Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-07-26
.....the Wrong Bell.

yah' !. W, VA, early morning; the sun
1ssa - cooled his fiery beams in the
bd'e = Of the Mississippi; few OF
% ,a:.. s were astir; and the boat,
'kpe. sd s,;ll. save the regular scream
q''e', ..' ; iron throat, was making fine
h' s's,!,,, ,he engineers bell rnng out
$3.50 and alarming summons, which,
, . s'' translated into vernacular meant
"s,s s. n .,., :, the steam obeyed the man.
=, -. nd with his hand upon the lever
. ..,;,.d .nxiously the next call.
'I,. .oon came, and louder yet "StoP
''a! Some trouble ahead" thought the
SINGER: but hardly the idea passedPass,,,
Through his mind, when the busy Dell
again pealed forth u,
.Bsck her."
s,..m was let on in an instant. and seiz-
>. n, lever, the man commenced work ,
ny; ms on the engine by hand but the wheel
s NJ not vet completed the tetrog1ade re-
i, when louder Standardization
,nkled out successfully
"Gc ahead -
"Slow her!
Beck her!"
10 .LoaI ~
Having obeyed the command, and sup
oo,ine al was right at last, the man quit
,.d his post for moment and stepped out
upon the guards to see what the uo'loie
md been. when suddenly the over-busy
bell again was heard.
sSiow her!"
BEFORE be could put his hand upon the
Grew, the bell again ordered: "Stop herr
Immediately after, "Back her." and $50
ahead" a+h
Ipas.d Of going ahead, the engineer
.cr,tched his own head, and thenapply.
n, hs mouth to the speaking tue, ad.
dressed the pilot thus-but stop, let us
,un for moment to the pilot, nd sec
what was going on in his dominion:
This gentleman had been butl few
minutes Il bis post. and was NOTABLY
awake vixen the bell commenced i mys.
,eriou. operations; but sleepy as h was
the queer antics Of the boat am the
strange language Of the steam pip, e1.
cited his attention, and he had arried al
the conclusion that something was yrons
at the sane moment that Identical idea
had forced itself upon the engineer, 10 ap.
plying his mouth 10 his end of the tnbe.
The following remarks went up and lown
simultaneously:
swkat 10 tie thunder are you abot up
sAere!n
.What in the thunder are you bout
down there -"
Having, like two vessels about ON
mencing an engagement, fired these hots
across their bows, the twain went lime.
diately into notion, as follows:
Pilct-Who told you to '.stop herr and
@back her!"
Engineer.-Yon did; what did youring
the bellfcr twenty times!
Rld-You must be nice fellG to
trua Nj. .Kettles,' to get drunk bore
sun rise. Call your mate and tur in.
Engineer Drunk! Drum k yodseli
lhavan't had drop, and you are jus ly.
iae drunk; that's what II is.
Pilct-Look here, "Old Kettles, "..old
GA Bit and III be down on you lie q
thousandof brick.
Eagr-Don't trouble yourselfto cine
down. III be up TO you in two shaes.
and then VOL zee who's drunk and Tho
i NOT. -.
Nov this hacking and filling had sci.
ted sAs attention Of officers and crewnd
the pilot md engineer having obtaied
RELIEF, hall WY down on the boiler DIX
captain and elerk. mate and steward, lr.
Keeper and chambermaid, al hasteneao
ne post Of obsersssioa, and ere the On.
asiants could join issue, they wese seid
aad held, and N Investigation ofthe afr
was entered into. -
WAiie this was ID progress, neitlr
ooa1 nor bell had been touched, but se
ans singular succession Of orders d
so,as %, and the two assistants above Z
49, vsre mediating little afiaia1
Ms, ova whsa that Of her princip.
~ aesa satisfactorily concluded.
- lle MYSTERY was apparently past Cd.
0oa, = II captain bethoupht him d
.'0's e.nee, and stepping 10 ! staterot
~ 49, seeal bel, kicked the door open, Z
s seeod = lanky young Tennes.eej
-, - embarked At Memphis the p!
saeht veg actively jerking i