Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-23
MY FIRST VOYAGE.


NlfaIll, SIt'HhluI Vi Ilo NtltOl OdN nt
Blue Coat was neat Boston Ship. She .
was leading tor crnambucu when ! went F.
on beard. Her captains name was Iouu T.
salisbury, ana the mate name WAS
Ecvins salsbuIy was great big lankc, .
and iic,ins wa, a natty little fellow from /
baltimore They were great Chuus to-,
and when was at work pOlishing up the
bright work about the quarterback every
morning | used to hear them talking about
their families and other private matters.
just across the pier was another Boston
ship called the alice. loading for Fcrnam
buco, and the consequence was that an
intense rivalry ,prung up between the TWO
captains We were getting our cargo
slowed FIRST, bat the other captain sworc
he would cat u sailing and 50 catch the
the market trst. mother reason why
Capt. salisbury was anxious to make
short passage was lhat his wife and =
ycar.o,d baby were in England visiting,
and were gong to sail in the old packet
ship Hanger for New ! Ork in time to eat
the hris'mas turkey ut home. and as we
were to ut to sea before the end OF
ScptcmLCf we had chance of getting
bacN for the same occasion.
The crew. and there were twenty OF
them. tumblcd their chests over the rail
before the last barrel was slowed. |
reckon Iii never forget two of them. One
was "A great broad .shouldcrcd fellow, too
big to be quick His name was Jim Nc.
Adam, and Il better man on topsall hal
lard or d weather earring never smoked Il
pipe. However. he seldom got the weather
earring, because the other chap, whose
real name was Henry larmlcy, but who
was known as Dandy seldom gave him a
chance. Dandy was as hanosom IA man
as you could find in "a weeks search
| among sailors boarding-houScs. lie had
curly brown hair blue eyes, with sort
Of scared look in them, "a good hvcfoot
ten figure, and small hands and feet Ills
dress and bearing gave his nickname.
McAdam was known as taldy Jim ioI
reasons that were Obvious when his MAJ was
Oil. OF course these two men did not
agree well ana as Raloy was AGGRESSIVE.
Bahuy WIS imposed on anu AMY Dc
came inc lu'Cr Oh tie S''IHoa'u ""'Vh'
W men we E"l 10 sea / very So1h icailco
thal a certain personal regard Willch NaP|
salisbury hau lor my ia'icr ana loI saN'
me from becoming ady L"uy servant
ana ihal was ABOUT ii'G nioS' ", Ti'I ortuHa''
poSi'loh boy cou'u hoIu ne ScCoI'
uay Out "s we were 8olns De'"" lol wv
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anu tilch ulHcu H. i'i We VIZ an ~ ,, on
watch un' $50 ~ any ",Iu' VI,
hours a'c' Was lCu'oo oIt =! M T Ti.,
on uccN; l"elc va Il " in i, VII" i" 'lI"
M anu JUST as ba'u9 lc"Vil''' 'iic u,'N
sea came over 'Ac IAN lol N"'u 49,
sloshed d""h around MN. ''o'"ughl
"c'lhS enc lou L'o".'sc ms |"o' h"u
NOE ~ H. was N,"Ni !! as Sot'SN ~.
VA, liery' SC'cHS' S"Hi ~" II! lo'
niue diN!i' why ''e-''l''h o" @lca'
inc cia'N>'
WIS mad, ana was ahoul TO say som,
thlns TO show H. When n"'dI VIII! las oI
boot Lifted me clear lh'" tie ice HcuppcL'
1t was Il" a"i"l kl'N. ; Ha"i'" 10 III
edge ci tine iorchIIch. bu' no l"edc!i
could nave rene c'' me :" hu'h ~ VIVA
followed. ne me-" Oh h",A Watches eN
coping DANDY, laughed at me- heA
reached lhc Mdch com'Ih=s ne turned
Badly auu -an mFcrl"usy
ask the TOY rafd' II. lie GIG a goo
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