Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-07-01

here, boy and the dogs went at it.
Bob Carter, the smith, coming up in
time to hear the strangers defiance to the
town, and bent on a fight with somebody
for The insult and damage done to his wife,
clamped the collar OF the stranger, and
by series OF ten pound ten upon the face,
back and sides of his bully antagonist,
with bis natural .lcdge haramers, Bob
stirred up the strength aad ire Of the bully
stranger to the top Of hi, compass, and
they made the sparks fly dreadtlly.
Joe fuckers dog, reinforced by Abra.
ham Miller's, took fresh start, and be-
tween tie two the strange dog was being
cruelty put to him trumps. Deacon Pugh,
one ofthe mos; pious and substantial men
in Fro town, came up, and indeed the
whole town was assembling, and Deacon
Pugh, armed with heavy walking stick,
and shocked at the spectacle before him,
marched up TO the dogs, exclaiming as be
did SO
Fie, fe, for shame disgraceful you
mean citizens Of Frowtown, will you stand
by and -"
Don't thee, don't thee strike my dog,
Beacon Pugh,'' cried Abraham Miller, lad.
vancing to the Deacon, who was about to
cut right and left among the dogs with his
cane.
"Your dogs p shouted the Deacon with
evident fervor.
"Not ny dogs, Deacon Pugh," said the
Quaker.
"What did you say so fer, then" shout.
ed the Deacon.
"l never said dogs, Deacon Pugh.'
"You did !" responded the Deacon with
excitement.
deacon Pagh, thee speaks groundless-
ly," said The Quaker.
"You tell falsehood, Abraham Mil
Ter"
"Thee utt ers mendacious assertion,
reiterated Abr raham.
"You-you-you tell a lie,' bawled the
Deacon.
"Thee has provoked my evil passion,
Deacon Pugh," shouted the stslwart Qua.
ker, "and viii chast;,o thee"
And into the Deacon's uool went the
Quaker. The Deacon, nothing 10th, en-
tered into the thing, and we lea7e them
thus to "nip aud tuck" to look to the
stranger and Boo Carter, who fought and
fit, and fit and fought, until Squire Catch
cm and the Constable came up, and in
the attempt to preserve the peace and ar
rest the offenders, the Squire was thrust
through the window r neighboripg
matchmaker doing heap of damage,
while lawyer Hooker, in attempting to aid
the constable, was struck by the furious
blacksmith, in the short ribs, and went
reeling down Gambo's cellar with fright.
ful velocity. The friends and fellow
churchmen Of Deacon Pugh took sides
against the Quaker antagonist, and the
shop boys of Abraham, seeing their EN-.
ployer thus beset,came to the rescue while
two Irishmen, believing it 70 be E. "fre,
fght," tried their hands and sticks upol
the combatauts iudscrimiua,ely, so tha
in less than half an hour the happy vllag,
of Frogtown was shaken from propriety by
one grand, 'sublimely ridiculous and mos
terrific battle.
Heads and windows we're smashed chill
dren and women screamed, dogs bsrked
dust few, labor ceased, and SO furious ,mat
and excited became the whole community
that quiet locker en- if there had beef
any, would have sworn the evil ones wer
all in Frogtown,
A heavy thunder storm finally put er
end to the row, the dogs we're all more o
less killed, a child severely wounded,
man scaIded, wagon broke, the hors
ran himself to death, his owner 'badl,
beaten by Bob Carter, whose wife and th
wives Of many Others were dangerousl.
scared, the painter was crippled, dr.
goods ruined a Quaker and Deacon
two Irishmen, Joe Tucker, the town con
stable, lawyer Hooker, squire ketchem
! and some fifty others most shameful
whipped, Lawsuits ensued, feuds fol-
lowed, and the entire peace and goc,
reputation of Frogtown was annihiated
all by remarkable dog fight
ED- A Vermont paper says the rgmo
that the high price oil eggs is owing to tn,
fact that the hens have to stamp them, i
unfounded.
/. S@S- The human race, like an auction
eer's goods, are always "goiug-going-
l gone"
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