The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16

'Si Sou 'ie dToiHd OI IInDurPer Cneese
is altar of roses compared to a well
seasoned barrel of salt horse.
The Sailors Rontine Life.
THE sailors life at sea, during fine
weather, Is very much the same as in
port, but when the weather is rough
there Is not much chance to perform
any drills or to be too exacting in the
maintenance OF discipline. When a
ship rolls from 30 to 40 degrees each way
and pitches until first the bows and
then the stern are almost entirely SUBJ
merged, Ike the Ossipee did, every man
must look out for himself A man-of-
war in storm, with her lofty spars and
decks weighted with great guns weigh
Ing many tons, Is one Of the unsteadiest
objects / ever saw or heard of, and Of
all the ships / ever sailed on there was
none that could compare with the old
Ossipee in that respect; in fact, the
boys used to say that they often awoke
in the morning and found several turns
In their hammock clews, caused by the
ship having rolled over so many times
during the night. AT meal times it was
impossible to use any tables, and we
mad to sit on the deck with our pans
between the knees, holding on to a
mug of coffee with one hand and eat
ing with the other. Very often the
seat would slide from under us, and we
would start off on an exploring expe-
dltion In one direction, while our bean
soup or spud hash would sail away in
another and finally went in some cor
her TO mingle with a choice collection
or shoes, caps, tin pans and sundry
other articles which had arrived there
from all parts Of the ship.
Burial at Sea.
u we'll remember the first shark we
caught, and the very sad incident con-
nected with the memory of his capture.
Among the apprentices on the Ossipee
there was one named John Ellis, u
mere child in years, but with a reputa-
uon for natural depravity far greater
than most Of us could boast of. He
drank like fish, smoked and chewed
like veteran salt, and swore like Q
trooper. You may imagine my surprise
therefore when, one night, one of the
boys said to me: John Ellis must be
getting religious; he is sitting by a
lamp under the forecastle, reading q
prayer book ! looked to convince my
self, and, sure enough, John had resur-
rected little prayer book his sister had
given him before leaving New York,
but which had never seen the light Of
day since. The next day, the wind be-
ing very light, the order was given to
furl the royals, the highest sails on a
man-of-war. John was aloft on look
out at the time, so he hurried up to
the fore-royal yard and started to furl
the sail. Suddenly we heard a crash,
and before any one had time to realize
what had happened, his body fell on
the deck with a sickening thud. He
died within twenty minutes after we
picked him up. We now understood
the reading of his sisters prayer book
of the night before, for a presentiment
OF his approaching doom was evidently
upon him. At about noon we noticed
shark following the ship. He had
apparently scented the dead body and
was keeping close by in anticipation of
getting a meal. But we. on our part,
We're as fully determined to deprive
him of 1t. We took heavy rope and
made a slipnoose. and allowed it to
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