The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-10-17
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JONATHAN'S VISIT
To the Celestial gGsas Dire.
BY J. X. PAULDING,

SOMEWHERE about the year 1888, JON
sthan, young fellow who lived away
down east, took IL into his head To make
voyage 10 Canton. Accordingly he fitted
out his slOop, 4 tarnatiUn clever vessel of
shout eig hty tons, and, taking a crazy old
compass for his guide, his two cousins,
one lad about sixteen, and great New
fOundland dog for his crew. and couple
of rusty revolutionary swords for an arm
sment, he boldly sci forth on voyage 10
The Celestial Empire.
Jonathan Tas a mighty cute lad, and
had read a little ar so about the great de-
yotion of the Chinese To the herb called
ginseng, which every body knows is a
remedy for all things. He happened one
day 10 hear an Indian doctor give it as his
opinion that certain plant, which grew
in the neighborhood of Jonathan's natalie
soluna, was very much like the famous
Chinese panacea, as he had seen il de
scribed. He took hint from ghs, and
rather guessed he would carry good
parcel along with him on speculation.
Accordingly he gathered few hundred
weight, dried, and slowed it away ia ore
of his lockers, under the cabin floor.
Providence, which seems 10 take spe-
~
who calculate pretty considerably on their
native energies, blessed him with fair
winds and good weather; his old compass
behaved to admiration; his ancient chart,
which had been torn into fifty thousand
pieces and pasted on bit of tarpauin,
proved most infallible guide; and some
how or other, he could not exactly tell
how, he pumped his sloop right into
Table Bay. just ds if the old fellow had
been there a hundred times before.
The Dutch harbor-master was sitting
under his hat on his piazza, when he be-
held, through the smoke OF his pipe, his
strange apparition of a vessel, scudding
like bird into the bay. He took ii for
the famous Flying Dutchman. and such
was his trepidation, that he stuck his pipe
into his button-hole without knocking out
the ashes, whereby he burnt hole in his
waistcoat. When Jonathan rounded 10,
and came to anchor, the harbur master
ventured to go on board 10 get information
concerning this strange ltlle barque. He
could talk English, Dutch fashion, for in
deed he had been promoted to the Office
on account of his skill in languages.
Whence came you mynheer! :" quoth
he.
Right off the reel from old Salem,
guess replied Jonathan.
"Old Salem-whereabouts is dat den
toni know any sich place about here
II guess not. What's your name,
squire ;"
Hans Ollenbockenoffenha nhaffengraPhen-
steiner ish my name"
"Whew why its as long as pump
kin vine-now amt il z"
"But whereabouts ish dish blashe you
speague of 20 reiterated the harbor- master.
20, IFS some way oh-about SIX or
eight thousand miles down west there"
Ask tousand duyvels - murtered Hans
with the long name. "Do you tInk viii
pelieve such cog and pulish tory as dat,
Mynheer :"
..If You don't believe me, ask my two
cousins there-and if you don't believe
them, ask my dog. | tell you | come
righ, straight from old Salem, in the Uni
ted States of Amerry key"
limited Sthaites of vat / never heard
of any United Slhaites but de Slhaites of
Holant."
"Ah--I suppose not-they've jist been
christened l 'sPose now, likely ou We
never heard of the new world neither,
have you, mister-whars your name =
"Hans Ollenbockenofenhaff phen-
steiner told you 20 pefore."
MAY be you'll have To tell me again
before / know il by heart, l calculate.
But did you never hear of the new world {,
squire ~
"Not I-ant if | hat, wouldn't hafe
believed il. Tare ish no new vOrlt zinze
de discovery of de Cape of Good Hoop
dat know. Put. gone along, you must
co vid me TO de guberuador."
Jonathan puzzled the governor about
as much as he had done the harbor-mas
ter. But his papers were all fair and
above board, and the governor had not
only heard of the new world, but of the
United States of Amerrykey, as Jonathan
sailed them. Accordingly he was per-
mitted to enjoy all the privileges of the
port.
Nothing could exceed the wonder and
curiosity excited by the vessel among the
people at the Cape. That he should have
made voyage of SO many thousand miles,
with such crew and such an outfit, was,