Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-08-19
MIScELLAMECUs.
FOR THE COMPILER.


knows any thing Of Scotland, mist have
heard of the venerable and ancieIt city Of
Aherdeen--the Yorkshire Of the north
the quIntescence of keelness andlinowing
ness, among a keen and knowing people.
Tradition says that the Jews once at.
tempted to form a settlement here, but
that, finding the inhab tants an oyermatch
tor them IN their own crafts, ttey Quilted
not only the city, but the kingdom, In des-
pair.
Once upon a time, it struck the good
people Of Aberdeen, that 1t would not only
add TO their dignity, utwhat to them was
delrer far. to thcr profit, f11ta West In
dia ship should directly sail from heir port
10 Jamaica. They hid long looked with
an envious eye upon the profits oithe high
fed and pUnch-coa-umng burgesses of
/ Glasgow. and grudgei them the accumu
I lated treasures won from the successful
yigataa Of the Atlantic. They consld
cred. within themselves, that every pound
of sugar which sofjeued the tea Of the fair,
or sveetencd the toddv Of the sages of the
city. paid aG indirect tax to those rum bib
biag yarIets, and they resolved in then
own minds that this was a growing evil
that must be abated; so, after much con
sultatioa they formed th's mlgaanlmous
resolution that they should possess the
means of sup1ymg themselves with such
outlaadsh Injuries as had added TO the
profit Of the Giasgowegians.
But the worthless of Aberdeen are eau
tious as well as ambitious, and to them the
West Indies was a terra mc0gata The
speculation promised well, but sui there
was risk. and risk was NOT -ashlY TO be
incurred After many mature constitutions.
therefore ga great consumption ofthought
and toddy, It was resolved that a shl1
should be built, manned and equipped, to
undertake Il voyage which they looked up-
on as in the last degree doubtful and dan
cerous) by kind OF jont stock company
ofwmch the Provost patriotlcally consent
ed to become the head.
Week after week, and month after
month passed AWAY; doubts and fears
were limited al for the safety of 1.-THE Boat.
"" bat stll she came not AT last some
murmurs were expressed bv owners TO the
mount OF l21oH1ds. that It would have
been better TO nave allowed the DO bel
led 0uuch-swguag Glasgow bodies 10
have ia en- both the risk oad profits of SUI
4 oar and rum sDccuhtoas; than FOR the de
cent and sober hurgesses o. Aberdeen to
have left the safe and profitable stock trade
with Holland, for any such outlaudish
speculation. Al hist. when "hbpe had
grown sick" the joyful udings were spread
that the Boty" was safely moorod, auJ
( all was as it should be. Al the substan
nal 'sponsible men olthe city FASTENED on
board with the Provost at their head &c
behold with their oyn ewes a ship which
had actually passed twice over the Allan
Gc; Cd feat which Capt Parry's voyage
would seem the men crossing of Of d fer
ny.
Capt. Skjne received them at the gang
way with the grutf hospitality of a seln1n
aad hertilywcIcomcd his owners on board
But what pen can describe the wonder,
that met their aGmrlng eyes!-There wa:
a cocoa nut. husk and ala head of In
diancorn euveloped in its blades--a negro
as black as the Deyll-a sharks Jaw witt
ms treble row Of tecih--a land tortoise
a uriie-a plantain to cure wounds;
centipede in a DOCTORS yial--a dolphin;
tail-and a fyi1g fish preserved IN rum
When they had satated their eyes in ad
miriag those tropical wonders. they were
summoned to dinner in the cabin, ricl
with all the dellcacies ola foreign voyage
/ There was Chill Pickles that made the
eyes water-the pine apple which had los
every flavor save that Of the spirits II
which 1t had been preserved-the barbe
cued pig, and the sea-pIe Of nnumerabl,
coutents-wIth the tarrapin baked in thl
shell. aud the lobscouse reeklng from thu
coppers
The Provost never felt himself so grea
a man before He was now on board o
a trader which had visited foreign parts
and of which he was undoubtedly the prin
cipal owner. He had been the greales
means of introducing a new trade into hr
native city. and he was now IN the full fru
iton of these gratifying reflections H'
felt elated with double portion Of digaity
and was laying down the law with rela
tive portion of his usual solemnity, wheI
he was most indecorously interrupted by
a sudden and violent pulling Of his pig tai
from behind. He looked around ia wrath
but seeing his assailaut was asIckly, weak
~ looking. dark Completed lad, who hac