Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1853-04-15
Neg Fight tn Eroxa~,s..

/, inc ouriy Quaker and the sturdy Deacon wl
.ook a part IN the general fight are craphica
y deiineaied-and the general muss which a
rfostown was thrown into. is highly amu.in
no ever saw dos fight without euriosi,
~ sec II out. so in--put in woud-get exci,es
ana not unirequcntly fgh, also? We have n
ehs'thet recollection Of having ever seen a ser
Gus, regular pitched battle between two dog.
without general fight among the bys,anders
OF scrinmasc between the owners and III
animals at least.
but the most remark able dog fight on recor,
Pe'naps' came of at Frog,own. on the fron,ie
OF Maine, some years ago 1t bea, ALI ,Jov
muses. Of the kind we ever heard Oft, cnnro.
sed the entire community in one general ind;.
erimna'e melee-intcrminable law suits. O
s~tfs OF law suits-it was the distraction of III.
town. It's do wnfa1l and ruin!
a fsnciful genius named Joe Tucker. a m,r
ABOUT town. iounger-wi,hout visible mean,
~ support do nothing. loafng. cigar smok
ng, Sooa natured sort Of fellow-owned a
.eno~ aog; slick, int lligent. and rather pret
neass. always at Joe's heels and known ,s
we'll as his master, and liked far more. bv the
r'oe'o"ners. One day. Joe and his dog were
passing bunions grocery store, when a crea,
P.eo1iu' u3iy-Iooking dog, standing along side
OF wood wagon, bounced on to Joe Tucker.
aooS-knockei him heels over head, and so
'e"e"ea bob Carter's wife-who was passin.
NJ II hi
u,nne'--tha1 ~, she stumbled backwards, ond her
o.u sun nnonnct dropping of, scared the horse
a'aehcd to the wagon. He s.arted-Lit La,h
hss.n Oarber pole--upset the load Of wood.
ment e,shteh which falling down Gumbo's refresh
the head. k,ledr ljdrHk $, one Of Gumbo's children on
50 alarmed Mr.. Gumbo,,, time. stone dead. and
stewPan Of hot, boInns .y.,ers in,e ime cropped a
stead Of the dish. OF a custom,-. ~haa hae lap, IN
ing for the savory connection, by ,.hl. in ,ho
corner. Mrs. Gumbo rushed TO the child-,h.
customer for the door! Mrs. Gumbo screamed.
and the customer yelled!
oh, oh! oh oh-h h h, my poor child!' cried
Mrs. Gumbo.
'Eh. he. c.c-c-e-e-c!' screamed the child
oh, Murder-r-r! o, by everlasting sin, I'm
scalded to all eternity! Murder-r-r-r" roared
the customer.
The horse. part Of the wagon. and some
of the wood, were on their mad career The
owner OF tho strange dog came out of the store
ust IN time to see Joe Tucker seize a rock. to
iemolish the savage dog; and not waiting to
zee Joe 'let drive give him such a pop on the
pack Of the esr, that poor Joe fell forty rods
IP the street, and striking the foot of long
adder. upon which Jim Elderberry was pevch
ID, paint pot in hand. some thirty feet from
ezra firma. bro't ladder. Jim, and paint pot
pro WING 70 the Garth; cripPlins poor Jim for
he broadcloths, satinets. and calic6es OF .A0ss-t
lam Miller. formal and even tempered Quak. |
r, who out to the door. just the two
logs had gone fairly at it, hip and thigh. dip
md catch. A glance at matters seemed to
convince Abraham Of the true state of the
ase: and in an unusually elevated voice Abra-
am called out TO Joe Tucker, who had rightcd
'P:
Joseph Tucker, thy dogs fighting
Let 'em fight it out!' yelled the pugnacious
'wner of the strange dog Let 'em hgh, i,
'ut; I'll bet load Of wood my dog can eat
my dog in town, and can eat the owner"
nan; Quakcrs are proverbially so. But the
gauntlet thrown down by the burly stranger,
rom the country. stirred the lSSalai. SAIL e abraham
ard + roi,n a brindle cur. long. strong '"u
powerful. ., o,,.L., .thv dog
Ill hc we'll beaten, l promise thee se'Ac uP
nan i.: oe T.rk here boyr and tho dog went
Rob Carter, the smith, coming up III ''"e "
,he e,raneer's defiance TO the town: az.
Ieo Leo, on Goht with somebody for the ,ns"I.
i Ja,,,ce 10 his wife, clamped the coi.aI "
,hs stranger. ana by series OF ten ponn" .."s
mon the face, and back and SIDES OF "s o.
antagonist, with his natural s!edge "a Ia" hniiv
Bob stirred up the streng,h ana 1e " and they
stranger, to the top OF his compass anu
made the sparks fly dreadtully! ..., a.
-. T,cter's dog, reinforced by '"a'
.tr.b.n, Niller's took fresh start ana -.
,weeo the two, the strange dog was oe,"e =
- hi. ,runps. Deacon Push. one
y pu p,ost sedate and substantial and p,ous ne'
in Froctown, came up. and ,ndeed ,ne d., n
town was assembling, and Deaco" ..oe,
,.a NV" With his heavy alking stick. snd snoe.
"a -, the spec,acle before him. marched up
] ~. dog. erclaiming as he did so: :,
ia fe. 6e for shame! disgrace'ol-;,
o;,;zen. Of Frostown, will you sta"u
~, thee. don't thee strike my dog De
p,sh,, cried Abraham Miller. advsnc'
~. n.,con. who was about TO cut rie"' a
: iof. among the dogs with his cane. "a.
'' W dor.r shouted the Deacon. Win e
e dent fervor p,,,hr echoed ,
le speaker. 10 ,,.,,. shouted
at Deacon. p,.b,
}" ~. d;dr responded the Deacon, with
of element. -. ,,oundless
be said the Quaker u;,l.,r
al Thou utteIs mendae'ous a'se'u'"'
an rated Abraham e,,.r h
rs. .You-you-you tell a" "Je'"1' "' =
ow ed the Deacon o,,
.n Thee hast provoked my evil Pess'on.
o6, con Pugh" shouted the ssai waf' >"aAe''
will chastise thee" n
n. And into the Dcacon's wool went 'oe
.nd ar The Deseon nothing iosh' sn@s'eo
lem the .piri, of the thing. and we Iesse aa1 .s.