The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-26
MAI. JACK DowNING's LAST.

MAI. JACK DowNING'S LAST.
FROM THE Loo CABIN. NORTH BEND.
To my fslIoD- citizens from Rev Orleans
% DOwHiagsills. and from sali Waiu 70 fks
Lake Waters, up and doom Che country and
cross Wiss:
FELLOW CITIZENS: Ever since The
world begun, all the huns and chsses
iell'd on in all paris Of creation hsini been
only mere flea hunt 10 the rsle fox chase
thai has just been completed in these
United States; by the grace Of God free
and independent at last.
II has been known 10 every body that
Tor the last ten yesrs il has been impos-
sible 10 hatch eggs, or raise poultry. or
90 trust any thing u large Of hstnalur-
night srier night and day arier day-nest
arler nest and chicken arier chicken. was
destroyed by the foxes. and they got so
bold and brszen 81 last they would come
into the poul.ry-yard in open day. or any
where else, and kept the hull iesiher'd
tribe hacking pretty much all The while.
Al FRS. the folks got traps and dogs; but
il got so at lasl. that the foxes got so nu
merous, it was jisi as much a. dogs life
was worth TO attack 'em-and folks be-
gun to despair-especislly as il was found
out that all the younger foxes 60. their
directions from one rsle sly fox, who as
yet never had been tracked, or irap'd. or
driven 10 his hole; he was every whers,
in every state, almost a. the same time.
And wherever he was reported 20 be.
there IL was found all The other foxes was
mos, knowing and most impudenL So
il was. concluded thai il wa. no use 10
try and trap The common run OF Ioxes,
but. if possible. make general rally in
all the states. and give chase to this old
fox especially-snd no, give up I'LL he
was run 10 his hole, and then dig him out
for il was thought IL he was only
caught. all the res. would be pretty scarce.
Well, this matter being agreed upon, the
FIRST thing next TO be done was 10 selec.
good long-winded leader Of The chase
one who would no, give out, and whose
horn could be heard fur,hesi. And so We
all agreed upon Old Tip.--and we got
him pretty well mounted, and he sound
ed his horn. and lis echoes went up and
down rivers. and scoss valleys. and over
mountains, till folks all ahou, creation GO,
acquainted with the sound. and on a
given day, they assembled at all their sta
tons, and pu. in practice the few general
rules Of the chase. capering little round,
and having few sham chases, jest TO git
nimble,-and then on signal from Old
Tips horn they all started. and sich a
chase. as ] said afore, as then began, The
hull created world has never before seen
for il was an everlasting wide aud long
country 10 chase over, aud no one know
ing yet where the iox would FIRST break
kiver, all hands al first went 10 work beat
ing the bush. The first track was struck
in Louisiana; and about 5000 give chase
there. and run him out Of that s,ste-snd
he s,resked away north as hard as he
could clip il. and knowing all the secret
by.ways, escaped I'LL he reached The state
Of Maine. The Maine boys were vide
awake. and as soon as they struck his
track there. they raised an almighty shout
and headed him of. He then SHARED
of to New Hampshire, where they are
pretty much all fox--snd there for spell
took breath. But hearing the coming
shout he struck for Vernon, 10 hopes the
Green Moun.ings" would furnish ki-I
ver,--but they were all awake there. and
about 5000 fold jined in the chase, and
he remained no longer in Vernon, than
he could get out ont. WELL" thinks
he, this is pretty lite work. aud I'm Off
South sgin. for they mus, be friendly to
me there. seeing as how tell'd all the
foxes TO be civil to the Southern Chick
ems. and so he slipt along to Georgia. |
The Georgia folks, however, not liking
the nsiur Of the breed. had already called
their fox hunters together. and on The
FIRST show Of a track they all opened aud
about 5000 give chase there in most
noble siile. and he turned tail and run
towards the middle states. In passing
through the old North State Of Carolina,
be finds things too wide awake there to
stop mini,--and jist so i, continued ell
The way through Mary land. Delaware and
Pennsylvania--lhough he bothered the
hunters plsgily in Pennsylvania. for they
don't understand fox hunting much in
that siate--exesp. in few counties, es-