A DOG'S REVENGE.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 809, 6 May 1871, Page 2

A DOG'S REVENGE.

Mr Timerman, of Greene county, was recently the owner of a mastiff, which he had raised, and which was about two years old, and, no doubt, the largest dog in the country. On Friday afternoon Mrs Timerman and a lady neighbour, named Mrs Eliza Huff, returning home from a visit to Catskill, found the dog occupying the gate, and would not let them pass. Mrs Timerman ordered him away, but the mastiff would not obey until they both had thrown several stones at him, when he took refuge under the kitchen. A short time after Mrs Huff, while assisting Mrs Timer, man in carrying some things from the house to the kitchen, saw the dog with stealthy steps and glaring eyes advancing slowly towards her. She, seeing she could not stop the dog by word or gesture, at once prepared to defend herself, as flight was impossible, is soon as the dog was near her he arose on his hind feet and attempted to seize Mrs Huff by the throat. Then ensued a sanguinary combat between the woman and dog of about ten minutes' duration, and which for its fierceness scarcely has a parallel in such encounters. Mrs Huff first threw out her left arm, which the dog bit fearfully near the wrist, and with her right "hand caught the infuriated brute by the throat, and as Boon as her left hand was released from the grip of the dog she seized his under jaw with it. Knowing from every circumstance that this combat would be a lengthy one, as soon as the first excitement had subsided, Mrs Huff ordered the faini!}' to close eve/ door but one, towards which she gradually but slowly drew the dog. Before reaching the steps in front of the open door, the dog had fdr » short time partially disengaged himself, and bit Mrs Huff severely on tho left thigh. By this time the heroic woman became calm and collected, aud again seized the dog by tho under jaw and throat, and then began to draw the brute toward* the open door, { Fiually she had reached the 'doorsteps, and began to walk up them backwards, and wheu at tho top, she,

by summoning all her strength, and by one violent effort threw the dog to the ground on his buck. Before the animal could recover his feet and ascend the steps, Mrs Huff had entered the house and closed the door, and at once fainted. Her wounds ,were examined and dressed by a skilful physician, who pro nounced her case almost hopeless. Her face, arms, and limbs a few hours after had swollen to double their natural size, the poison from the bite having in a few hours diffused itself throughout her whole body. --" New York Herald."