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give till primed with Jamaica, regarding the late fox-hunting parson at 

 Carlton, " Tommy " Brown, who was given to his cups as well as the 

 chase, and counselled his parishioners from the pulpit," to do as I say, 

 and not as I do!" It commences : — 



There is an old fellow in our town, 



And his name it is Parson Brown. 



A portion of it is sung, and no one enjoys it more than 

 Chappie. 



Since Mr. Robert Garbutt had an accident to his hand 

 some years ago, which necessitated the amputation of some 

 of his fingers, he has never ridden to hounds, and I have 

 only seen him out on foot once — after the Bilsdale Hunt Ball 

 on February 22, 1906. " Chappie " comes out regularly on 

 foot, however, though over 68 years old, and sometimes on 

 one of his farm horses, but he considers no walk too long 

 when there is " the bark of a hoond," as he terms it, " at 

 the end of it." 



