Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-24

Yet whiie | sigh for the joys that are
gone to me forever. recall the re-
membrancc of past pleasures with de-
light and If you are disengaged e.
nough to listen to the story of a gar
ruinus old manu- will relate to you an
incident that occurred while You were
e" muling i'm your narse's arms"
A friend Of mine on the borders of
Montgomery county, sent me word
that he had got samous hound, of a
new breed, worth any dozen of the
company's pack. and insisted that.
before our general hunt, l should
come up and spend the night with him
and in the morning @eewouid take
out Jowler. and run down fox-Just
to show his dogs superiority. | did
not need a second invitation, | assure
YOU. but waited upon him in the high
est expectation Of sport.
During the evening my friend laun-
ched out in the praises of his hound /;
1 expressed some doubts from the
looks of the dog. but he was halt an
gry: There was never one, he said. so
true-so feet-so quick of scent
and so he continued on until the even
ing was far spent ) and l thought, to
be sure, that Nimrod himself was ne
YER blessed with so fineta hunter. in-
deed | dreamed Of the matter, and a
little after midnight awakened the
whole family by the cry Of bark away
for I verify thought we were in full
chase.
The morning came, and we started.
after giving orders for a large chick
en- pie to be prepared for our afternoon
repast. 1t was not long before the
dog took to the woods, and his voice,
cIear-eager-shrill. burst upon the
ear. AYE, I told you so," said
my friend, exultingly "a fine fellow
none ofyour Chester pack like him;
Now puss will buy it, I'll warrant
you." We put spurs to our horses,
but found as We approached, that the
dog did not seem to move. " de has
him already" said my friend, his eye
sparkling with delight. We reached
the spot and behold! the dog had fall
en- into a hole, from which the lime
stone had been quarricd. and could
not get out. Evidently chagrined, my
friend told me it was an accident that
might have happened to the best dog
in Christendom. repeated my doubts,
but his confidence seemed undiminish-
ed. He sprang from his horse-iift-
ed Jowler from the pit, patted him
little, and bid him again" to the
woods"
II was a quarter of an hour before
we heard the voice Of this favourIte
again. At length in a valley some
distance on our right, we heard him
open with great spirit. Hope and
ioy again lighted up the countenance
of nv friend. We stopped a moment
to mark the course puss was taking,
and soon followed at full speed. Alack
a day, the voice again became station
ary and reaching the place, 10 poor
Jowler had come to astone wall wh'ch
he could not leap, aud did not choose
TO 30 round there. sitting on his
rump. he was hewlins most piteous
musick.
In short. the dog was not worth
baubee, with all his pretensions. he
was RICH; promise much and 10 lit
tie. Our sport was banked. for that
dav. We got home before the pie
was ready: but never could bring
nv friend, who was somewhat opinl-
onated. 70 own but that Jowler was a
good hunter.
Now Mr.. Miner, il We caught no
fox, the jaunt was not entirely last to
me for / learned not to give too much
credit to specious appearances-hew
tbines-and catering promises.
When l see young merchant al
the very outset in business. assuming
a very consequential air-talkins
largely of his pro6ts-setting up his
carriage. and handling his hardware
with gloves. lest he should soil his
hands +" Promise much. and do lit
tie" thinks i. and old Jowler in
stantly occurred to my'recoliect'on',
W6enI see a young farmer who
has inst came TO his patrimonial es-