Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-02-01

of Abraham, and he rushed into sIhe store,
from The back yard; having slippedshis col,
lar, Abraham brought fonh a brindlo cur,
long, srongo and al powerluLra %, .rUqa
10 Friend" said ,he excited Quaker, "lhy
/ dog shall be well beaten, L. promise iheel---
Hike! seize upon him-- -Turk--here boy!p
and abe dog sweDt; al il. sil "a aSlla4s a.'
:, Bob Carter, the smiths coming ,uplinime
10 hear The, Strangers defiance 10 the town,
and benton a6ght somebody, for-lhe
insult and damage 10 his WIFE,, clamped the
collar Of The stranger, and by a,series Of len
pound lens. upon the face, and back, and
sides, Of his bully antagonist, with his nat.
turat -sfedge.hammers Bob stirred up The
strength and ire Of the bully stranger, tolhe
top ofhis compass, and they made The sparks
fly dteadfulfyl q %Bi sf3 'Haip Ma 'oQv
Joe fuckers dog. reinforced by tha, Of
Abraham Miller's, took D fresh start, and
between the two, the strange dog was being
cruelty put 10 his trunips. Deacon Pugh,
one Of the most sedale and substantial, and
pious men in Froglown, came up, and in.
deed The whole town was assembling land
Deacon Pugh. armed with his heavy walk
ing-sIick, and shocked at the spectacle be.
lore him, marched up to Ihe dogs, exclaim.
ing, as he did SO: q sqed st .a'gsJ l.' l5
"Fie, fe, for shamel disgracelull-you
men; citizens of Froglown, will you stand
stand by, and ---rr
'Don'i ,hee-don'I lhee strike my dog,
Deacon PughP' cried Abraham Miller, ad-
yancing upon lhe Deacon, who was about 10
cut right and eIi among the dogs, with his
cane. m t-u.E tsr. #a .aHla.
"Your dogs!" shouted the Deacon, with
evident leryor. aU
"Not my dogs, Deacon Pugh!" echoed
the speaker.
"Whal did you say SO for .hen!" shouted
the Deacon.
al never said dogS, Deacon Pugh. ~
"You didl" responded the Deacon, with
excitement.
"Deacon Pugh, thee speaks groundlessy,' >
said the Quaker. @
"You tell faschood, Abraham Mller!"
"Thee ulters mendacious assertion!"
reiterated AOfan am.
"You-you-you tell an internal ie!"
bawled the Deacon,
"Thee hast provoked my evil passions,
Deacon Pugh!" shouted the slalwari Qua.
ker, "and will chaslise theel'
Sand into the DCacon's wool went the
Quaker. The Deacon, nothing 10Th, en-
tered into .he spirit of The thing, and we
leave them thus "nip and ,uck,' to look at
The stranger and Bob Carter, who fiji and
fought, fought and fit, until Squire Calchem
and the Town constable came up; and in
their attempt to preserve the peace, and ar
rest the offenders, The Squire was thrust
through the window Of neignboring watch
maker, doing heap Of damage; while Law
yer Hooker, in attempting to aid the con-
stable, was hit, in mistake, by the furious
blacksmith, in the shorl ribs, and went reel
| ing down Gutnbo's cellar with frighful We,
lociy! The friends and w-churchmen
of Deacon Pugh, took sides against the Qua.
ker antagonist, and The shop.boys of Abra-
ham, seeing their employer thus besei, came
10 the rescue; while brace Of stray Irish.
| IheH1 Iuil VI EuiOI anu WHISKY U6lieVluB u
10 be "iree fight" tried their hands and
sticks upon the comba!ants indiscrimina,ely;
so that, in less Than one hour, the quiet and
happy Village Of Frogtown, was shaken from
its propriely, by one grand, sublimely rdic.
ulous and terrific battle Heads and win
dows were smashed-chldren and women
run, screeched and screamed--dogs barked
dust dew--labor ceased-and so furious
mad, and excited, became the whole CON-
munity, that quiet looker.on, If there had
been any, would have sworn the evil place
had broken loose, and the evil ones were
all in Frog,ownl A heavy thunderstorm
finally, put an end 10 The row; the dogs were
all, more or less, killed; child severely
wounded, man scaIded, wagon broken, iht
horse ran himself 10 death, his owner was
beaten badly by Bob Carer, whose wife, anc
the wives Of many others, were dangerously
scared; The painter was crippled; dry good
ruined; Quaker, and Deacon, two Irish
men, Joe Tucker, town constable, Lawye
Hooker, Squire Ca,chem, and some fiji.
Others, shameluIly whipped! Lawsuits en-
sued, leuds followed, and the enlir
} peace and good repute Of Froglown was an
, nihilated-all by a remarkable dog fight.