, 1869-07-11
A QUEER FIGHT.
Remarkable Encounter Between q
Rooster, Fox and Young
Man,
Ghnnticteer Victorious.

u may be remembered that Lat yezt party 1t
5oung hlooda, who keep bachelorl' hall In North
eanxnmon st1eet. were a1eated Tor ddnnpptug
chickens from nelghboftng market They Lyed
On the fst OF tho snaIket-1Aa's heocoop, md h1Q
not stop been put to their pathological pIfernx
they would BY this time haze had : lot OF young
pnlleta engaged IN the pro1table and exhlarstng
exercise OF e8g.aJing. L. II Wal, tho 1oss Of ths
chickens was aotn blow, and they wese rapidly
reduced to. the condition OF AkeintouB; in fAc{
one Of them offered himself 10 young doctor as
70 pisy tne saoas to o % Bootha II aamIs wten SaS 6s
PLAYED n Aetiekef = IN Ihe aps4a3.
This state Of tttnEI could not Last verJ long.
Their Hom1ch8 yeA1ntd after their neiHhbotB
heu1oostA The thing wa1 bow to get II them
The hqnsI, youths vas held. 4 reward Of new
ed 10 the individual who nrsr luEented plan 10
catch the lonRed-for tooaitf1. ~
1ons q ne gentlemen. gnod-looftng Joush ~
Dulctuea, and ste ady1sed him to invest In juve-
nile fox and tratn him up In The way he should 60
a.ed % youta aid IL e. s and eaea tie besss % Dlesie.
KeJuard was Introduced Into the family Soma
Of the members roceiVet the poor oeaat coldly.
not let him sleep with them. Tue proprietor
neariy starved the animal. 50 that be might 10
uuly saHnRe, and "Ho for j." the chickens as fast
On Friday night the campaign was opened. The
fo1.tamer tsot1ed the antnM out The poor
pFGtC Was OQnQFS. LIE QAu DtEQ 9AAtl1G l0f
twenty -four hours. A long rope was aoecttoaately
tied around his neck, and from an upper VI indow
he wss losescd to the yard next door, where
tportisely around lie. nald went for the 6ania@
and Eotihied him up. The rope Has hauled IN,
but before the famous fnx-tamer could rescue the
praying for, and unnt for cooking. The game
result followed IN the case Of the chiclens-
va &c T. as ana
that. with slight t1bge OF profanity, he sHore The
fox would TIC beaten ii q fair stand-up light wI,h
q healthy rooster. The fox.tancr grew Indignant,
and eyentualiy they both ptanled IS on the isaae
The cor1ulcnt member went out End engaged
boy Oh the street. to s'eal good rooster Tor q
quarter. The Dog, With industry c0mnendable In
one SO ounR. earned the money, aud HF. GenrgE
Harry returned With the u1Ed Growing uke chau-
Nr. De Percy French, sole lessee Of the fox,
brought OFT the beast from the bedroom, where
be had been sharpening hts teeth with an old nte.
to ttnS eometAing about "uttle brown Jug, " aud
ordered the comhatants to the scratch
tIrkt H1fna-The i01 made = ruAh for the birds
ReSna.tl's head Ocgnn 10 bleed. Flrst G1oo1
Claimed and allowed for the rooster.
setunL Hound-Both prompt to the call Of time
The bird dew upxhIds 0seE the {oxs head, when
tue keen raseal caught the ROSTERS tau In bis
month and jerked out any quantity Of plumaSe-
n 7%ld K@na~Tbe rooster, ia nne m leather.
answered promptly. ReJnhrd was backward
about coming forward. Rooster opened By going
ing 1t out as skllrui1y as an ocullst FIrs: eye
claimed and allowed for rooeler. Bets OF
t~o 70 one on the rooster. Mr.. French did
not ns nrst comprehend the disbursement done 10
his pet and WEE quiet; but whcu the blood began
to now from the vacant place where the optic
Which frightened the resi- o. tie M Gro crowd. ~ % Tic;
we're upaIIDed. The ta1nrt took tho place Of the
fog. and then begun The
taner scowl!ng. The lattcf commenced opera
tons by disehssrtn0 one barrel OF hIs Tevolrcr.