Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-03-19

Perhaps toWH plead tomorrow.
Oh sweetly falls gentle word
On ears with harsh ones ringing
AS songs that some melodious bird
MID nights deep gloom is singing.
A Fat Woman in Tight Place.
The following interesting trife is an extract from
letter from corpulent lady on her way to Califor-
mia. She is undoubtedly seeing the elephant and
we pity her:
Our cabin has two boxes in it called berths though
collins would be the thing for you think more
of your latter end at sea great deal One of these
is situated over the other like two shelves and these
together make what they call state room My
berth is the uppermost one, and have to climb up
to it, putting foot the lower one and the 9TH
er away out on the ashhand-stand, which is great
stretch and makes it very straining--then lift one
knee on the berth and roll in Sideways This is ve-
ry lnconvenlent for a woman of my size and very
dangerous. Last night put my foot on Mrs Brown
face she laid asleep close to the edge of the lower
one and nearly put out her eye and have torn all
the skin Oft my knees, and then have large black
spot where have been hurt and my head is swelled
10 dsmount is another feat of horsemanshp only fit
Tor sailor You can't sit up for the floor overhead
so you have to turn round, and rel your legs out
hrst and then hold on till you touch bottom some
where and then let yourself down upright It is
dreadful work, and not very decent for deli
cate female, if the steward happens to come in
when you are in the act this way. | don't know
which is the hardest to get in or get out of
berth-both are the most difficult things in the
| am obliged to dress in bed before leave it. and
nobody who hasn't tried to put on their clothes w.
ing down, tell what task it is. Lacing stays
behind your back and you on your face nearly
smothered with the bed clothes, and feeling for the
eyeet hole with one hand, and trying put the tag
in with the other, while you rolling about from
side to side, Is no laughing matter. Yesterday fas.
tened the pillow to my hustle by mistake in the
hurry and never knew it till the people laughed and
said the sea agreed with me- had grown so fat: but
on thn
to stoop forward; you have to bring your feet to
you, and stretching out your back lift your leg
till you can reach it, and then drag it on. Corpuent
people can't always do this easy, can tell you
breath. You will pity me, if you could conceive !;
but you can't-nobody but a woman can tell what
female suffers being confined in berth at sea-
Beautiful Sentiments.
Ike Marvel, in his "Reveries of Bachelor" thus
writes:
"a man without some sort of religion, is, at best
a!poor reprobate, the football of destiny with no
tie linking him to innty and to the wondrous eter-
nifty that is begun within him; but woman with
out it is even worse fame without heart rain
bow without color, flower without perfume
man may IN some sort tie his frail hopes and
henors, with weak, shifting ground tackle to his bu-
slness or the world but woman, without that an
chor which they call Faith, is adrift and a wreck
A man may clumsy continue kind of moral re-
sponsibility out of relations to mankind but in
woman her comparatively isolated sphere where af-
tection and not purpose is the controlling motive,
can find no basis in any other system of right action
but that of spirited faith. A man may craze his
thoughts and his brain to trustfulness in such poor
harborage as Fame and Reputation may stretch be-
fore him; but q wOman-where can she put her
hope in the storms if not in Heaven
And that sweet trustfulness-that abiding love
that enduring hope. melowing every page and
scene of life lighting them with the pleasantest ra-
dance; when the worlds storms break like an army
with smoking cannon-what can bestow it all but
holy sou-tie to what is stronger than an army with
cannon Who that has en- Dyed the love of Chris
tian mother but will echo the thought with energy
and hallow it with a tear? %
SHAD.-We understand that shad are taken in large
numbers on the Pee Dee, about As miles above this
from to two thousand per day-and sold to
wagons at from ten to eleven dollars per hundred.
We have been paying as high 25 cents for the
most inferior size; would it not be good specula-
tion for some to make trip and supply our
ket with few of them. One or two wagon loads
would prove good investment for the Charleston
market-the seine yard could be left in the evening
and arrive here quite in time for the boat leaving
the following morning for Charleston 1t would not
be bad idea to purchase and salt them the spot
Georgetown Republican.
CANINE SAGAcITY-Various are the stories told of
the wonderful sagacy of the canine race, their fdeli
ty and extreme sympathy, showing nicely ofinstinc
amounting almost 10 reason. We were recently told
exhibited in a remarkable manner large mas.
tiff that had been in the family of country gentle
in Ontario county for several years. had become
old, obese and lazy that the master of the house be-
tired of keeping him. One evening, while the
old dog lay by the kitchen fire, enjoying his ease with
dignity, the master said TO his in an impatient
Tone that he tired of keeping the old dog calling
him by name-he old, stupid and azv and did
nothing but eat and lie by the fire He directed them
in the morning to take him out and shoot him. Hear
ing this the dog rose from his snug place by the fire
and with sorry, sneaking look, went Of the house
No attention paid TO him but looking for him
in the morning, he nowhere TO be found He new
returned 10 his old master, and after few
months he in the town of Livonia distant
many miles from the farm where he reared
Query: Did the dog understand the command given
for his execution ?-Rochesfer Democrat.
CALIFORNIA DIsH-California is a great State
the Cafornians great people; and Judging from
advertisement in of their papers. they must
have great appees and equally great powers of di-
geson. They epcures to boot, the laes; delica
cy al San Francisco being-nay, start not, hungry
reader-the latest decacy, we repeat, being broHed
steamboat. The agent of the Pacific Steam Nav;ga-
tion Company announce that s. an excellent gridiron
has been laid down at Taboga of sufficient length
take ON the largest steamers on the Pacifcr Great
gridiron that-a sort OF platform, take it, bn which
steamboats, placed al high water, that the hull
can be inspected or repaired at low water
VARIATION COMPASS --Proe ssor Bache
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