The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-30

ventures, too, and when in the mood h
can entertain his fellow senators witt
romances of the sea that equal the tale
of Malryat
One story Of the romantic side of
sailors life is told by the California
senator, story which shows that truth i
| indeed stranger than fiction He shipped
with brig loaded with lumber from st
John, n b., bound for Dublin. Among
| the crew were three boys younger thai
| himself The brig Lizzie Thompson haC
never been to sea, and she was found to bt
unseawolthy after few days out. TIL,
crew, including the boys, consisted Of
but - hands The boys got sick and
did not want to go any farther after the
brig began to leak. The men did not
like the looks Of things and mutinied.
They refused to work the pumps and
insisted that the vessel should be put
back, and the captain was finally com
PEELED to yield. That he was wild about
being forced to do something against
his will by the mutiny Of the crew
those who know the nature of the aver
age sea captain Of 40 years ago VIII
easily imagine,
They came back to St John and an
chored, awaiting the action Of the au
thoritics. The three boys We're diSgustcd
with the whole sailing business and
had had enough of the sea Perkins
agreed to get them off and away. He
chose time when the tide was coming
in and the current was very strong
The tide rises IS feet Mt St. John, high
OF than at any other port in the world
He got the three boys in boat and was
about to let 20 when one of them re
fused to 20 unless his chest was carried
along as well. This was impossible and
the boy clanbered out, leaving Perkins
and the other two in the boat. A long
line was attached to the painter of the
boat, and they slipped away from the
ship as if they We're merely having a
little frolic on the tide But the rope
soon parted, as Perkins knew it would,
and the boat sped away on the tide like
an arrow. The boys We're taken to
place of safety, and on the ebb tide Per
kins returned. OF course it was an acct
dent, and he was not large enough to
bring back two boys nearly as large as
The fact that he returned was
evidence of his good faith, and neither
he nor any member of the crew was
punished for mutiny. The ship was re-
paired and made an uneventful voyage.
The boys he helped to get away shipped
on n brig to Providence, and he lost
sight of them.
Last year big fellow walked into
Mr.. Perkins office i'll Oakland and
asked him if his name was George Glenn
ents. He said YES, for that was the
name he went by in his seafaring days
We'll, F" responded the big fellow, Il
am one of those boys you helped get
away from the Lizzie Thompson in st.
John harbor. He soon proved his
by mentioning incidents
which none but he could know He had |
mad quite "a varied experience, having |
been through the entire war, and after |
t was over settled in San Jose, Cal He
lid not know that the prominent ship |
,wner and merchant, George G.. Perkins, |
vas once his shipmate. and it was only |
ifter Mr.. Perkins was elected to the
enate, when some of his early history
vas published as well as the fact that
10 was in his younger days known as
George Clements, that it occurred to him
hat his boyhood friend and the senator
we're the same person. Both had seen
much of life since they parted on the st.
Ohm S tide.
Once when Mr. Perkins was max ing
speech in the senate in favor of the
Nicaragua canal bill another senator
Interrupted him as he was telling.abou
he difficulties of shipment by way of
ape Horn and asked if he had ever
allied around the cape. Il sailed around
ape Horn before the mast when | was
9 years DID," replied the California