Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-05-05

suruncc, for he knew the old man would keep his
word, It he once promised
In whit manner the goldsmith begun his oper
nons upon the Secretary the curious reader has
nready learned Lon the pcrusn of tho first chnp- |
ter. ITO be continued
TRIALS AND DANGERS OF THE
WHALE FISHERY.
The following very graphic description of the |
trials nj home and dangers abrond, which Incl. |
dent To The Whale Fishery, is by II Nantucket cor
respondent OF the New York Evangelist:
Nantucket is sustained entirely by tho whale |
fishery. But few persons are aware Of the pecu-
liar trials aud dangers which This business involves.
| have rarely been able to see the United States
banner up to the top OF our lag staff, ANNOUNCE
ing that Cape Horn ship has appeared in the dis.
ant hor1uu or to sit upon my house top aud watch
the essenng sail Of one Of it's rGCeders from the
island disappearing in the haze OF the ocean, with
out having emotions excited which Will muisen
the eye. Our shlTs ARE flied ont for a cruise OF
four years. Il they return with cargo OF sperm
or III forty mOntis, they are thought to he renlar-
kably successful but not uutrequeuiy they recruit
their exhausted stores IN some port around Cape
lorn,n nearly five years pass away ere he Storm
worn ship again appears in our liarhor. Who then
can imagine the feelings which must ugltaiC u fam
lily when the husband and nlhar leaves his home
for such voyage IA lhls. A man was speaking
to inc few days nga, OF the emotions with which
he was overwhelmed, when he hade ndieu to his
.ttttl, IN fltn uE Ita l,t.l, In
,yns -, s,il WAS a, Eig@r,o,,' on Nsr,hn's Vine
vorL m, uncks, :, a. ~ tl wharf ,ytich ,vns IN
conway hin, fr,,n N,niucka, IN mo shin, ue won,
down in the morning aud saw all his private
stores slowed away in The ule Soop, and then re-
turned to his hume 10 take leave OF his wife aud
,rn,,,l;n,, r., res,ra,,, or ,.ars she bnJ nm MIN,
| n Esw mnnihs old in hor arms n,d Win her foot
, H., M ,aI I,,, a,,,,l,. Io.h
| tor ,hou, ,Lrno ve,,s or mao ,vth h.r cI.ek Hush
eL y;,h n hnrni,,g lcver 80 nen rnn descrihe the
| nish - st .,; !, 10 nI,,,os, H., ,h
! bitterness oi droIb ma dcnn,tng fther inn
prin,s kiss upon The child Four wears will mass
a,vnv ore b. vii, AMIN take thnt child in his arms
| Leaving his wife sobhiny IN anguish ne .loses tho
! door behind him. Four wears must capse ere he
| can cross that threshold again. One sea captain
upon this island has passed but seven wears of lnr-
ty-nne upon the land A lady said to me a few
evenings hgo | have been married eleven years
and counting all the days my husband has been
home since our marriage it amounts 10 three Liul.
dred and sixty days. lie is now absent, ha,ing
been gone fifteen months aud Two years more
| must undoubtedly elnpse ere his wife cnu see his
lace again. And when he does return, It will lie
merely to visit his family Tor few months, when
he will again bid them adieu for another four years
absence
| asked lady the other day, how many letters
she wrote TO her husband during his last voyage.
zone hundred," was the answer. And how
IN
variable rule is to write by every ship that leaves
this poIt, or New Bedford, or any other port that
he heard FROM for the Pacific Oceat. And
yet the chances very small that any two ships
will meet upon that boundlCSs expanse. Ii some
times happens that ship returns, when those on
board have not heard one VOID from their iami =
lies during The whole period Of their absentee
Imagine, then, the feelings OF Il husband, and "a
father, who returns TO the narbor OF Nantucket,
after separation OF forty eight mouths, during
winch time he has beard no dngs Whatever from
his home. lie the Joat pushing off from the
wharf which is 10 bring him the tidings OF veal or
woe. He stands pale and trembling, pHcing The
deck, overwhelmed with emotions which lie in
vain endeuvors to conceal A friend in the boat
greels him with smile aud says, "Capain, your
family are all we'll" Or, perhaps, he says, Cap
lain, ! have heavy news tor you. your wife died
Two years aud half ago" young man lett this
island last summer, leaving young aud beautiful
wife aud infant child. That wife and child are
now both IN The grave. Bui the husband knows
it MOI, and probably will not know it for months to
, come He perhaps falls asleep every night think.
ing of the loved ones he Left ut his ire side, lttle
Imagining that they are both cold in death.
, Ona uright summer afternoons, the telegraph an
nounces that Cape HON ship has appeared in
the horizon, aud immediately the stars and stripes
of our national banner are unlurIed from our flag
| staff sending n wave OF emotion through the town
n ! MANY families are l,opng that il is the ship it
which their friends are to return, and all are hop
t ing Tor tdngs from the absent Soon the name o
the shin is announced. And then there Is an en-.
- ger contention wnh tho hoys TO he the first henre
of the 10, iul ldlnps to the wife of the CAPTAIN fu
which service n silver dollar is the established an,