Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1861-11-14

in readiness for putting to sea, apd nothing wa.
now wanting but Barny's orders to haul up the
gatf and shake out the jib OF his hooker.
/ Bat this order Barny refrained to give, aud
for the Grst time in his life exhibited dsin-
clination to leave the shore. One OF his fellow.
hontmen at last said to him, why thin Barry
O'Reirden, shat the divil has come over you,
at all at all What 5 the maynin' Of your loith-
erin about here, and the boat ready and love.
ly fine breeze aft O. the land ?
'Oh, niver you mind blieve know my
own business anyhow, an its hard, so it is, if Il
man can't ordhcr his own boat to sail when hc
plazeS
On, was only thnkin il quare--and pity
more betokcn, as said before, to lose tho beau
tiCu breezr and
, We'll, just keep your thoughts to yourself j.
you place, and stay in the boat as bid you,
and don't be out Of her, on your apper, BY no
manner O. names for one mint for you sec L
don't know when it may be plain TO me to 10
aboard an set sail
Weli all can cay is, niver seen you afoard
to 60 to sag before
Who says I'm aftard p said ORerdon;
you d bet,her not say that agn or in troth III
give you Iethern that won't he for the good O.
your healh-shroth for three slhraws this mint
I'd lave you that your mother would Mt know
you with the lickin' d give you out scorn
your dirty insinuaton; no man ever seen Barny
aieard yet, anyhow. Howld your pirate, I tell
you, and looI up TO your betthcrs. What do
you know " navigation !-may be you think it's
as MY Tor 10 BELL Oh voyage as to 20 a fshn,
and Barry turned on ts heel and left the shore.
The next day passed, wahout the hooker sail
ing, and Barny gave n mos sufficient reason
for the delay by declaring that We bad warn
in given him in a dhrame, (gery be to God ,
and that it was given to him TO una.rstand.-
(unlher Heaven) that it wond nj be looky.
that day,
Well, the next day was Friday and Bar,
ney, of course, would not sail any more than
any other sailor who could help it on this un-
propitious day. On Saturday, however, hs
came running in a great hurry down to the
shore, and, jumping aboard he gave orders to
make all sail, and, taking the helm Of the hook
er be turned her head to the soa, and soon tho
boat was cleaving the blue waters with yelo.
city seldom witnessed in so small u craft, and
scarcely conceivable to those who have not seen
the speed Of a Kinsale hooker.
why thin you tux the notien mighty sud-
dint, Barny,' said the fisherman next in au-
thori,y to O'Reirdon, as soon as the hustle of
getting the boat under way had subsided
\ We'll, hope its plain TO you at last, said
Bauny, tIoth one 'ud think yoa were niver at
say before you wor in stitch hurry to be off;
as newfangcd Almost as child with play
toy
\ Well said the other of Barny's companions,
for there were but two with him in the boat.
| was thnkn' myself as well as Jimmy, that
we lost two fine days for nothn,' and we d be
there almost, may be- now we said three days
agon.'
Don't blieve it, said Barney, emphatically.
Now don't you know yourself that there is
some days that the fish won't come near the
lines at all, and that we might as well he castn
our nets an dhry land as in the say, for all we II
catch, if We start an an unooky day and sure
towld yon was watin' only till had it given.
to me to undherslan' that it was looky to sail,
and go bail we ii be there sooner than if we
started three days agon, for if yot dout start
with good look before you, faix may be
it IS never at all to the end O. your thrp you'll
come
We'll, there's no use in talkin' about it now.
anyhow, but when do you expect to be there p
why, you see we must wait until we see how
the wind is likely to how'd an, bafore l can
make up my mind to that
But you re sure NOW Barney, that you re
up to the coorse you have to run
See now, lay me alone and don't be cross
questionn me--tare an Guns, do you think mo
stitch baddherang as for to shuperlnscri5e
thing wasn't aiqu to 2
No; was only gon' to AK you what coorse
you wor gon to steer
You II find out soon enough when we git
there-and so bid you agin lay me alone
Just keep your toe in your pump. Sure m
here at the hcm and a weight an my mind,
and its filter for you Jim, to mind your own
business and lay me to mi I'd mine; away wild
you there and be handy, haul taught that FORE
sheet there, we must run close an the wind bo
handy boys make everything Ghraw.
These orders were obeyed, and the hooker
soon passed to windward of ship that lett the
harbor before her, but could not hold on wind
with the same tenacity as the hooker, whose
qualities, in this popularity, render them par
ticularly suitable for the purpose to which they
are applied, namely pilot and fishing boats
We have said ship left the harbor befoIe
hooker had set sail, and it is uow fitting to in
form the reader that Barney had contrvet in
the course Of his last meeting with the long sal.
!or.' to ascertain that this ship then lying iu the
harbor, was going to the very place Barney
wanted to reach.-Barny's plan of action was
decided upon in moment he had now nothing
to do but 10 watch the sailing of the ship md
follow in her course. Here was at once new
mode of navigation discovered.
The stars ,winkling in mysterious brightness,
through the silent gloom of night, we're the
first encouruUinp hec ausp y;yjE1e rndes To the
adventurous mariners of antiquity. Since then,
the sailor, encouraged by a boder science relies
on the "nsecn agency of nature, depending on
the fidelity of an atom Of iron to the mystic
law that claims its homage in the north. This
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