The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-08-05
.A..REMARKABLE DOG FIGHT. ]

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! !, Who ever saw = deg fight without curios-
/ i.y TO see II out--ge in--put In 4 word
, get. excited, and NOT unfrequently tight
( slsal Nehave no distinct recollection Of
having erer seen j serious, regular pitched
!, battle between two dogs without ., gener raj
fgh, among the bysisnders. OF a scrim-
mage between the owners Of the animals AZ
NJ But The most, remarkable dog fight on
record perhaps, came oil at Frogtown. on
'. the fantisrs,oi Maine, some years ago. Il
beat all play muses. Of The kind we ever
heard pf; il engrossed the entire commu-
nifty in one geheral iudiscriminate melee.
interminable law suits or suifs' OF Law suits
--distractio1 Of the town, its downfall and
RUN 4a4s k134sa u9x ain e,
I. A fanciful genlus named Joe Tucker. a
man about town--a Iounxer--without vIsi,
bic means Of support do.nothlng, loaf.
ing. cigar-smoking. good. .natured sort Of
fellow--owned yellow dog slick intel
iigent and rather pretty beast, always al
Jae's heels. and KNOWN as well as his
master, and liked far more By the Frog
towners. One day Joe and his dog we're
passing Bunion's grocery store, when .
great piebsld ugly looking dog, standing
along side Of wood wagon, pounced on Joe
Fuckers dog-knocked him heels over
bead. and so frightened Bob Carers wife--
Who was passing towards her husbands
blacksmith shop vilh his dinner. lhst she
stumbled backwards, and her old sun bon
net looping Of scared The horse attached
60 the wood wagon. He siayied--hit La
therman's barber poIe-upset the load Of
wood, half of which felf down Gumbo's re-.
lresh,nsnt cellar. struck one of Gumbo's
children on the head killed IL for d time
stone dead; and 90 alsrned Mrs. Gumba.
that she dropped a stew pan Of hot boiling
oysters into the lap. instead Of the dish Of
. customer. who sat waiting for the savory-
eancnetion. by table in the corner. Mrs.
Gambo rushed Ia the child--:he customer
Tor the door Mrs. Gumbo screamed. the
child screeched. and the customer yelled !!
30, OH oh-h.h-h-h.h, my poor child \!
cried Mrs. Gumbo. r.
"Eh. Ell. e.e.e-e-s-e;' screamed the
child.
30, murder.r.rl o.by ever'ssting sin,
I'm eslded to all eternity Mnrler-r-r y, 7"
roared the customer, .N
The horse. part Of wagon. and soms
wood, were on their mad career. The own
er Ut the strange dog came out of the. store
in time TO see Jss 'fDeker seize rock 20
demolish said dog; and not waiting 70 zee
Joe "let drive" gave him such pop In the
back Of The ear, that poor Joe fell forty
yards up The street; and striking the foo,
ii ladder, upon which Jim EIderbsrry
was perched-paint pot IN hand--sone
thirty feet IRON terra 6rms. brought Iaddsr,
Jim aud paint POI sprawling 10 the earth
crippIing poor Jim for life, and sprintling
the blue paint eopiously over the broad
cIsths. saiinets and calicoes ef Abraham
Miller. formal and even tempered qua.
ker. who ran out Of the door. just as the
two dogs bad fairly gone az it--hip anc
thigh-nip and catch. A glance st mat
ters seemed 10 convince Abraham Of the
true state uf the case and IN an unusually
elevated voice, Abraham called out to Joe
Tucker, who had righted up -
Joseph Tucker, thy dogs fighting"
"Let'em tight IL oatr' yelled the pug
Iseious ownsr Of the strange dog. .Let
EN- light u outs rll beta load Of wood ny
dog can ca, any dog in town and 1 can eat
the owner - ffE s6 1ssf .gl.iet
H. We have said that Abraham Miller was
mild mani quakers are proverbialIy so.
BOT the guanilei thrown dawn by the burly
stranger from The country. stirred the gall
ef Abraham. and he rushed into his stors.
From the back yar,l--hasing slipped his
eollsr--Abrsham brought forth brindle
cue. long. sirangisnd sllpowerful. fs
{" Friend said the sxcitsd quaker. !" thy
dog shall be we'll beaten I promise thee
Hike seize upon him Turk. here boy |"
and the dOs vent atit.