Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1837-12-08
TIE WANDERING Piper.

THE WANDERING PIPER.
The unprecedented ciyiIity which !
have met with from all grades of soci-
city in Great Britain and Ireland, du-
ring my rambles as the . Wandering
/ Piper" has induced me to lay before
| them the following accurate statement
of an undertaking. which, as yet, re-
mains unrivaIed in the annals of
sporting. This much talked of cam
paign originated in the London Coffee
House, ON the 4th November, 1874,
among fourteen worthless, who had re-
tired there to put the copc-stone to a
dinner given by an American gentle
man who was then making the tour of
Europe. In the course Of CONVERSE
ton, politics, religion, and the internal
affairs Of Great Britain and America
were freely discussed; and among
other topics the laws affecting the
poor OF both nations, were not forgot
ten. Much was said by the American
party Of Understandable Institutions,
their warIike prowess, magnanimity,
independence and uncxamplcd hospi-
tality. These arguments were as Vi
gorously replied to by those repre-
senting the British isles the swInd-
ling and thieying propensitics of the
Yankees, their del ph china ware, ma
lhogany cucumber seed, and wooden
nutmegs, were dealt out without mer-
cy or remorse.
In course of the heightened discus
sion it was remarked by one of the
members, as a lift to his own side Of
the question, that beggars and time
rant musicians had been known occa-
slonally to make competency for
life in England, in very short period
whereas in America they might pipe
like Orphous, or like Tommy Puck in
| Astor Fair, and draw iron tears down
Pluto's checks, without beng able to
coax a copper out of the Trapbols
GRASP of Il Yankee. A good deal Of
discussion afterwards enSued, pro and
con, which terminated in my finally
and firmly agreeing to travel through
Great Britain and the United States OF
America, disguised as piper. Large
. Wagers were now offered and accepted
on both sides, his Maiesty's leges still
contending that for one shilling tho
piper would receive in America. he
would receive double that sum in Grear
Britain and Ireland. accordingly
commenced my piping in the summer
. 1925, at Merpotha borough in North
cumberland, reached London in thc
coue of few weeks, visited severa
towns IN the county OF Kent, and wa.
driving tolerable business, when my
drope was silenced all at once by the
interference of a relation with whom
burst not conted. The gentleman ii
ed in the beginning of 1897, in conse
quonce of which hostilities were agaiI
renewed in July the following year
IN connection with Il young man, who
+. like myself had moremoney than iudg
mcnt, and who had bound himself /,
travel with fiddle on the continent O
Europe. To this gentleman some Q
I. the Journals gave the title Of Coun
Bendar; but peace TO his names, he di
{. ed at Rome in the end of183i.
The public have already been mad
y acquainted, through the columns Of III
different journals, with my prcambula
tons in the United Kingdom, and III
unprecedented kindness shown TO m
by some of the first families in lrelan
during aconiiuement OF many month.
occasioncd by the overtuming of
stage coach, in the county of Carlow
D To Sir Thomas Butler and family. an
the Rev. Mr.. Roberts, &c. lie nm
der such obligations, that whole life
devoted TO their services, would be bu
an inadequate recompense. Variou
/, attempts had been made to put an en-
70 this arduous iroIlc, and at the tim
above mentioned, a northern noble
man usedgreatexertions TO accomplish
the wished for conSumation, but with
out effect. Icontinued my WANDERING
for nearly twelve months after my re
coyery, and then sailed for America il
March, 1888, where ! succeeded ia