Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-30

tlOlu Ion mo WuWu, / upn KNOW.
What did he do?' tlynwled Mcrivale. Ill
took cold butah with hith ,halmon. 'Di,
ho dayc?'"
Ii Ind n beautiful thing on The eAa OF M!
tongue about gravy; only could not got i
into shape before II leg ofSouthdown NUT
ton WAS Brought in. which changed tn,
NJ NV mutton is not always. tender. L con
fets i wus eager to pay my respects to it
und when it went out was in such A hup
ny frame Of mind TINT could not 'thinl
Of the point of II good anrcdoto whicl, til,
Into Louis Philippe always Msed TO toll
when I dined with him ut the Tullcri's
No such good stories are told there nr'r.
However,, l do think Fred might ihav.
asked for 1t, ind that would have given III,
time to think us we'll as have recalled til,
eneclote Instead of that. no tutned t
| my noighbor "a Boston many und asked j
he was Ne fond Of billiards rs ever.
say Boston man, because he wore
coat aud pantaloons and those absurd Eng
lish silo-whiskers "Plccauilly weepers" :
but never feel sure that those boston mel
are not strong-minicds IN disguise. | hav'
u small place IN tho custom-h house. and j
ever this Infamous woman's rights business
comes uppcrmost, lyvotinE implies hold
ing office, aud then where on earth shall
be? e
81 am glad you asked ME that" was tn.
reply Of the hateful Boston creature, $50!
it reminds ne OF agodd thing have 70,
you do play billiards as much as over
and was at the t Club the othcl
night playing with Bill Perkins; and need
cd only one point to go out. 1t was n rnth
er brilliant shot before me, and L ant
sops others were looking on, which made
mo bit nervous, especially rs Bill was
only then behind nue.. I was so norvons
that made miss-cue, but after MI sol
the point. HI clappcd his hands as
soon as he saw it, and exclaimed, How
classical!, .Qmnc t'Ut punctum, Qui mis-
GLOW very good !" said the Englishman
Really, I did not suppose you did thai
Ihad great mind to put him down Will
q smashing rctort, only would not hell
ont the Bostonian; but the appearance o.
canvas-back ducks closed my mouth, OF
rather opened it to q better purpose
:, sNext time /" thought !, Three follows
had had their innings, md the fourth man,
Curtis, was os silent as was. So l lei
Frod have his own way and get of. lis
stupid stories about the English Judges, al
which everybody laughed, as in duty bound
when Sosia tells stories, poor Amphitryo,l
has to grin. I nm not sure that have the
names quito correct, but ct crybody wiltln.
dorstand what I mean that the man who
goes out to dine has To- applaud tho jokes
Of tho fellow who gives the dinner. ~ -
At last, the fruits and ices came and
a ta,,9 IS; saIs + r. shall
No. thank you,n, said Il once saw
ice enough TO- oil, last Ho YAo'f Rf9 a ti{mS;I
start, and then fix his eyes on mo as& 10
was going to begin q regular yarn. hate
that sort Of thing, and l was bound to get
befs{q Tin! fon'ytr fff 1o Fl sho rest, rest;
a pang, confess, for do not get fruit.
especially ont Of season, every day., and bel
gan at oncekI ;tXhep Il Lrvas in the South!
Pacific gentlemen"
Here Fred looked queorly and shrugged,
his shoulders which vns r,k political his
own table, I should like to know why I have
not as good right to have been in the South
rGo ssshs h1 Y" IisA "2' v.s
South Pacific, on board tho rnzee sIndepeh-
denco-her captain, Commodore Connor,
was a friend of mine, and offered mo q
passage home from Valparaiso-no, mean
from Quito" (by tho way. is Quito sea-
port3 ono's geography slips away {r4H6ne
30; but could not stop ID ask td 1hey
wero all watching to cntin) 1--WE were be-
calmcd off tho island OF Juan Fernandez.
It was in 8. Int. G3 Q 30. ". long. 1919 %
(notlhng like being accurate in these do
tailslSanl We sa<a huge ieebarg approach
irgy,ss. 1T was Il dead caLns hut tho ice
camo on very rapidly. 1t must have been
ut least fivo miles in circumstance, and quite
a milo high out OF wator.
Conner was in, q dreadful fright, and l
tho enormous .fr,ass ;;silo5wiy &heaying and
settling, and every minute fragments tho
size of Trinity Church tumbling down its
sides. Its color was
''Never mind that" said Fred: ''wc have
all seen Church,s md Bradford's pictures,
and r4ad. sDdna's Ewo Years Before the
'Mast. Skip to the catastrophe: did it run
over your
Mo-, sir" retorted; 'rit did not. On it
came and on, till tho boldest held his
breath for timo. Every man in the ship
.vss on deck, the pimble topmeq; swarming
fu out upon tho yards, and the gold bands
Of tho officers caps cleaning along the
quarter deck. !. On II loame, and the ship
vas beginning 10 rock helplessly upon the
swell which drove before tho mighty mass
'oty and tov I'd ship OF. when I caAed
hh attention g something bad just dis
COVERED Mt ayes vefo very good in those
days. sold. Common, see that black speck
coming down the eide Of the bcrgr He,
turned his glass upon itIa capital Doilond
had given him. and exclaimed 1t is< a
bear Conner, said I, who ever saw a
black boar on ice? 1t is a man and broth,
er. Conner turned red as beet, but pres
emily. after another look, replied. by;
George! believe you are right, and he is!
making signals ta ',tsis shut we can't help,
him; no boat would live in that seq which,
is breaking at the base OF the berg, and
we've enough to do to save ourselves
The berg, however, must have gone;
aground-they are very deep. You know,
only Ne attraction was suSkiag usin 5iln-
ter's edge-nnd how he did it can't toll; ;
was not near. enough to see7but present.
ly he .vas coming of to us. {: kt!ii
"You might have heard a pin drop on
the deck, gentlemen, such was the breath
less silence of all, which the stern discip-
line of man-of-war permitted no ono to
break. We made out that 1t was man in
canoe-a Marqueaas Island canoe; and
the ,strangest thing of all was, that he had
nothing to propel IL with but IN umbrella.
He neared the sidc and Conner and went
to the gangway to hailhiln.s He waR Dress
ed in superb sealskig1s; WhichSwOnld heve
been fortune in Now York, and no man.
aged his umbrella wonderfully, shooting
his his light bark along Ikea racing wher-
f. 4f1kzss{; 3he3 first t sig&8dS
you, but my craft has come to anchor; 40
you arc ali right now. There is breeze
creeping up on the other side of the borg,
and you will have it in twenty minutes
strong on6A8H 70 nike yoG elaaf. ITO toll
you the truth, was in q great funk when I
saw you, for, allowing tho half of you to be
drowned, should hive hardly more than
enough to dine tho rest; and if there is
anything hnte it is to give my friends
short commons Then you won't come
on boardr said Conner That's good
ono! No, rather think not. Man-of-war
accommodations are littlo too close Che
said 'cluBt, and then I knew he was Yam
kee, and remarked SO to Conner) quarters
for man who for month has had whole
iceberg to himself However, Iwon't brag,
for the berg is shrinking as wo got up into
tho worm ATTITUDES, shall hove to leave
pretty soon, but as you arc bound round
the Horn and I am Tor the Sandwich Is-
lands, guess won't trouble you. There
is ono thing you can do for mo. Capt Con-
nor. (Blievo Two tho honor Of addressing
Captain Conner of the United States razeo
Independenco?) Would you obligo mo with
your roc]soning?' Conner called tho First
Inf to tho side. and they gayo him tho