New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-24
JOHN PAUL AT NANTUCKET.
OLD WHALING DAYS-THE SKIPPER OF To-
DAY-MODERN YACHTS

Tn1t- about the arsw'r that Cap aln Jcrr cyan, or
Captain Winsow, Captain Swain or Captain Bunker,
Captain Luce Captain Adams or any other OF the old
skipp would have given 10 quest on about the
weather for month hacJ.
II has .cn FOX z5lc. md not nfrrqucuuy both.
nbou on the while. In the abonnIing llupnc, II ha9
cn impos blc get AM thing to dry upnot o,oepu
william Clark the the town cuor-In getting into your
z rurnts Of - morning "A Ike tnlulg bath II issouc
con'oa ION 10 know thai they have had prcty My
ho arc wca her ,yorywhcto else, On and even Of he
& coast, bat this doc ~ dry low5 undoclothng.
exactly.
Now I'm not going to lead of by toling yon anything
about N,ntuckct he tnc present writing u lcas You
pcrhals know That n IA Hp"orl ~ having boon con.
noco1 wl whaling n.otrsts in times past Ibit liz an
chang now o. osurr ana mo ~ tn h0lt are llt
10y wa, aud IN anucra VIII leave In thu dny gen
GRAFTON acllom conn biok Inoy 20 into the 1r nsry
Dcunrt urnt ~ como en- ncnt criRymcI m their
pmcol nl' bv aunmcr visitors. Iho o.J sappor, 40
fmull ar ofthcu, 49, least hD toruoly All 81 blhn
bowed hlptnrpn 81 he word inquest ~ pam an spar
macctu, nnk ." now o'ugrrgnto nbout r.p al Al
rmH rancho ON the Aahubpn' wharf lnd tel sa stories
Of the de IN ~ whales or of gnS on The Horn aud IN
CI'u1 sc tell them over 40 of en-, Ia tao that cap
alI JcrDo IAN soy hcJ almOs yin 10 bu,icyo them
hcmelvoH VIII tlno hey ara not akiug partin, down
10 Great Pom or into tie Nlu'kcgu Rip a-buenshngan
'hnr IN Oh. thcsr willy. witty old skp Or, mindful OF
the pamy days 4 VIVA ing srryic when the gree han
got no hing the two Ia dl cd and tenth LAY wlA about
the lgWc-a owners and captains g0t all. they vt
model their vOy yea on the same good cd plan IF you
catch nothing vouply rit, and II It 20 hnpp ma hat
catch boat nut Of h they're he apa n's and YOU
pay him All the same. o., the WY, willy mariner Twas
cry muoh - IN the VIVA ng lay fancy. llaiy 'no
came the ship ho fa sios Dur'tiug W.T. oil, and down
IN the Ortcas IT, Ant tie yoLth, who won't out wi hay
ccd IN the IN woihcr. worn ana grlzlcd. cipher
Ing up on tlor .o,- d ~ tho Tx of old quo AT ons
IA 4 De- [ q 0f No siar, of he
VOYAGE ANA whol they got u .hore ald the rcokonln-
was mnlc ~ he owners ON =, alsl IN v wora owing
the sui. D. well II the boys ron the green fields Of
tho lar West, we'll as from he stony meadows of
tc Eastern coast, 20. tle wAgo' 20. thtr whaling IN
hose Il y, they had at least constant emp0yment"
nj this IA popularity suppos 10 conat for sOmctLlng
Law me o., boys las only three of and a
hundrcd-Dlrrelcr!" that tho " th len young
Pclg encouraged to pull hms II backward intO the
wh 'tlns Jaw O wDao as big 40 VI tn dist meet.
ing house of his native WI g. AMI Of thar whale h. got
ISL much he could ca II hc chose t. cut steaks
from &. And 80 nov dos my good J'rIosan o.
Bunker he il uly wr kle' MS b at through the
umbng Zip. amid the tppIs bl relish, cnCourIgs you
To Iank 'em in" and chu 'ks deep und the shad
II his s'u'we ter the tuD fills up For 1t
may be- that the evening Of that day Mr. McCeave
wi ] Ike tie eaten pig oen.s pound.
But. 20 ii OLD souls. would d n4nd tho A n at
tlcr hands, no cou get the NJ And there's one
min about IN body Of boats youl find nowhere
else IN the word. Tho "cd' Is the fayore r.. and the
b ats vary in size from twenty to rJ five 'eel In
io 9Th Keel boats Not much. nice time ud have
with keel b,nt in and abOu hirbOr whore the shoals
are ~ cker AMI moro crooked than tho bones Of 4had
and the ut d,h got a.rounl at haf tide. CIl them
srmmins dishes OF dinner pao' II you ike; In after
cxhau ting h, crOckeIy st. down for week and
brng thlng botor-a boat with VIII Oh you cll work
up and down harbor or rouni the slanl m sin
uo' or fnccl be, wi any cb1ucc % getting hack
Aul Hn.h a bod, NJ meu 40 run Ue3e bOI'rl IA !
already said, they havo sailed great ships rupd
tlr Glf q n bern cupel auj scnIlod among tho GO ~
reof, ~ unchirDed Islands. Of men have hoon
ldcr ~ thump which orris ly n report be 'tr'
took tl' sto lnd 49, IT bcnyiuy pm, un1 bojp Ik
you ana would hayo boon chin lint alot to f1r ~
iop ,nlllnf anil or aIn'b DOWN royal maa nj hint 10
tiht onort rom tne "0l1 mt1" nav hry 'ko yon
buoan blnf through tbo via nnn"d "flpf" and yon |
u,y Boo Hur, th,t rNfn bfle yon blciD Mover mtu
icrd. hls happened m All thrir boAtnt wa yOn |
qnnpc tl.n wnon tney t'Ao yolr th'i VOL holp It
lt yuu cant
Isth,rc not mobile mugnuimlt1 In my paying thH
~ butte 20 H.uuluH po tIcO #. as ppcr- vu0n n'u
un w o. tH' any one ct thcm hr ever sI0hcn
pnthu p-uc a y Of uin'I
d m.thut n n'cd tally sad of the comparative
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You uu nrtumcIt FOR ia litlor i'h cycl IA. rank
cIt or ml1 Of Ic Forsfuid h,rtH can la ly E1nfny
,1mo r, end, up niuo w 10 the otot y came into mar
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