, 1860-01-20
For the Pioneer and Democrat.
The FinbackS, Watson Family and ChuCklradS

The FI1Oa6kS, HhtSOn FuWlll hnu JHuChltduS'
MR EpIroR-The Finbacks are thought,
by great historians, to be amphibous in de-
sion. and mermaids have been often seen
amongst them. Dame Fortune occasional
lv condescends to favor them. They do
not. however, take the liberated " old job, "
who. il his body could have been washed as
often, aud as clean in soul and conscience ns
A Finback, no doubt but that Deity would
not have afflicted him. The first season
that the Finback passes through Kenule
isles III inform the editor of the Boqaet,
his inner soul becomes US pnre as the at
mosphere, for you shortly pass between the
Islands Paramoncher aud 0nekosteiu, the
former being volcano. The land on either
side is completely covered with snow, and
huge masses of ice are seen piled upon the
shores, and as the dense volumes Of smoke
uour forth from the summit Of the burning
mountain, forming vivid contrast with
the whiteness of its sides, it presented a
scence Of singular beauty.
II you pass these islands at IL NJ, and
at night, they will oil have disappeared.
Your passage through these islands is u
proof that the race is not always TO the
swift. You muy pride yourselves on hay-
ing the fastest ship in the whole feet, and
by your superior sailing, you may work
your way a long distance 10 the windward
Of the other vessels, when the wind sudden
ly hauled dead ahead, leaving you where
you began, far 10 the leeward, und every
vessel passes through ahead of you.
After the Finback has been beating
and bagging around for about fortnight
amongst the ice and through stormy weather
during which time his rigging has be-
come perfectly eucased in ice, he takes the
right whalSOf the Arctic.
The mates boat fastens him, and he be-
haves very WELL SO that he gets him along
side but the cutting and hosting gear be-
ing new and bad, it is quite late at night
before be eau get him all in.
Gu another day the Finback boat-stcer'
or has ono Of those ponderous weapons, not
Of a Cupid's dart, but dart his iron, as hcl
has succeeded itf~fastening, the whale i'm
mediately sounded with great velocity
The boat-stcerer looks around in vain for
bis nippers, (square pieces Of canvass which
he holds in his hands for the rope'to pass
through but finding a stocking which
some one had left to dry, he takes that IN
his hand, but it was out again and over
board like fash, and the whole line run
through his bare hand, taking the skin
completely off, like, after McCusey has had
with stifflegged Walla-wulla horse, on a
jump Of fifteen miles before breakfast, in
order to get his flesh in good order for al
rspast during the day, however, reserviug
bis skin for kid gloves, TO be scented by
"COIeur de Rose"
As whale rises, the mate comes up
and she gets lance into her. which sets
her to spouting blood, when she again goes
down. You draw your lines up, but no
whale appears, the mate having cut both
lines In lancing her. She rises about half
amle from the ship, and be fastens to her
again after an easy pull, and as she was
nearly exhausted, and he succeeds in cap
turing. When he takes her alongside he
nnds seven irons in her-the seven wonders
o. the world. The two whales conquered
by the Fiuback, slowed down about 800
barrels Of oil, and he's off for his gals'
Miss H was more beautiful than ever;
those laughing black eyes, that wavy, gold
en- brown hair and gracefully rounded
ngure, had produced their effect.
"she loved him for the dangers he had passed,
And be loved her that she did pity them"
The Watson family have been honored
oy the Grand Duke Constantine--by the
social bonds Of France, Egypt, by her maj
s Victoria, the Queen Of Great Britain
and Ireland, Affganstan princes, and by
even the immortal Washington himself
ne also partakes of oil the nature of the
rlnback, like Peter the Great Of all the
Saasias, and not unlike Frederick the
treat after being conquered in southern
sarope, from which he fed but during
NE Interim, bis friends had conquered the
saeny, in the old Finback and Watson
we and sent to Frederick to be theiI
Allg' The old Watson, however, was
gelnlt the Finback, and he sent one of his
Ola boots " to govern them during his alb
.snce, 50 that when the Finbacks, the Wat
.9aa and the Chuckleheads shall have left
'aA olympic land Of flowers, to go to the
sNs ssaes Of liberty and peace, you will always
-ou Ihe union not inseperable.
~ A Printers devil wanting to kiss