Southern shield., 1855-07-07
Harry Sampson gets Revenge.

MT. Snarl resides in Forsyth street Mir. Snarl is an old bachelor, with ar Irish girl for a housekeeper. Snar lives Tn good style, but has some queer notions. He dislikes dogs above al things, organ -griders and beggars nor excepted.
 Snarl's next door neighbor is Harry Sampson. Now, Harry is the very op- posite of old Mir. Snarl. He sets 2 high value on a dog, and thinks there IS only one article equal to a Newfound- lander, that's a women. Harry has several specimens of the canine race. The other evening they got up howl ing match because the moon was eclips- ed. They commenced about ten o'clock and kept 1t up till the sun got an inch and half above Williamsburg. This so annoyed Mr. Snarl that he had Harry jerked up "for a nuisance'' and fined $1O. Harry paid the money, but resolved on revenge. The next morning the following advertisement appeared in the Herald.
 WANTED.-at Forsyth-street, two Bull Dogs and four Spaniel pups. For ful-booded Dogs the highest price will be paid. Call be- tween 1 and P. NJ. JAMES SNARL.
 We need not say that the advertise ment was inserted by Harry. His req son for making the calls between four and six P. M., was because Mir. 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 Bowery 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 Centre Market, with a pair of bulldogs that would "tear h-ll out of tiger.'' Maggie answered the bell when the fol- lowing colloquy took place:
 "Does Mr. Snarl live here?"
 "He does. Why do you ax?''
 "I'ye got some dogs for him.''
 "Dogs for Mr. Snarl?-mother of Moses did you iver? you've mistook the door,"
 Here Syksie took out the Morning Herald, and showed Maggie the ad tisement. Maggie was thunderstruck, still there was mo denying the ad- vertisement." She accordingly told Syksie to go in the back yard 'wid the dogs" and await the return of Mir. Suarl. Syksie did so. In about two minutes Maggie was again summoned by the door bell.
 "Mr. Snarl-I've got them dogs he wanted"
 "You have?-well then go into the yard wid the other blackguard." No. 2 followed No. 1; No. ? was followed by No. 3, who was succeed ed by lots 5, 6 and '. By half-past five the back yard contained twenty one bull-do and fourteen spaniels. The former got up a misunderstanding, and by the time Mr. Snarl arrived, seven spaniels had been placed hors du com bat, while brindle bulldog from Full ton Market was going through his third fight with "a yaller terrier" from Not street.
 Mir. Snarl reached home few min utes before six. Maggie opened the door, and burst out as follows:
 "For the love of the Lord go back and stop 'em. They are ateing one another up, and if not choked off will devour the cistern. Since the days of Crummell, I'ye not seen such hulla- baloo entirely.'
 Snarl "went back'-Snarl looked into the yard and would have sworn, but could not find oaths sufficiently powerful to do justice to his feelings. When we left, Mir. Snarl was empty ing "the backyard" with an axehelve. The next morning Harry Sampson com plained of him fer having a "dog fight" on his premises. Snarl was fined $25 -$15 for "an old hypocrite." It is not necessity for US to say that Harry Sampson slept better that night, than any night since the war with Mexico.