Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-19

upon tne frog, Wnlcn ne naQ oy Gui'
time taken in his hand, and uttered
with certainty that settled the
whole question, these words:
Madame, that is an impossihility
| FOR The frog is a. male - id
How Uncle John Won His Dog
fight. -
The Louisville Courier Jouamaftells
story of Uncle John," a Tennes.
seean, who was ambitious 70 stand al
head in every department Of the sp9rt.
ing profession. He succeeded in eve
gything but one. e
The Spartan inn-keeper had TIT
king dog Of al his tribe l : y fsroelea; s9l.
t~B1II that c6aWed up and spit out
every thing that came along. Uncle
John pat up fifty dollars in specie on
his own Tige; but if Tige had gone
through Cincinnati sausage grinder
he could acagcetw have f9oked more
ragged than he ala whenhe came out
As went the FIRST FIRST, 30 went the sec.
ond, faster, till it seemed as if an un.
merciful. disaster had overtaken Un.
Gle John in the dog line at last. He
travelled many weary miles in search
of dog that could whip that tavern
keepers dog, but all to no purpose
He was dosing his money fast, and
Fwossesthansall, he was losing his TEN.
per and patience. Faith in the mot
to, Try, try again" had almost de-
serted him.
He went out on what he avowed
was his last hunt, .and was nearing
Sparta on his return, late one after.
noon, gloomy and detected, for he
hadn t FUND the, right 'animal yet
when, as good luck would have it
just as he got within a few miles Of
that inn which had been the scene Of
so many disgraeeful defeats, be met a
back %oodsmant driving IAN fox-team
with q great, vicious-looking vol
chained behind the wagon.
"I'll give you two dollars and a
half for that critter in hard money
proposed Uncle John.
Not enough yet, said backwoods
WELL. said Uncle John, finally
"If you VIII Just help strap him Be;
hind my saddk iaud '8ill1take five
dollars, it's trade" J
And they traded 'sF+T ~ i
"If 4 don't whip that damned tav-
ern-keeper's dog this time, he may
take my hat for a corn-basket."
As it was quite dark when our hero
reached the innr he cautiously un-
strapped the terrible beast, and pitch
ing him into a deserted clubhouse,
which, fortunately, stood hard by.
and fastening himin securely, entered
the hotehd 7 : i 'LE'
II think I've found a dog that can
chaw vour'n up this time" remarked
Uncle John to. the imAerdomo, after
passing the usual. sal,itstions..
You reilly think you have foun
him at last, do you ?..ts chuckled the
muster Of flle king .of dogs and tip
ping Il sly wink, at the crowd. ."WeIl,
what do You say to letting them to-
.gether insthe morning Pr.
An right, right, said Uncle John.
IN bound to be Off home early il
the morning, but if you will be ready
directly after breakfast, I wont mind
giving YOU inst one more thln, any
how. =. ): tx
The ramor soon spread through the
! village Of Sparta that great deg
fight WAS f? come rffnext day at sun.
rise. and the whole vicinity was ol
the gui eioe. Our hero expialnel'that
lis dog WAS 50 vtg,us that he Vas
'.ilrclleL TO keep him closely con
fined
Blamed" said he, eff ] bleevf
he knows his own III ster Wit.
SO it was arranged that. his do9
was 10 remain in the out-house-al:
old CRIB or barn, by-the-way--and
that the other dog was to be TN
chained and turned in with him at !;
given signal .
By daylight everybody was up and
ready for the fray. The Old harm III
which Uncle Johns. dog was Shut NJ
was so dark at that henr that oaly
his outines-just enough TO indicate
that. he was a sho nuff dog could
be detected. Bets ran high, the odds
Jeirg all in favor Of the great victor
IN 50 many hotly-conteoted fights;
Uncle John staked a round hundred
against like sum of theinn-keeper s.
Time was called, the ferocious bull
dog shifted his antagonist through the
cracks OF the old barn, growled de-
fance for moment, and when ur-
chained and the window opened, he
lit in with a single bound.
All /! then and there was hurrying
to and fro, and flying fur, and sput-
terings of distress, and cheeks all pale
which but an hour ago blushed with
quart Of rum, or something less.
Men, women and children outside
were running round that crib. trying
to peep in through the cracks and
crevlces. -
Such scattering, sputtering, yell.
ing, growing, gnashing of teeth and
caterwauliug' has never been: heard
in Sparta from that day to this. The
tavern--keeper excitedly suggested
that forty wolves couldn't keep
more fuss than them two dogs
Uncle John awaited the issue with
the calm dignity of one conscious that
he holds four aces in his hand and
the fifth up his sleeve; the only cool
man on the ground:
But it didn't last long. Sooner
than it takes to tell it, a faint whine
was heard at. the lwiadow. thes shutter
was thrown open, and what Was left
of poor Bull struggled heavily to the
sill and fell i'll raw lump to the
ground on the outside. This was the
first and last tin'e9he ever turned
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