, 1870-12-18

a seEcu ga Fas tnan century ago. Tb
acts are the same, only the scsors har
changed places on tho stage Of the wnrld
! HrCLA.
Etiquette.
From the Aftantae Atsnanae for 1871.
Ihc nailyehsanon fou7desed on the coast OF ca.t
And desn II fatnoru. many went tie Captain an.
oa~n ,s M'th ihs oEnc's-gzeedy men whom hope o
o. DRY az STARTING tear. for .he, were hsayfy IN
Beside T.. he Captain and tie mate, The owpers ant
TIE passengers were also drowned, excepting OIL,
1eune rsse., Gay. who tu.tea teas for pakc.
AID ssEeIs' s;,' Who from Eazscra ahores lrporse,l
AneeI " fcsson Of their cllngtng to
Upon desert ,elsnd were cyru.ua,ly ca..
lucy nnnisa fos their meals, a. Alexander Sci
hnt tptJ eoula1y clint tosesher-they had 10. been
For Peter Gray, and soners. too, though certainly
Were properly particular about TIC friends they
And somshoT thus they Settled 1t, without Z VOID
That slsy shosla 4 sake a The northern half. vhne
4
oa Pete:'s portion oysters grew oe1icacy rare,
nnl oyttels wc:c deacacy Fe:cr ctul io'tbear.
VI ,ntsf Aoe was turtle, On the sairxle lying
Which sene1s couldn't cat, becanse it aie.ys
made hun aick, -, 49,
d''5 EnasnsA he his teeth with envy as he saw a
OF ta,tle nrnoles,ed on his fellow creatures
Tbs cyfiefs 1t his feet ahds lupasieu,iy be
For turtle and his mother were the orlyntnss he
And Ee1aea t1gaed in soHow as he settled In the
F,rthc thougnt Of P-tcrs oyster. bronsh, The
| wster to hts mouth.
He longed TO lay hin down upon The shelly bed
he hsd often eaten oysters, hut had never had
Enough.
How they 1 ri.hed IN introduction to esch othcs
When On boaEa ,ne Ba,lyshannon. Andis drove
To think lo% T rsg, n i1'ens,r u,,, e,cn o,,s, .,
1fn wasn't tor The a,blsss., rule of et.quetts:
ore day. when out a-aun&lag for tho mus .adse-
Grsy overheard h,s iellow-uan souloqua,.tns
"lwondtI how the playmascs OF my youth arc
Aecoan.n. :. D. j. walte.z. p.aa, B,le.. and Rob-
These simple words made Peter aa delighted a.
Old chumIoies at The chasteshouse were Robinson
lie wslk I'd saa,sus up to someu. then he turned
IIch.ated, hummed and nawed bit, then cleared
Lis thfCats md said:
"1e's yeur psrdon-pray forgive me II seem too
But JOY as.e breashed nans knew fam.u.ziy
Ton spoke 4loud Of Rshlnson-1 happened 10 be
Ton teex him:" "YeH. extremely well" "A-
It vas enoneh: they FELT they could more pleas
For ts6 e mssic of the fas:3 they each knew
And Nj: soulr7s' turtlc WIS Mt Peters service
Ard NJ. semers punished Peters oysleg:beds Al
Night. ~ =:
They soon tecsmc llle brothers from community
1be, oi @,n,T M,!oeSs; ssc 1T, s- ,t,,,. o,,.s
The, toid each other auecdote, d,.paragtag their
siyea.
On several occaztons too. tney saved each o,aes.s
Tney felt quite melancholy when they parted Tor
And 81 y in the morning soon as ever 1t, va.
Each oihe:s' pleasant company the, recsoned 30
and ali because 1t happened they each knew Rob-
1nkoni
They lied lissa for many JeArs on that lnho,pl..ble
And day By day they learned to love each Other
muse and more, =
A. 1ast 70 their astonishment on getting up, one
They saw fetgate anchored In the onlng Of the
TO Peter N idea occurred: "suppose NO cross
So gooa an opportunity may mt occur asatn.r
And snneia 1hought moment, then elaculhted,
rwondrr how my busincs. in tho city1 getting
I" But ttay.s said Mt. Peter; :" when in England,
leaned = living ,astingteas tor Baker, croop /
1msy ,,1,, ss s. 'sepeFseded-ny employers sh'nt me
Then ceu,e with sac.~ said some.s, "aud ,ate
| Indigo Instead"
But sll the'r plans were scattered IN moment
! when they found
wsr,l bound; ''f' '0%3 = ~'''@1s' '"''
| When ! !'oas came OF to fetch them. shouEn they
To 50 on board they nrmly hut respectfully de-
cllned-
AZ both IL sse happy settlers rosrcd with laughter
1Aes recoenized =. gtntlemanly fellow pulling
EftbkEx
Twas Roo,nson, convict IN an unbccomlns
conaemasd 9s to sescn years for nss.rrropu.sins
THY laughed no more, for somers thought hs had
becn rash
In tnoriDs orc whose f,ieud hal mlsapprorr,ated
Ard Peter thought foolish tack be r1ust hare
Eaue npou,
In mixing the acquaintance Of friend ot Rob-
to3on+
At ntstS tStheJ didn't quarrel very openly, I've
They nodded whcn they mct, and row and then
exchanged wnr1l;
The word grew IAre, and rnfes, still the noddlna
Of The heed,
And wheE they meel each her NOW thew cut each
olhcr dead.
TO allocate the is,and they agreed by woru Of
mouth,
And 1e,cr tskes tho north again, and spmcrs tate
the Ea1in:
And ccier has the oJstcr1 which he hates In lay-
crs thick,
AID SomeIs hnz the tuttle-turtle always makea
him sick,