Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-26
LIVING AT SEA.

It's sometimes desput hard living ut sea as
I've UNDERSTOOD said Mrs. Marvel, who had
been attentively listening to some of the long
yarns of her nephew, Jack Tafrail.
"Not so very hard, neither replied jack
1--WE can generally get supply of good sound
beef-barrels.'
"Beef-barrels u exclaimed the old lady
''is it possible the poor crcturs have to live ON
beef-barrelsW
"Thcy are very fine eating, ma'am, can as
sure you" said Jack, with grave faee-ethc
only difficulty is to keep the sailors from eating
up the barrels before the beet is gone"
care they so ravenous2" asked Mrs Marvel,
shat they can't wait"
"Rayenous by the Lord Harry, if you'd
only see them as | have, eating a mnd-spikc
without pepper or salt, you'd think nothing ut
all of their eating abeef-barrel."
"Thc massy on mel I'd no ideer the poor
creturs ever come to so short commons"
"Short Ibclievc you'd think it long enough
before you'd eaten up n hand spilic.'
q dare say should, for i've lost almost all
my teeth"
"But if you hadn't, you'd find it no such
sbor, ;oh ~ 49, ta,,..,,.. ..u
WHY. do von tnow !, tool mn orcoo ,,ho,n
week IN ent ono--hut ,twos modo of ,ho los,
white oakp
WAhl we'll II, said Mrs Marvel l;s,;,r NJ, hor
ewes in upfcigncd ostouisbmcn,--.J thon,,
heaven was m,ae , woman al 10 sailo,n
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auntv. There was Tom Rourdf,co shinnod
with ~ from pa,c,st ~ A. nas,, ..hari.a1
rn;,I 90 IL. -,
went oloft uc holonaod IN nv ,,oss ryos,.
bodv ma Tho snno I;tn, sa;,r XIX ,a.,,
I,oYa sho,o1 ,,.;,i H., ,i,n
his box I'm, Ia conid ma, ondn,o has1s,,,u,,
n. M a., 80 - TIL. IL ~. .,.s,
liz fall sill md ,i;,o Ia ,,.,;.:a', M. >.
came ont flint be wos /, wom,n And uo n,an :,
..poor oroo,,,nt An ,,,ai;,., ,,
too p"
us,.a, ,,.
vas discovoro1 =, ho daiioo,,, ,,..,.,.,..
man elm ,,os ottnwoa j., ,,,o,,, ,,.;,l, ,i'.
,ai,,. u.;t, o,1 i;,o ,.,,
~ sunnoso sbc bol ,oa al "on,a a,,,,,
on1 i,i,a,n ''''
nTeot m a. h,o,ro
a,,..1
'""so"' VI po"'" Dut no ilauer--eyther
on en- is very good-and great deal more
heathinl than our green teas
"lllat may be- ma'am-but can tell you
twas neither souchinp nor bohea. INT blacker
than either
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NAV Ae' MISSY On lnet wonder what
SORT Tea u was
"Oakum."
"Opiuml Oh Lord do they make Tea ont
=" ivy ''''Ne va out
~ " '""' P'~on s'"n' snouiu thlhk theyd
never wake no more
mot OPIUM auty-but oakum.t
"Whatl sich stnlI ne fin, cuI,its ,,cL Il, ,ho
"aye-we Shipped II hundred weight for the |
Use Of the captain and hislndy."
"Faurhl ia ns soon drin,. ,eo ,,,,1o 49,, 81
ol,o.,,'. VI
IT'S very good, thougii,whcn you once learn
o like it. AS to bread and butter. that was
,ut of the oueston IN bc suro ,l,o, had
60 '"Vs '''u
'oou '"ip-"re"u, Hi"ue parity OF rye-meal and
Iartly of plaster of Paris and saw-dust but
IS for butter, that was not to he Thought of
board shin"
az h,.to, ~,
am .
1>,.,.
'' ""'''"s W HP''"u VI theH preau
"Notiing! OH yes,they had plenty of good
resh TAR
"Iar, DO you sayY
AYE,
do they butter their bread with tar? Well
hat heats all ever heard of wouldn't 20
sea for nothing in the world. Butter their
read with tar La me, how do they yet il
own
''By swallowing, aunty.'
"By swallowingl Why, don't il stick in
heir Threats ~
"Oh-aye-a little at first But MS soon MS
gets warm it runs down The common sail
rs, yon must know never gctany-its anotch
r two above their diet. lIowsomever, re-
lember we tapped the tar-barrcl one night,
nbeknown to the caplaiii-I, and the rest of
" mcss-and got out pound for each man,
nd thought we'd have one glorious neal
ut II come to the ears of the Captain, and if
e hadn't persuaded him il was the rats. wa
hould have had round dozen apiece. every
oy on board ship"
81 'spose they have chickens and siclI like TO
at in the cabin"
"That's true-there are few starved THINGS.
nd as soon as they're gone, the sailors eat the ,
en-coops." d
"Well, should think they were better than ,