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

Almost every paper we open contains the
following well-lold and aughable story. lis
authorship is unknown. We publish it 10
get il OH, Of The way: les -ga
Who ever saw q dog.fght, without curl.
osily to see i. out, 60 in, put in word, get
excited, and not unfrequently fight also?
We have no distinct recollection Of having
ever seen serious, regular pitched battle
between two dogs, without general fgh,
among the byslanders, or scrimmage be-
tween the owners Of the animals at least.
But the most remarkable dog,fghl on re-
cord, perhaps, came off a, Frogtown, nlhe
frontiers Of Maine, some years ago. IL beat
all Plug muses. of The kind we ever heard
Of; il engrossed the entire community in one
general indiscriminate alelee-inlerulinable
lawsuits or Suiis of lawsuls-dislraclion Of
the town, its downfall and ruin! ~ ess ....
A lanciful genius named Joe Tucker, a
man about town-a lounger-withoul vsi-
BILE means Of support-a do nothing, loaf.
ing, cigar smoking, good-nalured sort Of a
fellow-owned yellow dog; slick, intel
ligent, and rather pretty beast, always al
Joe's heels, and known as well as his mas
ter, and liked, far more, by The Frogtown.
ers. One day, Joe and his dog were pass.
ing Bunion's grocery store, when great
Plebald, ugy-looking dog, standing along.
side OF wood-wagon, bounced-on 10 Joe
fuckers dog--knocked him heels over
head, and SO frightened Bob Carers wife
who owns passing toward her husbands black
smith shop, with his dinner-thal she Stun
bled backwards, and her old sun bonnet
Hopping off, scared The horse attached 10 the
wood.wagon. lie slarled-h! Lalherem's
barber-p -pole--upsel the load Of wood, hall
Of which falling down Gumbo's relreshmeni
cellar, struck one OF, Gumbo's children on
the mead, killed it, for lime, stone dead
and so alarmed Mrs, Gumbo, that she dropped
a stewpun Of hot, boiling oysters into the
lap, instead Of the dish, of a customer, who
sat waiting for the savory concoction, by 6
table in the corner. Mrs. Gumbo rushed tC
the chid--Ihe customer for the door. Mrs
Gumbo screamed, the child screeched, anC
The customer yelledl pisH q @ atH
20, OIL oh-h.h.h, my poor childp' criec
Mrs. Gumbo. .ehf 900 hf sefil
"Eh, eh, e-e.e-o-e,e e-eH screamed th'
child, ....., .,...t ssd ..re ,,.,,.a,s n, o,a,
"Oh, murderer 0, I'm scalded! Mur
, der.r.r.rl'' roared the customer. ~ ,.sg., /,
f The horse, a part Of the wagon, and som
of The wood, were on their mad career
, The owner Of the strange dog came out o
: The store, just in time 10 sec Joe Pucke
seize rock, 10 demolish The strange dog
f andnol waiting 10 see Joe "let drive" CAV
him such pop on The bockof the ear, tn,
poor Joe fell forty rods up the street, an
y striking The foot ol long ladder, upo
d which Jim Elderberry was perched, pain
!. poi in hand, some thirty feet lromylera fl
q ma--brought ladder Jim, and painl-poll
:. lhe, ground-cripplng poor Jim for life, on
q fsprirkllng the blue paint copiously over II
q broadeIoihs, safnets, apd calicoes OF ABR
u ham Miller, "a formal and eveniempere
n FQudker, who ran out 10 the door, just as Il
two'Gogs had fairly gone al ii-hip and lhie
a A4nip and catch. A glance al matters SCENE
to convince Abraham Of the true state
u the case; and in. an unusually elevated tor
y of voice, Abraham called out 10 Joe Tucke
who had1righled up ! 100 8la ilsi,
d ysJoseph Tucker, Thy dog's fghtingV
'LCG 'em. fghtit outl" yelled the pugn
il cious owner Of The strange dog. "Les e
,eI fight il oul; III bel load, Of wood my d.
esaPp 4! II Ell l !gy qqy dog ih l9yn and can sqI =
Z II owperl yis,.,4,,..{ ,,,4a bio - oa,ia
" lao we have said, Abraham Miller was
/ Hmild man; Qpskrs are proyerbiplly +
,e Bdi lhe gauntlet thrown down BY, lhe bur blur
i. Stranger from the country, stirred The 81