Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-26
sHIPWRECKED.

W.
away -
In the grent fight In NoVnrinO HAyt ......|
Pumng his pipe, he slowly sips his grog,
And spins ecn-yarna 70 many an old Hen-dOR
Sitting around him.
Yes, ladH-henr him say
IT'S sixty years ago this very day
since first went 20 sea; on board you know,
OF" la Belle HOnOrinp lost long nqO--
An old three-masted tub, rotten iG almost,
Just ne TO burn, bound for the Guinea coast.
We set all sail. The breeze was fair and stlh.
, -. -
ciiif
where an old man-my uncle, 50 ne Haiu-
Kept me at prawning for my daily bread.
and blowsl aL
An mel what children suffer no man knowsl
-. -I- l.L I'd, l- ,r
Bnt once NJ see Twas yen tneS I'M m9rsS,
First place, our ship was in the negro trade,
Anu once once on lahu' no Naih a''einp's wore
AZ secrecy, Our captain atter tnat
Ihe rope s-end' Guns KICKS oio"s' "'i ieii On
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xa nllu ~ W Msilo ~ o3e ~ - ~ -, 5eo' ~ 10y ~ e l ham
@ rs @uinhgS ~ ,eiseu nj @ aS,iu NY isSe w 1, m
W uh il ~ a ~ w o ~. NY ~ ~ S ""' .
Tpa,, t ss & XII tose ySbn iied at
last -. .,.,. L, =, -.
TS5 o,S ~ ~, fia 4 NJ, % 'olof
tSii ,,i,6t ha,S 'S III - 1,,,te o-rieF
Sailors believe in God-one must at sea.
Had placed a dog among those cruel men.
Like me- he Stunned their brutal kicks and
blows.
We soon grew friends, fast friends, true
friends God knows. -. .rn ..
He was Newfoundland. Black, they called
him there.
His ewes were golden brown, and black his
hair.
He was my shadow from that blessed night
When we made friends; and by the stars half
light, - =
And our men "caulked ther Watch' USED
,,-,., 70 creep - ... 80, -..,s ,
WIN black among SOME poAes s'o"eu on
deck, -. .,..-.., .,.,..,,. ,.,,,, ri.
ana wI.1 dl, my "rins oi''sPeu 'o''i'N
used to cry and cry, ana press resi- my neaq .t
MbjIe pIecil's large toneSie licked INV poo,
tearestsined face. -
'e"A 7i''i'N ''SN
No. ptoo,-, .h,,l, 20 hin, 90 ,ftep stiut .
foor hlack' tliA VI iiui 9O OA'0" ~ SUM ..
A. erst ,ye had fair winds o,,r sails IN an.
But one one. hot night, when all was calm an'
Our skiPperTa good sailor, though .,,6 2 brute
Then to the stee5sman Whispered half d,,sd aside
See tnat oAeEe 9ut S0iuet5 ~ '0Tn' IiI & ~
,u,,,I mere; aoo,,t Xyo,u no prar,ored
i5 ~ u 1S 81 az ,,sa ~ y ~ fEsaHs IN
$40" ,Toyy5Ts Toy5aTIssf heei tne copEses' russ wv
Naini I,1 The squah broke ere we oouid snor'el
0 5 ss 5s Po Tbe enc rore sSS
49, ~. - r. ~ y ,t ~, " ~ A., t1,o,.,i
He Hs % a n tb6 Shs S gTe9t 9e @ % G so
To save their ship we dld; 90 DO Whst we w0nlu
1he gale gre" "prse anu "O'9o' SnS sprung
1I Ieah Il, g.. NJ sa ., ,,,s q, ,,ol
li nUe & 'is ~ @ ON, iiy, IT nyleT boat
mn cantsin MY M sboited ' before one STould ioa
6,,~ sb{n b,-,oc6eS to TTbe strain had broIx
m, her back ,,-,so ,,,,o,,aa tho. o,vfr
Lihe mhole DrV"usiue OOoiii0u 'N "A'
ctItIIcA' cIIcA' g..
She settled Iast'
Iondsr,e,, can have no notion
FSm tSe bi,ie biiy9a ~ Closed sbove oir decit
And with slow motion swallowed down tn
vyreclS S
saw INV mast life. bv some flash, outspread,
saw the o1d mort its ships its Old pier-head
NV own hare feet. the rocks, the sandy shore
Self-vgater Allied NV month-I saw no more
Sai'-"a'er niieu my 'nO''"--i ." " H' -H''''
did not struggle much eouia NOT 5 swtn I'M .,
sum . Ho"h ueeP' IL s00'ii0u 'N' ~
For BIaok. Imean-who seized nv Jacket tigh
And And dT9gged me out St PdSK SS aoa 10
SUI Was m,s @ bo,Ibt me nsar the boa
sei1ir drew Sno su'i""ie' sp'"is 0A ''' "1
MY friend m 9tter me; vi ai5 our our crew
4fest 1Sitb neither rIIdder oars nor saill
stout, ,,, ,,,o,,,, a., s,,,.,. ,,,.
1et When the sIoIl nhu y plpmn ~ iuIS Vu.,
saWCMltn M1o y i Gun IeiI ~ Mntt ~, y = ~ @
r Thas II W. ny IIeS I IN F ~ hoOo was nom
Ihere was no neip LOT us-ail w mop. nope was was gun
NE were anoaI I & uOg -aLlOaI i i aiohe. h+ 20 4
We nau DeeI saNeu iioul Jul INV uIO" 1iis bis OS ~ a. u