The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-27
" AiIidavits Arc Not Lobsters."

and the great variety about Cape Cod of
Holsters weighing exactly ninety pounds.
Sir Isaac Coffin, British Admiral and
member of the family which held fa-
nous reunion at Nantucket, August 16,
was born at Boston, and when child
lived for some years on Cape Cod. Sir
Isaac came to this country soon after the
war of 1912, and during the voyage he
stated to the officers of his hag-ship that
when they reached Cape Cod ho would
show them lobst'rs that weighed ninety
pounds The rules Of quarter deck do
not permit you TO ilNtly contradict an
Admiral, but still some doubt and dis
trust was visible on the countenances Of
thr Captain sad Licu;"nants who stood
aruN:J. WrU," said Sir Isaac, "if
YOU doubt it, l will make you wager
that when we reach Cape God L Will
produce lobster that weighs ninety
pounds The wager was mndo under
the gracious permission of the Admiral,
and when they arrived there Sir Tsnac
secured the Cape; but he could not find
any lGh ter that weighed ninety pounds,
SO lr said Well, they don't hippnn
to hc hero just now, but ] will obtain
the 0ililavits of the old fishermen to
prove that there are such lohsters"
And he produced pile of ailidavits,
showing that when there were fishermen
i'll caTIy times Holsters that weighed
ninety pounds We're as common as
huck!cn"4 ri,a on the Cape. Then it was
lclt to M uNpirn to decide, which had
lost and which hal Won, and by him SO
concise Judgment was given that if
now living it would enttle him to the
No"aI J.,]GC,lip in the Massachusetts
SNrrSlur Court, if MI his decisions were
equality good. His decisions was that
atiduvits arc not lobstcrs."
The d StmGuishcd member of the Cot
fin family, writing to his friend C,mmo-
dorc Isaac Hull, in 1916, says "NIany
thanks for your kind exertions send
the ninety pound lobster when you can.
My r,pl,tation will be saved, although
my m"AoY IS gone" and in another let
ter NOW J. ing before me the Admiral re-
mHrES "The lobster you committed
to Capt. Tracy arrived in GOOD condition,
and Is considered n marvellous one here.
Still my friend Sir Joseph Banks longs
tor one OF ninety pounds" Whether
Hull succeeded in saving Sir Isanc's
reputation by sending Inn ninety
pound lobster [ very much regret I am
unable to state, but venerable Glouces
ter fisherman whom the writer consulted
on the subject said "There amt been
no slch Io' seIs seen on Cape Ann durin'
the last sixty years, an L don't believe
any slch were ever caught on Cape Cod"
Aunt SUSan's Suggestions to n Fretrul
wife.
"IEcStcr;" exclaimed Aunt Susan,
ceasing her rocking and knitting, and
sitting unpright. "Do you know what
yonr husband will 90 when you are
dcad?"
"What do you mean ?" was the start
led reply.
He will marry the swcetcst-tcmpcred
girl nc can find"
"OiI, auntic T. Hester began.
"DOnt interrupt me until I've fin
ishcd, said Aunt Susan, leaning back
and taking up her knitting. "Sho may
not be as good housckcepcr as you are
in fact, [ think not, but She will he good
naturcd. She may not even lovo hIm as
we'll as you do, but she will be good-nn-
tlWcd."
Why, auntic--"
"Thht isn't ALL" continued Aunt Sl1-
san. Every day yOu live You are max
lng your husband more and more in
love with that good naturcd woman, who
may take your place some day. After
MIR. and Mrs. Harrison left YOU the
other might, the only remark be made
about them was 'Shc is u sweet wom-
an
"Oh, auntie-"
"That isn't ALL" composcdIy contin-
ned Aunt Susan. "To-day your hus
band was half way across the kitchen
floor, bringing you the first ripe peach
cs, and all you did was to look on and
U,ll
on my clean floor! l won't have my
have thrown the peaches out Of the win
dow. To-day you screwed up yonr face
when he kissed you, because his mus
tacho was damp, aud said, / never want
you 10 kiss meagain. When he emptics
anything YOU tell him not to spill il :;
when he lifts anything you tell him not
to break it. From morning until night
your sharp voice is heard complaining
and fault-fnding. And last winter,
when you were sick, you scoldod him
about his allowing the pump to freeze,
and took no notice when he said. | was
so anxious about you that did not
think of the pump"
But, auntie--"
" HearkCn, child. The strongest and
most intelligent of them all care more
for q woman's tenderness than for any
thing else i'll the world, and without this
the cleverest and most perfect house
keeper is sure to lose her husbands af.
lection in time. There may be few
more men like Villas gentle, Us low
ing, as chivalrous, as forgetful Of self,
and so satisfied with loving that their
affections will die long, struggling
death ; but in most cases it takes but
few years of frctfulness and fault-hnding
to turn a husbands love into ilritatcd
Indifference"
"But, auntic---"
eyes, well you are not dead yet, and
that sweet-natnred wOman has not hnnn