The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-05-10
WHOLE NO. S03
~ .TLLEGOR
by H. HAsoS.

well, get your clearance and Tow out
Vow make sail, lay your course, aud
Keep Jour vessel steady, pointing TO the
tar that IS your superior guide TO your
port Of destination watch your ship
that she does not swing, but keep her
true to the needle that will be true to
you through storms as well as fair wealth
er. If unforeseen calamities d. rise and
thwart your path and divest your course,
brave on and DO not be discouraged, but
like the sturdy mariner keep your sails
full and we'll braced, and bring up your
bark as near her course rs she will lay,
and keep her steerage way. When you
are far enough on one tack, bout ship
and sail on the other till you reach your
true line Of transit Keep, under all
circumstance and at all times, true
log.book and a correct reckoning, then
You will at all times know your Latitude
and longitude, and the distance OF your
port Of destination. In fair weather
prepare Jour Graf, for the gale which
every one must encounter upon his yoy.
age. Keep your ship IN good trim, your
decks clear, Jour rigging taut, your
sheets and haIyards clear and rcody,then
when the mursy clouds do hover over
the deep, and the fiery lightnings with
their binding flashes traverse the ky,
aud the deafenine thunders, peal upon
peal, reverberato from billow to billow,
until It's sounds are lost in the dim dis
tancc, only 70 be followed BY another
still more awful and terrific, and the
strained masts are quivering a. the reed,
and the sheets Of spray are flying like
scuds over your ship from the threaten
ing breakers, you can stand b. the wheel
with resolution and calmness, for you
have the assurance in your breast that
you have not been recreant 70 the mo-
ments in fitting your craft for the emerg-
eucies that surround her, and that she
can withstand the tempest and that ere
long you viii reach the haven where
you will discharge your cargo and receive
the recompense for all your toll. watch
fitness and care.
Keep at all times good lookout TO
the leeward, and give the rocks that
have wrecked others a wide BERTH
Never hug a dangerous shore, but keep
good waring distance from its breakers
and purgatories. Do not mistake the
roaring surf for an approaching storm.
Remember that the longer the calm is
the greater will be the impending tornado
always keep both watches on deck in a
calm and at the halyards so that you
can settle away and clew up your canvass
ere the whirlwind shall dismast you, or
capsize your ship. Watch the indica-
tiops Of your barometer, and when it
iorarells bad weather stow your flying
kites, Tor if you carry them zoo long
they will render your craft uncomfortable
and prey to the morcilcss deer DO
not be unmindful Of your pumps, for
the ,staunchest ship may work q seam,
spring butt, anu sink before you are
aware Of its condition if you do not
watch. Do not be unduly elatod when
the port heayes in sight to which your
cargo is consigned for the winds may
lull and your craft may be dashed TO
pieces in the break water near the mouth
of your harbor. Cares increase with
the captain, who is true to his crew,
himself, and his owners, az he nears the
terminus of his voyage, for he knows
that he may be dashed to pieces on the
piers if he carries too much sail, or that
the tides or ocean currents may carry
his bark upon the break water if he does
not carry enough he knows, too, that
any damage he may do to other ships
in entering his port his ship and its own
ers are amenable for,-these all fill his
mind. He keeps his best wheelsman
at the helm and all Of his crew have
their respective posts of duty he COM
mand and they all work like one body
with a will" and the craft obeys and
passes up the narrow channel, or opening
by and through wilderness Of vessels
of all climes and reaches her moorings
amid the cheers and applause OF all
his soul is full of JOY and good will to
all men, and his spirit enkindles a like
flame in those of bis crew, for they have