Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-31
A mRno OF NOOK IsLAND.

same framework ~ the wind instruments.
a mRno OF BLOCK ISLAND.
How the Captain or she "Danieisono
MADE q Reputation Few Improve-
ments as the Island This Season.
BLOCK Island. July %.
To the Editor OF tho JOURNAL AND COURIER.
The hero for the nonce is the captain Of
the "Danielson." The "Danielsonn is the
small propeller which piles between Block
Island and Newport. The captain is not q
hero beoausehe is Q hero in mien or de.
meanor. He Is q large man with q large
head, and large jaw, of which the salient
parts are emphasized by strong beard. BE
has the appearance and address of an indi-
vidual eminently fitted for taking care of
No. without appeal to outside assistance.
His words are few, crisp and not inviting to
further intercourse. Nor Is the captain q
hero because he has performed an heroic act.
There Is no late report of his having rescued
vessel, or widow, in distress; or of hav-
ing saved lives from shipwreck; or of having
been the party selected for the annual myth
of being hauled miles under water by an
irste sword6sh. No collision in fog, or
burning deck, heroics are attributed to him.
Still he is hero. and Just the kind Of hero
Block Islanders admire. He is q hero be-
cause he is bucking himself, and SO far suc-
cessfully, against the United States in gene
raj, and Wannamaker in particular; against
the postmasters of Newport and Block Is
land in particular, and the travelling public
in general. The captain proposes taking his
breakfast quietly and comfortably in the
bosom OF his family and at the hour best
suited to his personal taste. At eight, and
not before, he is ready to start. As the
"Danielson" Ia not run on the supposition
that she is an ocean greyhound. the trip
takes about two hours and q half. Psssen-
ten to a quarter to eleven. At 1920 a. m.
/ the Wexford boat leaves the same wharf at
| which the 'Dsnielson" stops. If the 'Dan-
| ielson" left Block Island twenty minutes
| earlier the New Yorker could step from one
l boat to the other and be in the city at 4:30
p. m. AS IL is. he witnesses the sailing out
| of the WEXFORD boat as he is sailing in He
naturally ''goes" for the captain. He might
| as we'll go for the Palisades or the Auegha-
| MES. To accommodate the Boston passenger
| traveller the "Danielson" would have TO leave
l still earlier, as the Boston train leaves at
1880 q. m, aud the station is distance
from the wharf. What are Boston and New
York folks to the heroic Block Islander and
| his breakfast About twelve the captain be-
gins to think of his beloved islaud, his cher
ished home, and his three o'clock dinner.
| So at half past twelve he starts back, though
the early passengers from New York arrive
/ at one ID. M, and q Boston train reaches
Newport at about the same time. What q
spice to his meal must be the consciousness
Il A. rs hfo araQtfnn
l Wauuamsker is after him. The postmasters
| all about are after him. Every hotel propri-
| etor on the island is after him. The agents
l of the railroads and steamboats, having ter
| mini in Newport are after him. The dough
| ty hero cares at little for their proddings as
i would a dead whale on a sandy beach, or q
l living pachyderm amid mosquitoes. mot
l the Jersey kind.) He knows he can't be CO
creed. He knows there is no one else Il
take the contract; 80 be proposes transport
ing the United States mail and United State
| citizens Just as he pleases; how and when h'
pleases. The captain, moreover, knows tina
| he has got the true Block leland sentimen
! back of him, and that he Is being recognized
| as a typical Block Islander. The typica
| Block Islander esteems the public as the pub
l lic was esteemed by the elder Vanderbilt
| and cares as little for attracting the summe
| visitor as does the Litch6elder. The Litch
. | fielder from the top Of the social ladder sur
veys the public with ancestral scorn. Th
| Block Islander. with no social ladder at al
' manufactures a home bred scorn equally pc
I i tent as Q scare away. The BLOCK Island
j.. I scorn is the worthier OF the TWO because u
| more disinterested. WIN MIN III Involve
. the sacrifice of dollars and cent?; of bres
and butter. The Liteh6elder's scorn may
the purer, but Il costs nothing. Litchiel
- / poverty has not yet reached the pinohin
1 poiut. Il Ia still an object of homems6
q pride.
r. A microscopic eye backed by the mo
Ia hopeful of imaginstions would fail to di
| cover spy substantial improvements tn
l. season. The wharfs are still more dilapidi
tad. Not a stone has been added TO Il
breskvaters for the new basin. The al
, i nroachea 10 the beach are an disgraceful
II aver. the bathing accom- mod stious are as II
N | .deouate and a. Uncomfortable as eve
Thsrs ara no snplisnoes for hauling drow
70 inO man ont Of the water; no room whe
3, the drowning can be consummsted auietl
10 respectably and apart from q beach full
inonisitfye spectators. To be rolled on
barrel in puris naturalibus; to be thump,
!, l and poked, rubbed and limb twisted, by
10 voung practitioner and score of super.e
q cited amateur sssistants is bad enough und
IA | cover. In publio Il must be lacerstiup
fsa,inos, shookino TO sensibilities. n Il
nstiant had any voice in the matter he won
D. prefer TO be covered with a BLANKET at ono
g. roted dead and passed over TO the local n
IN dsrtaker. Two summers in succession b