Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-17


body had done pretty much as he had
mind to, which is the worst thing for a
crew as anythin' knows on, cause the
willin' men has for to do all the work.
"Still, as soon as the anchor was
down, old Jones he took the time of the
stevedore's men what had brung the
ship out into the river, and he sends 'em
all ashore. Then, as it were nigh hand
onto eight bells, he tells the second
mate for to let the hands have dinner.
At two BELLS. when the second mate
sends the third mate for'ard for to turn
'em to, he comes aft and tells the Sec
ond mate as how the men said they
weren't agoin to turn to till all hands
had como aboard. Well, the second
mate he tells old Jones, and old Jones
he says to him: 60 for'ard, sir, and
tell 'em that one Jones Senate of this
ship, and ask 'em if ever they've heard
mention of his name in Water street.
So the second mate he tells em, and
they sends word that they had heerd of
old Jones, and that they had long been
waitin for to sail with him.
Are they drunk p says old Jones,
for he was very conscientious man, and
never would whale drunken man if he
could help it, cause you see he used for
to bowse up his own jib pretty taut
sometimes. Are they drunk, Mr.. Viii
liams, OF crazy9' says old Jones, when
he got the message. Well, not very,
says the second mate. will it do to
whip 'em7 Are they sober enough for
that9' says old Jones. well, 1 should
think they jist was, says the second
mate. very well, then,' says old
Jones. You take the starboard side
and I'll take the port and the two went
for'ard, and iist whaled every man.
Then they hung 'em up aloft putin
on chain gear, slushin' down the masts
and sich. ..."
"Now, the third mate and the car
penter had stood off and hadn't took no
hand into this row, which had lasted
some time afore all hands was satisfac-
torily whaled, and so old Jones now
goes to them, and says he: didn't see
you chaps a-takin' no hand in this here
little amusement we've been a-havin'
and it's probably because you don't un-
derstand my regu' 'ations, which is that
everybody as don't fight for me has got
to fight with me, so, Mr.. Williams, you
take the carpenter and I'll take the
third mate and they done SO accordin' =,
and whaled them two pretty bad.
"The steward were a awful swell
chap, as had been with this here old
man for many years, and were more of
o vally de sham than anythin' else, and
he'd been in the habit of ratin' hisself
higher than any mate aboard of the
other ship, and old Jones seen somethin'
in his looks which he didn't list like,
and so he says to him, very perlitely, for
nothin' made old Jones so good-natured
as to have good row: You don't seem
to approve of all these proceedin's, Mr..
Crockery Smasher; was you ever more
astonished in your ife3' This here were
a favorite question with old Jones jist
afore he whipped anybody, and when
hey said No, he'd say: Then you're
iist agoin' to be, and then knock 'em
down.
"This here steward, howsever, never
dreamed that any mere mate would dare
for to hit him, and he says: I'll trouble
you, Mister Jones, when you address
your conversation to me, to call me by
my right name, and I may as well tell
you that Captain Conklin does not ap-
prove of sich proceedins as yours, and
will very soon put stop to em when
he comes on board. I've been with him
now five years, and I know that he will
not permit anythin' of this kind +
"Have you quite done ?? says old Jones,
very sweetly, 'or is there anythin' else
you'd like to say afore you're licked 7
Cause afterwards you won't be in a con.
dition for to make speeches ,; and the
next minute the steward were sprawl
in on deck. Well, arter ickin' the
steward, old Jones went for'ard to the
cook, and he says to him Doctor, I've
whaled everybody but YOU 'And very
proper, too, Masser Jones. Them sail
ors iist did what they pleased in the
last ship, very proper to teach 'em dis
cipline; had both coppers full of hot
water, sar, if they had been a-gittin' the
the best of you, sar, would have been
there with the hot water Doctor,
says old Jones, what ship was you in
last9' THE Mar : There, says old
Jones, that's enough, don't never men
ton that ships name agin while you are
on board of this vessel; forgit that there
ever was such ship; all the rest have
forgotten it already, and you must never
remember it agin. Now what ship was
you in last, Doctor2' Fore God, Mas
ser Jones, I hain't got no recollection
what she was. 1 forgit her entirely.
Doctor, says old Jones, you've jist
weathered ickin'.'
" Well, sir, the next day, when the
skipper came aboard, { it was funny, old
Jones said, I've often heerd him spin
this yarn, for to see the steward and
third mate and carpenter, every time
they passed him, turn the blacklist Of
their black eyes up to the old man. ]
reckon, too, old Jones used for to say