Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-11-28
NOTES TO THE MIRROR

IL. Barker is Butch II by tra !e.
IL. A young man, one e the crew, who
Is no, very foni of we,,ing his face and
hands, therefore they arc none CT the
cleanest.
-. "Keep your eye upon it," a favor
ite expression Of Mr.. Lakes and common
saying now on board.
a. Some time ago, several Of our mem
bers, by mischief led, during the night. ex-
tinguished all the lights batween decks, and
pelted one another with beans, barrel oi
which stood outside the Pantry door the
next morning there was hu, and cry a.
bout the beans wasted the night before /;
bu, as the delinquenls could not be discov.
cred, the matter was dropped
Is. OfMr. Sou,hwick it was said that
,oking over some ones Journal one day,
read, without minding his stops, as follows,
-May-2l Fair weather, &C., instead Of
May 2lst,-Fair weather, &c; he was
exceedingly puzzled to know what II Fair
wea,hers was intended to signify.
l6. We celebrated last Election day on
board, by having 4 mock election among
ourselves, at which Chadce was elected
Governor, and gave as a stump speech on
the occasion.
IL. "Oh, Polly Rocker, nickname
on board for Mr.. Riggs.
Is Stephen COTE, a baker rade,by
boasied, when we started on this expedition
that ho would bake fresh bread, daily, for
US until the end Of our voyage; bu, since he
has been on board, those promises have es-
capped his memory. Oh, for the blessings
Of short memory.
10. Mr.. Lawtoa has great faith in the
med cal qualities Of White Ash bark, or
pretends 10, at least,-and advises oil 10
make use of il.
90 Arnold Pearce plays on tho Violin
and during the cold weather, off Caps Ho rn
made practise Of getting into bed during
the day to keep warm and, to kill time,
generally played on his instrument, while
lying on his back some person observed
that Peace had 6ddled his elbows through
his coat-slseves, pointing, at the sametime
TO our musicians elbows, which were rather
the worse for wear.
81. On the memorable night alluded to
before, when several Of The Company anus
ed themselves by throwing beans a, each
other, Lewis crawlei into an empty bread
cask, between decks, and remained there
while the beans ware flying about in all di
rec,ions when the uproar had ceased, he
cautiously peeped over the top Of the cask
and enquired in comical manner, peculiar
to himself, ,-"What are ysour abeou,! Any
chance there to &c. eout!' which set al
who heard it in roar of laughter. Levi
brought an Arithmetic on board with him,
and is forever cipherihg some say he has
already ciphsred all the sums through
more than once. He said one day that he
could toll when rhymes jing!cd as we'll as
any body.
90. When first out from home, one OF
our Stewards and both Coobs were sick, -
Young offered his services in the Galley
until they should recover,-therefore the
term, "Galley Clark" As Pearce is ever
las,'ngly scraping on his Fiddle, and thus
annoying his neghbors, some unknown
person or persons creased his fiddle bow
one night; the writer points out Young as
the del inquen, although it is no, certain
tina, he had anything to do with it. A, the
same time brooms and swabs were placed
in Stewart's berth, and It was said that
Young did the mischief
%. Mr.. White was one of the Velun
,eers from Rhode Island during the Me1i
can War. and was engaged in several bat
ties.
"a. Mr.. Lyon is good deal of a Bo.
,anis,, Philosopher and Phrenologs, and
IS very fond Of arguing, although he does
no, always succeed in convincing his he,rer
and antagonists
IS. Oliver Hazard, our frs, Stew ard y,
noisy, good-natured young man, great
,slker, fond of joke, and a capital hand q,
"Spinning Yarns
26. Here rgain the writer, in aluding
o several articles in the Gold Hunters
Express" endeavors to lead our small pub
lie astray by making different members
father some others sins"
81. B,bcock shipped as foremas,
hand, but gave up his place to another
hand, alter we had been out abou, two
months. He formerly belonged on board
the Smack "Saluda", Of Newport.
90. B. A. Sayer, baker, had volun-
,eered TO mix up and bake sof bread every
day, aud having supplied himself with
qudnfum suDfcn for his own consumption,
TO las, three or four DAYS, neither ihress
nor brlbes could induce him 10 bake again
until his own supply ran short.
90. Grdndoii, nicknsmed " Besu', is a
very timid person, entertaining a horrid
aversion to saltwater /; the slightest squall
ls sufficient TO cause him 10 rash on deck.