The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-04-15

Guy. HIS cACeilclt .y"a"~ "SiA"'
sent him to school, and switched him SO
faithfully when he played truant, as he
often did, that he ran away at the ten
der age Of niue years, and succeeded in
making his way across York State to
. Mystic, on Long Island Sound. Here,
in his zeal 10 see the strange sights OF a
seaport town, he boarded a ship which
was just on the point of sailing for
Iuvre, and was carried eff before he
could regain shore. He made himself
as useful rs he could, and on arriving in
the French port, Immediately ran away
again, lest the Captain, who had learned
his story, should send him back to
Rochester. Getting on aSeine steamer,
he made two or three trips between
Havre and Rouen; but one day, in
emptying the hot water out of dog
basket, he unluckiIy pitched a lot of
plates and spoons overheard, whereup-
Oh the wrathy steward kicked the poor
little fellow so soundly with his wooden
shoes that he was glad to scamper
ashore. Then the mate of Scotch
! schooner took pity on him, and he tried
to repay the mates kindness by helping
to hoist the schooner's anchor out of the
way Of the tide, which rushes up the
Seine fnriously. By some mishap it
slipped, and its whole weight dragged a |
rope through his hands so swiftly as to !
actually rasp the flesh from the bones. !
The Captain was highly vcxcd, and |
drove him on shore again; but the mate
and crew sided with. the little chap |
who had held to the rope SO pluckily-
left the schoonerin body, and tie Cap
tain had no small trouble i'm getting
them back again. In the meanwhile
the young adventurer got his hurts
dressed fell into the hands Of a goodna-
tured old Frenchman, who took excel
lent care of him, and at last shipped on
Swedish ship for a cruise in the Baltic /
Sea. Near Dantzic he ran away again,
because the mate threatened to beat
him for dealing out too much coffee to
the men. For two days he lived on
green wheat, and tried to catch storks.
The second night he crept cautiously on
board, and was just slipping into his
berth when the Captain called him into
the cabin, perched him on the transom
lockers With nothing on but his shirt,
lectured him soundly on the folly of
running away, and finally shut him up ;
a. al, u hnl ho
ter visiting Cronstadt and other parts,
he sailed in Russian brig to the north
of England. Thence he went in aswift t
sailing 'fruiter' upon a Mediterranean !
cruise, then back to England again; ,
from there to st. Johns after a cargo of II
Goldfish, and from st. Johns to New :
York. In New York he shipped as Il
Storage boy on the whaler ShepherdeSs .,
or the Sandwich Islands. From Hon u
,lulu he went in another whaler to tie
sea OF pkhOtsk, thence to Kodiak and
New Zealand, and then to the Naruue- :.
as Islands. Here he found the man ii
Butcher, with whom he soon became ="
Intimate, and from that time, for many
ears, ms lite was mainly spent with
he Savagc> Of the Maruuesas. Society,
r!endly and Navigator Islands, among
'hom he gained an asccndcucy that
IlrIy entities him to the high sounding
ppicatiun ofthe king of the Cannj-
al islands Two years ago his long
~ TO revisit his native land became -
Itehse that he shipped in the oMlv craft
c r'Ald lind, Il German brig for Ham
AIS, reached there year ago last
hFistmas, went thence to I.iyerp0o], I
'St all his money, sailed for san Fran
SEQ TO I'LL his pockets and escape the
cold. and in July last
lipped for New York as "A common
lior on board the Volunteer. The
aplaiil was mean and tyrancal off !
II, and when the Volunteer landed Mt =
iazatian I" take in her cargo Of log.
GOD he drove the mate ashore. took in
iuldted days provisions OF the most =
l!serable character, and started on a
months voyage. His three princi.
al officers were mere striplings, igno- {
mt of navigation. The boatswaiu in "
art'cu!ar was highly supercilious
ou'h, aud one day the Captain ordered t.
Cannihal jack to DO some little duty !
nat this boatswain had shirked,
Jack did not understand at first and
ne order was angrily repeated, when a
e instantly obeyed. O
Look out, jack WHISPERED one of
is mates, "the Captain will be a foul of
OH directly"
He'd better be foul Of some of these
entlemen who are too proud to do their
uty,' responded Jack.
For this independent remark the Cam /
Tin ordered him in irons. Jack de-
lnrred, the irate Captain began to beat
i'm with his fists, Jack resisted, the
fthe stoutest man in the shin v
ew to the Captains old. Jack drew v
Is knife, the mate, with revolver in g
and, apPeare Oh the scene, and Jack e
to he ironcd with dol,hla n
This WIS in February. and Ii
'r over five weeks, lac was confined in y
lace about three feet high, with moth.
* but tie bare wet deck to ,lern on