Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-11-11
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Pthem prosperous and pleasant voyage,
and safe return 10 their homes. 'oD F i"
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One evening, not long since, nnmher
Iof Old ship masters,Ic cha nced a TO- meet at a.
social supper, and ,lfter the cloth twss re-.
moved we went in krtsyArn spipning 10
And among our .nnmbers wa Capt. Ricb'
ard Mute, aud a Gaer man or hettsrz sailor,
never trod . deck. A. leugth itJcime his
turn 10 tell q slo y,or. r.nwhat I'VE preferred
.-and What The rest VI us had d lns -r,ttat g
some some incident of experience in his oSnl
'Ht'aas4 ats gFfl s.aiYa'ssb boa 1nia g6j III
4, ""'Well, boys he said, as, he. rj .cie q,
the wiEes which was at thai.mninent. passed
to him for the l1Fst tims, viii give yon a
biz of The ,early, ,part oh nv leceap lfeso aed
y is,a yety ,impofi ant bit, TOP, for upon IT.
have, bul4 The whole of my subs, qncpt
ma hpol71i 10 .4eis5Hini =aalz1N bFI
"a We prepared TO Hstenito Captain MUTE.
with the inmost prolonud aitenlion, for
he was uot only ap old seaman, ,bnt one Of
the most ,spccseslul commanders in oor
meryan lie -marae. We listened. apd his
strry was as follow: yfy.rorrs 20 diam 1
was very young wien / Grst entered
on ship.bOarti, and &C The age of fJu- teen
| consldered myself qaile a sailor. When
III WAS eigh,eeuI was sbi oped on board 40
e est Iudianmah, for a bong voyage
Tnere rweressix OF Us on hoard of about the
IsumeYege, and we had about the same do.
lies llepreiorma The ship--the old Lady,
lDdDlapt-was, large oOne, end our crew
was largesia pToport ton, sthere bling fifty
Two, all told. We s'ooys,' as we were
called, messed together, and in ainother
respects were separate from the rest of the
crew, just as much as the ,ficers were.--
Our Captain was mJb!e hearted, hen
4 orable man. kind aud generous, but yet
very, asisict.i Ofscourse We younges'ers rs
(foundi plenty OF occasion to 6nd' fanlt wi, b
him, and very ofien awere his decisonsar-
Ranged before our ness and decidedly
condemned. In fact, We should have re.
ivsr,ed many of his judgmel' 9 FIVE had the
.Epower; bnt as be was commander, and we
only foremost hands-and boys at that
be had his own way, and he luminous
decisions we came TO where consequently
of no avail, and lost TO the void. p"
l2h Now we boys had learned, in the course
Of our travels. TO. drink our grog as wen as
any sailors We cCsld toss of glass of
rum and water with as much grace as any
o-e, and we claimed the right SO to do, not
| oily as O. privilege, but ns an honor to
which life upon The ocean entitled US =
But ey en- iu this respect our captain pre-
| tended TO differ, from Us. When we could
| get on shore we woald inv .riabely indulge
in our cups, and not unfreqnently would we
come eff in o state any ylh,ng but so5ers7-
said we but there was Que OF your 5npmher
who could, not be induced 10 touch drop
Of anything ,iup x;catipg. His name was
Jack Small, and he belonged 10 one of The
lback towns in New Jersey,,o.. ,sst .,oln,
H. Now:Jack Small not .only refrain ed ,on.
I.tirely, from drinking hims H. but he used
Esomeiimes to ask US TO let,ulhe staff alone.
He gave that job up. however, for we
made such sport OF, him that be- was glad,
to let us alone. Bu. our captain had sharp
ieyes: sbd IL waanot dong before be began
TO show Jack Small fa9o-s that he did not
show to ual He would often take jack
on shore with him TO spend the night and
suchl things as that. while We were kept on
board The ship or course this created a
decided III wilftosards poor j ack. 7'ode
I 10 Now in tr6lh,, 'Jtck was one Of the best
fellows in shea World He was kind, oh
Rgog, honest, always willing 10 lend a
helping hand in case OF distress, and a'
true friend as ever iivedAoniy be. would
not driuk With as, that was ALL No-tha-
wasn't all. He learned faster than we
did-he was better sailor end learned
more Of navigation But this we tried to
lay to the captains paying him the m ost
/ attention, though we knew better at the
time, for we had The privilege Of learning
Just as mnch as we had mind to. The
truth OF Tue matter was, we five loved the
| idea o! being old salts better than We
did anything else, and we spent more time
10 watching opportunities 10 bave a spree
thsn we did 10 learning 10 perfect ourselves
in the profession we had chosen. '"'
/ It,eyen. Z gotasp at length that d Ack
Small was called npon to dtake the deck
sometimes, " hen The officers we're busy,
and be. used to work out. the reckonngs ai
noon as regllarIy as did The caplaia.' .'l.o,9
.Yel jack, vas ip oar mess. and he Was
a cons, put eye sore,t .WesaYithai be isas
renchihg rapidly ahead OF US in every use
fai parlieplsr, ard YET We wouldn't open
our eyes We, were enyious OF bis good
fortune, as We called i, aud used 10 seiizs
every opportunity TO lease and rup hm.r7
But he never got apgry inreiurn, He
sometimes would laugh a.Ips, and 10 Others
he would 50 feelipglyo chide. Us that We
! would remsln silent foS q While slssn, tro
|. \. AT length jt catered our beads that Jack
should drink With ps, We islksd ihs
ms.ter over 10 The mess when lack wsi
sbsspto apd. We ,moteallyl pledged sset
. | othss that we would make him drink q
th,s first opportunity, After this de,ermi
ostiop was taken, we treated Jack NOR,
kindly. sud be was ! happier than he ahss
been Tor some time, Oace more We lsugbef
and joksd with him 10 the mess, and be y
, raturr heinad ms IN onr ne avigation w