National Republican., 1880-12-04
TERRIEIC ENCOUNTER.
An Eagle, Dog and II Flock of Geese the
Combntauts.


Combatants.
For an island twelve miles long and two
wide, aud inhabited by some seven hundred
people, Roanoke island has been as loud q
spot as any of tho same number OF square
inches on the globe. 1t has been full of SEN
sations from the jump: aud from tho birth.
day Of Virginia Dare, in 1885, to tho bully
fght last Friday, in which Birds beasts aud
woman bore a hand, period near unto three
hundred years, it has seldom been without
an eye opener in tho shape of a sensation. 1t
has been the scene of bloody fights between
hostile Indian tribes, and between civilized
armies In hostile array. Savage aud civilized
relics of remote ages aud modern commissions
are hidden beneath, or wavc-washed upon the
surface of It's golden sands. Indian forts aud
cairns aud tumuli attest its hoary history.
Abcl's pet dog that sings in church meetings
aud the canary that praises itself In parrot
English attest the attainments of its beasts
aud birds IN polite accomplishments Lewis
Mann's sixty alligators, matched aud reared
in q potato.louse, attest the fecundity of It's
soil-or the fecundty Of Lewis Imagination.
Two miles from the shore, ut tho point at the
gateway to Oregon, lie luscious bivalvcs. Wild
fowl of every name feed upon its grasses. Its
mon are the best specimens of manhood; its
women Of feminine loveliness.
But to our tale.
On Friday, at Roanoke island, q soaring
eagle, towering In his pride of might, turned
his proud eyes from gazing Mt the sun upon
tho quiet yard Of Walter Dough. A flock of
fat geese invited his eye and tempted his taste
The glance was father to the thought, and
down he pouuced. The feathers flew, the
geese squawked aud there was a sensation In
the farm yard aud there was dog there, too.
goose is put down as u fool, but It Is q vul-
CUR error. A goose Is o particularly smart
fellow. Aud 80 was the one the eagle
struck In Walter Doughs yard. As soon as
| struck, the goose ran under the house (Which
was somo feet above the ground) with the
eagle fastened TO her back, and the rest OF
the flock in botpursnit. And there the fight
grew fast and furious. Forty biting aud
| Hopping geese on one side and tho king of
birds on the other. Although outnumbercd,
| tho eagle maintained the fight aud clung to
his victim.
But soon another enemy presented himself
| an enemy more terrible than an army OF
gocsc-a bull.terricr dog-little, but full OF
| fight 1t wasn't fair, aud the dog had no
| natural. bellgerent rights in combat be.
| tween birds, but he came with u bound, and
tho eagle had no time to settle questions oil
| military ethics; so he threw himself on his
| back (eagle fashon) TO do his best in this
| hard fight between tooth and toGnail. The dog
| madc u lungo at tho eagles breast, and tho
eaglo struck his claws deep into the dog's fore
| shoulder.
The blow was simultaneous on either side
| Both blows told. But terrier never, aud an
eagle hardly ever says die, The only witnesses
Of the dread combat were the geese, who now
stood off aud looked on, aud Miss Martha
| Brothers, who was singing to her spinning
jenny in the house alone when tho fight be.
| gan, aud who in tho end was to be the con.
quering hero, crowned with the laurels of vic.
tory. Tho battle ragged. Teeth gnashed claws
staved eyes flashed. But eagles, like men
contend against odds when fighting against
fate, and so this eagles great heart sanl,
within him, anu turning tail upon his foe, he
sought s,fety in flight. But his retreat was
slow and full of difficulty for he had fifteen
pounds of bull.torrier swinging Behind him
| He reached tho yard fence, With one dos
perats effort he sought to scale it. He
reached its topmost round. Ho bore weight
he could not further carry. There they stood
victor and vanquished. Then it was tina
Miss Martha Brothers, the true hero OF tn,
fight. came to the front aud won the palm o
victory. Seiziug q rail, with one fell swoo
she came down with crash upon tho eagle
head, and loft him PROSTATE, struggling IL
the agonies Of death. the victim of conibina
ton too powerful to bo resisted. Alas! poo
eagle! He measured nine feet between til
tips of his outstretched wings.-Eisabch Ui
IN O. Economist.