Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-11-12


incidents attending such a chase wonl
require, no doubt, more iine snd spac,
I. ihan be could give il, especially rs h
/ has other occupations, and has not ye
-:ilhe thanking power. The firsi report q
. n victory is generally. bhcf-ihs detail
/, are left lor more quiet moments -
FROM THE LOG CABIN, NOnrI
VII BEND.
II my FELLOW citizens from .New Orlean
10 Do~nsngrilie, aud from Sab Hate
10 the Lake Waier, up aud dozen III
country and cross wiss.
II, Fellow Citizrns--Ever since tho worl
begun all the hunts aud chases iell'd o
m "ll parts Of creation hain'i been only
flea hHni 10 tho rne For chase that hu
Jusi beon completed IN these Unite'
, States, by the grace OF God free and III
+ dependent at last.
III IL has been kmwn 10 every body tha
for the last ten yeurs it has been impos
sfble 10 batch eggs, or raise poultry, ol
TO trust any thing al large Of that natul
night arer night and day arter day -
nest arter nest aud chicken arter chicken
was destroyed by the foxes, and they got
so bold and bruzen al last they would
come into The poultry yard in open day
or any where else. aud kept tire hull leulh.
cred tribe hacking pretty much all the
while. AT first the iolks got trnps and
dogs; but II got so at last, that the foxes
got 50 numerous, It was Jst as much a.
dogs lie was wUilh 10 attack 'cm-
and lolks began Ia despair-especiaIy
as It was found out that all the Younger
ioxes got their directions from one ruie
Sly JoI who us yet had never been track ID
or trapd, or driven 10 his hole hs was
erery mhere, in erery Slate almost at the
same time. And wherever he was re-
ported 10 be, there ii was found all the
other foxes was most knowing and mos,
inpudent. So II was concluded that il
was no use To try and trap the common
run oi ioxes, but If possible make q gene
raj rally ~ all The States, and give chase
10 M's otd )or especially--and not give
up tiIl he was run 10 his hole, and then
Dig htm out-ior ii was thought it he was
ouIy caught, all the rest would be pretty
scarce. Well, this matter beirg agreed
upon, the first thing next 10 he done was
to select good long riuded leader OF
the chasc--one who would not give out
and whose horn could be heard iurhes,.
And SD VIC all agreed upon Old Iip,-
and We gut him pretty well mounted, and
no sounded his born, and is echoes " enl
up and down rivers, and across valleys, |
ana over mountains, ill folks all about
creation got well acquainted with the
SOUND ,--and on n given day, they as.
stmbled ut all their stations, and put in
practice hs Jew gencraIrules of the chase,
capermg huie round, aud having few
sham chases, jest to get nimblc, and
then Oh signal from OM Tips horn,
they all started, and sich Il chase as /,
SAID alore, M then began the hull created
world has never before sern-for il was
an everlasting wide and long country to
chase over, aud no one knowing yet
where Me for would first break kiver, all |
hands ut first went 10 work bcaiing the
bush. The fist track was struck in |
Louisiana, and about Z, 900 give chase
there aud run MIN out OF that S,atc-and
he streaked 1t away North as hard as he |
could clip ii, aud knowing all the secret
by-ways, escaped till he reached the
State of Maine. The vi Mainc boys were
wide awake, und as soon as they struck
nus rack there, they raised an almicht, 1
shout and headed him off. He then
slieared of to New Hampshire, where 4
they are pretty much all fur and there
Tor spell took breath. but hearing the
coming shout he struck for Vermont, in
'opes the Green Nlnuniings" would
urn'sh kirer--but they were all awake
here, and about 5000 folks jined in the
;l,asc, and he renamed no longer in
' crmont than he could get out ont
WELL thinks he, ''ihis is pretty lite
work, and Pm off South agin, for they
must be friendly TO me there, seeing az
how | telPd all the foxes to be civil 10
The Southern Chickens,"-and SO he
slIpt along to Georgia. The Georgia
ulks, however, not liking the natur oil
he breed, had already called their fox
hunters together, and on tho first show
u track they nll opened and about five
housand give chase there IN most noble
tile, and lie turned tail and run towards
he middle states. La passing through
ne old North Slate Of Carolina, be finds ,
mugs too wide awake to stop mint Ii
nd JIst so It continued all The way thro'II
laryland, Delaw are and Penns, lyania 5
: though he bothered The hunters plapiIy b
Pennsylvania, for they don't under
land Jor hunting much in that Sla,e-
xcept IN few counties especially in +,
sucks county, and that is the reason why i,
that county they always have good IL,
oultry and plenty ont, So he continued a
or'h. La Come eciicul and Rhode Island d
'ey gnve him an amazing close run u
nd no iIine to stop OF double, and cena. y
~st caught him. AS for AIassachu. -
'tis, nc knew priuy well he stood no .
nance there, and so you SEQ but on. "
ra'eht chase across-aHd taking a bite
New Hampshire, he tired fnr New ia
ork aud run considerable we'll and con. 10
rtably along the Dudson-bu, such N
~ as met him 10 the west was shiyer. J"
Tor him aud he shecred of for Ohio. >,