M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-05-09
A Whole Town nearly Kill
cd-PfOperty Destroyed
Men and Dog Fight.

lug luVst TtuldIkaOie Vog-uSuI OF
record came off at Frogtown, on the
frontier Of Maine, some years ago.
1t engrOssed the entire community in
one general melee, interminable law
suits, OR suisof lawsuits, distraction
OF the town, its downfall and ruinI
"A fearful genius, named Joe Tack.
er7ra man about town, "a lopngsr,
without NslA|e means ofsupport ado
lhOthing, NdpprloEipg, cigaFsmokiug,
good naturedI fellow--owned dog,
an lntelligeD: and rather pretty beast,
always at Joe's heels, known as we'll
as his masterI and liked far more by
the Frogtowners. Que day Joe aud
dog were passing Buniou,s grocery
when great piQbald, ugly.looking
dog, standing alongside Of a wood.
wagon, bounded on to, Joe Tucker's
dog, knocked him heels over mead ,and
so frightened Bob Oarter's wife, whc
was then passing toward her HUSBAND
blacksmith ihop with his dinner, thai
she stumbled backward, and her old
sunbonnet Tipping off scared the hOss
attached TO Ale wagon. lie started,
hit Latheren'S barber pole, upset the
load Of WOOD, half of which, falling
down Gumbo's retreShmento cellar,
struck one Of his children on tho head
killing it fora time stone dead, anC
SO alarmed Mrs, Gumbo that she
dropped y stew pot OF boiling hotoys,
ters into the lap of a customer, who
sat waiting for the savory concoction
by table in the corner. Mrs. Gum
DO screamed 1.-THE child screamed
and the customer yelledl a...l ,m
"Oh, oh, bh, my poor childl' cried
Mrs. Gumbo. lJg la.a ..er.1r r.a
En-, eh. ee.el' screamed the child
oh, murier,r,rl Oh, my everlast.
ing sin--l'n scalded to all eternity
Murder.r-r!' roared the customer.
.r The hers, and part OF the wagon
ard some Of the, wero on their mad
career. The owner of the strange
dog came oit of the store door just il
time to see Joe Tucker seize a rock
to demolisA the savage dog, and no
waiting to see Joe let drive, gave hin
such a pupch in tho back tLat poor
Joe fell forty rods mp the street, and
strikingthe foot Ola long ladder, up
on which Jim Elderberry was perch
ed, paintpot in hand, some thirty feet
from the ground, brought ladder, jim
and paiutpot to the earth, gripping
poor jim for life, and sprinkling blue
paint copiOuSly overt The broadcloihs,
Satinetts and oalicoes Of Abraham
Miller, a formal and ever tempered
Quaker, who ran out to the door just
as the two dogs had got fairly at it,
hip and thigh, nip aud catch. A
glance at matters seemed to convince
Abraham ofthe true state of the case,
and Ia an unusually elevated voice he
called out to Joe Tucker who had
righ;ed up; le,gr t.-.rt G9.
Joseph I ucker, thy dogs fight
ingl' 8 atyl ovid -. .7ns ua
Let 'em fghtit out!' yelled the pug.
nacious owner OF the strange dog; let
'em fight it out--l'll bet a load OF
wood my dog can beat any dog in
town and can beat the owner!' n
We have said A braham Miller was
a mild man: Quakers are proverbially
so.a But the gauntlet thrown by the
stranger from the country stirred the
gall OF Abraham, and he rushed into
store from the back yard. Having
.slipped his collar Abraham brought
forth a brindle cur, strong, large aud
powerful. IaUi .al-a.3 81. .. .ll
"Ffiend.' said the excited Quaker
Thy dogs shall be well beaten.
promise thee. Hike, sezs upon himl
Tnck, here boyl" and the dogs wen
at it. ta. .a. .1|gs r..a..
Bob Carter, the smith. coming M
in time TO hearth strangers defiance
to the town, and bent on a fight with
q melody, for theinsnlt and damaget tc
his wife. clamped the collar OF the
stranger,and by series oil olten.pound
ten upon the face, back and sides o
his burly antagonist, Bob stirred uI
the ire aud strength otthe bully atran
ger to the top of his compass, and
they made the sparks fly mostdread
fully I.u saao. 1880 H. 1898
Joe fuckers dog, reinforced by thai
of A braham Miller, took fresh star
and between the two the strange dos
was being cruelty put to his trumps
Deacon IPugh, one OF the pious anC
substantial men in FrogtOwn, came
up; and indeedsthe whole town was
assembling; and Deacon Pnga armed
with his heavy walking stick, ant
shockedat the spectacle before hin
marched bpto the dogs, and said az
he did SO: a!gH1ai Baafss1ss
'Eie, fie, fe! for shame disgracefal
/
YOU men, citizens of Frogtown, will
stand byIaud+-'b 1uo s.l... % D9t4Jl
Don't thee, don't thee strike my
/ IL. Dnnhnr, punLH n.sod A hrahan