Litchfield enquirer., 1829-11-19

never was out o sight Of land IN your life,
you fresh wntor land Grub, you swapping
turtle of mill pond dye pose III close
up the hntchwNy Of my mouth I'll do
may old Davy Jones sink me in his locker.
Avast Bill, said Bowlinc, let the lubber
alone he don't know chiver hole from
a cabousc house give US chaw Of thut
pigtOil round your tarpaulin there---twist-
ing as much as he could clovcrly stow n
way in his mouth, from three or four
yards which was wound round Bobstay's
hat, the ends reaching down in front TO DO
handy.
The Captain seeing tho ungovernablo
state Of Bobstay, Marlingspiko and Bow
ling, paid no more attention to them, but
continued attending the roll call, which
was soon finished, aud the company pre-.
pared to 60 lhrouah the manual exercise.
Attention! Eyes right Eyes loft Sten-
dy having with military precision been
ordered, he began--Shoulder arms -
What's that, Jack says Bobstay--shoul-
der and arms d----n tho BOBBY, docs no
sposc we've got no shoulders or arms
The captain went on present arms or
der arms advance arms, &C., while the
tars looked on--ono lriSurely leaning on
his gun, while the mu2zlc was sticking in
the ground--anothor holding his by the
muz1le with both hands, the butt over his
shoulders.--Dobstay was rummaging an
old cartridge box for flint, while his gun
lay on the ground beside him.
Give mo one Of them are cartridges, Bill,
said Jack Marlingspike. II do III be
d-d-fnd your own ammunition, said
BobstHy. In the meantime he had loaded
his old blunderbuss, just US tho captain
gave notice TO wheel into platoons.
The sailors, on seeing the rest moving,
formed in with them in the rear; and tho
word mark time being given, BobStay fin
ding they were about to march, slaps his
companion Marlingspke on the shoulder,
and says--a half pint IL don't plug that
goose yonder. Done, saws Jack--and
Bobslay raised old Connecticut, rs no call
ed il, and let off. Dead as q herring, by
Cd! throwing down his gun, aud seix-
ing his prize. Tn dead shot, Jack-ho'S
a twelve pounder-only hon him.
lie was continuing when the capt. came
up to know who had discharged his gun in
that manner.
thought MS how dye see captain Crook
shanks, says Bobstay, you'd like US to have
a feather in our hats like the rest F.; land
pulling the quilts GU; Of the dead goose)
here, Shipmatcs, continued no, giving Jack
and Bowline handful, SO l put a small
plug or two into this wild goose. l 'Spose
goose feathers are as good as any? Hey,
old Crooked Shanks, how is't.
Mr.. Bobstay, said The captain, that was
tune gooSe-you have broke the peace
aud disobeyed my orders.
It's DID lie don't you see broke
his ncck-I plugged him under the gIls,
you swab, answered Bobslay, and he never
SO much as squalled once; blast me ! dye
'spose l don't know? and as for tame geese,
my old sogor, you are right ; by tho man
of the mast, he's tame enough now. But
what's the use Of talking to lubber who
don't know the capstan from the pinnacle {;
come shipmates, let's be drifting down to
old mother Bulkheads, and have rooster;
it's long time since / messed to any wild
game.
Upon which the three tars tackled ship
down tho lano, swearing they had rather
DO lying to in gale Of wind than DO caught
among parcel Of land sharks.
Tho captain being thus freed from the
sailors, let them 60, continued marches,
wheelings, &c. much to the edification OF
the men under his command. But could
not help remembering the old saying, how
ever, that "a sailor will be- sailor, wheth-
er on the land or on the water," and know
ing as did the sovereign contempt which
they have for a soldier, wondered not al
the conduct Of the tars, which had afford
ed me so much amusement.
National Currency.-The twelve and u
half cent piece; that JUNIOR coin of the
much abused piatareen, is known and cir
culated in the United States by no loss
than five different coGnomens. In New
England, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennes-
see, where the dollar is divided into six
shilIings, il is called niaepence. In New
York and North Carolina, it is called
shilling; eight Of them, as in New Eng
land make dollar. In Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Ohio,
where the dollar is seven shllingS and six
pence, it is called elerenpencc, and some
times 'ieren penny BIT, and at New Or
leans it is known by tho name Of bit.
AS muItifarious also are the names Of
the six and quarter cent piece. With US
thew naSS nv the name of -four pence half