The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17
The Dangers OF Diving.

II appears that the people on board
ship which sunk on the northeastern
coast of Ireland, says Frank BuckIand
in his Log Book" had tried to escape,
having first filled their shirt-sleeves with
dollars; but in getting up the rocks
many of them had fallen back and met
with an untimely end, as the weight of
the dollars had kept their heads under
water. No one had ever disturbed the
wreck since the vessel went down. so
Wood, famous diver, and his friends
set to work to find out where she was.
They put on their diving dresses, and for
two or three days walked about to and
fro at the bottom of the sea, in about
forty feet of water, searching for the
treasure. This they did by clearing
away the weeds and turning over the
stones with crOwbars, and feeling for the
dollars with their hands, as the water
was too thick to see. The wood part of
the wreck itself had nearly perisbed
through lapse of time and raYages of sea-
worms After a long and careful search
at last they came upon the dollars thew
were mostly spread out among the
stones, but many had slipped down among
a heap of iron ore which had formed the
ballast of the ship. Many of the dollars
were worn thin by the action of the
water.
When hunting among the wreck for
the dollars Mr.. Wood had some curious
underwater adventures. One of the
divers com planned that he WAS ANNOYED
by lobster and couldn't work Mr..
Wood learned the whereabouts Of the
lobster, and went down after him. He
soon discovered Mr.. Lobster sitting under
a rock, looking as savage as a lobster can
look. His feelers were pointed we'll for
ward, and he held out his two great claws
wide open in a threatening attitude
Wood, knowing the habits Of Holsters,
offered the fellow his crOw-bar, which he
Immediately nipped with his claws.
Then, watching his opportunity, he passed
his signal line over the Holsters tail,
made it fast, and signaled to the men
above " haul away" This they did, and
away few Mr.. Lobster, flying up through
the water into the air above, with his
claws still expanded and as scared as a
lobster could be. 4 great conger eel
also paid the diver Il visit. He was an
immense fellow, and kept swimming
around Wood, but would not come near
him. Wood was afraid of his hand being
bitten, as a cOnger cells bite Is very bad.
He once knew a diver whose finger was
seized by a cOnger. The brute took all
the flesh clean off the mans finger. How
ever, this conger kept swimming around
about Wood, 50 he took his clasp knife
out and tried to stab him; but the con
ger would not come near enough to be
50 knitted" 1t was long time before the
cOnger would 90 away; and even after
he had gone away Wood could not 90 on
working, because he was not sure that
the brute was really gone for good, and
ne might have come out of some corner
at any minute and nipped his fingers.
4 YOUNG girl, about as pretty as they
grow EN-, went into a music-store and
asked the clerk, inqUiringly, if he had
- \ Heart that Loves Ne Only" NO"
he said, ''buJ There's : A Health To Thee,
Mary. That wouldn't do, but before
she turned to 90 she asked, T" Have YOU
One Sweet Kiss Before We Part - "
That clerk looked up and down the
store; the book-keeper was out, the boss
was upstairs trying to sell a granger n
wheezy old melodeon, and 50 he leaned
over the counter and turned ont about
haifa dozen of thebest and most artist
cally finished articles that the astonished
yOang lady had ever been offered in lob
lot. She didn't say much, but she went out
OF the store in q step and q half, and
rubbed her cheeks thoughtfully all the
way home.