The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-06-28
30 va. ,aA.a.. .aAnr ralen.

lfh wasn't for this article you might be
Ia ignorance Of ihe fact that old Mr..
Crane moved into hoase on MAcoynb
street. about six weeks ago, sud that he
il nov 10 Detroit lie came here from
Oswego, and Of course Il will take him
some time to get used 10 cur ways, which
are not the ways Of Oswego. For Ia.
stance, lhefe are no dogs in Oswego, o.
Al least 10 dogs which whoop around
I nights. tracking up peoples door.yards
aud chasing peoples eats. II didn't take
/ Mr. Crane long to discover lbs, the mil.
1 lion dogs Of Detroit make regular prao.
,ice OF going down town every night
in the year. The second night after his
arrival be Was aroused At midnight by
various noises, and pressing bis uose
against the cold window pane he counted
leleyen dogs promenading over bis yard
Ia search Of remnants Of cold chickens
and enstard pie.
II was the same next night, the night
!afs6r, and, in fact. the dogs- took great
hiking TO that family II is nice back
yard for dog fight, or for dogs TO Sit
daw o and LET their thoughts go back 70
pioneer days. Some fought aud some
rt tleeled, while others hunted for bones
aud chuck led as they lodged the brick
bats sent down by old Mr. Crane,
The other day, while wondering II he
would have TO poison two or three hun
dred cauiues to obtain for himself one
good nights rest he came across big
bear trap left in the barn by the family
who had moved out of the. house.
"Thst's the kind Of a bear-trap smw
chuckled The old gent as be took IL down.
Before the bells strike twelve tonight
some dog will wish be bad never been
bornl"
Just At dusk that evening be set The
trap aud placed II under lis window IN
the favoriie spot nightly occupied by an
Old white dog with deep bass voice,
/ lie baited il with raw beef, fastened IL
TO stake, aud lie chuckled aud grinDed
until bis wife concluded 10 stay awake
and see The fun, The first dog put IN
an appearance about ten O'Clock, lie
sat down on an old hower-pot and chin
ned the moon for a quarter Of an hour,
when the crowd began to arrive, aud Mr..
Crane ielt that everything was lovely.
A terrier dog was the fret 10 discover
the trap. lie picked of the meat aud
walked away ~ If IL WAS the regular pro.
/ gramme, aud Mr. Crane qait chuck ling.
! lie finally decided TO put his faith in
chance, and be dropped pound OF beef
beside the waiting trap. Some fourteen
or fifteen dogs made a rush for the meat +,
and curing the grand fight The trap put
in u blow for liberty.
What is now written eau be backed up
/ by the solemn afiidavts Of nearly two
hundred persons. The dogs were fight
ing right over the trap when il sprung,
aud il fastened 10 the legs, cars or tails
of five different CANNES. The fighting
ceased for an instant and the silence was
awful. Then came noise composed Of
growls, howls, barks aud roars from five
dogs, and the way people in that neigh
borhood kicked of the bed clothes was
perfectly outrageous. Old Mrs. Crane
! jumped into bed and covered up her
head, while old Mr.. Crane flew down
stairs, flew up again, and cried out in his
anguish;
" I'll be hanged If | aint the biggest
fool in America!''
-Four policemen aud one hundred and
fifty citizens speedily gathered in front
of the honse. Some said II was a family
fight, others thought that murder was
being committed, and no one could make
out why Eve dogs should linger there
and keep up such row The police
opened on the CANNES with powder aud
ball, aud then called upou Mr.. Crane TO
come out aud cxplain the mstler
"Genllemcn," he replied, a. he Vooh
shiverng N the trout sltp--- gentle
mcn, i ! should live 10 be thousand
years old could n,ver forget This night !
Lei Judge Bradley alone end abu-e ne
call me rrimhina boaid! l. Con-
gees slunil ycsiis tii'g carnrl,e climh
81 - m. Lrt - The papefs p.teb ltta
me, AID do A4tu guFp ugHiusI nip ii come
up tor lfica! lH trinoye the .taihs The
fr.l fhrug Ia lh. IA rning. aud RI sell e
b - uHp mighty cheap - Detroa Free
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