Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-03-24
Evil omENs OF rae SEA.
some rhIns. That sailors bread TO So
While on Heard Vessel.

white on Heard "a Vessel
About Vineyard sound there are
numerous legends Oi a famous Indian
riant Ii is said that the rocks az
Seaconnet are the remains Of his
wife. whom he throw into the sea
there. He turned his children into
ii shes. and emptying out his pipe one
day, formed Nantucket out Of its
ashes This latter story Of Nan
tueket's source must account ike
wise for the well-knoWn story OF that
old Nantucket captain who was &C.
Gus toned 70 make his reckoning by
tasting the earth brought up sound
ing. One day the lead was dipped Ia
some earth brought on board ship
from the island. aud the captain. al
ter tasting. leapcd from his berth IN
great excitement, eNolaiming; Nan,
tucket's sunk. and here we are right
over old Marin llacketts garden. 2
Naturally ne would recognize the
taste Of tobacco ashes
Mermaids work dire mischief,
whether ln the shape u the famous
Lorelel OF the Rhine or as frequently
seen by sailors ana are some dimes
regarded a. the sign Of coming dis.
aster. Naturally. many terrible dis
astcrs have followed the discovery
Of these beautiful creatures. and a.
people are always waiting 20 put
cause and effect together the result
has been this belief, Tales about
the sea serpent are growing too
common. but together with every
thing else Of kindred nature tho
appearance OF this monster i assO-
eiatcd with impending disaster Ia
the mind Of sailor.
4 sailor always regards the pres
ence 80 shark about ship a most
iatai omen 90 the sick on board
The highest eSultation ever vi,
messed on man % war was 0cea,
stoned by harpooning a shark that
was hanging about while iayorite
was sick bat the appearance 81 d
shark Is often fatal 10 she life Of a
bather ia che ocean a. we'll a. q
sailor upon 81, aud u + quite az
much 20 be dreaded,
Ghosts Of all sorts and kinds prefer
travelling by water % almost any
other mode, and our own Cotton
aiathCr tells us ~ spectre that Wis
tied colonial ship, carrying % Ia .
ghost Canoe seven ~ the CROW az q
time lie also says Many person
who have died a. sea have been seen
Within a dag ol their death by friends
~ home A. late as Tie seventeenth
century they tell q story or q ship
about to sail Tor England that mad a.
passengers a strange man and a gtri
81 great beauty, 80 my stcrious were
their actions that thcy were Supposed
60 b. demons. and many feared 10
sail "a the ship The vessel sailed
on Friday and never reached her dcs,
tinatiun. but appeared a. narrated.
after . storm that lasted three days
Near end more Gear ths sals easlvga
With an usf broad sails .pgr 81
Toe htttt Errs ihiss hli paAuEoas 'zHt
uo9td Der path uts she'd
Aud tNr waters 4apleieF11 81 on she sate
For :aigtt thc wind she spe3
Long'ellow also told D similar .tary
ia his Phantom Ship. whue an
lovers OF good music viii rcmam ber
the story Of the opera The RI 10
DutChmun.'
There Is q superstition shat shlp
no longer seaworthy Just before
breaking up between the strains %
wind and wave. has been known TO
give forth wailing sounds like moan.
ing. The sailor cannot account for
this, but he knows too we'll rs i'm.
/ port and loses heart at the mrlarcho.
IL sound This Is also noticed by
Cooper in his Red Rover" where
one OF the characters II made To- say.
"A ship which il about 10 SINK
makes her lamentations gust like any
/ other human being