Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-03-10
AN ODD FELLOW

[ he man whQic, mind is inunda cd wish ideas
with goed sen(- and nonfenfs, buGii.fs and pi:a
fare who is always about fome,hing, and ye
doug poth;ng.; always going OUT and ycs nigh
as we'll fay al homs VINO is always in the wrong
place, and always jaf TOO late - Such on
w&s. Dick Scamper. Dick was one Of the moG
piealanr fellows living, full OF wi, and anr,oote
but he vas performer Oh the sage of thc WORK
who never ATTENDED feler.ala. aid was never per
feet in his par; bis vices were the mere efec1
oi chance, AM his viroes The inlpuc Of the mo-
ment. Disk bad not any Gre eaabiilled princi-
pie but gp3G hum ur.; and with the help Of the
I he eur eat OF hisscrapcs, or did not care hg
about them. DIX was always in hale ~hcn
hero was no nee, City Tor il. and ultimately de.
ifbe:ate wh:n promp:tu(e was required he was
cohttantIy feM<m5gyisg tia he had y5ygst innn-
merable were the difficulties he created Tor hIr,
feis AID the maake he made every day, from
fargetfulnef.. ID k has an anppiflal-nt in the
city; goes to The jesufaiem Ccif.e HJuse 10 NEE,
a gentleman who was TO be at Loyd's tends an
apology, with an appointment 70 meet the nexi
day ar the ,Jeruialcm, and attends very puncsusl.
~ at Loyd's. Dix orders his MAJ 10 be witt,
his horfe at Mile End Turnpike exactly at fou,
O'Clock quite forgets it, taxes The fsgc, dico
vers his intake jult as he gets mic beyond
Strattotd, fops the ltage, gels ou5, and walks all
the way to town. finds his man waitlng in The
Geld with his hoic, mounts il, and rides home as
if nogbins had happened. Thieves are head in
bis house; he gets up, and dreles biinlef con,
pletely in bis fhooting jacks;, and very lednrc!y
walks down with hia double hs,relitd qua t.
ihoot them, jof as they a.atc of win whatever
of his property they could lay theiI heeds on.
Dick is in dreadful anxiety 10 make up a large
bill which he expects TO come due the next day
ruas Ill ovsrlhe city with graf dfasulty TAI.
les up tie anlount--,s quite delighted fiuds il il
not pgeien,ed, wonders very mach, RUS away te
the i0dorfer's and u the bzaker's, feds to hi.
est9nfhment that it has month longer to rur-
is bea rtilyvcxed at berg 70 lucky. Dick il
told that there is fomc news IS frantic 10 hea,
il pu,s on his iesvant's lac'd cock'd ha1 by
nifakc inltead Of his own, ard "a Les down TIE
trcet boys take hin FOR the beadIe Of the par(l
aud run away from thelr marbles takes no no.
.ice of them, walks into Coffee House and iit
down; IS reProved bv the waiter, who tells hin
It is not decent fer livery lervants to cit dowr
among gentlemen fares with astoniG mant
begins wondering, has mind 10 be in PATTON
pulls eff his hat 70 wife his face, finds it laced
freaks away, and fsts off as hard as he can; fall
in with tic boys again, who run before him al
the way he goes.
Dick has TO fe OUT on d journey TO Northamp.
ton; goes TO the coach Office, and is very partl,
cular in taking place for the Southampton Di
ligence travels all night, and leeps all tie way
arrives the next morning, defres to be fet d,@n
at the Dolphin Inn; coachman don't iten TO
name OF the Inn in PATTON: I" there's no fucl
hcufe in town, Sir" 6 No iuch an Inn as The
Dolphin at Nofthpamton d-n, what dye
meant" Northampton! lord, Sir, you're a.
Southampton''-e' the devil | AMI Hoalcr
laughs ready to fplit his hd.s; pad:n laugh,
every body laughs, excep, Dick, who looks leri-
Gus for minute, and then gets into pof chaiac
for London. Dick lofes his pocket book with
feveral sank notes; runs about to all the bill
printers. bill ickers, newspapers Offices and cri-
ers in town; don'r hear any thing OF it for a
week; fae day. puts on bis green Coat, puts
his Land into his pocket, dilcovers his pocket
book: g Well, who would have ,ho't it!"--
Runs immediately with an advertisements for all
The papers, Eating that the public need not give
themiclyes any more trouble aoout his pocket
book, as it is fonnd; don't know what to do
wsth the money he had offered fer reward !;
gives it TO an old MANNED faiior. Dick aops
one day to read at book Rall, is very much
p.eafed with an odd volume; an old fried p.G,-
ing by. Dick claps the book in his poeker, and
runs after him, while he himfcIf is rue after by
the bookseller, who calls /" 0op thiel'' mob
is prefently collected. and poor Dick, in fpite Of
his protceaton;, hurried away 10 Bow Street /;
neetsin his way another frieod, mar of high
r.nl1 catches hold Of lin bv the coat" Nv