The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-12-04


neglect such precious opportunity and
had all the rum in the fo'castle that we
wanted and strange to record, nobody
got drunk that is, noticeably drunk,
but all hands We're mighty Jolly day and
night, and the pleased old man declared
il was the most cheerful and active crew
he ever had. When we had filled all the
/ Jugs and bottles that we could muster We
stove in the barrel head, tipped out all
but about three gallons and left it in such
Z position as 70 appear to have fetched
away. In Trieste | heard the old man
say 10 the mate
Mi Harper, i'll a Jug with what is
lett OF that stove barrel of rum and serve
il out 10 the men at your discretion This
IS the first voyage that ever carried rum
IN the hold that the crew didn't breach
cargo. The mate gave me i knowing
| wink but said nothing.
1--WE got in our load Of tigs al Smyrna
and sailed ON sunday morning in early
September. All day we beat till sun
down, when we GOT down into more sea
room among the islands, and the wind
hauled aft little. allowing us to go our
course and a point OF two nee Ii was
my second doc watch below We We're
| bowling along at a ten knot rate in water
rs Smooth as 4 mill pond and We in the
| house We're discussing the Ionian pirates.
| who IN former wears infested those islands
and pIuniervd ships and murdered their
/ crews NuCdrnly We heard q chorus Of
strange Vol Is close on our weather bow
Here come the pirates " shouted a man.
/ We jumped 70 our feet The voices We're
raised 10 a yell Of terror, and the next
instant there came 4 violent Shock and
crash overhead, and we four We're pitched
ali in a heap in the lee forward corner.
j As soon rs we could regain our feet We
. rushed out the weather door, expecting
10 find the three maSta gone close to the
/ deck. hut everything allow and al"tt Was
/ in perfect trim, and the bark rushing On
I her rourSc
IRON undrI ON weather quarter came
\ walls OF distress | jumped upon the rajl
and through the evening gloon could inst
( discern dlsmantled hulk settling to sink.
| her TWO maStS with all sail set lying ON
! the water ut right angles with ii, and the
/ next instant they were far aStem. Not
a man on deck had seen her approach.
\ She was u Greek brig. coming down he-
fore the wind, ana ii was her business To
keep ont n OUR WAY, Who were .cio~e
\ hauIrd. The man at our wheel not wait
\ ing for orders but expecting that we
/ ahoud come /" as 4 mere matter ut hu-
/ mdnItN, mad hove ii doWn; but the ud
! man was on deck aud roared 10 him to
/ keep the COURSE, and on We went We
thought il 4 very rough proceeding. to
\ SAY The best ut 1t. ana a Voung gentleman
II DlSSpurp1. who Was In;tISiuW tbc yoN1Wt4
\ for his health, cave his indignation full
\ Vent 10 me III private 4 few mornings
\ later when / was at the wheel. and The
I old man. wonderful 10 relate. was sitting
! on the >kvight reading. the voung man
/ coughcd to attract nv attention and ad-
/ dressed the Old man
"'Captau. perhaps j, is none NJ my
+ business brr mu5t NV / was rr.arl,-
\ surprised that yuu Gjdn't come III and
plck M those twenty ormorc Door fellows
I whom we I.ll dnwn and >rnk thr Other
evening"