The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-01

Il Fabte omitted ~ 4Es,p aud dedicated "bylm,stake'
to a co respondent VI a certain Ne,o York Paper,
| iAMss GORDON BsNsATr, ESQ
Having gwen your readers much lately OF the
rich, and racy. suppose you now introduce a
specimen If The Short sweet, and saucy.
You must know thai sometime ago. when was a
resident of the rowdy State OF Arkansas, had The
honor 20 number among my particular friends a
Gentleman distinguished alike for the fertility Of
ais imagination, and the hitness OF his w.t. This
gentleman had such remarkable penetont for IA
oes aud allegores, that 1t supposed by many,
| rom pure idosyncracy, he could not actually tell
ruth from fiction, io course speak in Pickwick-
ian senss) Well, one day he took it into his head
10 indulge in his usual amusement, and made such
/ capital hi,, that promised at some future day,
10 Try my hand at Offset. | don't know as nave
nj ths marx .exscrIy. IL not, Can " Try again +"
At a crrlaio time, and IN a certs in place, there
was a large barn YARD; 10 That yard Their eat and
iraDk AID vegetaled, good naured cid hen and
ner chickens, aud spunky litie bahism, Who all
uved together IN most perfect harmony Ii hap
'eued, however, on one unfortunate day, there
ante inro Tins yard = fl ok OF gabblng geese an
I'D grey overgro~n game cock, and lank, lean,
orry rocking cur OF one OF the mos, worthless
reeds
The geese ha wing FETCHED out heir ne cks and
AIKEN their longitude aud latitude. sci up u
lost gious cackiing to the extreme annoyance
OF all thr neighbors, and the especial vexauon ct
1dUtam-w ne, allhough one OF the mIldes tempered
.ud mos q itt HUE fellows the world, I'M
commonly averss To strange and unchrstiau noses
the utiruders, however by various deceptive
It, managed Joe the old hen and ch ok ms,
rat they actually turaed their backs upon bantam
al would not hear him crow. They were
ven tar deuitd AZ 10 suppose that the strange
abiding which they heard, but could not under.
and, was proof Of most consummate wisdom, and
he other cock Il large, lair, but lazy-lookIag
r 4.
tlthough al avs when bantam was out of sight }
I'D II afterwards SAID, had mimicked his
owing, tn the great del ght 1T th- g.tse aud cur,
icy hCu1ht II would be Dc cidedy their interest TO
ON h strangers
veved I'd not little savage, but concluding he
could not whip hs whole parry, cur incluced, ban
..mqnctly withdrew.
fhan commenced a tremendous uproar-the
reese 1ippfd their Wings apd screamed 40 though
hey we're mdd, and the cur, who had INDUCED IN
GpthlnS tut stuffed grOwIs ever sHce be had found
= way into thr yard, actually yeped out ioud IN
Suitauon. Waters went on W. lderiuIiy well Tor
snort tune; II was ere long, however, seen that
~ lntruders mad form d an alliance, offensive and
rensve, aud that tnelr sole OBJ Ct Was 10 obtain
ntIrr posse Ot the barn yar0; his the ban-
| m had suspected and knew that delay aud mac
| n would secure ms vlcor;) they drew ,h- poor
~ hen lDtO narrow coop. anu while he cur Kept
Itch 10 pouDce upon her. the rest riotd AT LARGE,
nd summed, 5n1 spread 8nd stTuted Il they were
NJ Only anlInaisin txls'eDce
The banum, Notwithstanding the treatment he
40 rec wed, could not cndure ths-so suinmoDiog
ne aid o one Of MS tlends he returned On his
ipptudCh the old cock immediatrly took II CHI aud
ne bantam etttIug hIs IRE nd TO ftp his wings IN
he ours face to bliud MIN. made sudden dash ut
llm, aud althOueh ne just missed hrs head the cur
iropped his tail between his legs, aud with
prIOg cleared The fence and has never been seen
" heard OF snce-excep by one OF your correspon-
.enls, who says PUPPY passed hun at Tampa
Say, and he conclud, d, from the CELEBRITY of his
movements he must be Ia u chase after the man
vita the cork leg.
Your FLORIDA CoRREsPoNpENr.