Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-02-05
JOE TUCKER'S DOG Fight.
GREAT EXc.rlxExr IN FEoer WV.

cord came # at FrUgto~ n, On the from.
tier Of Maine, some Years sgo. 1t en-
Rroxst The entire community ia gene
TaI and indiocriminaIe melee, intermina-
Die law Sui,s-disiracriO ion ut the town, it's
downfall and ruin. A fanci!ul genius
named Tucker, q man about to1n-a
loungt visible mems of sup
Fort--a do.nothipg. leafng. cigar smok
iug. good-uatured, good Tor nothing sort
Of fellow. owned dog-a slick. intelIi.
gent. and rather pretty beast. always al
Joc's heels, and known as we'll rs his
master, and liked tGr more BY the citiz4ns
If Frogtown. One day Joe and his dog
~~re passing BuniOn's grocery store.
~hen q great piebAld. ugly looking. cut
cared dog. standing under " wood way"
On, bounded on 10 Joe fuckers dog,
knocked him heels over head, and SO
frightened Bob Carter's wife. who was
;hcn passing towards her husbands
blacksmith shop with his dinner, that she
stumbled backwards, and her old sun
bonnet Aoppcd off, scared the horse at
tached TO the wagon. He started-hit
Lathcrim's barber pole; upset the load Of
wood. all Of which falling down Gumboe's
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boe's children on the head, killing it for
time ston. dead. and so aIaru ell Mrs.
Gumbo that she dropped a stew pan Of
o. sters into the lap OF u customer. who
SAT waiting for the savory Aconcoction. by
a table in the corner. Mrs. Gumbc rush.
I'd for the child-the customer for the
door. Mrs Gumbo screamed. the child
ScrcAmed. aud the scalded customer yel.
led !
Ohio! ohl oh! oh! my poor child!
screamed Mrs. Gumbo.
On. ef-eo-e!' screamed the child.
'Om! murdcr.r~r! Oh my everIHs.ing
siu. In scaIded TO all eternity! Murder!
Toared the customer in great pain.
The horse. the part Of wagon. and
some Of the wood were on he mad career.
The owner Of the strange dog came out OF
the store Just in time to see Joe Tucker
seize q huge stone. and elevate it above his
head ~ demuIlsh the strange dog; and
such pop in the back that poor joe
fell many rods up the street, and striking
The foot of a long ladder. upon which jim
Elderberry was Perched. paint pot in
hsud. some thirty feet between terra fir
ma, brought ladder. jim. and paint pot
sprawling on the earth: gripping PuOr
Jim for life. aud sprinkling blue paint CO.
yiOusy over the broadcIols, sntiness. rib
buns. Iaces and other valuable goods OF
Abraham Miller, formal and even-tem.
pered Quaker, who ran out TO the door.
just ms the two dogs had got fairly at it.
hip aul thigh. nip and tuck. A glance
at matters seemed TO convince Abraham
Of the true sta'e Of the case, and he evi>
deutly saw that JOe's dog stood rather a
bad chance, for the carImsn's great pie
bald dog was using JOS dog rather
roughly just about this time, aud in an
u usually elevated voice called out t. Joe
Tucker. who had righ!ed up:
Joseph rWcker. thy dogs 6ghting'
Let 'em fight it out yelled the pug
nncious owner of the strange dog. Let
them fight it out-l'II bet any man q
load OF wood my dog can eat any dog in
town. and can eat the owner
We hav- SAID Abraham Miller was q
mild m IN; Q takers are prOverb'ally So
Bat The gauntlet thrown down by the
stranger Ir"m tho country, stirred tho gal
o. Abraham. AMI he rushed into the store,
but qlickiy returned. followed by large
CIR. whose Collar lie had Just slipped. and
thus released from his keuneI in the rear
of he store. T"lS dog was a long. pow
ertuI looking animal.
Friend said the excited @ QIaker, thy
dog shall bs we'll beaten. promise thee
urkr! serze upon him! Tuck, here, boy !!
and the d,Ig went at It.
Bob Carter. the smith. coming up ir
time to hear the strangers banter to any
cit'zon ot FrOgtown. and bent on pitching
into somebody for the insult and damage
done TO his vile. clamped the collar o
the stranger. and by planting series o
blows With his ten pound natural sledgs
hammer. upon the face. back and sides
of his bully antagonist. Bob stirred uF
both the strength and ire Of the bully
stranger to the top Of his compass, and
they made sparks and cl4ret ag from eacl
other dreadfully. 0g .-.
joe Fuckers dog. reinforced by that o
Abraham Miller. took a fresh start. sno
between the two, the strange dog was be
ing put cruelty to his srumps. Deacon
PuSh. one OF the most pious and substan.
tial men in Frogtown, came up; and in
deed the whole town WAS assembling
and Deacon Pugh. armed with his heavy
walking stick. aud being greatly shocked
ut the spectacle before him, marched III
to the dogs. exclaiming as he did so:
'Fie, he. fe. for .shamel disgraceful
yOu men, citizens of Frogtown, will 20,
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