Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-08-30
DOG FIGHT IN FRoGTowN.
A CAPITAL SKETCH.

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lowing story which is told with great
skill. II shows US how q whole, village
"a sometimes torn to pieces by fight be-
tween two puppies.
The most remarkable fight on record
came off at Fr"gtown, on the frontier of
Maine, some years ago 1t engrossed the
entire community in one indiscriminate
melee-iuterminable lawsuits OF suits at
law-distraction of the town and its down.
fall or ruin. c,-J si-...
A fanciful genius. named Joe Tucker,
man about town, a lounger withoutvis-
able means Of support do-nothing,
loafng, cigar-smoklng, good natared fel-
low, owned dog; sleek, intelligent,
and rather pretty beast, always at Joe's
heels, and known as well as his master,
and liked far more by the Frogtowners.
On one day Joe aud his dog were passing
Bunioa's grocery store. when p.e-bala,
ugly looking dog, standing alongside a
tsDod wagon bounded on to Joe fuckers
dog-kuocked him heels over head, and
so frightened Bob Carter's wife who vas
passing towards her husbands blacksmith
/ shop with his dinner, tat she stumbled
! backwards, and her old sun bonnet Topped
off, and scared the horse attached to the
Wagon. He starred, hit Latherem's bar
Der pole. upse, the load os wood, all of
which falling down Gumbo's refreshment
cellar, struck one of Gum5o's children on
| the he1d, killed it for a thoSt time stooe
dead, anc SO alarmed Mrs. Gumbo, that
she dropped stew pan Of boiling bot
oysters into the lap of her customer, whC
sat waiting for the savory concoctioa by
table in the corner, instead Of the dish
Mrs Gumbo rushed for the child the
customer for the door. Mrs. Gumbc
screamed, the customer yelled.
"Oh oh! oh-oh-oh, my poor child
cried Mrs, Gumbo.
| "Eh, e-he-e-e-e," screamed the poe;
child
"Oh, murder-r-r Oh, my everlasti ne
cir, I'm scalded to all eternity ~
Murder, MURDER roared the pool
customer.
The horse, part Of the wagon, ant
some wood were on thelr mad career. Tn,
owner Of the strange dog came out OF the
store Just in time to see Joe Tucker seizt
a rock to demolish the savage dog, ant
not waiting to see Joe let drive, gave hin
such rap on the back that poor Joe Eel
forty feet up the street, and striking lons
ladder upon which Jim Ederby vas per
ched, paint-pot in hand, some thirty fee
from terra firma, brought ladder, jim
and paint pot sprawling to earth, Grip
ling poor Jim for life, and sprinsing blu'
paint over the broadcloths, satinets, ant
calicoes Of Abraham Miller, a formal aut
even tempered Quaker. who ran out of th'
door just as the two dogs had faily got a
it, hip and thigh, nip and catch. A glanc,
at things seemed to convince Abraham o
the true state Of tie case; and in az uu
usually elevated voice, Abraham calieC
out to Joe Tucker, who had righted up
"Jose2h Tucker, thy dogs fighting.
| "Let 'em fight it out" yelled the pug
nacious owner of the strange dog. Lei
i them fight it out ; I'll bet a log OF wood
my dog can beat any dog in toWo, and
can beat the owner" a.,
We have said Abraham Miller was /,
quiet man Qaakers are proverbially SO
But the gauntlet thrown down by the
stranger from the country stirred the gal
Of Abraham, and he rusted into the store
and from the back yard, having slipped
his collar, abraham brought forth briu
die cur, strong, low and powerful"
Friend" said the excited quaker, "thy
dog shall be we'l beaten, promise thee
Hyke, seize upon him p
'Truk, here boyr' IN 4
And the dogs went at it. -,,.. +s....
| Bob Carter, the smith, coming up il
time to hear the strangers defiance to thc
town, and bent on fight with somebody
for the insult and damage to his wife
clamped the collar Of the stranger, and By
series Of en-pound-tens upon the face
back and sides Of his bully autagonis
with his natural sledge hammer, Bol
stirred up the strengh and ire of the bull.
stranger to the top Of his compass, an
they made the sparksthy dreadfully.
Joe Tuckers's dog reinforced by Abra
ham MilIer's took fresh start, and be
tween the two the strange dog was beinI
cruelty pu. 70 his trumps. Deacon Pugh