The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-04-20


kind. and they have notch just back Of
the head. which fits the collars so as not
to interfere with the working Of the fus.
When the collar is on them, Just hitch on
the traces and the harness Is all right.
On each side of their jaws | have fasten.
ell u ring aud can drive them a. easily
as any farmer eau their old horses. The
thing that bothered me most was that the
'creicrs' would dip nni go way down un-
der water. bat ! rcmedied that by attach.
ing q siraigR bar Of iron TO tho bottom of
the collar. The iron bar has knob NJ
the eui on this bar | Eyed a Hat. round
piece Of thin mpper, with plenty Of sharp
nails poiuiingu upward. making IL 10 that
the plaie wouh slide up and down eriy.
You see, when they go along the
weight Of tho copper keeps it down
to the knob but as soon as they go
to dive tho pressure of the water
forces tho plate up, and pricks them
to tho surface. II took some time
to mako them understand it, and
when they were stuck, they kicked
up darnation. Now, however, when
in harness they moan business all
the time, aud Just scoot right along.
only raising their heads now aud
then to blow. Lam going tn hitch
the traces 50 far down ~ not to in
terferc with their .ails."
Tho Mermail-thc name given by
the captain TO tho vessels almost
finished, and as she appears on her
shores looks very much like an or
binary vessel. !ohs is 25O tons bur
den. vory sharp forward, anl has a
straight up.anl down cutwater. She
has no bowspirit, aud her keel pro
jccts about twJ feet, ending in IN
lnmens, iron hook uer deck slants
down forward from midshps, the
slanting part h,ving no bulwarks F.;
from tho the middle forward thero is
"A covered passage, that leads b the
steering house, which is Immediately
over the cutwater, and through this
the whales viii be driven by long
reins. In this will also be placed the
hosting apparatus, which will hook
and unhook tho whiilletrees. From
midships ait tho deck is covered
with IL poop deck, and on that n pro-
mcnale will be arranged Tho poop
will be arranged into II gorgeous sa-
loon. large enough 10 seat comforta-
bly, 30 people under that again is
tho dining room, which il ~ largo
AS the saloon above this is further
extended by magnificent smoking
room, ladies' rooms, sc, aud tho
hold below contains 2J) elegant
bcrths: Unlcr tho slan,ing deck
arc the provision room, galley, mon y
apartments au store rooms Tho
Captain intends only to carry p,sseu-
gers iirst'class, and will only charge
$40 in gold, or S75 for tho round
trip.
Capt Williams then lod tho way to
his whale barn, which is u regular
building un,lor water with pine
plank divisions and fl)or for the five
monsters. The divisions are rogu-
larly closed every evening, the
whales going ont and returning he,
fore dark. brandy" is, of course,
the Captains favorte, aud occupies
u stall nearest shore. On being
asked why he had gone to such ex.
ponse in building the house under
water, the Captain stated that tho
whalos had almost been blinded by
the mud near shore, and that he had
built tho barn 81 that no Impurities
could enter In the morning, aS
soon as the doors are opened, they
go as far ont rs the fonce, and re
main there almost all day,