The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-15
JACK ALIENS WOODEN LEG.
Love. Courisl.iD and Marriage as a
Consequence Ola iiOWlinE
october Gale.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
THAT were q rum 90, sir" SAID the old
sailor, 'as happened to friend Of NINE
as l were shipmstes with OF and on IN
the Liverpool trade OF three or four
years, out OF one ship and INTO another;
not rs we was Always together, Dat so
happenin' as 10 be mostly IN port at the
same time, Ii not in the same ship, and
0ordin' together here in New York at
Kennels and in Liverpool at Wood
wards in Union street; Johnnie Allen
bein what he called him, and never Jack,
from the reason that he was such Ia
yorite with all hands wherever he be,
which always called him johnnie, BEN
good sbipmate as were always villa to
take M extra trick at the wheel or look
out, i SO be as anythin' was wrong VIII
aim Ms had the turn, or maybe lendin
his pea-iscket or sea boots II required,
and therefore JOHNNIE wherever he went,
as soon as knowed.
"a handsome chap, too, were JOHNNIE
rs you'd see in days walk, AID causin
Ireadtul trouble among the ooarulh
louse gals in 10th countries.
There was three Of 'em in the Liver
oooj house. not TO mention the little pot
SEWER as was humpbscked and lame OF
aer port leg from tallln' down stairs as
infant. with red hair, as didn't count Tor
moth n; bat the other three made dead
.s, cato Johnnie whenever in port, ne
-l,naein' so as each one OF the three
.boncbt She were the fancy lass, and
cein' in eVerlsstil' perplexliy In conse-
1uence. Oniy for Johnnie bein so good
tatured and sch iavorite, troubles ne
you'd have had with other chaps Us
ae:e sweet onto these gals, but johnnie
auehcd 1t off aud steered mostly clear
of row., though at times ii were touch
and &c, and but little leeway to spare.
over this side OF the water ii were the
.ame, 'cept that the gals were two instead
/ three,
at were durin' the famine times IN
Ireland, and me and Johnnie were snip
males into The Stephen Whitney, Liver
pool packet, she bein' grain. loaded and
deep MS u sand-barge, and one OF IEe
rol'rst beasts 10 steer as eXer man put
r..s loot aboard of. 1t were in the month
%: Oa.ooer-us ugly = month tor weather
: any o, the twelve, though not so coia
= March, but dreadful Tor wicked gales
wind and sudden shittin's, We BEN just
. the esst'srd of the Banks, when 1t
came on from the s'uthard, begihnih
list arter eight bells in the forenoon
watch. Fore ard miZzen royal yards
WAS down on deck, and atore two OeiIs
We had took IN the main-royal, Tore "h1
,n,zzan t'sal.an' sails and fyin' iib, Civ
n, il to her heavy " tn the main tgai-
an sail, two men 1T the wheel, ana shc
..s;eerin' Ill over tie Atlantc Ocean
bsin' soon obliged for 70 take IN the croc'
nick and spanker, and haul down tne
,opmcst stern sail on account OF ner go
iel, 80 wild. The old man, bis name
vas PcphauX, him rs were afterwards
lost into her, as good sallorInah Is
ever put two ends of rope togeIhef'
iruy her To all admiration and hung on
o the main to'gailan' sail TIL the last
,ninnlt. clewin' down the mizzen top
sail and close reetin' II alCre stSrtlh
beot or halyard at the main, and doin
al that could be done to keep the brute
.,pder control, but bein' NJ last otlged
reluctant Tor TO cali All hands 10 shorten
sail
..Bv this t:meit was nigh hard "I:' 4
o'clock, and the rain hal come, the .ea
rittin' up tremendous, iHcled the main :
to'-oallan' sail, double reeted the tore and
main topsalls, and slowed the malnsslI
and lib the wind about three pints INTO
the stsrboard quarter. Any decent ship,
vou'd think, would now have gone along
about her business in quiet way, out
this here Graf; deep rs she were, would
ms. tskc sea under her counter, ana
come 10 il with her helm hard up, III
she'd shake the ioressll nigh to smlther-
Gems. and we had to keep the head yards
bracrd sharp up TO catch her VT her ""G
aries and times rs she come TO she "a
take the whole Atlantic Ocean IN at the
waist So she foundered along TIL >
O'clock, the-Cae increasln' and the sea
,,ett,n' more and more ugly. Then We
Sent her head atore it, aEi got the fore
sail up and the foretopsail close reeieo'
urlin' the foressil rs we iald Gown.
| Then, while she were of atore IT, we
sousres II. the main-yard and a. she
comes up to her course agsin, we c.ew'
nm the main tcp-ssil and lays slot, and
sr,er close reefin' it, we puts snug !urI
onto it.
And now all were done what we
couli Go. and the Lord be to Go the rest,
the watch bein' sent below.
Il, were, l suppose, nigh hard oAto
seven be'.s when she took most ire
ritndious ses onto her quarter, md she
! .linrrG one OF the men over The wheel
and slammed the other down on deck
md AWAY she come 70, the toretopSaii
coin cut OF the ropes, and blown TO
ribbons as she done II. As she round 20
| IN 10 she took green one over, washln
| some water casks adrilt and .akn' q
co.ple Of the watch clean overheard,
never 10 De- seen no more.
at were some time store We could get
aIi. on account Of the water Oh deck and
them wa,cr.cssks s-plsyin Isaac sri
Josh about he deck, bu, when We did
se found tie old mar and the mate NJ
the whec}, which they had hove nsrd up
irwin to get her of &gia. But she'd had
enous b OF runnin' that night, and with
ont no head sail onto her, of she wouldn't
~: and so we let her lay IS she were
ike most all the bad steeris' ships l
were ever shipmates into, she iald to
like duck, and from that till the SHIFT
come. and We b. to run her she were
comfortable; bu! we was all mighty sorry
when We went and picked up johnnie
Allen, him as had been chueked over the
wheel, and took him for'srd seemin AS
dead As mutton. He weren't dead
though but he were hurt bsd, three o.
his ribs bein' broke, one leg splintereo
snd much injured inside of him
ave slowed him away into his bunk
- ,.,aIo him ss shipshana az pOssihle