The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-09-09
L111ER FRON THE SOUTH.

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FOX HuntinE.
ttom Orr Regular Correspondent.
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0lIlxsHula, QlEHAs Co.., KI.
Aug. 20, 1859. Il
EDlroR JouRNAl,-Ahd thus hal
Ilided.by : month, Over the noun.
tains down ~ tho rivers-up the
rocky cngs-through deep audtorturouI
wooded submits lin
many IN old lorcst-whcre the Indians
and Daniel Boon lived neighbors but
never f.iends-in the sun and in tho
rain-have I bent my footsteps through
these last four weeks. zsss.szes....s..ss
Have I enjoyed it Ihavs. Was I
tired Of seeing and hearingi Never.
/ have seen much worth seeing and
heard much worth hearing. d I would
tell you al, but I have no time to write
nor you to read. In briof, I can only
s.y that chasing foxes over '.boga and
bitches, With 4 motley crew Of rolick-
ing hunters, dressed in many oolors m
known to Audibon's ornithology Or
,Joseph's coat Of many oolors, with huge
brass spurs, long boots made Of sheep
shin tanned With the slool on,has mot
been myehief rscre,tlou::y Ts2 81 80
i One trial suf6ced. Twill hot pub
lish Ill my troubles and misfortunes on
that eventtul day. But only this-I
lcisurely picked myself up, on the 9th
or side Of a stone wall fence, from a
patch Of blackberry brieis, where L
had been = little while before un s,eae
moniouslJ placed 9 from the top Of =
military saddle, BY one Of those vicious
horses trained to know no difference
between : stone wall and = rope Of
sand. Exactly in what manner I came
there, or Why I was there, remains 70
this day unknown. The last I remem-
bered was seeing six horses and riders
and two packs Of lean, Infamous hounds
in fun tide after = young grey fox,
whose beautiful speed ahead Of his
yelpipg puBuers won the admiration Of
al. I remember the hounds ahead Of
the hunters, and tho hunters ahead Of
me, and = gigantic stone fence ahead Of
al: law il leap the fenoe, and the
hounds going yelping after, and ny gay
followers after them. I never saw any
thing so'splendidly done. They sailed
in air, Ike circus. riders, and went "a "a.
The distant: sound Of TIL, hunters hoori1ni
and Of tho punuing pack was the last
thing that ie'l upon my. ear. Il I got oi,iat
Of tho tangled briers Is Well a. I could,
and to ny surprise found: Merry belle
Standing under i aeigh'b'ooriiirng tree lSSok-
ing at me in mute establishment. I
thought I saw a knowing look as much
as to say, "You Yankee from the land
Of Abe Lincoln, I am heartily ashamed
Of you" But it was notthe place for
making bows and apologies at the same
time, and the: latter were omitted. l
looked ahead through the chestnut
boughs as well as I could over the top
of distant cornfeld, but neither sight
Of horsemen nor sound of the noisy
dogs gave me the least information Of
their whereabouts. ] only knew Merry
Belle and stood sido BY side ander'a
chestnut tree. I saw where she sailed
over the fence aud precisely whore she
left me. This was about tho extent Of
my positive knowledge. Merry Belle
looked At rue and I looked At the wall.
Bat the alarming thought struck me
forcibly that there was*no exit BY any
other WY than the way W came in,
and'ths idea Of remounting aud trying
It over .g.iu ~'asquite APPALLING t was
in q vastdeld, including In :'its limits
hills and woods and Valleys ~ and seven
miles from home" The sun was 8 nearly
down. The way We came was ii, aclr,os, one
river and At least = half dozen branch
es. I was aever there before. Paus-
ing was natural thing to do, T paus-
cd Merry Belle couldgo over where she
came in. If she could do:it with IN
awkward squad" on her back, she
could do it alone. I took the horn
from the saddle and added that orna-:
ment to my own person. I unbuokled
the spur which adorned my right boot
and putt in my pocket, I fastened
the reius TO the place where tho horn
had been. I pointed Merry Belle to tho
fence and il would have done Your u +; soul
good to have seen Merry Belle bound
over fence and blackberry briers. l
followed on after Merry Belle u IN:
equal distances through unknown patti;
honew.rd.%S Belle was hot my horse.
10 .she wedt IL her home and t went d
mine. 2zat5:'o;r d1a4a's i, o's" = "1s'ot
ID Bus.tt.f al thi;;,, and pl,..,iad,7entur,.
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