Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-12-17
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Joe fuckers Dog Fight.
GREAT. EXCITEMENT IN FRoeTowN

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GREAT. EXCITEMENT IN FRoGTowN.
The most remarkable dog fight on re-
cord came off at Frogtown, on the frontier
of Maine, some years ago. Tt eDgrossed
the entire community in one general aud
indiscriminate melee, intermediate lawsuits
distraction Of the town, its downfall and
ruin. A fanciful genius named Joe Tuck
er, man about town-a lounger-w without
visible means of support-a do-nothing,
loa6ng, cigar-smoking, good-natured, good
for-nothing sort of fellow, owned dog
"a slick, intelligent and rather pretty
beast, always at Joe's heels, known as well
as his master, and liked far more by the cit
liens of Frogtown. One day Joe and his
dog were passing Bunion's grocery store,
when a great piebald, ugly-looking, cut
cared dog, standing under wood-wagon,
bounded on to fuckers dog, knocked him
heels over head, and so frightened Bob
Carter's wife, who was then passing towards
her husbands blacksmith-shop with his
dinner, that she stumbled backwards and
her old sunbonnet Topped of, soaring the
horse attached to the wagon. He srarted
hit Latherem's barber pole, and upset
the load cf wood, all of which falling down
Gumbo's refreshment celler, struck one of
Gumbo's children on the head, killing it
for time stone dead, and so alarmed Mrs.
Gumbo that she droped stew-pan of hot
boiling oysters into the lap of customer,
who sat waiting for the savory concoction
by table in the corner. Mrs. Gumbo
rushed for the child-tLe customer for the
door. Mrs. Gumbo screamed, the child
screamed, ane thd scalded customer yelled
"Oh! oh! oh oh! oh! my poor childw
cried Mrs. Gumbo.
"E-e-e-e e-ew screamed the child.
"Oh! murder-r-rz Oh! my everlasting
sin! tra -
I'm scalded to all eternity! Murder!w
roared the customer, in great pain.
The horse, the part Of the wagon, and
some of the wood, went on their mad Ca
reer. The owner of the strange dog came
out Of the store just in time to see Joe
Tucker seize huge stone, and elevate it
above his head to demolish the strange
dog; and not waiting to see Joe let drive,
gave him such pop in the back that poor
Joe fell many rods up the street, and strik-
ing the foot of a long ladder, upon which
Jim Elberry was perched, paint-pot in hand
some thirty feet from terra fiama, brought
ladder, Jim, and paint-pot sprawling on the
earth; Gripping poor Jim for life, and
sprinkliug blue paint copiously over the
broadcloths, satinets, ribbons, laces, and
other valuable goods of Abraham Miller, a
formal and even-tempered Quaker, who
ran out of the door, Just as the two dogs
had got fairly at it, hip and thigh, nip and
catch. A glance at matters seemed to con-
vince Abraham of the true state of the case
he evidently saw that Jim's dog stood rath-
er bad chance, for the cartman's piebald
dog was using Joeis dog rather roughly just
about this time; and in an unusually ele-
waited voice, be called out to Joe Tucker,
who had righted up. ,9
"Joseph Tucker, thy dogs fighting"
aLet 'em fight it outr' yelled the pug
nacious owner of the strange dog. "Let
'em fight it out. I'll bet load of wood
my dog can eat any dog in town and can
eat the owner"
We have said that Abraham Miller was
a mild man; Quakers are proverbially so.
But the gauntlet thrown down by the
stranger from the country stirred the gall
Of Abraham, and be rushed into the store,
but quickly returned, followed by large
cur, whose collar he had just slipped, and
thus released from his kennel in the rear
OF the store. This dog was long, power
ful-looking animal.
"Friend," said the excited Quaker. @thy
dog shall be beaten, promise the! Hike,
seize upon him! Tuck, here bow =, and
the dog went at it.
Bob Garter, the smith, coming up in
time to hear the strangers banter to anv
citizen of Frogtown, and bent on pitching
into somebody for the insult and DAMAGE
done to his wife, clamped the collar of tbe
stranger, and by planting series of blows
with bis ten pound natural sledge hammer
upon the face, back and sides Of his bully
antagonist, Bob stirred up both the strength |
ana Ire Of the bully stranger to the top of
ms compass, and they made sparks and
claret fiy from each other dreadfully.
Joe fuckers dog, reinforced by that of
Abraham Miller, took fresh start and
between the two, the strange dog was be-
ing put cruelty to his trumps. Deacon
Pugh, one of the most pious and substan-
tial men in Frogtown, came up, and in
deed the whole town was assembling; and
and deacon Pugh, armed with his heavy
walking-stick, and being greatly shocked at
the spectacle before him, marched up to
the dogs, exclaiming as he did SO, "Fie,
ne. ne; for shame disgraceful you men,
and"
"Don't thee strike my DOG, Deacon
Pugh" cried Abraham Miller, advancing
towards the Deacon, who was about to cut
loose right and left among the dogs with
his cane.