Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-28
AN OLD SAILORS YARNS.
The Evils OF retticoaI Government
-.MOlher Wilson'S yagareies
ON Ihe ship Kangaroo.

On the ship II nSarOO.
"There's some things. .'said the Old
Sailor, las ;HeTc- various cpiuIous
about. some tuik. holdiu' 10 Que
thiug, aud some 10 another. Now.
here's the question as to wimmin.
s'puse no two folks can be agreed |
onto them. some hoidin' that they're |
nuisance>. anu other, equally wllI!u'
for to swear as they're blessln'-, both |
benz, in my opinion, riSht. the diff |
Guilty bein' in The different natures Of |
the wImmin. As general rule, |
they're nu sances on beard of II snip. |
whether II 8 a. passengers or ns ap- |
puricuamCeS, by which latter | means |
either in the form of stewarde-ses or |
As wives To th- skipper. 1t is in this
here latter pint that the difference
of opinion mostly GENES i'll, some
holdln' that skipper with his wit"
along Of him will be apt 90 git i'll
better society when into foreign
port, and then he will Keep ste adler
generally aud he more apt for 10 gt-
tend to his duties closer. Also that
At sen he will, if given TO hysiin',
draw il nilder Ell the Old woman are
along than otherwise. Others aS'in,
holds that brin' as he las his wife
along he viii feel privileged Tor t"
turn in each night Al two bells anu
| damn anybody as calls ham aturn
mornin', and won't be apt TO- !"
carry Oh to her as hard as i lie wcr-
alone; while in IT," cvrn, Of u acct
drnt the skipper viii i."i n"nnd L"
| take care OF the old wrinnu urst ano
the snip next.
| BEN &C "" had gr'at experience
| of sea-fa.in' life, you'd think y Ia
| be ahle for TO settle 'thI, question
| right of. so As TO be satisfactory TO
all parties con, trnei; but | uu-i
allow a. It's subject TO dnub's de-
pendin' on the character Of the VIM
miu, aud vet OF the spipper, ton.
Fve been shipmatrs wItn skipper
wives rs VIZ Il bicssin' To al; an
board--wHuse very presence Wa !,
delight and comfort to all h,nd.; and
then ag'in I've seen 'em as was dread
| fui troublesome and as -hcEvr gushl
for to have been a.lowc,t for 10 ht;v,
pu. their feet un c ships decks. F";
instance, there were Old MuIhef VIII
son, as we used for to cali her. | wer,
shipmates with her IN the ship IL a
Yaruo in the wear lSiO,l tbink 1t were
bound from New y urk to H4vrr. An;
she were dreadful wear..i' 'nihe spur
g is Of every body aboard NJ ttai ; .li'
. | Them times we u-ctt ter 10 90 rig
TO sea from the dock. /! "a be- "a ,h'
5 wind were far W L i sail right dow'
} without takin' steam, but /! so he "a
e il were ahead. we'd tow down, u!
though tow bDtfs wa-I't nigh IA l. L !
ty rs they got To b. afterwards, an'
| were couSldcr, Il II great extra eNpcns
tor TO tiEo en-.
"She were iayin' a couple "i pies
t below Wall street, ,and all hands % u
Il went on board OF her along -ide o IL:
n wharf, that hcIu' the custom taei
e times. The wind were lr"rn liz
n s0uth'ard. aud there were a iuS boat u
e he end OF tne peg waiting Tor 10 i'u
Z her out and take her down, Hnd VIE
' the order .as civ for tn sfngie I'll
l. fasts [ went att for to l1ud a han
IS for to do su. | were sioDpin' dow
e over the timber head II heavIu' Oft III
IS turns Of the last. when All o: su'
e din: | necri u sh:i!i vulce h=h!nu IL
1t .hnuiin', John W!il,nm, JOAN " J
h son. l've Looked every whcr" i"r II!
Ic umbrella, and can ilnri IL
lie looked around, and here We're
in lltt'e woman with thfn. hstc"c
OF ioukiu' face, turn-up nnsc and >;nA,
gray ewes. as had jlst come up fro
the after mpaniunway, aih were
shoutiu' at the old man as was a-stanl
in'wIth TIE pilot on the for ard part
the Dnop. I'm wltiiu' to take my Il
fidavy that | heard the Old man "a
Damn YOUR umbrella. but wha; i
and both hcera AS he turu"a aruuu
were Never mlmd Nonr umbrella, II
~. iear:you won need il Oh the v'ya9
and vou can git another III Harre.
John Wilson, says She: i chr't
without that umbrella. Eve had
'n' this ten wear, and Eve got used tn
It's better than u dozen of :hc
Frcnch things. and you must send /
steward right over for it,
rs. 'My dcar.it will take two hours f
the steward TO go over 10 the hou:
and we're full late on the tide
ready said the old man.
Il dou't care nOthln' about yn
tide says size nor if it t.hcs TO
hours: that umbrella mus, have a
this ship can't go to sea Til get
thal's sartin.
u
to hold light to the iasis. and 1
Ct steward was sent over tn tie huI
m, in Brooklyn tor to git the urubrel
m He hadn't been gone more than h
- an hour afOre tie missns comes
mi wavin' the Identical umbrella III
,,,r hand, and says she, I've found
A., John. | forgot that packet il in>i
~. the mattress, and just now whn,
10 Z I, laI | fnn
IN The steward were gone about III
,I;n hours. aud came back stavin' drul
~, repor;iu' that ne cpuidn'i fiud IT.
~ ~ of course we knowrd he couldn't be
~ as it were or board all the while.
on e Meanwhile. the agent had been do
a raisin' a deuce of Il row because
ship weren't of, aud swearin' rs h
. ,nn charge the ships detention money
s, the old man, but there weren't
.I ." help for il: we cnultn't 90 wiibt
'n ~, the steward, aud there were no "
but TO wait til! he cJrne back. Tt
,S the boat hooked onto us, and we
off about ; o'clock in the arterno'
,I,o instead of at noon, wien we sho
.h have gone. While we was awaitln
tho dock, Us chaps tor'ard took
vantage of the slant - 90 up To
| Cci dut'o Sf"'''s h'Ss y" ~
@ oD. sequently pretty tuIl when NJ at
- dli git Oft, and as il were artcr d.
o W long aforc We got down to the ID
JUS the old man wisely comes to the e
ciusionfOr TO let her lay i'll the HoI
shoe till moruin'.
Meanwhile there had been the de
to pay aft. The steward, as Eve I
ing vou. had got full gnin' over artrr
umbrella, and in consequences
sve the old woman some impe
uenc-, which She, reporiln' to the
'' mau, he turns to and give the ste
or ard hammerin', at which he W
city exceedin' ready, rs one or two OF
ard CHAPS for'ard had found out, and
n always been a matter of wonder
ing me why sich man as was good
ere lor man aud exceehin' quick with
heir daddies, should have let this won
our git 80 much the upper hand of h
and Sartln it were, however, him t
'eo- weren't afeard of any man was nj
by baby in her hands, and darrn't
ot his soul were his own.
but Us chaps for'ard talked the tn
IDLY over ar,er we had furled the sails
was got things straight about the dec
It aud MS we Was gittin' our sup3ers
rag oua and all agreed as it wss p
ome look for US, aud If we could have
ant, out Of her that night we would III
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