The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-20
noe PIaIIT ExrIaX 6RDISARY.

GHR COUNTRY HATH Her. sExcTrR-
o. MENTs NO LESS .ABSoRBLrVel TRAN
THE CITY. ri-sls 7oll..i IN -
The following communication, 2 has
been lying ON our table for day or
two, and having q little leisure yester-
day, we examined it at length. There
y more in It than appears at FIRST sight,
In fact, Il is ttn of marrow, and We &C
eordingly give it a place: ~
Editor 1TteUi0encef :: ,,f.i Es1sl-l ...-.f- ifJ.t
/, i perceive from the columns OF the
IfegtSteT that You have daily dog fights
In the city. Now, it may be inferred
from the frequency of the notices of
these distinguished encounters'' that
dog lighting is peculiarly acitY accom-
Plishment, and that the poor country
dogs have no pluck and wholly fail 70
contribute to the entertainment and
Improvement OF The rural population.
Now, sir, on, behalf of the country
dogs beg leave TO inform you that, this
Is mistake. ourconntrS;d dogs "know
their rights, and, knowing, dare MAIN
tain them"
They are poetic enough to know that
dogs delight to bark and bite and
equally, with your city CANNES, feel
the duty incumbent upon them of fur
ntshing amusement TO their masters
and other jewellers in the country. The
IOnly misfortune Is, they have no Gibbon
to record their "rise and fall, - or no Ho-
mer to sing their cOmbats in the stately
epic. HsI=-..-is.54 .-.55 ~
But, Mr.. Editor, saw dog fight in
the country that beats your "cIty dog
fighting" al hollow, Iregret. that / can
not describe it as local does,
but in my plain way / wiItell it. and
if your local can work 1t up right he
may put 1t in. (By the way, II he don {
pay more attention to dog fights we
VIII all quit your paper and takethe
Register, for we want to keep posted
on canine conIenttons.l Well, a neigh
have shepherd dog, then two ofthe
men have a dog, each, Il don't know
the kind, but they are dogs.l Well,
these four met, the other day on the
creek bank. Near by was q feminine
porkor and family, some geese and an
old cow. The dogs got at it, my dog
leading of, being insulted at the famii-
iarity of the "taTrfer." Then all four
went in. They bit and rolled; and
tugged and tuthbled, until at last they
got into the litter of pigs, and they
commenced squealing.. Then her p0r-
cine highness took a hand, and the
noise started the old COW. She went
pigs and dogs. Ny horse tried to- eet
in but L managed to hold him back.
If you could only have seen the excite
ment, you would have agreed that 1t beat
that sin front of the Mcclure HouseV all
hollow. The men got to quarrel
ling, but just at this point, the muss
fortunately wound up by the whole
posse, dogs, pigs and cow rolling
over the creek bank into deep water,
Here was fresh trouble, for flock OF
geese was disturbed, and it would have
done Your heart good to have seen the
ganders mounting and Tapping pigs
and dogs alike. oh! it was glorious
wheeling never saw such fun.
l Well, they got out, but, sad to relate,
my dog lost part of his ear, and the star.
rier's'l narrative was bit clean OF up
ngin him. Both the other dogs were
famed for ife.sal4i ~
l. We are sadly perplexed to know
when and how the ''tarrier'' lost his tail,
he had it on when he went into the
water, and the question Is now raging
whether 1t was bit of by my dog or by
a gander. One man suggests turtle OF
catfish, but don't think So, I firmly
believe my dog did it. The Question
will be up before our debating society
on Saturday two weeks, and IL YOU and
| Wheeling want light on the subject.
come out and bring the Register. man
with you, as 1 want the matterjin his
paper too. Yours, CARIo.