Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-01
A WARNING.

HAnN1NUs
We dislike to agitate the good people of
New Haven. We know they don't like to
be agitated, and they have been sgitated so
much lately that they need and want a long
rest. 1t has been q trying summer. The
savings banks stopped payment just when
everybody wanted to buy horse or house
or go to the " orld's fair. The butchers
and bakers and candlestick makers con-
tracted their confidence in human nature
Just when human nature needed an expan-
sion of their confidence. While struggling
under the weight and the inconvenience of
these woes a cyclone struck us and blew
down our beautiful trees, making havoc
which 1t will take all of fifty years to re-
pair. And almost in the midst of the
cyclone we were Mortified by the revelation
that our magnificent fiat-bottomed hsrbor
had been visited by black-hearted pirates
in blsck-hulled ship and an act of piracy
done which would well bsft the corsairs of
the middle ages or the Cartheginian cruis-
ers.
It always rains when 1t rains, and we
would therefore respectfully remind our
fellow citizens that it is probable that the
time to put down umbrellas has not yet
arrived. 1t is also we'll to keep an eye to
windward. to sleep with one eye open, to
look several ways for Sunday, etc, etc. Do
the people of New Haven who have read
about pirates, or seen the Pirates of Pen
zance 60 "regardlessly" produced by so
cal talent" feel warranted In going to sleep
and staying asleep until the Chamber of
Commerce holds its next temperance meet
ing, or the Historical Society discovers an
other sacred cobble- -stonei Will they be wise
in neglecting to think that pirate nature
will remain what 1t has beeni Can they
fairly expect that pirates, with the invs1i
able pride of pirates, and with piratical
self respect to maintain, will long rest un-
der such CALLING defeat as that inflicted
upon the corsairs of the black -hulled ship
by a citizen of New Haven't Oh no, and
also All no. 1t is altogether prob
able that even now those humil-
lated pirates are walking up and
down on the strand of some lonely
isle, pulling their fierce mustaches, stamp
ing their big hang down boots, clutching
their rows of swords, dsggers and pistols,
and Kissing between lockjawed teeth
"Foiledl" and "Revengel" And we feel
pretty sure, from an extensive acqusint-
ance with many kinds of pirates, that 1t
will not be long before they will seek by
revenge to heal their wounded self eeteem,
and pay themselves for what they have
| lost. And they will not come alone next
time. They will come together. What
their plan will be cannot be known, but
we have no idea that they will be satisfied
with carrying off one victim this time to
drink their champagne and clsret
and steal their high proved ship.
They will be "out for the stuff, "
as the horsemen say, and as they have
given evidence that they don't care about
stealing people with many clothes on it is
possible that they will make a descent
upon the bathers at Savin Rock or Morris
Cove some fine evening. If their visit is
well timed they can make a rich haul.
| 4hoko o1o PoopiC VI pos1ehoh, WCobtA aho
intellect who swim at one or the other ot
those places, and for whose return big
reward would be paid, with no questions
asked. Or they may attack one of the
yachts which often dot the harbor and ge
loaded with youth and beauty. They
would get rich prize If they got the righ
one. There are people on some of thu
yachts who intend to be married In a fash
ionable way soon, and they and thei
friends would pay we'll for their releas
and liberty to be so married.
And there are several other things whicl
the foiled pirates can do, some of which
being pirates, they are pretty cure to do
Therefore be wary. There is no fun ant
no glory in being the central figure in
pirates revenge. Keep youi weather ey
open, and do not be lulled into fsncie'
security. Pirates do not forget or forgive
and they will make New Haven pay wei
for that claret and champagne, not to men
tion that felucoa. There will be an anxl
ous time here until the worst Is known
1t is in such time as this that the advant
ages of life in Montowese, Tyler City o
Hartford are very apparent. No harbor
there to attract pirates and facilitat
pirates revenges.