Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-12

whale Fishinx Dusiness-D Diving for 4 vile
leas fFroms the Cleveland Times aEss 70
We observe that nearly ali the children born
lately in one Of the eastern counties Of Ohio are
boys AZ this rate, ip. . few years, the girls
will utterly disappear from the region, and It
will be necessary for the young men 10 remove
TO iNastackst1 sad Marines Vineyard, and
marry the widows Of the wrecked whalers
They VIII hsve to be careful, however, not to
get into such boz ~ young man found him
self in . Few yeau ago. Determined to embark
in matrimonial speculation, he journeyed to
the Vineyard and found q charming awidow, 2
who at once captured all that was mortal Of
him, and the twain became one fcsh. Alas,
however, for human hopes, The gallant sailor,
who il was known had been wrecked in the
Northern seas, swan 70 the coast of Kamschat-
ka, where he was Hospitality entertained By the
finally placed on> board Russian ship, by
which he found his way to Cxlcutts, and even.
tually to the vine-clad shores of New England.
His surprise can better be imagined than de-
scribed when he found his little home occupied
by clever New York 'sehap, J, who had taken
the responsibility, moreover, Of sPpropriating
the sailors fishing bost. fs:s4 { -t-zs-rs
The woman didn't sxoon-the bIue-eyed,
blooming girls Of New England are not of the
swoouinx hmily "Y0rker'ss eyes, how.
ever, opened to an amazing width when he dis
covered the condition Of Affairs. But the trans
action was.a legitimate one, and the sailor was
not long in deciding upon plan: The woman
sailor proposed that the one Who could remain
under water the greater length Of time should
be considered the fortunate man. Both were
regular swatermsn, T" but the sailor had trav.
eled. Sharks are not common In the harbor,
but they sometimes stray into the vicinity,
and q divers imagination always embraces
possibility Of coming IN contaet with saw
The two went under simultaneously, but
FROM positions considerabiy separated = the
saiIor from the bow, the aHorker" from the
stern. The former, who could hold his breath
like . pearl-6 fisher of the Persian Gulf, was not
long in finding his way along the bottom Of the
fishing sraft 70 the vicinity of " Yorker's whose
legs he contfived 10 jostle
"Hsmlets ghost could not have sddsd any
tsrrors to the man from the Empire State, who
almost bounded out Of the water, and was
pulled into the boat BY the dear woman, who
also shouted most yociferously 70 alarm her
early spouse. The latter, however, eautioasly
vornsd his way baek to the bow, and delibef-
ately rose to the surface, when his two compan-
ions pulled him in with unsurpassed energy.
/. Didn't you hear Us? You like to have
been swaIlsFsdi You may have the woman;
wouldn't 90 in them waters agin for a,daugh-
ter Of Queen Victoris ~ 5 q .S-
They say there = sharks in these waters;
8u0 t0fDk y cuoii ASSR yuS Nv 0k0.
"Sharks, cir / felt one hold o. ny Leg"
Then We better quit swimmin' hers.n
The "Yorksr'' readily indorssd his iudg-
msnt and prepared himself 70 leave the yins-
yard for tho ssChsnang csantry's--rsmarking, 1
casually, that he might get drunk sometime,
and forget 70 keep out of the harbor Jest =
he was aboat 10 lsnvs viii his little bundle
with tsars II his syes, and claiming the privi-
lees, Which was readily granteds OF kissing her
whom he had - ec -s5I
aLovsd not ~issly, but too wsll,n Is
IND from whom he vss nboat to part forever-
the sailor, who could not suppress his feelings,
stepped forw4rd, and rsmarked.4
s'Mist&kss viii happ6n; my wifs's rot sis-
ter that amt bad lookine; might meal 10 her.
it uilI do no harm. snyhow.r - -
That vas .r ssisAs idsa rhieA had never
arll study about that, q 8yTse
He ID stsdy, married the bloomine sister,
and The two msp vent into partnershfp IN the
6shinR businsss About stx nonths affsruard
The sailor incidentally renarks1:A
sThst shark that BIT y0u used TO catch
whalso A ths s6ehatka wafasa' en1 1T swin-
dIsa ev,Fy year out o. ~ PIT q thS Ne y |
Tie Unifcd statos Coue1l = Hgeolnln, ttn(6
the rsolpn ~ I'll unet 1bot e1eeLh4 z.sssL
| Ths usUs w. - = 11ffls asteandine = ths
Empire man, whose dreams of aaw-hsh had
caused him several times 10 jump out Of bed in
the night. Eserything wsnt On smoothly, bat
Il Was oessTved hat tbe sailog neyeg went 70