The Empire County argus., 1855-09-29
Tim Sanders, Yarn.
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We read Tim Sanders Yarn" when IT appeared in the
Golden Era about year ago. and had good laugh
it. Mcdonald. of the Downeve Citizen, unearthed it
the other day, and after years repose seemed funny
as ever, andwe laughed again and under the amiable
influence by inspired, give the yarn readers
1t was written by Young American in Cleveland Ohio
"a of Gen. Allen of the Marysville HERALD and in
pre- namesake of the man who met the enemy
Lake Erie. "Oi jug used to run with the navy"
If we mistake not-hence his familiar of " sailor talk
AS te his parcuury euphonous nom de plume we are
at loss to account for the selecton-can see ino i'll
"Swalowed by whale, Tim! Oh, the devil
what nonsense!" " said Counter Jumper, laughing
boisterouIy.
"Ay, my lads-swallowed, boat and all, BY the
d-dst, biggest sperm whale as was ever seen!'
"Mayhaps it wouldn't be out O. place, jst here,
to tell you what We saw down there
Wall to begin with. you see, the whale was
about half full o water that it swallowed when it
TUX us down so that our boat rode free an easy,
without touchin' or bringln' up agin the bottom
At fust it was uncomfortable, for he'd raise up to
the top OF the water to take in a supply of fresh
air, when the boat would come jam up agn his
stern, an he. not likin' that would pitch down
agn. when we'd make for his throat, which know
to him was great deal worse than comm agin
the stern So, suppose. he natrally come to the
Conclusion as all o US did, that he'd TUX too much
loose cargo aboard, an had better take in his wind
on top an swim along in horizontal position like,
an make the best o it. We could tell that he was
a dom this. and that he was swimmn along putty
fast, by the noise the water made outside, as it
rushed by him. and with I. little trouble we kept
our boat steady"
But how did you breathe-how did you exist
down there in the wales belly, Tint" interrupted
Counter jumper.
"Well. my hearty, III tell you iist the concu
sions come to. They was these. an although it's
myself that says it. there's science in 'em A
hall duzen men would use up an almighty sight o
wind, in close a place. an q course. having no
other source to draw it FROM it naturally would BE-
supposed that it must be supplied Ly the whale
himself which he did most etf.ctooally You see
we'd Exhaust considerable wind. between us an the
whale, which kept him putty much atop but once
in while hedd try, | know from my f+elins. to
stick under "a little longer than usual but it want
OF no Use, up he'd have to- whether or no. His
havin' to rise so much was whut saved us at last.
The next thing made note on was his gene
raj appearance inside. There you could ha' seen
his heart thumpin, thumpin'. on one side, an on
tother was his liver. You could ha seen his lungs
puff up every time he'd take in wind, and as we'd
draw 1T out to supply ourselves. you uld ha seen
EN- go down gradual like. like the blacksmith S
bellows. Why boys, l could set here till eight
bells, and tell you Of what seen an then not get
half through. Az for pervishun, you know that
every boat has bag of bread but none of us felt
much like eatin-stlll We wouldn't have suffered
much for the want of stmethin to eat
How long we had been in the whale cant
tell as we didn't carry wa ches, and even if we
did 1t was so d d dark that we couldn't have
seen what time it was; but we might have been in
from the time We swallowed till next morning
WALL some OF the boys began to get tired of this
adventure, as did myself | begun to think |
was better IF in the torecastle of the old Hump
Back. even it it was close place: yet it warnt a
ratchin' to this as for coseness But even if it
was black, | thought I'D lay my head agn pipe
q hacker, that d jst wished to be placed iist
where | was. Sch is human natur--we never
knows when we're well IF till we git showed into
some outandish hole or mother.
END now the boys begun to get despairin' like
and very solomcholly--never expecn to zee day
light agin--never expectin to see home. friends or
shipmates agin. WE'LL | don't blame them, for
who wouldn't!
Let the nnd-lulbcrs blow about tobacker as
long as they Ike all their blown won't alter nv
idee of it one pint o the compass. I'll alters stick
to backer as long as | live--and for why! You'll
see by the time gifts to an end To cheer myself
up. and make myself as comfortable as possible
took out my pipe. filled it with hacker, took out
box o matches that by good luck hadn't got wet
when wet the line, lit of them, an lit nv
pipe, an commenced blowin' a cloud thatd shame
Mississippi steamboat.
Says |, My lads,' in loud voice, at the
sounds of which they all looks up kind o skeered,
fur we had all been silent some time listen to me-
while unfold my opinions In all my obsarwa.
shuns while rovin' round this world | have tux
notice of one thing and that is that no other livin
animal monkeys and baboons not excepted) bur
man, can stand the fumes of hacker smoke thouyb
wouldn't swear to whale. never havin bad
chance Of sch obSarwashurs. But suppose we
try it now, while we've got the chance and
make di>kivery for the land lubbers, wheth.
er or noa whale will omach hacker smoke MAY
hap if we do, he'll get sick that he'll heave Us
up. So every mothers of YOU git out your
pipes, an we'll smoke ourselves out of this bloody
hulk. an if you ever ketches me in such fix agn
as this, sing out,
"My words acted on 'em in a right ship-shape
manner. They were all soon In furry, callin' ON
me for matches. for | was the only one that had
any. and soon six pipes was in full blast for the
mate who never smoked aiore, put one in his mouth
this time smokin well as the rest on U.S. which
made six pi pes. 1t was about ten minutes hard
smokin' atore we perceived any visible sign of its
actin on him. but it had to come The old blower
made rush for the top quicker than he ever did
afre, but afore he got there he had to cough-yes
hy thunder. he coughed only as whale can cou gh
who has his belly full of luose cargo in the shape
of boat-and-sx, piping to-backer smoke | seen
at onct that my plan had worked. Now our boat
went forard now aft now almost capszed so
that we had to hold on hard to keep from fn
out, and knew 10y all this the old he-devil was a
goin into conwushuns strong. He must have been
orful sick from that ere smoke. for of us was
gittn rs sick as land lubbers first day out of mort