Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-02-01

y "pa!" or AUNT is called
on to turn to and do this disagrceablc
work. The second mate once ordered
me to find certain iron hook. where
with to draw the pump boxes, and when,
after n short search. returned and
asked him where it might be. was hor-
riiicd by the expression OF astonished in
dignation spreading over his face. as he
yelled: Great Scott, ho expects me to
help him find it!'' saw the point and
all it involved, and never so wounded an
officers dignity again. 1t is Sailors.
and especially boys, business on ship
board to find whatever he is ordered to.
We soon learned on the Wizard how
we'll we had lived Mt home. Our sea
fare of hard tack and salt junk taught
us how to appreciate at their true value
the broilcd steaks, hot cakes and but
tered toast of home tables. The quart OF
very common molasses served out to us
weekly soon became u luxury, and when
the steward occasionally brought us "be-
navlins' Uhc nautical term for the broken
fragments from the cabin table, we re-
gar,led it as very luxurious living, though
u month previous we should have deemed
such food fit only for the swill tub.
In about two weeks we had settled
down into the routine OF life ut sea.
Sailors are apt to term theirs "!oS $
life" l never did. 1t was q peculiar
life. and in some respects an unpleasant
one-like many others on land. But 1t
was not dogs life" There was plenty
| to eat. anil we rclished our "lobscouse."
| hard tack. salt junk, beans, Goldfish, po-
| tatoes and-Suuday' and Thursdays
lun.
| The hours Of labor were not exhaust
ing. 1t was "watch and watch, four
ours oil and four hours on" Many II
= wv York retail groccr's clerk. who
rms to II. in the morning and never
ayes OF until IL ut night, would rcvcl
slci, regulation of time and labor.
,woull many II sowing girl. We had
enty {: time for sleep If called up ut
every alternate morning, and Obliged
D stand watch until 8 y. H., we could
turn in at that honr after breakfast
lnl sleep till noon. Apart from the
| alternate watches the work of "jobs oc-
cupiel about six houra per day. True
there was ut times some heavy work
bat it was only occasional. Sailor work
il not heavy as compared with the i'll
cessant fAy ,in.s, wearing. never ending
character of some occupations on shore
Skill. agility and quickness arc in greater
demand than mere brute strength.
| Lobscous. i, preparation Of hard
bread, first soaked and then stewed with
shredded salt beef. 1t looks soiaewhat
like ritons for delicate bear wher
served ont by the painful. But It Is very
good. Salt beef is wonderfully i'm
proved BY s;r.aks OF fat through it
These serve the forc:nast hands in place
of butter | know Of no better reiisl
than gnl pilot bread ana sliced sal
jun:;, with plenty of clean white fat
On shore that quart of boiling hot liquid
swccteneu with mD.asScS and called tea
would have been pitched into the gutter
At sea, after an afternoon work. It wa
good. With sinilar content and resiS
nation. not to SAY happiness. we dram!
in III, morning the hot quart OF blacl
fluid similarly sweetened and called cot
fee. 1t Was not real coffee. don
know what 1t was. l cared not 10 know
OF course We grumoled at it. But wi
dran!; it. 1t was ";illinS." and was fl
better than tho cold. brackish water, i'm
: pres,,atcl t.ickly with iron rust. gal
lon of wlic!, was served out daily. Fo
the fresh water WAS kept below in Al
iron tank, aa'l. n. the deck leaked,
small portion Of the Atlantic had some
| how gained admission To it and slight
,alted u. 1t rcsciallel chocolate to tn
eye. but not to the palate.
On the fourth day out the Wizard wa
fDund t. have foIr feet OF water in he
hold. The ship WIS pumped dry i
about four hour. when she proceeded I
ill up asain. The captain seemed ina
y II many minds for The next two or thrc
:. lays. Iirs, the ship w:n IN; back fo
e New Yo:t. I::!s ccu.s" was altered a''
n her boys pointed for Africa Then III
iur.n,st hands l.'c,iu. worried. and
. Ding Ut on. l., 'rnil, i, II boly. ;sske
o ',:,t. - w:ia. he meant 10 do an
here ii- lacan, 70 So. cause they In
..!pp.,! for Eli Francisco and they di
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