Smyrna times., 1856-05-21


| HTeH PRicEs AMONG the ANCIENT MARE
NERs.---A Southern exchange produces the fol-
lowing yarn, WHICH was related BY anold friend,
about The procl,itles of ancient mariners in
the good city oil New Bedford, To draw on their
filnaginati0ns: Hir f1@saisi aNi saobfGii wi II
. A dozen old Captains are seated round old
Uncle Jobny Coggshall's grocery store one win
tcr's day. Says old Captain Len Nash, 81
guess got more in The West Indies for herrin'
than any other man about this place" iP e'sAA
a"'Iiow much did youlget, Uncle Ben a., ,s'o14
80 Well you seed was bound to the, Wind
ward Islands and a market, and just as I had
got all my cargo aboard, was-cypherin' on my
log slate how long should pos IDLY be from
home, when found that 4 should, with. luck.
reach kits about leht.i Thinks D, IN take a
barrel OF herrln'on speculation. bad good
passage, and gSs there Just 10 The nick Of time,
allow much did you eetUhelc Benp' asked
some of the old salts, who WITH pencil in hand,
were making notes toztTy and catch Uncle Ben
foul; !" how much, did you geti' I, Il r.. .. .
i well, Ican't say exactly how much, but
4 put the money back into the barrel after the
herrin' was out, aud Lcoold scarcely crowd the
head ln.'sitG1s yllfFg 81 ,auBGina,aAgij ai. sac
sl.s What did you get apiece forihe herrin,?', >,
Il =" Isold 'em for dollar apiece 3, Il .....1
i (" All, yes. We'll now Uncle Ben, at e dollar
a piece for your herrln', 700 couldn't have half
Il filed the barrelvn.s1 esstss 3 tghagdis gsgh
80 Well, says Unclc Ben, .thar sail true !;
but sold the pickle at five dolars a spoonful =,
/ !. A hard bcy--Tthat same Z. Ancient Mariner =
III = - 1870 ss%t RetiiN eHt
II GetGH's Description or CoLB WRrrR.--4
is,Looh at that liquid which has been produced
from the clear dslillery of nature lholdng
! tup glass Of water0 "The Eternal Father
Of us all has brewed il for his children. II has
been produced, not in filthy dstilleries, but in
beautiful fragrant places. II has BEEN brewed
: down IN yon grassy. del, where the deer lnger
!. and ihe ripping riils sing their wild lullaby
! or away upon the mountain tops, Where the
blazing sun has lighted it 10 with The heaven.
: Iy FIRE or affair off upon the ocean, where show.
Il ers and storms are born Isparkles in the ice.
gem. III makes the graceful frost tissue upon
Z which the moonlight playsAN II dulles m the
Il cataract ;.weaves the snow.wreath and the EN-.
: erald settings on the mountain peaI.si IL neve
; Injuries, but always does good. II is blesses
2 always--at evening ande at morning. iii i
y ever beus6cent and kind God made il glori
D oas. Take and drink. s1'nke' the pure lqn
Ie which God, our father, gayelus. Take il AZ
!. is-bright beautifntand blessed. "sst "a ss.s
!. sf See1 seil $50 sae saail,
= rs cav COP BE- CHEATED q--Itis mentioned d
Y sfnguiur fact, thar during the religieus az
er .niversarics ~ New York, last week, over on
III Thousand dollars IN counterfeit money was dro
e ped IN the contribution box. Such wretchs
!, may not let the Jeff hand Know what tho rigl
" hand doeih, but do they reflect there is an oil
'e seeing eve above (which can look into the close
ed hand and ii perfect couhioricn detector
,f~ Ibolh Ilypocrls and bank bills! IS.
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