The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-20
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The death of General Charretie in
London, in his eighty-third year, has
| furnished plenty of table-talk in st.
James street and Pail Mall. Reared in
| II loose school, that Of thirty years ago,
the General shared in all the sports and
pastimes of the watering places. In all
the manly pursuits, he excelled, being
dead shot, bold rider, a still holder bet
ter, q clever poet, and skilful musician.
AS companion, none could be MOI 9
amusing, and his sing .froid was ama:-
ing. Once when shooting in Hertfori-
shire, where he had hired u manor, ] Q
trespassed on the estate of deceased no.
| bleman. The keeper demonstrated with
him In vain, and at last one morning,
| while out with his master, he heard the
General blazing away at the pheasants
in an adjoining cover, and directed bis
lordship's attention to him. The latter,
naturally irritated beyond measure mt
the occurrence, desired his keeper ID go
aud turn him Off and shoot one of his
dogs, and added as he was hurryins
away To obey him: "Here, you had bet
ter take my pony, and then you will get
back quicker And he handed to him,
at the same time, very favorite shooting
pony, for which he would nothave taken
any money. The keeper, cantering away
on him, soon came up with the general,
and told him to cease firing, for If heidi
not he should have to kill one Of his dogs
10y his lordships orders. very well"
replied the general, zone Of my dogs Is
an old one, and the other young one
you had better shoot the oldest but
mind, if You do, shoot your pony; and,
as am not sure where my manor fin
ishes, l don't see why I should go
away l2 80 - 7Nt3alG
The keeper, rendered more irate than
ever by this cool speech, shot the dog
instantaneously; but, before he could
turn round, the treasure of pony was
only fit for the next kennel. Then ad-
dressing the terrified keeper he said, IF
you shoot again, the next barrel is for
yourself" 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 Mortified at his fate. Be-
fore, however, he could resolve in his
own mind what course he should adopt
towards the General, he was still
more surprised at receiving challenge
from the General for the insult
that had been offered him by the shoot
Jog of his setter. OF course "the
noble lord' did not accept it, for the
fame of his antagonist had reached him;
but, to prevent further annoyance, con-
cessions were made, and the affair In
time blew over.
Among other natural advantages the
General was gifted with an extraordin-
airy memory and 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 great lover of
and far beyond the average
stamp Of amateurs who interpreted him.
stakes, he loved. He showed 10 mercy
to Derby favorite which he did not
like; and he had in his time some mi-
raculous escape Gorhambury was the
only race. horse he ever owned, and
with him, who started at one thousand
to fifteen, he ran second to Cornerstone,
beating Gaper, British YeOman, and q
number of good horses and had he
won, he remarked, "there would have
been corn in Egypt" f i