Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-06-27
HARRY SAMPSON OBTAINS REVENGE.


Mr.. Snarl resides in Forsyth street. Mr..
| Snarl 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 grinders and beggars
not excepted.
Snarl's next door neighbor is Harry Samp-
| son. Now, Harry is the very opposite of old
Mr.. Snarl. He sets high value on dog, and
| thinks there is only one article cqualto New
| foundlander, and that's woman Harry has
| several specimens of the canine race The
other evening they got up a bowling match be-
cause the moon became ecIipsed. They COM
mcnced about ten o'clock, and kept it up till
the sun got an inch and half above Williams
burg.
This SO annoyed Mr.. Snarl that he had
Harry jerked up for a nuisance and fined
$40. Harry paid the money, but resolved on
revenge. The next morning the following ad-
yertiScment appeared in the Herald:
WANTEp-At Forsyth street two Bull Dogs and
four Spaniel Pups, For full-bIoedcd Dogs the
highest price will be paid. Call between and 6
7. NJ JAMES SNARL.
We need not say that the advertisement
was inserted by Harry. His reasons for ma
king the calls between four and six p. NJ, was
because Mr.. Snarl was always out at that hour
taking an airing around the Battery.
At the hour specified, dogs and pups might
have been seen going up the Bowry to Grand
to Forsyth, and UP Forsyth to the mansion
occupied BY Mr.. Snarl. ..-
The first person that pulled the door-bell
was butcher-boy from Centre Market, with
pair of bulldogs that would etear hi out of
a tiger Maggie answer the bell, when the
following colloquy took place:
Does Mr.. Snarl live here p
He does. Why do you ax!'
1--we got some dogs for him.
Dogs for Mr.. Snarl-mother of Moses, did
you ever you've mistook the door,
Devil bit of tread that
Here Syksie took out the Morning Herald,
and showed Maggie the advertisement Mag
gle was thunderstruck, still there was no de-
nying the advertisement She accordingly
told Sykse to go into the backyard wild the
dogs and await the return of Mr.. Snarl. Syl-
sic did so. In about two minutes Maggie was
again summoned by the door-bel.
What do you want p
Mr.. Snarl :: I've got them dogs he wanted
You have-well, then go into the yard wild
the other blackguard.'
No. 2 followed No. /; No. was soon fol-
lowed by No. 3, who was succeeded by lots 5,
6 and Z. BY half-past five the back yard con-
tained twenty-one bulldogs and fourteen span
iels The former got up a misunderstanding,
and by the time Mr.. Snarl arrived, seven span
iels had been placed kors ds combat while
brindle bulldog from Fulton Market was GO
ing t9 the third fight with "a yaller tarrier'
from Mott street.
Mr.. Snarl reached home a few minutes be-
fore six. Maggie opened the door, and burst
out as follows
eFor the love of the Lord go back and stop
'em. They are ateing one another up, and if
not choked off will devour the cestern. Since
the days of Crummell, I've moi seen such hull
abalo entirely .'.5a l1 aa r- -
Snarl swent bacf'-Snarl looked into the
yard and would have sworn, put 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 AK helve.--
The next morning Harry Sampson complain
ed of him for having dog fight on his pre-
misses. Snarl was fined twenty-five dollars
fifteen dollars for having ssuch fight and
ten dollars for being an old hypocrte. 1t is
not necessary for US to say that Harry Samp-
son slept better that night than any night
| since tho war with Mexico. i1
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