The Republican journal., 1881-11-03
Gloucester Sailors.

From Around Cape Ann" by Hiram Rich in
the first number of The Century Magazine tlate
Scribners
SIX sloops one boat and one shallop composed
the Cape Ann fleet in 1888: now II has nearly five
hundred sail. of almost twenty eight thousand
tons and Gloucester is the largest fishing port in
the land. Its fleet is manned BY men OF every
cline \ tide Of young men. mainly from the
Provinces. sets steadily toward this port Many
have the characteristic recklessness Of the sailor
and earnings Of weeks are spent between sunset
and sunrise There is among them no sailor cut
of clothes, and ashore they follow the prevailing
fashions. down to lager beer All haunts are pre-
pared for Jack and he is prepared for all haunts
As in all other cal!lngs thrift follows prudence
and industry, though he seems to lie open to the
changes and chances of luck You will see his
cottage commanding the finest sea view. for on the
heights lie the cheapest lots Alas that the wait
| ing wife can also look harborward on every com
! ing sail often to see the flag half mast for
| whom
Here are no labor strikes The sailor brings in
fale of fish, perhaps all he has caught by them
selves they are weighed OFT, the vessel is put to
| rights and he goes up to the counting room for
| his check The whole value of the fish is reckon
| ed by the vessel owner or his clerk then is de
| ducted cost Of ice and bait bought then, one
| quarter of one per cent for the Widows and Or
pbans Fund one half the remainder belongs to
| the owner. the other to him. From his part is
| then deducted charges for wood saving and split
ting, for water, medicine chest. condensed milk,
| and any charge for labor on the vessel which be
| lOnged to him to do, but which has been hired
done His check is then handed him. and he pre-
sents it in person. or it finds its devious way tO
the bank by other-perhaps not cleaner-hands,
! A liar would be brave toward God while he is a
coward toward man for lie faces God, and
shrinks from man.
The prayer, Give me neither poverty nor rich
es, is interpretated in Chicago to mean about
quarter of million
Jones says that after trying for years to photo
graph his girl upon his heart all he got FROM heI
| IN The end was negative
In tie lives of the saddest of us there are bright
| days like this. when we feel as if we could take
| the great world in our arms.
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is
! sought Our br ghtest blaze of gadness is com
monty kndcd by unexpected sparks.
| The ushers do not get half credit enough No
| matter who is to act, or sing, speak, it is the
| ushers who move the audience to tiers.
| Always help those who help themselves Light
ming reach the earth without any assistance
and yet men put up lightning rods for the ligl t.
| nlng 10 slide down
The only Jokes women like to read are those
that reflect rdcule on the men. Hence, when a
woman picks up paper, the first thing she looks
for is the marriage column.
A lady told her little son who was teasing for
| something to eat, to wait until breakfast wa.
ready. With a tear in his eye he burst out Il
just honestly sometimes think you're step
mother
The Lord loveth cheerful giver,' but there's
no use chuckng a copper cent into the contribu-
ton box loud enough to make folks on the back
seat think the communion service has tumbled
off the altar
Many lady, not thousand miles from here, het
been insutferabiy shocked at sight of a in his
shirt sleeves when their own bare al
most to the shoulders. Still, it is denied that wo
men are strange creatures.