Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-09

the eDd OF that infant Will be the galloWs II lts
characteristics are allowed to develop fully as 1t
grows up.-1lur -4deler.
ASpRISGFIELD Doc FIGHT There is al
ways something irresistible about a dog hight.
Sometimes it is our inciination to help eur own
dog, and this is always followed by conviction
that dog fighting is wrong. 1t IS also unsafe,
uoess viewed from sec0ndstOry window; at
least we are so informed by taxpayer WHO
dimes standing since he witnessed the great
canine combat on Ferry street yesterday;
The crowd was anxious that a little dog should
whip, particularly after he had incidentally Bit
ten foreign boot black, who spoke disparag-
ingIy of Springfield dogs; and when he led the
big dog about by the ear, even strangers hys-
terlcaly embraced each other and capped their
hands This excessive joy was moderated by
the big dog suddenly darting between MIR.
OFlaherty's, legs, whereupon that gentleman
sat down on the pavement so violently that his
eyes seemed to have turned over in his
head, and several minutes rapid wlnklng were
necessary to get the pupils in front again.
During the interval couDtry-minded in
divlual was Inspired to puuch the little
dog with his umbrella, and Immediately there
after went home to poultice his eye. Several
gentlemen picked up the umbrella, and one
man, who wanted it as a memento, was
promptly afforded memento of another sort,
but resembling miniature umbrella under his
car. While other tax payers were pulling the
umbrella to pieces colored person accidentally
stepped on u large portion of both dogs, and
forthwith they quit fighting and began an in-
discriminate collection of pants samples in the
crowd. Those who could climb, did 80 at once,
and those who couldn't ran. But the dogs
ran too, and had time besides to make it very
unpleasant for persons on the fences, whose
tcet were within jumping distance The num-
Der of people in that vicinity who finally reach
cd their homes with the appearance OF carry
ing handkerchiefs in their rear pockets, was
not accurately estimated, owing to the fact that
the phllosophic observer was himself engaged
10 avoiding an introduction to the heroes OF
the ouhict.-SprinQfeM Republican,.
THE STORY OF A WINDMILL Max Adelcr.l
We went out to Slaymaker's in June to spend
the sumner, but we have been obliged to leave
SIaynlaker has small stream near his house
from which he used to pump water into the
tank in his garret. 1t occurred to him some
time ago that it would be good idea to put
up windmill which could do the pumping for
HIM, so he built one at cost of $500. The first
day began to revolve Enlightened Slaymakers
best horse so that it ran against the fence
and was killed, and the arms were so long that
they nearly Drained Slaymakers Oldest boy,
who was standing beneath watching the. ma
chine, when it suddenly stopped work and re-
fused to move an inch. Slaymaker accordingly
pumped the tank full ,and justa he stopped, the
mill began to pump like fury. Slaymaker in
alarm, procured rope and tied one OF the
wings to tree. When the tank was empty
he tried to make the windmill fillit again, but
the concern was immovable. Then Slaymaker
waited for couple of weeks, and carried the
water up to the house 10 buckets, because he
was afraid to fill the tank when the mill might
get to work at any moment Finally, as there
seemed to be no hope Of the machinery getting
all right again, he did pump the tank full, and
then went to bed. That night there was the
hrst hurricane ever known in that ueighborhood.
Ihe Windmill made about four hundred revo-
,,utlons minute, and left the bed OF the stream
below it completely dry, while it poured nearly
SIX hundred gallons an hour into Slaymaker
garret. The boarders all swan out the WIN
ooWs, and spent the rest of the night IN the
barn, while Saymaker took to tree,
from which, at daylight, he had magnih,,
cent view of the falls as they poured
plcturcsquely from the attic windows,
every minute or two bringing out with them
char or hair trunk, or one OF Slaymaker. 8
shirts, or washstand. Mrs. Slaymaker Will
not clean house this summer, but Slaymaker
mas windmill that he is anxious to SELL, lie
vii! probably close it out cheap to purchaser
WHO fn oh, - chit Oft