The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-02-20

| these, suspended on hooks, hang buck
Is 81 various sizes, containing, doubt,
less, many good things for food. On
he left is the oil pump for pumping
oil into the tank in the oil room.
Here are chests, ropes, brooms, tubs,
pork barrels, aud little of ever thiny
needed for light keeping and house
Seeping. 1t is dark and chilly here.
and we had better ascend. All! how
good it smells in the room next above
the cellar. Kitchen and dining room
and everything easy, comfortable and
neat.
A table well set-hot cakes and hot
coffee and boiled fsh-"of course ~
will" And down we sit, not waiting
q second invitation. Well, is not this
a singular situation? 1t seems like
dining In whales belly. Stormed
about and dashed about and poured
about by the remorseless sea, and eat
ing relishful meal quite at our ease.
II is certainly one new thing under
the sun" to some Of Us.
Each Of the four keepers is of one
week and on three. Communication
with the land Is often dangerous and
impossible In the winter they can
not get home as often as once in three
or four weeks. They all have fami-
lies on shore; and here they sit during
storms that shake to its foundations
their lonely tower, aud envelop its
crystal summit In foam, and they
think Of wives and little ones who
may be sick or dying without the pos
sibility Of sendiug word to their be-
loved watchmen on the sea.
DO You not take pleasure in the
sights you must behold during ali
these isolated days and weeks" asked
one.
"Oh! yes. We have q very extend
ed prospect, and one which is never
twice the same. Both sea and sky are
forever changing, aud everything that
Is on the sea comes and goes. There
Is nothing stationary but our tower. !
we see all the vessels that go In ana
-, or Doston ba,b~., ..,u IN the sum
mer we are visited by pleasure parties
in sailing vessels and steamers, the
latter of which sometimes bring out
bands Of music, which play to US.
They approach close to us and give
three cheers for Minot Ledge Light.
When visitors come into the Light we
sometimes find as much Amusement
as they do. We have all sorts Of visit
'ors, as you may suppose. They come
from China California, and from all
parts Of the world. We have many
famous and some infamous names
upon our visitors hook. II may seem
strange that so far a. we are FROM shore
We should be visited by birds. insects,
miliers and butterflies, from the land.
The butterflies are of huge dimensions
| have in the morning swept off the
walk that surrounds tho lantern. 80,
Tor 50 of these little shore birds.
"ave flown hither over the waters to
,heir death"
And here is bit of glass from one
# the squares of the lantern broken
last week by a large sea fowl, as we
suppose, for we did not see the gentle
man. This is the first accident of the
kind since the light was erected"
How long was the tower in build !
ing ~
Five years and four months
What do you men find to employ
your minds and hands with, and keep
time from hanging TOO heavily upon
you?"
on! we manage to keep busy.
we make almost everything. from an
extension table to clothes pin Then
for sport, and to snpply our table we
fish. We don't have to goa fishing.
We are already there. All We have
TO do Is to have y line from the dopr,
and In minute we have our dinner
by the nose. Then we have reading.
writing and sewing TO do"
BY this dinner IL finished, and IN /
we 60. The next room is . bedroom.
We notice that the rooms are all of
one size, thirteen feet in diameter and
six or seven in height. Overhead in
this first bedroom is = long piece of
)olst, which can be put out OF the win
dow and used for drawing up heavy
objects. Here is an iron bedstesd, and
chair that Is also bedstead, a table.
IN which lies register for the na.nes
81 visitoTs, wardrobe, = marble wash
bowl and water closet.
Up again, q second bedroom similar
o the nrst. Up again, and We come
0 the oil room. About the wall are
ranged oil tanks, coppcr-coIored; oil
ans trays, &C., show that we are
hearing the light room. There il one
water tank In this room, also work-
oehcn and box OF glass for the lam
sern. There are here an oil measure.
tooi chest and spare lamp. Anoth-
'r OF the steep, narrow stairwavs
BRING Us to the watch room-sittino
-oom of the tower. ;
Here Is table. an arm chair. = s,ov.
BOOKS, papers, few pictures. aud the !
machine for ringing the fos-bsH. .
From this room we may now. since
ne Storm has ceased to send the
waves SO high, pass out 10 the balcony e
has surrounds 1t. Well for us that q
be iron railing is so strong. There, t
low you've no choice but to 90 home :
'areheaded. Why did you not cling {
o your hat and wig? This wind /. \
enough to take hair out by the roots. q
wen If it leaves the hair itseif Y
What a scene! What noise! We il
annot describe 1t, nor endure it. Let d
IS go in. One more flight and we are 9
q the light room. Here 10 the object
Or whose elevation and continusnce .
III this masonry was msAa-.u th;.