Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-01-20
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Dog-Fight II Frogtown.


There is an excellent moral in the following
story which is toll with great skill. It shows US
how whole village or a whole church is some
times torn TO pieces by fight between two pup
pies Chyistia5, f;qtsirers
The most 4eu44r.aJle Gaghght on record carae
off at Frogtovn. ol the frontier OF Name some
years ago. It eng1ossed the entire community in
one general iudiscriminate melee interminable
lawsuits, distraction of the town, It's down fall
and ruin
A fanciful genus. named Joe Tucker, man a
bout town; iounger, without visible means Of
support; a donothng, loafng, c cgar-smoking,
good-natured fellow. owned dcg-a sleek, intel
ligent and rather pretty beast, always at Joes
heels, known as well as has master, and liked far
more by the Fr0gtowners One day Joe and his
dog were passing Bunion's grocery-store, when "a
great, piebald, ugly looking dog, standing along
side wood wagon, bounded on to Joe fuckers
dog. knocked him heels over head, and so fright
ened Bob Carter's .gife, VINO was passing towards
her husbands blaeksmitk-shop with his dinner,
that she stumbled backwards and her old sun-bon-
net Topping off scared the horse attached to the
wagon He started hit Latherems barber pole.
upset the load OF wood, half of which, falling
down Gumbo's reG-eshmeat cellar. struck one OF
Gumbo's children on the head, killing it, for the
time, stone dead and so alarming Mrs. Gumbo,
that she dropped a stew-pan OF hot boiling oysters
into the lap, instead Of the dish. Of a customer,
who sat waiting iog the savory decoction by Ia
be in the corner Mrs Gumbo rushed for the
child-the customer for the door. Mrs. Gumbo
+t-,
yelled!
Oh, OH oh-ohsoh-h, my poor child - cried
Mrs. Gumbo.
Eh, elI-e-e e-ez~ screamed the child.
Oh, muriey.r-rl Oh my everlasting sin, m
scalded to all sternity! Murder-r-r!' roared the
customer.
The horse, part OF the wagon, and some Of
the wood were on q mad career. The owner OF
the strange dog came out Of the store just in time
to see Joe Tucker seize 4 rock to demolish the
savage dog: auI not wsi-.ng to see Joe let drive.
gave him such a pop on tae back, that poor Joe
fell forty rods up tue street and striking the foot
OF long ladder. upon which Jim Edderdy was
perched, paint-pot IN hand, some thirty feet from
tara f,7na, brought ladder, Jim, and Paint-pot
sprawling to the ground crippling poor Jim for
life, and sprinklug blue paint copiously over the
broadcloths, sarire:ts, and calicoes Of Abraham
I Miller, formal and even,temPered Quaker, who
ran out to the door, Just as the two dogs had gone
fairly at it, hip and thigh nip and catch. glance
at matters seemed TO convince Abraham Of the
true state of the case ana in an unusually eleva-
ted voice, Abrahan1 called out TO Joe Tucker. who
had righted up
@Joseph Tucker thy dogs fighting"
. Let EN- fight il out, yelled the pugnaeiOus
owner of the strange dog, Let EN- fight it out
1 I'll bet load of wood my dog can eat any dog IN
town and can eat the owner.
We have SAID Abraham Miller was mild man :;
Quakers are proverbially 50. But the gauntlet
thrown down By TIE stranger from the country,
stirred the gan Of Abraham, and he rushed into
the store From she back yard, having slipped
his collar, Abraham brought forth brindle cur,
strong. long and aIJpoweEful
Friend" sad tae excited Quaker thy dog
shall be well beaten, promise thee Hike seize
upon him Turk here, boy aud the dog went
at it.
F Bob Carter. the smith. coming up IN time 10
hear the stranger $ deila,s 20 Sac ;oyy5, and bent
on a fight with somebody for the insult aad dam
age 10 his wife, elamped the collar Of the stran-
ger. and by a series OF en-pound-tens upon the
face. back and slae- of his bully antagonist with
his natural sledge-iammers Bon s5ITrec up the FIRE
and strength OF tae stranger to the TOP Of his com
pass. and then nsa3e the sparks fly dreadfully.
Joe fuckers dog reinforced by that Of AbTa-
ham Miller, took fresh starts and between the
two the strange deg was being cruelty Pat TO his