Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-07-17
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 a good
style, bu, has some queer notions. He dis.
likes dogs above all things; organ.grinders
end beggars no! excepted.
Snarl's mex. door neighbor is Harry Simp.
son. Now, Harry is the very opposite Of
old Mr.. Snarf. He sets high value on dog
and thinks there is only one article equal
to Newfoundlander, and that's a woman.
Harry has several specimens Of the canine
race. The other evening they otoup a
bowling match because the moon was eclps-
ed. They commenced about 10 o'clock,
and kept it up ill the sun gol, an inch and a
half above Williamsburg. ~ u 'H7 ''A1
This SO annoyed Mr.. Snarl that he had
Harry jerkedfup "ior nuisance" and fined
$40. Harry paid ihe money, bu. resolved
on revenge. The next morning the, follow
ling advertisement, appeared in lie Herald:
WANrED.-At Forsyth-street, two Bull Dogs
and four Spanish Pups. For full-blooded Dogs
the highesl price will be paid. Call between A
and P. NJ. JAMES ,SNARL.
We need not say that the advertisement
was inserted by Harry. His reason for ma
king the calls between lour and six ?. M.
was because Mr.. Snarl was always out al that
hour, taking an airing around The Battery.
AT the hour specified, dogs and pups nigh
have been seen going up the Bowery tc
Grand, 10 Forsyth, and up Forsyth TO the
mansion occupied by Mr.. Snarl. l MI,
The first person that pulled The door bell
was bu.cher-boy from Center Market, with
a pair Of bull dogs that would tear h oul
Of tiger" Maggie answered the bell,
when the following colloquy look place:
"Does MIR. Snarl live here?" .s..
"He does. Why do you AKA"
"l've got some dogs for him."
"Dogs for Mr.. Snarl -mo,her Of Moses
did you ever; you've mlstook the door,"
"Divil bill of il--read that" ..
Here Syksie took oul the Morning Her.
aid, and showed Maggie the advertisement.
Maggie was lhundersIuck, still there was
mo denying The advertisement" She ac-
cordingly told Syksie TO 60 in the back yard
"wid The dogs" and await the return OF Mr.
Snarl. Syksie did so. In about TWO min
ules Maggie was again summoned by the
door. bell. i't t'f"
"What do you wan,?"
"Mr. Snarl-lve got them dogs he want
ed" -,, .r', ,f,
"You have--well then go into the yard
wild the other blackguard." I"
No. 2 followed No. !; No. Q. was soon
followed by No. 3, who was succeeded BY
lois s., s and 7. By hall.pas.. five the back
yard contained twen,y-one bulldogs and
fourteen spaniels. The former goI up 0
misunderstanding, and by the time Mr.. Snar
arrived, seven spaniels had been placed
hors d1 combat, while a abrindle bulldog
from Fulton Market was going through his
third fgh, with "a yaller terrier" from
Mot-street.
| M. Snarl reached homo few minute,
before six. Maggie opened the door, anc
burs, ou, as follows: ogios r 4aI
"For The loveol the Lord 60 back anc
Stop 'em. They are ateing one another up
and If moi checked off will devour The ces.
Tern. Since the the days Of Crummell Nv,
not seen such hullabaloo en.irely." "a
SEarl "went back -Snarl looked into III,
yard and would have sworn, but he coult
could no! find oalhs sufficiently powerful .c
do justice.o his feelings. When we left
Mr.. Snar was emptying the "back-yard'
with an ax.helve. The next morning Har
ry Sampson complained Of him for having
a"dog fight on his premises Snarl wal
fined twenty-five dollars--fiI,een dollars fol
having "such'a fight" and ten dollars fol
being ian 'oldhypocri!e." ltiS not neces
sary for, US TO say that Harry Sampson
slept better .ha, night thai any night since
the war with Mexlco.--N Y Datchman,