, 1874-04-05
limiting Animals, and Hunting hen-hant-
Ing for Blood, and Hunting
f0r Fun.
An 0ld-Time Hunt in the Streets
Of Chicago.
Hunting Fugitive Slaves, and Hunting
Fugitive Masters.
INV DR.. Dyer Got His Gold.
Headed Cane.

,.-,r;t. amusement The Bib1e tells US OF
r;;,,roa the great hun.e7 suppose from that
az n this there have been great men who have
a;t;p1uished themselves in following after thus
,res: master and type OF the sportsman. "ha1
ba hunted, and how he hunted it, are loft mnch
~ conjecture. At all events, he must have been
.oc<ped in big and respectable business IN that
,;ne for it is recorded OF him that ho Was
= mighty hunter before the Lord :" and he rnade
.,ch = SUCCESS OF it that he could found King
dom. notwithstanding that Kingdoms pame WAS
p,bel, Perhaps it might not DO amiss for some
- the learned and talented elergynen
xbo fill so admirably the many pull
n;ts Of Chicago on Sunday, and then
.r,in an, to such edifcation of the public, LEE
snsnAr TRIBUNE with their brilliant calculations
of theology, morals, or manners Of tue preaant,
,od the customs and the hidden meaning OF
f1mbo|s OF past agee,-like the saline qualities
~ Lots w;fe-to tell Us something about this
huatlng business, and Its typical significance to
tbs state Of Affairs in Chicago; SO that, as the
1,utchman sayB, ave way know ALL a-b-o-u-t
tn Eu. I must pass on to events nearer the
tme Of my own recollection. I think l Will
not "pass, however, until take q refreshing
Tiew Of
Hunting seems to be q normal condition OF
urimitlve life. Where man does not properly
occupy the earth, and make it bring forth seed
sad fruit for his own sustenance IS 1t ought
then brute animals are prone to come IN anu
possess it, and prove that they are the moro
xrthy occupants; for to the wild belongs the
es1th in it's wild state. aIan then finds his occu-
patioa IS planter goue AID takes up the hunting
hnsiness to XII OF the animaln that he may mako
them into food. TIE lion does much the same
thing; he hunts The llama, or would take sheep
nraman ii he could get either, and slay them
for tood So the Indian hunts @ the az aeer 9 OF .ne
huna2o, 10 slay thc1a for food. But to hunt TOE
rne,e spo1t-to kill beasts. OF birds, Or what not,
For The mere fun OF it-that to the Indian IS m
shomnshon: for that reason ho holds the white
rare in 4: greet ahhorrence, IS aa4a9es and men
cruel in their naturcs, because they 1l4 the Dill,
{,1oes of the plains in mere TapIon sport, and
lesYe their carcasses for tho buZzards, OF to rot
unon the earth. In that way the 1ssuo 1s made
no between the red-ekiuned savage aud tho
White skinned saTage-
Hunting seem to be favorlfe employment II
not an amusement, of both the savage and tho
civilized state Of life. The more civilized, the
more fun does humanity seem to extract from
that business which r,ade Nimrod such mighty
NAH. .--
THE ENGLISH
ple. Hunting is great sport in that Kingdom,
end When We consider under what circumstance
the pursuit has to be followed, we may "ol! be-
lieve it to be strong PASSION; 1oF theg nus5
preReFge and nour!sh, with the care of sroplea1
plant, every fcrocio1s animal they would nullt to
The death. or every shy fox or tinid deer:
Think of the refined civilization TINT will
hedge in deer in grand CID pafh,
or Keep fox in covert, thas they may be let
loose, or brought cut u dne ta9 , noo les1 10 ~
followed by gentlemen aad Indies, horRes and
hounds. riding aud baying On the track,-au IN
the highest giee and e1hilaration to be IN at tue
death. And SO the ladies ride the trained
hunters, md leap their 1.-the steeds over hedge
or stream; and men follow after,-sonaetme5,
ike JACK and Gill, :u1nbiing down the hill and,
tho rlule. the fo1 is Like the bird upon the wing,
and the tlaiued pack OF hounds IL let loose upon
his rear. Up through the woody valley OF the
Nye or the Severn, you may pear t1e now anu
On he track of tie fugitive. We would think
Inn upder euch contracted faclitles,.. vito
rictims Kept for the sacrifice, would be like the
thrilling expectancy OF hooking the front from
beneath grassy banks, from Dave dammonqa
.rti6cial pond at EIgin, whore he Eeeps them By
the thousands in single pool But fun is fun,
and people viii have it, even at "sid;ng On the
ice al On Bumner-day.
BU1 "So rES1-uP UTICA"
circumec1ibes the powers Of this hunting passion
peopla; for the boundless continents are theirs
10. their hazardous sports, Thus, to lhe JunEles
Of India ,hey 70 to ehoot the tiger and the leop-
ard; to the wlds of Africa, for the lion and the
elephant. Fast upon the heels OF the grAat e1-
plosers Stanley aud Livingstone 1a found the
English lion-hunter, with his douhla-shooters,
his negro ams-bea1ers, and his u Macklntosh
and ':HaYolock" And on the plains OF Col
orado, and in the forests OF the Northwest, the
came foying ysntu1esome seeker litter sport Is
on the track Of onr buTaloes and bears; and
the cesseless crack Of his rl1eteus that his 70
cation is yet promising. High authority tella us
Of fishermen WHO not only. spread their rets IN
Galilee and would have taken trout or perch
from Jordan-n there were any there-With the
hook, but who we're also to be fishers OF NEIL
30 also We know that the world has lion hunters
and fox-huuters, aud in our country, we haSo
hunters Of lower degree, Of birds, squirrels, and
chickens. We have also had
OUR HUNTERS OF BEN.
In 1881, OF thereabouts, Theodore D. Weld
one Of the foremost, as he vas one Of the most
logicsl and eloquent, Of the earliest OF the Abo-
litionists-Mrote one of the most remarkable OF
books ever issued from the press in advocacy OF
any reform. It was entitled . Slavery as It Is
!he Testimony Of Thousand Nltnosses-' ana
he brought up Thousand Witnesses, mostly
shareholders themselves, and those who looked
not e1sars most unfayorably upon TINT system,
to swear against themselves that Slavery vas the
most iniquitous crime ever perpetratcd; IN fact.
tho sum of all viilaiuies.'' All this he uade
sppcar BY the most iufle1ible logic, and tben
broush his witnesses to swear. against their OWL
El thst it was IS true az Holy WIT.
One Of the great facts he revealed IN his oook
was the practice of hunting men, Il covered :he
ground OF hunting men to capture them, which
wa generally the object; and hunting men to
kIl them as men hunt the wolf: and huns1n9
them for sport, az Ergliahmen hunt the Tor or
s.ss. also, that they were hunted ";:h dogs
and guns. gangs Of men on horses following the
hounds On the track, as the professional hunts
mta follows the deer On the chase. Surely, hunt-
ing mss taken broad range. and has become the
Profession Of mankind, from Nimrod TO 1ohn
Bull aud JEFF Davis! The hunting Of the Indians
7, the e7arglades OF Florida, to e1termlnate tho
Semino.ee. at the demand OF the Shareholders.
b. the United StateB Army, with the use OF
bloodhonnds imported from Cuba, where they
bad Teen more thoroughly trained to follow the
track aud seize the negro, is matter OF noto-
nous history. And Joshua +: Giddlnss meant
to make the fuct stick as plaster Of Spanish
nles Oh the page of history, till it had drawn
histers on tie Conscience Of the nation.
Mark how rapidly time flies, and no" sud
denIy facts change! What young person. unuer
the age Of 20, ever thinks that the bunting OF
men, in this country since his b1rth WIS
L co..MoS PRACTICE,
md vocation With omc,-~much more than the
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