Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-03-18
MUST HAVE BEEN STARTLED

The street vas literally covered with yehi-
cles of Am descriptions, while a crowd OF
men of an stations and conditions lowered
in front OF the building, into which a con-
slant stream of human beings poured and
then poured out again, and the hum OF
voices sounded ike a distant roar. But
Inc moon was evidently in s gay mood
prd only looked down CO9placently,
while the man who resides within her
bosom, for chopping wood on Sunday, no
doubt wished he could have dropped down
and Joined the gang ia their Sunday sport.
But he didn'r drop and so the excitement
was not intensified.
In an upstairs room Of the house there
was % pushing, noisy crowd, every menu
her of which was attempting to catch
glance at Napoleon Jack, one Of the
dogs. All this time y man was circulating
through the crowd with q scared face and
a weak voice trying to impress upon the
crowd that he would allow no dog tight in
the house, and a woman, who stood
outside at the head of the steps, urged
him on every few minutes, repeatedly re-
marking
'It is bad enough 10 have a chicken
fight here, but when ID gets down to a dog
fight I must draw the line. No dog fight
i'm this house tonight"
But the crowd, IL would not 20 and the
woman would not yield, so what was there
else for the sports TO 60, but seek another
battle field2
And they sought and found. IL was the
big barn lust west Of the toll gate at the
east end of the town, and soon gasoline
lamps were piercing the darkness inside.
FULL OF RED HOLES,
aud the bang Of the hammer was heard in
the barn, where several gentlemen were
endeavoriDg 10 build q ring. Soon the
word passed around, and in very few
minutes the other end of the little town
was vacated, except by the sleeping resi-
dents. and the barn wss shortly sur
rounded.
The word was passed cut.
"The ring is finished. Come up TO the
door, pay ycur two dollars and see the
| dght"
Several newspaper men squeezed them
selves through cracks, and the big letters
on q show poster which covered the front
of the barn, and which read, Without a
Home" were O5liierated Then about
twenty-five men put up their pretty little
two's and squeezed into the barn, the first
ones Co. enter taking seats On tie big tim
baro Nhich formed the ten by ten-fOoi ring,
and letting their legs hang over inside,
probably intending TO pull them mp when
the dogs got in the charmed square.
just 40 this iuncture a leak was discov-
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gang began pouring through it. This was
caulked mp by a big mill stone, and the
stream was shut Of The REGISTER man
secured a seat on an old sleigh, where he
could see things pretty well. ard AS he
looked around an sHSusing and interesting
scene was spread cut before him. Then s.
voice came down from near the rafters,
the owner Of which occupied a seat on
barrel which stood on Top Of S table It
said:
sOME SCRAPS OF CONVERSATION.
'Ssy, Chimmy, why don't cher bring
ont yer dogs?'
oh, &C soak yer head," came the
answer
Bet cher S25 yer hain't got dollar up
ON yer dogs. -
Say, YOU shut mp yer fsce. You make
me tired
"Hellol Mickey
''Howdy, Pat
Say, Chippie, bring On yer dogs"
These are sample scraps Of the CONVEX
sation that Snsued, and it was getting IN
teresting. when suddenly The door was
pulled off the building and the crowd
poured in heller SHELTER
That settled the dog fight The owners