The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-01-20
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DOG FIGHT IN FROGTOwN.

There is an excellent moral in the
following story, which is told with great
skill. 1t shows us how whole village
or whole church is sometimes torn tc
pieces by fight between two puppies.
The most remarkable dog fight OF
record came off at Frogtown, on the
frontier Of Maine, some years ago. Il
engrossed the entire community in one
general melee, interpinable lawsuit, dis.
traction OF the town, its downfall and
ruin :
A fanciful genius named Joe Tucker
a man about town-a lounger, without
visible means Of support do-nothing,
loafng, smoking, good natured
fellow, owned dog-a sleek, intelligent
and rather pretty beast, always at Joe's
heels, known as we'll as his master, and
liked far more by the Frog-towners
One day, Joe and his dog were passing
Buuion's grocery store, when great
piebald, ugly-looking dog, standing along
side of a wood wagon, bounded on tc
Joe fuckers dog, Knocked him heels
over head, and so frightened Bob Car
ter's wife, who was passing towards her
husbands blacksmith shop with his din
ner, that she stumbled backwards, and
her old sun-bonnet Topping off, scared
the horse attached to the wagon. He
started, hit Latherem's barber pole, up
set the load of wood, half of which fall
ing down Gumbo's refreshment cellar,
struck one of Gumbo's children on the
head, killing it or a time, stone dead,
and SO alarming Mrs. Gumbo that she
dropped stewpan of hot boiling oysters
into the lap, instead of the dish, of a
customer, who sat waiting for the savory
concoction by a table in the corner.
Mrs. Gumbo rushed for the child-the
customer for the door, Mrs. Gumbo
screamed, the child screamed, and the
customer yelled
ooh, oh ! oh, oh, my poor child J"
cried Mrs. Gumbo.
"Eh, eh-e-e :" screamed the child.
ooh, murderer Oh my everlasting
sin, Pm scalded to all eternity! Muir
der-r-r !" roared the customer.
The horse, part of the wagon, and
some of the wood, were on their mad
career. The owner of the strange dog
came out of the store just in time to see
] oe Tucker seize rock to demol.sh the
savage dog and not waiting to see Joe
let drive, gave him such pop on the
back, that poor Joe fell forty rods up
the streets, and striking the foot of a
long ladder, upon which Jim Elderly
was perched, paint pot in hand, some
thirty feet from terra firma, brought
ladder, Jim and paint pot sprawling to
the earth crippling poor Jim for life,
and sprinkling blue paint copiously over
the broadcloths, satinetts and calicoes of
Abraham Miller, a formal and even
Quaker, who ran out to the
door Just as the two dogs we're fairly at
it, hip and thigh, nip and catch. A
glance at matters seemed to convince
Abraham of the true state of the case I;
and in an unusually elevated voice,
Abraham called out to Joe Tucker, who
had righted up,
"Joseph Tucker, thy dogs fighting" "
"Let 'em fight it out" yelled the
pugnacious owner of the strange dog.
I" Let 'em fight at it. I'll bet a load Of
wood my dog can eat any dog in town,
and can eat the owner"
We have said Abraham Miller was q
mild man Quakers are proverbially so.
But the gauntlet thrown down BY a
stranger from the country stirred the
gall of Abraham, and he rushed into the
store. From the back yard, having
slipped his collar, Abraham brought
forth brindle cur, strong, long, and all
powerful.
Friend" said the excited Quaker,
"thy dog shall be well beaten, ! prom
ise thee |! Hike, seize upon him ! Turk,
here boy J" and the dog went at it.
Bob Carter, the smith coming up in
time to hear the strangers defiance to
the town, and bent on fight with some
body for the insult and damage to his
wife, clamped the collar of the stranger,
and by series of ten pounds tens upon
the face, back, and sides of his bully
antagonist with his natural sledge ham,
mers, Bob stirred up the strength and
fire of the stranger to the top of his
compass, and then made the sparks fly
dreadfully.
Joe fuckers dog, reinforced by that
of Abraham Miller, took fresh start I;
and between the two the strange dog