Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-16

| while life shall last!' was the grave reDly
-Ne'o Bedford Signal.
Experience Of a Young Man Who
Knew All About a Boat.
1t is told of that distinguished soldier
Sir Philip Sidney, that being about tc
wash his hands after hard fought battle
he had just takeu up the soap and turned
on the warm water, when he perceived 8
particularly grimy soldier at his side
Handing the soap to the soldier, with the
now historic words: "Thy necessity is
yet greater than mine," Sir Philip turn
ed away, and went, unwashed, to bis
virtuous couch. Cold and cynical indeed
must be the man who can read this an
ecdote without thrill of admiration anG
a sudden mist of tears.
The experience of a boating party II
our harbor one Sunday early in May de-
serves to be set forth, since it cannot fai
to teach valuable lesson that people
should not pretend to know what they
do not know, unless, of course, they arr
lawyers and are required to give lega
opinions without consulting the authori
ties. There is young man residing in
this city who, until recently, was in the
habit Of spending his Sundays on the
south shore of Staten Island. He is &
rather uno2jectionable young man, but
he has fondness for beng regarded as
an authority on aquatic sports. People
who do not know him very intimately,
firmly believe that he is yatchman of
great experience, and even those who
know that he does not own yacht and
who never personally saw him aboard any
vessel except Staten Island ferry-boat,
think that he is an accomplished and
fearless sailor, and always apply to him
| Tor information as to ocean steamships.
naval vessels, yacht races, rowing match
es and subjects connected with the canal
| business.
On the Sunday in question he was sit
ting on the piazza of "a Staten Island cot
tage, conversing enthusiastically with
seven young ladies and three young men
of the delights of yachting. @Neither Of
the three young men had ever. been in a
sailboat of any kind, and the seven yours
ladies were, Of course, ignorant of nauti.
cal matters. Presently, one of the ladies
expressed the ardent wish that Mr.. With
ers-the nautical young man--could take
them out for sail, and all the party
echoed the wish aud asserted that a sail
would be perfectly splendid. Mr.. With
els himself greatly regretted that he had
not thought to hire boat at Clifton, and
added that it really did seem hard to be
kept on shore when there was such nice
breeze blowing. Just then casual small
boy, who was listening to the converse
ton, remarked that there was big cat
boat near by which could be hired for the
day, and volunteered to seek out the own
er Of the boat and hire it. Mr.. Withers
began to object that perhaps the ladies
might suffer from sea-sickness, but this
objection was overruled, and he was as.
sured that under the care of so skillful a
sailor everyone would feel perfectly well
and happy.
It was with many misgivings that the
nautical young man accompanied the
party to the boat. Luckily. the owne,
was at hand and acceded to Mr.. Withers
APPARENTLY careless remark that the sal
might as well be got up while he rar
back to the house for his other coat
Thus, when MIR. Withers returned he
found that the boat was ready to be cas-
off, and that all that remained for him t(
do was to take the helm and to order the
boatman to shove her off.
There was nice fresh breeze and thu
boat ran before it in the direction O.
Sandy Hook. The young ladies wert
delighted, and amused themselves by
singing lively and secular songs. Mr.
Witbers stood at the helm and was sur
prised to find that managing a boat wa
so much easier than he supposed it would
be. The three other young men were
secretly flied with envy, but as they
knew nothing whatever about boats, they
could not venture to criticise Mr.. With
ers' seamanship.
| The breeze freshened, and as the boa
reached the middle of tbea bay it began
to roll heavily. About the same time the
sky grew dark, and the fishing boats be
gan to seek shelter. One of the young
men remarked that it was about time t
"put about" which sentiments were
warmly echoed by everybody except Mr.
Wlthers. That unfortunate man undoubt
edly would have desired to 'put about
only he had not the remotest idea of the
nature of the maneuver. The youne
ladies still sung songs, but it was noticed
that they now confined themselves to the
melodies of Messrs. Moody and Sanky
which they sung in subdued and seri
GUS tone.
Fresher grew the breeze, and the young
ladies grew more and more alarmed
Again and again was the suggestion made
that they ought to ''put about" but Mr.
Withers maintained a painful silence
Presently fishing boat drove rapidly by
them, and the skipper loudly suggested
that unless they wanted to visit some
unknow locality, vaguely described al
the property of one David Jones, the,
had better put in reef and run for tn,
lee of the shore. Accordingly demand
was made on Mr.. Withers that he shoult
Immediately adopt the ftsherman's advice
To the utter CONSERVATION of the company
Mr.. Withers replied that if apybod,
knew anything about managing the boa
he did not care to do it any longer; tina,
in fact, he knew nothing about sail boat:
and that he had never been in one before
Whereupon he abandoned the helm, an
leaning over the side of the boat he com