Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-03-26

The NeD York Spirit Of the Tunes. This fine
spnrting rditor has sent o. -, with other subscribers.
a plate number this mpnih OF Monmouth Eclipse.
MS usual. very neatly done. BY the bye. this Spiri
uf The Tunes contains s,.nc admirable things. We
believe 1t was in n number that appeared two or
three weeks ago. that Nc read a iake-UT OF the tales
at travellers, with Illustrations. that we consider one
OF Ihe beat things of the seasnn. We have mislaid
the article or we would publish II entire rs n side.
buster. The style, OF unequnlled humor. adds much
To tho sinry-ihe naked incidents Of which are as
follows:
A man, Young in years. accounts for his prema-
ture grey hairs in this way lie went - a por in
The East Indies with a very cool and determined
captain in the English Army.
The vessel rast anchor of an entirely barren,
- ndy coast, & the captain s. the gray haired min
went ashore. Alter wandering some time, they sat
down in the shade of large old wafer cask that
had huaIed ashore. to eat their dinner and drink
their wine. Time few by and they were a lrIle
CoZey. when. hearing n noise. they looked up. and.
within n few feet, was a large female Tiger They
ran round the wafer rask. and the tiger followed.
driving them round for two whole hours without
hopes Of relief. Al last. the Tiger becoming vexed
at the delay Of her expected dinner. attempted to
cut il short by leupIng the cask. The upper head
WIS out, her feet caught the edge and partially up
eel IL. The raptaih wns ready. and with a 20
heave. hoy, they succeeded IN accomplishing what
the tiger had begun. by entirely upsetting the cask
over her and leaping on the top. THIS was too
confined a sphere Of action f0I her powers. and she
could do nothing but growl. The situation Of her
Iormenior- was sIill any Thing but pleasant. They
must remain whore they were aniil they starved,
or by getting 1T enable the iifcr IN remove her co
vering and catch Them at last. Ia moving about.
however, the ga age brute happened To rus her
tail out Of the hung hple. The quick eve and as
quick hand of the captain caught u and, with a ire
mendous III lri, he succeeded in drawing through
the whole OF Its why length and winding II armand
his hand. They both jumped off heir perch, hold
ing to the tail with all their migha. The weight
hcing removed The cask ruse up, but with IL rise
in consequence of the hard pull, the hind feet OF
the tiger. aud lefi her 10 walk on two legs with The
Troublesome pack on her back. But here again the
companions were disappointed. they supposed their
united eXertions were sufficient 10 drag her within
hail Of The vessel. but, instead Of that. her ladyshIp
walked of with the whole concern, dragging them
nfler her. For miles they went over sandy plains.
and the sun was Jnst leaving that hemisphere when
they appoached jungle. Here was a fH. lf they
Tel go and run she would after Ihem-if they fol-
lowed her into The Jungle they would find more
Tiger tails than they could manage. Luckily they
must first ascend a little hill. and nf the fact the
captain again took advantage The ascent enabled
his companion to hold the tail secure clnse up and
delay Inc march. and in The mean time the captain
nv a dexiero ~ move, tied the tail IN a knot that
no force could draw through the 5ung hole. As soon
as il was secure. they let 60. and attacking the pool
brute with the remaining wine bottles they had N
ihoir pockets, drove her bowling into the ju ngle.
They succeeded in reaching the vessel, but the hail
ofthe Younger ono was gray and the hands Of the
elder hlistsred.