American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-06-14
Harry sampson obtains Revenge.

Harry sampson Obtains Revenge.
Mr.. Snarl resides in Forsyth street. Mr..
SnarI is an old bachelor, with an Irish girl
for housekeeper. Snarl lives in good
style, but has some queer notions. He
dislikes dogs above all things. organ grim
ders and beggars not excepted.
SnarPs next door neigbbor is Harry
Sampson. Now. Harry IS the very oppo-
site Of old Mr.. Snsrl He sets high val
ue on dog, and thinks there is only one
article equal 10 a Newfoundlander, and
that's woman. Harry has several
specimens of the canine race. The other
evening they got up bowling match be-
cause the moon was ecipsed. They COM
menced about ten O'Clock, and kept it up
I'LL the sun got an inch and halfabove
Williamsburg.
They so annoyed Mr.. Snarl that he had
Harry jerked up ''for a nuisance" and I'm
ed $40. Harry paid the money. but re-
solved on revenge. The next morning the
following advertisement appeared in the
Herald:
wAyrEP;-lt Forsyth treei, two Bull Dogs and four
Spaniel Pups. For fall-bieodsd Dogs the highest
JAMES SNARL.
Weneed notsay that the advertisement was
inserted by Harry. His reason for making
the calls between and P. NJ, was be-
cause Mr.. SEarl was always out at that
hour, r,taking an airing around the Battery.
Atthe hour specified, dogs and pups
might have been seen going up the Bow
cry to Grand, TO Forsyth, and up Forsyth
to the mansion occupied By Mr.. Snarl.
The first person that pulled the door
bell was a butcher-boy from Center Mar
ket, with pair of bulldogs that would
"tear bout of tiger" Maggie an
swered the bell, when the following col
lOqly took place:
docs Mr.. Snarl live bere?''
ale does Why do you AK"
"l've got some dogs for him"
dogs for Mr.. Snarl-mother of Moses,
did you ever: you've mistook the door"
"Divil bit of tread that"
Here Syksie took out tlle NorniRg Her
aid, and showed Maggie the advertisement
Maggis was thunderstuck, still there was
no denying the advertisement She ac-
cordingly told Syksie TO go in the back
yard 'wid the dogs, and await the return
of Mr.. Snarl. Syksie did SO. In about
two minutes Maggie was again summon
ed by the door-bell.
What do you WANT"
"Mr. Snal-l,ve got them dogs he want
ed."
lyon have-well then go into the ya'd
wild the other blackguard
No followed No. 1. No. 2 was soon
followed by No. 3, who was succeeded by
lots 4, 5, 6, and 7. By half past FIVE o.
clock the yard contained twenty -one bull
dogs and fourteen spaniels. The former
got up misunderstanding, and by the
time Mr.. Snarl arrived, seven sbaniels had
been placed hoys da cona60t. while brin-
die bulldog from Fulton Market was go
ing through his third fight with " yaller
terrier" from Mot-street-
Mr.. Snarl reached home few minutes
before six. Maggie opened the door, and
burst out as follows:
"For the love of the Lord go back and
stop 'em. They are aieing one another
up, and ifnot choked off will devour the
cestern. Since the days of Crummell I've
rot seen such hullabaloo entirely"
Snarl went back'-Snarl looked into
the yard and would have sworn, but he could
not find oaths sufficiently powerful to do
justice to his feelings. When we left, Mr..
Snarl was emptying the back yard with
an ax-helve. The next morning Harry
Sampson complained of him for having
dog 6ght' on his premises. Snarl was
fined twenty dollars-ffteen for hav-
ing such fight" and ten for being'an
old bypocrite.' Its not necessary for US
to say that Harry Sampson slept better
that night than any night since the war
with Mexico.-NeW York Datchman