New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-26
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tie ou,pc.ts Of oiv1ston. and vii not be thought
singular If We hook ed tie comforts enbyed and
wished ha. the news-ovirg public has TO radergc for
ooce as much discomfort aud exposure in ge.tas their
newspaper Gs we tsd in furnishing them With the
There crrts,ny were rot more than half Of u
marx Tspeys and !, needed little eOrt to keep up
show Of cheerfnlness. We sang, AMI told stories;
but the Songs were bsd aad the stories were worse
few feeble efforts a; wit only increased the general
moooness and presently ali bands subsidized. Al bed
time. drew coils % rope sroundthe stove, and
tined TO sleep, leaving one of our number 70 stand
watch ara feed the FIRE. The gale increased in fury,
and the snow drftei in more thickiy. With roaring
FIRE, we roasted side and froze On the other.
As the night wore ca, We found it difficult to keep
from freezing although close by the fire, while every
few minutes the wind rushed do VI the smoke-ppe,
ard almost blinded US with ashes and smoke. Our
only resource was in smoking constantly to keep our
selves avske. II we sep, we were liable to wake up
with frozen e1tremities One Of US, indeed had his
ard frostbitten little. Ia his way the night
off and at dsybIeak we set out again 10 The face
of the same northern storm. About two miles and .
bali Of shingiy beach, poridge ice, and cedar swamp
brought us to a house where our guide expected we
could procure breakfast This however Ike the last,
proved tensntless, and we resumed our tramp. At
lerg,b, some two or three miles further
on. we came upon lone little cottage
BY the side of the bay, where we most Hospitality
entertained by its occupants, Mr. aud Mrs. Herring.
1t is scarcely necessary to add that We did ample
justice 10 the fried pork and eggs, buckwhests and
molasses, four Barnegat friend called the latter long
ta,l coffee, preserved tomatoes, and other luAuries
which they set before US. Never were cold aud fam
Al a. ~
sitting dovn to a good fire and hearty meal This
honest couple had six children al healthy and rugged.
How they managed to feed them We could not divine.
Yet they cid mansge to DO o. a, well as to spare
little for the unfortunate shipwrecked. The man
informed US that he raised corn potatoes, and other
vegetables in the garden around nus house. cut his fuel
in the bayberry thickets made his candles from
the wax of the baybeny, went wreckng when he got
chance, and hunted rabbits, ducks and geese for
livelihood. For his house aud garden and the run of
two miles of beach, which he picked up drift-Seod,
coal sheet "copper" and other articles Of little value he
paid $25 year rent He complained greatly that the
agents Of the Underwriters in the habit Of bring
ing their help from distant points and refusing to EN-
poy people who lived in the vicinity of the wreck. He
had been down some eight or nine mies TO the New
York. but the agent said he had help enough and aid
| not need him. He had hired his help from Sqian,
| and IN consequence many Of the coast people did
| no, Get employment. The man argued that such a
| course would disgust the surfmen altogether, and
might lead to their abandoning the beach. We also
thought il hard that his landlord would not allow him
to keep pig and COW on bis place. for the reason that
they W. ud destroy the meadows and loosen the sand
go that il would blow away. As We looked at him and
his hearty wife and children, healthy and strong,
| though their clothes were not without patches and
listened to their cheerful hopeful conversation, we
realized that health and contentment bring happiness
TO the humblest, and smooths the mos: rugged ways
Of lie.
| We learned that at a house a mile further on, we
could obtain horse and wagon to take us to Squan-
intelligence which afforded us no little satisfaction fol-
nost of us were stiff and ootsore from the disconioits
and exposure to which We had been subjected. Bid
ding our bosptable entertainers good morning, which
thew heartily returned, with many thanks for what
| they were pleased to term our hberalty, we walked
on to the house designated but found that the maj
and his horo were absent eating immigrants to Squan
On We trueged, three four miles further, through
| srey and .lush, 10 Mr.. Shahuck's house, where w
| l,okily obtained couple Of one.hotse vehicles, and
rode TO Squan, which we reached about
dunk at decidedly low temperature. Afei
supper we set out for Freehold, some 20 miles
distant, at Z O'Clock. 1t was cold enough tc
freeze an E.quimsuI, and our driver managed to
keep his remarkably rapid trotters down to son-
IL ing less than four miles an hour. We reached
Freehold and FIRE and bed just before O'Clock on
Thursday morning. AT Freehold we learned that sew
epteen Of the crew Of the NewYork had been arrested
and lodged 10 js, and then retired to do up two
nights sleep in half Of one. Next morning we badt
farewell TO Shater our Jolly Banegat guide and tool
the cans for NewYork, where We all arrived in time t.
eat our Christmas dinner.