The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-24
The Career Of a s.Mnn About TOWN.

The Career Of tsMnn About Town."
The death or General CharIetie IN London, 10
his eighty-thrd year, has furnished plenty OF
table-talk In st. James street and Pail Mall
Reared in a loose school, that OF thirty years
ago, the General shared IN all the sports and
pastimes of the watering places. In all manly
pursuits be excelled, being dead shot, bold
rider, O still bolder better, clever poet, and
skilful musician. As a companion none could
be more amusing, and his sdnDfotd was
amazing. Once when shooting In Hertfordshire,
where he had hired manor he uespassed on
the estate of deceased nobleman. The keeper
demonstrated with him In vain, and al last
one morning, while out with hls master,
he heard the General blazing away at the
phessants in an adjoining cover, and directed
his lordship's attention to him. The latter,
naturally irritated beyond measure at the occur
renee, desired his keeper to go and turn him of,
and shoot one OF his dogs, and added, as he was
hurrying away to obey him:-"Here, you had
better take my pony, and then you Will get back
quicker" And he handed to him, at the same
time, q very fsvorite shooting pony, for which
he would not have taken any money. The
keeper, ,cantering away on him, soon came up with
the General, and told him TO cease firing, for If
he did not he should have TO kill one OF his dogs
by his leTdship's orders very WE'LL" replied
the General, lone of my dogs is an old one, and
Oldest; but mind, If you do, shoot your pony;
and as ] am not sure where my manor finishes,
don't see why should go away"
The keeper rendered more irate than ever by
but, before he could turn round, the treasure of
pony was only fit for the next kennel. Then
addressing the terrified keeper he said, "If you
shoot again, the next barrel is for yourselGn But
the servant would stop to listen to nothing else,
and took to his heels TO tell his master, who could
not understand his not riding back on the pony,
and was horrihed at his fate. Before, however,
he could resolve in his own mind what course
he should adopt towards the General, he was
still more surprised at receiving a challenge from
the General for the insult that had been offered
him by the shooting Of his setter. Ofcourse "the
noble lord" did not accept it. or the tame of his
antagonist had reached him; but, to prevent
further annoyance concessions were made, and
the affair in time blew over.
Among other natural advantages the General
was gifted with an extraordinary memory, and
a few years back, for large bet, he related the
whole contents OF the Morning Post, from the
date TO the publishers name, without making
single error. He was a great lover OF Shake
speare, and far beyond the average stamp Of
amateurs who interpreted him. The turf, bill
lizards, or a pigeon sweepstakes he loved. He
showed no mercy to Derby favorite which he
did not like, and he had in his time some mira
culous escapes. "Gorhambury'' was the only
race-horse he ever owned, and with him, who
started at one thousand to fifteen, he ran second
to "Coatherstone,n beating "Gaper," british
Yeoman," and a number of good horses; and
had he won, he remarked there would have
been corn in Egypt"