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and even tempered Quaker, who ran out
to The door, just as the two dogs had gone
at it, hip and thigh, nip and catch. A
glance at matters seemed 10 convince
Abraham Of the true state of the sase
and in an unusually elevated voice hs
called out to Joe Tucker, who had right
ed up
Joseph Tucker, thy dogs fighting"
"Let 'em fight it out" yelled the pug
naclous owner Of The strange dog. "Lst
EN- fgh. 1t out-I'll bet a load of wood
my deg can eat up any dog in town. and
| can eat the owner"
We have said Abraham Miller was
mild man Quakers are proverbially 20.
But the gauntlet thrown down by the
stranger from the country. stirred the gall
of Abraham, and he rushed into the s,ers;
from the back yard having slipped his col.
lar, Abraham brought forth brindle cur,
strong, long, and powerful.
'Friend,' said the excited Quaker, thy
dog shall be we'll beaten, l promise thee.
Hike ! seize upon him! Tuck, here boy!'
and the dog went at it,
Bob Garter, the smith, coming up in
time to hear the strangers defiance to the
town, and bent on fight with somebody,
for the insult and damage TO his wife,
clamped the collar of the stranger, and by
a series of ten pound ten upon the face,
back and sides Of his burly antagonist.
with his natural sledge hammers, Bob
stirred up the strength and ire of the bnlly
stranger to the top of his compass, and
they made the spars fly dreadfully. t
Joe fuckers dog, reinforced by that of
Abraham Miller, took a fresh start, and
between the two the strange dog was be.
ing cruelty put TO his s.umps. Deacon
Pugh, one ofthe most pious and substan-
tial men in Frog.own, came up, and in
deed the whole town was asssmbling;
a-d Deacon Pugh armed with his heavy
walking ick, and shocked at the spscta-
Gle before him, marched up to the dogs,
exclaming as he did So
'Fie, fe, fe, for shame! disgraceful!
you men, citizens Of Frog.own, will you
stand by, and
Don't thee, don't thee strike my dog,
Deacon Pugh!' cried Abraham Miller, ad-
vanclng to the Deacon who was about to
cut right and left among the dogs
with his cane.
Your dogs!' shouted the Deacon, with
evident fervor.
| Not my dogs, Deacon Pughy echoed
the Quaker.
What did you say so for. thsn,' shout.
ed the Deacon.
4 never said dogs, Deacon Pugh.'
You did,! responded the Deacon, with
excitement.
Deacon Pugh, thee speaks grouadless.
ly.'
You tell falsehoed, Abraham Miller!
'1hee utters mendacious assertion =
reiterated Abraham.
, 'You-you lie = bawled the Deacon.
thee hast provoked nay evil passions,
Deacon Pugh! shouted the stalwart Qua.
: ker, Il will chastise thee =
: And into the Deacon's wool went tho
Quaker. The Deacon, nothing 10th, en-
tered into the spirit Of the thing, and wo
leave them thus "nip and tuck" to look
af er the stranger and Bob Carter, who iit
) and fought, fought and fit, until Squire
: Catohem and the town constable came
up, and in their attempt 10 preserve the
q peace and arrest the offender, the SQUIRE
g was thrust through the window Of neigh
Q boring matchmaker, doing heap Of dam
II age, while lawyer Hooker in attempting
;, 10 aid the constable, was hi, in mistake
s. by the furious blacksmith in the short
T, ribs, and went reeling down Gumbo'a
d cellar, with frightful velocity! The
: friends and fellow churehmen Of Deacon
it Pugh took sides against the Quaker an>
II tagonis', and the shop boys Of Abraham,
s seeing their employer thus beset came to
y the rescue-while two Irishmen, full Of
Q fun and frolic, believing it to be free
0 fight tried their hands and sticks upon
9 the combasants iddiscriminately; so that
:, in less than an hour, the quiet and happy
; village of Frogtown was shaken from its
/. proprieiy by one grand sublimely ridic-
ulous and terrific battle. Heads and win.
dows were smashed-children and wo.
men screamed, dogs barked-lust Asw--
labor ceased--and so furious, mad and
excited became the whole cofnmunity.
that quiet locker on, if there had been
. any. would have sworn that the evil ones
were all in Ffogtown.
A heavy thunder storm finally put an
end TO the row the dogs were oil moro
or less killed, child severely wounded,
man scalded. wagon broken The
: horse ran himself TO death his owner
was beaten awfully by Bob Carter, whose
wife and the wives Of many others wers
badly scared, magistrate. constable, law
yer. Deacon and Quaker pummeled,
painter crippled for life. : jewslry shop,
! damaged, and the good name Of The VII
: lage of Frogtown lost forever, sll ID CON.
sequence Of remarkable dog-Gght.
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i or It is understood that the Dovens
!. Bank and the Bank or Carthage, New
York, recently suspended, will Be rssus.