Butte record., 1855-09-15
Obtaining Revenge.

Mr.. Sna,l is sn old bachelor, with an
Irish girl for housekecper. Snarl lives
in good style, but has sone queer no.
tions He di>likes dogs above all things,
organ grinders and beggars not sxcep-
ted.
Snarl's next door neighbor is Harry
Sampson. Now, Harry is the very op-
posite of old Mr. Snarl He sets high
value on dog, and there is only one ar
ticle equal TO newfoundland, and that's
woman. Harry has several specimens
of the canine race. The other evening
they got up bowling match because the
moon became eclip~ed They commen-
ced about 10 O'Clock and kept it up till
the sun got an inch ard half above
Williamsburg
This so annoyed Mr. Snarl that he had
Harry jerked up ''for nuisance" and
fined ten dollars. Harry paid the mon
ey, but resolved on revenge. The next
morning the following advertisement ap
peared in the Herald
WANrED-At Forsyth street, two bull
dogs and four spaniel pups. For full
blooded dogs the highest price will be
paid. Call between and s P. NJ.
JAMES SNARL.
We need not say that the advertise.
ment was inserted by Harry. His rea-
son for making the calls between 4 and
6 I. NJ. was because Mr.. Snarl was al
ways out at that hour, taking an airing
around the Battery.
At the hour specified, dogs and pups
might have +een seen going up the Bow
cry to Grand, 10 Forsyth. and up Forsyth
to the mansion of Mr.. Snari.
The first person that pulled the bell
was a butcher boy from Catharine Mar
ket, with pair of bull dogs that would
"tear HI out Of tiger"
Maggie answered the bell, when the
following colloquy took place:
"Dots Mr.. Snarl live here:
"He does-why do you AK 20
81 have got some dogs for him.
''Dogs for Mr. Snarl--mother of Mo-
ses, did you ever you've mistook the
door"
''Devil bit of tread that
Here Syksie pulled out the morning
Herald and showed Maggie the adver-
tisement, Maggie was thunderstruck,
there was ''no denying the advertise
ment." She accordingly told him to 90
IN the yard "wid de dogs and await the
return of Mr.. Snarl Syksie did 50.
In about two minutes Maggie was
again summoned to the door.
"What do you want;"
"Mr snari-I've got ..iaem dogs that
'he wa....go,n
"You have-well then go into the
yard with the other backyard"
No. 2 followed No. :: No. 2 was soon
followed by No. 8, who was succeeded
by lots 4, and 6. By half-past five
the back yard contained twenty-one bull
dogs and fourteen spaniels. The former
got up misunders tanding, and by the
time Mr.. Snarl arrived, seven spaniels
haa been placed hors du combat, while a
brindle bull dog from Fulton Market was
going through his third fight with "a yal-
Ter tarrier" from Mott street.
Mr.. Snarl reached home few min
utes before six. Maggie opened the door,
and burst out as follows:
s'For the love of the Lord 90 back
and stop 'em. They are ateing one an
other up, and if not choked off will de-
YOUR the cesteln. Since the days OF
Crummel I've not seen such hullabaloe
entirely"
Snarl sswent back"-Snarl looked into
the yard and would have sworn, but be
could not find oaths sufficiently powerful
to do justice to his feelings. When We
left, Mr.. Snarl was emptying ''the back
yardn with an axe>helve. The next
morning Harry Sampson complained of
him for having ''dog fight" on his pre-
misses Snar was fined twenty-five dol
lars-fifteen dollars for having ''such a
fight" and ten dollars for being "an old
hypocrile. 1t is necessary for us to
say that Harry Sampson slept better that
ght than any night since the war with
Mexico. IN. Y Datchman.