The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-29
Maaden,. Fiddle and Hollenback's Dog.
rEron, the Detroit Free Press

Madden,. Fiddle ana hOHeHDHcAs DO8'
1Fron, the Detroit Free Press
Mr. Hollenback, Of Sixth street, owns a
bnIl-doo about the size OF a yearllng Calf, and
the whole neighborhod has to walk on its tip
toes and put Oh a respectful look when that
Holenback was telling crowd in a corner
grocery what prize-medal Of dog he had,
and how he co.ld prance over anything in
Detroit. when a young man named Madden,
Who owns fiddle and tiddles it most of the
time, said he'd bet money that he could make
the Hollenback canine quake and tremble
nnder the power OF music. He said he never
saw dog which couldn't be fddled out of
coutenance 10 five minutes by the clock, and
he had tried lots Of them. Mr.. Hollenback
prinned with delight, and it was arranged that
the young man should try it on right away.
Madden 90. his fiddle AID the crowd went
over to Hollcnback's IS.
The dog was called into the kitchen, and
then the crowd slipped out one by one, leav-
ing Madden alone. "Cross-eyed Terror -
such is the caLine's name-didn't know what
to think of the proceedings, and he sat up
and gave Madden look IN which border-rut-
fanisn, inquiry, deceit and establishment
were about equally mingled. TIE fiddle was
poised and the young man commenced fddling
sad tune, something like Mother is Dead. !"
The dog rose up at the first note and bent on
earnest look Oh the fiddle. He had probably
never seen fiddle before, and he was in
doubt as to whether it was a new kind of dog
or OH Internal machine. AS the tune began to
draw out longer and longer, Cross-eyed Terror
took step forward and gave utterance to a
growl which made things tremble. Madden
looked iXedly a. the animal and saved away
until it became evident that he hadn't better
keep that tune mach longer, and he changed
of on to something lively. The dogs bristles
rose up, and MS eyes assumed a hungry look.
The young MN changed 10 chant, and
the dog came a little nearer. and lis under lip
fell down like tie end board OF a coal cart. A
man who was looking through the keyhole Of
the door remarked that ne wouldn't be in
there for forty million dollars, and the excited
whispers Of the crowd seemed to excite the
dog. He uttered several more growls and in
his own language inquired: What do you
take me for, any way" Madden had faith
and struck up The Green Shores OF Ire
land" He hadn3 even cited the ''gre en-
shores" before the Cross-eyed Terror laid
hold of him by tie hip and gave him scien-
tific toss. Next moment, eddie and dog and
howl and growl were all mixed up together.
Madden shouted 1or the crowd to rush in,
and the dog groI1ed out that that was prl-
vate cotilion, with no admission for outsiders.
The young man lived ABOUT year and hall
in less tLan q minute.
He went over the stove with whoop, around
the table with yell, and felt his coat tails go
off as he stopped for al instant to raise the
window sash. The crowd rushed in as soon
as they understood what was going on. They
found Madden lying on his face, and the dog
was trying to Sc. hold somewhere so that he
could lift him up ana administer the terrier
shake" They pounded the canine with a
chair, kicked his ribs, and yelled for him to
let go, and finally they had to throw pail Of
cold water over him. Mr. Madden could
hardly get up, ana when once up he couldn't
sit down. He had bites all over him and
few thrown in ito boot, and the largest piece
of his valuable fiddle was just the size OF an
Arizona toothpick. The doctor is still putting
plasters on him, and IS fast as he thinks he
has got the bites all p,astered he turns the pa
+ient over and finds two or three more. A
hand-organ or hoase-fdde may Z" soothe the
savage breast. 81. q violin won't, and all
Sixth street will he. on it.