The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-09-18


was nothing better than log i@poseor,
originally hailing from Oilieia, who eos
lucrative contract for supplyisg the arnv ef
bis time and country With bad bacon ges
rich By fraud, theft, and BY the arts u q
common informer termed religioss adves-
turer, and bribed his way 10 the bisAoprie oil
Alexandria and at last, after being tn-
prisoned for his crimes, was dragged eut q
Jail and lynched BY an angry mob, II A-D.
361 AFTER this be became IN due time q
saint, sud % undsssrvsdly faooss jast as
i'm another wsy-thanks, Mr.. Emerson. for
your very refreshing csnd0r-Amertgo Vss-
pucci. "the pickle dealer at Seville, whoss
highest naval rank vas boatswsin's nate In
IN expedition that never sailed, managed %
supplant Columbus, and to bsptiss bali the
earth with his own dishonest name" Have
We not In our school-uays haggsd TO our liz
tie bosoms the notion that Bratas stabbed
julius Cesar purely fSr pstriosisA's sacred
sakef And now we must be told, forsooth
and, alas, bat too convinciGgly, BY heavy
German historical big wigs"-thst, II being
the custom in old Rome for the mobiles 70
lend the plebeians money at terribly usurious
rates Of interest, Caesar passed m not for
bidding this, and was. ut susp'cioasly short
time thereafter, butchered BY the 8 noble
Brutus and bis brother c0nspirators
All Akensider's fine poetry about Bsutua
rising refulgent from the stroke" and 10
on, 10 knocked on the head for ever now.
! .Et tn Brute :" and that Brutus merely q
nurderous, because disappointed, bill-dis-
oeunter-is too much for ones feeIings, even
in this unromantic age. Again, how much
have we not honored the name OF Mr..
Thomas Guy, who founded "Guy's Hospital =
gave way princely sums in benevolence, and
stares At US In stone in several statues! Yet
what manner OF man really was this Mr..
Thomas Guy? A clever stock -jobber, a
miser also, and-speak it softly, with his
fine hospital looming in the distance
man Who fattened on the wrongs Of the poor
cheated Eaglish seamen OF his day. For
merly our sailors were paid In inconversi-
BILE PAPER, net gold. The reckless Jacks
ashore were sfsen obliged to part With these
tickets at any wrstched discount they could
get. The "wise and good" Thomas Guy
Eraficked in them, and became, FOR those
days, q millionaire. Howard " the prison
philanthopist," loving all the world, and Jet
driving his poor son mad by his ILL judged
harshnessj Sterne-ss Bryoa said-weeping
over q dead donkey, and yet letting q living
mother ssarve; bryon sending q copy OF
his famous Fare thee well's verses 90 Lady
Bryon with q butchers bill inelosed there
with with slip like this, g doa's think
we could have had so much meat ~ this-
please to see to j" the great Duke Of MARI
borough now acting history in minutes, and
now drting his hands by speculation in army
clothing contracts !; Algernon sydney one
moment mouthing patriotism, and another
accepting bribes from France; all these
people, we say, Jumped together here at ran.
dom without reference to chronological or
der, are, to our mind at least, just so many
humiliating humbugs Of history, worthy 70
sit cheek by iowl with a bill-discountin2
| Brutus, a "petriot" possibly from private
spite after all, and n Mr. Thomas Guy givin
back 60 the nation, 10 tle way OF NOBLE
hospital, with one hand, what he had, 10
great part, ruthlessly squeezsd out OF heI
poor sesmen with the other
Whales on a spree.
This morning. at about 8 O'Clock, while
sleeping aboard my yacht in Stornoway har-
Dor. was awcks by loud noise OF men
shouting and hamussing near the yacht
- A. inla1iasal1s xse. ! eessrvsd
= : -
(n0n nbsfiQe pssk1ps - 49, 0I111g(1
The Hsh, which we're evidently cf he whale
species, were blowing, and ,eanstant1y rising
= the surface Of the water; .thsy tUrned TO-
ward the ses, and were closely followed BY
the boats, which shortly turned than again
toward the mouth Of the harbor. The move.
nent was repeated several times, and skter Z
while some other boats, well manned. ap-
peared.
The scene now became still more interest
ing, for the whales, being more hardly
pressed, made q brilliant dash toward the
sea, going away at terrific pace In
straight course for the open sea the speed
appeared to be not hing less than forty miles
an hour, the water rising 10 misty foam as
they cut their way tsrOsgn it. The curse
the whales were tax IN left little for the sue
cess of their pursuers, bat, coming suddenly
upon Q point of Ia nd Shieh shoaled the
water, Q turn 20 the rig be broaeht them again
in the direction Of the harboe; an hour or
two soon passed, and the fsksrmen OF Stor
noway becoming aware of what was going
on, began to joln in the chase, Aad doxen
boats were soon in pursuit, the whales now
making way for the distant part Of tbs bay,
and agala bafied by the protesting Ps,0ls OF
land bending the course OF rhe deer water,
returned upon their pursuers agMR snd
again.
Il was now nearly O'Clock, and It 2s-
peared as if every human being in the town
were bent on making the capture Of % valu-
able prize. Boats containing men, women
and children 6ooxed to the scene OF sctioa,
and soon fifty rowing and sailing boats
were engaged in the chase, and as the
rowers became exhausted BY the tremendous
exertions Of long continued and fast rowing
OF heavy boats, they were relieved by relays
from the people co shore the numerous
fishermen who hrst Joined in the sport we're
now replaced By bakers, butchers, masons,
carpenters, women and children. The shops
were closed and th 10 town deserted and so
the hunt continued So, 10, IL, II, and l
O'Clock came, and certainly, if the inhabu-
tants OF these islands are as persevering and
as interchangeable always AS they have proved
themselves to-day, they deserve TO be the
most prosperous people in the world.
Not an instant were the whales permitted
to rest; contiRually hsrrassed, from having
been timid in the extreme when first attack
ed, they now became careless of their enc
and allowed themselves to ,be struck BY the
oars as they rushed passed the boats 10 cs-
cape from the various creeks INTO which they
had been pressed. At 3 O'Clock Pm. they
were dislodged from position which they
had maintained for some hours 10 q distant
part OF the bay or outer harbor, and we're
driven about a mile toward the inner harbor.
Again they made several attempts 60 escape.
but by AN unlucky turn they rushed over
shoal ground, and now the most exciting
time Of the day came. Maddenei by the
difficulty OF moving in shallow water. the
whales dashed frsntically from side 20 side.
rising the sea into violent br akers, a rhouxh b
a gale had disturbed the water, rocking the
small trading vessels TO and fro as thew an
preached. The boats were blinded by the
commotion they had created, thick eninx lhe
shallow water. Having kept closely united
during the whole day, the shoal now be-
came divided; they seemed, as il were, to
become at once bewildered, and allo we'd