The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-20 00:00:00

CAPTAIN CRAM'S SPORTING APHORISMS.

Rule I.—Always load your gun when on the cock, by which
you lose no time in bringing your piece to your shoulder, a
great• advantage; and if you possess common caution, you run
no risk of blowing your head off while ramming down your
charge.
Rule 2.—When a covey gets up, always fire bang into the
middle of it. It is all nonsense about singling out a particular
bird; take my word, it is easier to miss one bird than to miss'
a dozen. _ _

ii-le3.—When you are very desirous of game, instead of
' By this plan you may spit three brace
^ it done.

able through a hedge, by all means
:k. Caution should be the aurae-

a; if you shoot your friend,' you will
Rule 5.-11 a single bifrd gets up on your friend's side, shoot
at it by all means. Thf old system is milt to fire at those on
your own side, which 1 hotel to be a loosing‘game ; for if your
friend brings down his bird, he bags it; wnereas, if you fire
also, you have the -benefit of the doubt, which is settled by
tossing up. Never mind the old gag of its b•-i!lg unfair—the
ardour of a sportsman is a good excuse.
Rule 6.—Vs heii yOu- meet with a hare on her form, kill it if
you can. It' is Alf staff about being unsportsmanlike; don't
attend to such rubbish, My advice is, fill your bag. •
Rule 7.—Never brag of being a good shot. hold this as a
maxim; if, for exanipie, you have leave to shoot over a gentle-
ulan'S grounds, and are successful, which you are pretty sure
to be, if follaw Toy roles, and are any thing of a shot, send
your Irvin home with the game, then call at the house and
leave a bmce.of birds, being the whole contents of your bag—
you will be tohricileti with, and have unlimited leave to shoot.
""!,, R.—When you cuter a field, holloa and bawl as loud as
It will save you much trouble, for you will see at
.r there are any birds there.
.IWaYs trattl your dog to chop his bird from each
a gootbrace of dogs, so trained, and a double-
I bag more game than any man in Eng-

mow. your dogs of the highest possible courage.
don you can gratify yourself by thrashing your
you miss, without fear of spoiling him.
le instant a pheasant rises, blaze away at him.
his.innovation is, that it you miss, you will have
.ur hat at bim.--Monthly Magazine.

CORE OF DRUNKENNESS.—It is related of
Prichard, vicar of Llandingad, hut better known
is History of South Wales,) as the "Vicar of
7ho died in the year 1664, that while a young
h addicted to drinking, and he is said to have
is habit by au accidental circumstance, which
-upled to consider miraculous. In his visits to
,e was usually followed by a goat. On one
iled on his companion to participate in his
drink ale till it became inebriated. This
n more than satisfied the goat. It could
prevailed upon to repeat the experiment.
trifling, led the master to reflect on his
duced a resolution to abstain thenceforth
—Mirror.
LINGTON AND TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.
!ton has given his sanction to the intro-
'ocieties into the army. A regimenta
trds, of which his grace is colonel, is
in it is stated that his grace "has in-
ance societies exist amor? them;"
If the great advantage which might
Istematic measures to repress habits
---irao.e sobriety," adding, "that
:tracter of the English sol-
+4 excess could be el-aril-
- of temperance, and
-ervice will receive
it their disabili, y
;." Such a dis-
-41 steady soldier,
r time.—Kentish

)1(1,
'd of old."

days' feast after
won, which is a
wine latitudes.
orrible ravages
nk so freely of
4 suffocated at
red the empire