Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-07
AN INCIDENT OF THE NASHVILLE
FLOOD,

From the Union and American, April IL.
Between 5 and 6 o'clock last
evening, an exciting scene was
witnessed in the back water
south of Broad, betW cen Cherry
and College streets. In order to
make our readers familiar with
the whole story, we will COM
mence at the beginning. A col
ored man, whose name we don't
know, because we have never
seen him before and never ex-
pect to see him again, after ma
ture deliberation no doubt, de-
termined to have chicken for sup
per, and proceeded to his coop,
where he selected one of the fat
test with the intention of ringing
its neck. He was accompanied
to that coop by his little son, and
to better enable the old man to
fasten the door of the coop,in or
der to save the remainder of his
chickens for Sunday dinner, he
gave the fowl to the little fellow
to hold; but that chicken which
was rooster, did not hold worth
a cent, but suddenly escaped
from the firm grasp of the child,
and flew into the back-water.-
This is a convenient place to
drop this chicken, and we will
close the first chapter with the
inference that the aforesaid chick
en- had gone for good.
Not SO however, for as soon as
that chicken had touched water
a little black dog made a bound
from from the street above. and
a moment later was struggling
with the mad waves and making
tor that ckick en-. Tie dog push
ed forward, ,rea ched in due course
of time ti:at chicken, and seized
it by tie neck The chicken
weighed nearly as much as the
dog, and in struggling to be re-
leased from tie grasp of the dog,
the latter ~%ds frequently pulled
under the water and there was
every reason to believe that dog
and chicken would go down to a
waterv grave. So ends chapter
two.
A large crowd had by this time
collected on the streets, and in
tense interest manifested as to
the fate of the dog that so persist
emily refused to relinquish the
prize held between his teeth. In
the crowd was little boy who
wept bitterly for his dog. His
cries pierced the heart of a color
ed man named John Allen, whose
sympathies by this time were
aroused in behalf of the boy and
his dog. Without saying a word
he doffed stockings and shoes,
coat and pants, and plunged into
the water, and was soon swim
ming in the direction of the dog.
Up to this good movement, the
dog had been the hero of the oc-
casion,:: but now all eyes were
turned on John as he neared a
couple Of planks, lashed together
and tied to fence midway be
tween the two streets. He mount
ed his raft, and with a pole push
ed out and was soon alongside of
the dog and the chicken. He
reached out his hand,rescucd the
chicken from the mouth of the
dog, helped the latter on the
planks, and, amid the cheers of
the vast conceurse of people, the
man, the dog and the chicken
were moving toward the shore. |
We cannot close this narrative |
without informing our readers
of the TACT that the aforesaid
dog is of the feminine gender,
and bears the beautiful name of
Fanny She belongs to- Tom
Coughlin, and is said to be one
of the best ratters in the city. |
The owner obtained her from a
Texas Ranger during the war,and
not long since refused TO sell her
for 800 in gold.
Nothing remains OF ihe Amt rican
colony which went TO the Holy
Land several years age to reform
the Turks and rebuild the Temple,
hut tho ei To of fhair oaftlap,opt