The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-20

"'l' F9Nk ~ ANtHuif' among mem ~
thought he saw the Pigeon, compounded b
his friend, bat Was not sure, With the broar
Atlantic brtoYv tim, neyossci undcr1i
feet manned by ~ Fniau, crow as eve
irod a raIin, he ciappcd tho canvas on her
and away she went Ia glorious style. Il
eighteen days ho was within three hundfet
miles Of Boston, aud made sure Of being Il
hy New Years day but unluckuy a tremon
dous northwest gale came on, and he wnl
compelled 10 hcayo his vessel 10, under !
close reefcd moin-topsail. The gale increased
to q hurricane, blew away his topsail, and
snapped away the main-yArd IN the slings
/ The weather too, was intensely cold, 30 much
40 that the sea froze almost 40 fast ns Il fe
upon her decks Iced up 20 the leading trucks
and several of the crew disabled, hc was com.
PEELED TO up stick and stand ior the Gulf
Stream 10 be thawcd, and at the same time
10 have chance 10 get another main.yard
aloit. Suffice il 10 say after repairing dam
ages, he lost another main-yard and a whole
suit Of sails, and was At one time 90 badly
lrosthiiton that he was half inclined 10 bear
up for Bcrmudai but remembering that the
Pigeon must also have the same gale, he CON
cludcd 10 weather it out whilg he had a stitch
Of canvas 10 spread Ancr three weeks of
incc@ant toll, during which time he never
turned In or shifted his clothes, he was Cortu-
nate enough 20 reach Boston at last His
first question to the pilot, who boarded him,
vast
"llas the Pigeon arrived ?"
"No, sir, not vessel has arrived for three
weeks"
Thank God" sighed Captain G, ave got
along thus far without swearing, and II will
be Chcrc he pauscd.) no, no wont say il, hard
that's the word without handle to tiff
! don't get along with clean mouth to the
wharf Pilot, when you get her pointed right,
come down in the cabin and have drop Of
Huir to thaw your between decks out"
Captain q, had been 30 much on deck, OK
posed 10 the weather, that hc was quiic light
headed. and his very eyes seemed to have
been diminished and puckelcd by inccsant
watching, so that he only covered the bottom
Of the glass, when he exchanged courtcsies
with thc pilot, aware that he was too weak to
dive deeper Il had been well for him, il he
had thcn resolved not to drink any more that
day as the sequel will show.
His owncrswcr upon the wharf TO receive
him with a carriage, and the moment he land.
ed they hurried him to the custom house, en-
tered the vessel and then Lrare him to aae
Of their houses. where an excellent dinner
was ready. They were rcjoiccd, for their
vessel had cargo on board which was in
great demand, besides they had won several
heavy bets from the oNntrs aud hackers Of
the Pigeon,
We Willnow relate Captain G.s experience
~ g. NJ i5JaTiy ~ We can TTHTUz
Der;
81 had a glorious dinner, with such drink
ing as ought to bc a warning to all salts, who
may be used up at sea. In vain | protested
against having my glass filled the ladies in.
sisted and the gentlemen compelled me to
drink again and again, liD ! nearly fell from
my chair AT last | became desperate for J.
clt myself gradually sinking into inscnsibili ?
y anti jumping abruptly from the tahls. do.
Handcd IN voice Of thunder, that | should
De sent home, without further parlcy The
Weather was awiuli heavy fall Of snow was
melting under the influence of southwest
ain storm, avalanchcs were laundering from
he tops Of the houses, and the streets were
oycrcd with gullics n fathom deep. My
mother, brother aud sisters resided in RoN-
Jury. and may add, my sweetheart Also all
# whom knew would be waiting to receive
ne with-ePen arms. a carriage and four
we're soon placed at my disposal, with a stea-
y driver to carry me home, and as we wal 4
'wrd through Washington street ,~nd across
he Neck, enjoyed few cat-naps, waking
p now and again, full Of the idea that was !
I'LL at sea, and that the brig had either
roached to or fallen off by the lee A scrum-
lie or two TO get on deck, however, restored
ne to consciousness, and again | would drop {
Il, only TO be woke with another bold dash {
D get on deck. When reached home my '
at was full of cablc-ticr pinches, and my face {
as as black as my hat, even the red which
nc rum had thrown over it was under clouds 5
darkness. But all this made no difference /
, my kind mother and sisters, nor to her S
no was to be shortly mine forcvcr they s
overcd me with kisses and embraces, till c
as almost as drunk with JOY, as was with y
I'm. Stupid and weather-bcatcn as was "
y heart beat wildly with pleasure as re- n
lived their warm embraces all the suffer a
gs of alife-time were forgotten in a moment t,
At felt myself drunk, my tongue was too G.
rye for my mouth, and could not speak
&c joys felt. d
"Thc excitement of meeting over, my b
1eetheart held looking-gass before me, W
ID jokingly asked how long had been in
c coal trude 1t was evident that had
Zen moppng the floor of the carriage with $,
y face. The ladies however soon put m