Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-19

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cosrsspondsacs Of The Ev.nins Star.
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| September G. 1891.
Ion This BLAND ONE CAN ALWAYS
and the old. There be old men. old women.
oia housssI old furniture. old crocksry. OLD
ussnsiis. Old cat boats, old dories, old stories.
OLD papers and old manuscript Last week
bought ct auction IN old sailors ehest. In 10
were old thinga There we're old letters written
to Capt. Ziuri Paddock. who died in this place
two years ago In ths heyday q second child.
hood stghty<tvo years old. OF was for his heirs
the chsst aud il contents were sold. One thing
found In 10 was letter written by his father
On the occasion Of Zimris marriage 10 Maria
Asabs Swain some forty years ago. II was full
Of fsthssly sdvscs betting the event Il was
Written in language that any boy born on Nan
sucket could understand II read Is follows:
From FATHtR TO SON.
my Dear Sen: You have cut loose from
homs moefings and are now sailing on the sea
Of married life. Al your age did the same
thing. IL turned out q GOOD cruise. landed
- s1o Whatl Win c.uuU OArrele Oh QApplueS
II you and Marfer do you ought to. YOU will
have the same story to tell. l don't zee why
you shouldat She 10 q good girl and you
have always been q good boy.
a. Married lie Is cruise on. catamaran.
Man and wife make the craft II is all the
more stannch for being built that way. II
gives you more beam and you can carry full
eaii In heavy wind. Unless il blows . gale 10
wiz not heel over to lee ward 90 as to show your
Reels Watch the barometer and take obssr-
subx. n ~ l.. Al. -
Dy Gay ry to get your position by star lunar.
II you can make out where you are do the
pest you can by dead reckoning. II you think
you are near soundings, stand of. II IL blows
neaSy shorten sail and heave 70. When the
sea quiets . little make for harbor IL neces-
safy.
IRIS pIFFEaKSr NOW.
You and Marier have not sailed together ~
one craft vet You have been . couple Of cat
boats Liking to be in zach others company, bat
now aud then running foul Of one another.
Then one OF you would sheer of and leave the
other. You found 1t kind OF lonesome to be
parted and you came together again. This
happened more than once TO you. Now you
are one vessel. You must keep together no
matter what happens. To cut the lashings will
bring trouble. The time will come when you
will be towing yawl that you have built To
part company then would be worse. But don't
think am afraid that you won't got along all
right
rRorsLk ABOUT TIRE surRrs
"You will both make some mistakes. Very
soon after was married your mother made
one At that time I had four shirts In my
chest. Soon after three Of them were hanging
on the clothes line to dry after Mondays wash
ing. Your mother was helping your grand
mother bile soap. She went into the house for
something and one Of the neighbors came there
and got 10 cumming with your grandmother.
The Old woman didn't attend n maj sha
ought 10. There was stif wind blowing and
II parted the clothes line and my three shirts
got adrift sad were carried into the Ere under
the try pot in which the soap was billing. Whom
your mother came out she pulled out what was
left OF the shirts. One hadn't any arms,
another hadn't any back and the third hadn't
any tails What was left spiiced together would
make one whole shirt. II was good luck that
had the fourth one on. When 1 pulled it of
that night it looked to your mother as IL was
waving signal Of distress. 4 did feel that
way, but didn't want her TO see it. She didn't
mean 20 have me with only one shirt IL she
could help it. She got some new flannel anL
spliced ont the other three. She made good
job OF il, too.
AND raf rRocsERs
Then she thought she would do something
more. There was where her mistake came in.
Shs saw that my trousers wouldn't last much
longer. She had saved up little money and
one day she went TO the store and bought some
cloth. With an old pair for q pattern she cut
the cloth for new one. She seued the pieces
together The next Sunday morning she pulled
them out OF tie chest OF drawers aud handed
Them over. was pleased. They were sewed
amt pressed nice, and every seam and every
button hole had been done by her own hands
L put them on and We went to meeting to-
gsther. Well never did have such en- awful
time. They were loose enough in front to stun
in monkey jacket They were 20 tight behind
that the blood couldn't circulate there. When
l sat down thought should bust the seam.
As look back on il nov ! think instead Of
putting the opening forsrd she must have
made u Az anu toen sewea up the seams 50
round fSst made he t,onsis TS.n . .n.
had the pocket ON one side three inches
lower than on the other. The waist was
WITHIN SIX inches OF my arm pits and the
pot,oms OF the iegs were way up from my boot
ueen a,u some hslae euseihg. u was an
,neetnS. Mhen tne preacher was praying ior
heayehiy gfaee was praFing thst somebody
Wou,u sing out wreck On the Oar, 10 Gear tue
meeupg mouse aud give me chance to get
home; ne never preached short sermons any
way, but tins morning he got to ehPoundiag
ne doctrine OF predestnat'on and election
ne didn come 70 lastly anui he had gone
through fifteen preliminary pints. Then the
singing seemed to me all out OF tune, aud
Asahei fotger seraped the bass VOL strings like
all possessed and that made the music worse.