands, hi
i dogs tai being long and bushy and enablin
c him to take a firm hold. But Deacon Green
dog, having only stub tail, it having bee
either "cut off or druv in,'' could on fin
d room for one hand, and at last lost his gri
I aud tumbled down.
6 At this juncture Deacon Brown also tum
bled down, pulling both dogs upon himself
y In the shock the furious animals parted ian
u whether they were blinded with rage or de
e sired to revenge themselves upon their mas
ters for not having given them half enoug
: to eat during the week past, isnot known
but they instantly fastened upon their pros
c trate masters, and there is no telling whS
!, would have become of Deacon Brown an
}. Deacon Green, if the crowd, who had co
lected to see the fight, had not managed T.
d pull the dogs off-upon whichs shocking
g relate, Deacon Brown was found to be minu
his left ear, and Deacon Green the fore-fI
III ger of his right hand!
IN At this the people of Bellpepper were s
E enraged that they put Bose and Bony t
10 death, while some Of them attended the dea
or cons and their wives home.
s. The notorious disgrace attached to tn
affair decided the two deacons to leave Bell
pepper forever, and each sought his wife t
make known his intention. But fneithe
e were to be found. They had "got the start
= Of their husbands.
~ Bya curious coincidence, Mrs. Deacon
le Brown was found to have eloped with Mr.
n A,tHax, the Young ladies' shoemaker, an
&c Mrs. Deacon Green had left for parts un
:, !. known with jolly young Irish tailor. Eact
: left note stating that religious society dis
agreed with them.
!. 1t gives us melancholy satisfaction to bI
i, able to state that reconciliation tool
= place between the two deacons, and tha
:. they left Belpepper together, repentins
their uiehristian rivalry and resolved to live
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