The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-19
OBED GARDENERS WILL
QUEER DOCUMENT FILED BY A
NEW ENGLAND SAILOR
Nautical Terms Used to Make the
Document Strong Turn 1t Into q
Piece of GhOulish HumOr-
AFTER 1T Was All Over Obed
Opened "Keg of Nails" for the
COmDany.

Correspondence The St. Paul Globe.
NANTUCKET. Mass, June 16.-DuIl-
| ness now prevails on this "beautiful
isle Of the sea-" The Goldfish have steer
ed to summer quarters. and the blue
fish have Struck on" Next the
strangers" will come. They are the
ones that the natives want to ap-
| pear. Hotel and boarding house keep
ers. livery stable men, farmers and
tradesmen are looking forward for
their harvest. But 1t Is all look at
present. The reality will come Later
Now the men meet at the 'Sconset club
house at night and talk Of the Spanish
gunboats that did not come, but all
the same frightened those who have
been accustomed to pass the summer
at the seaShore. They talk of the ISL
and and It's glories departed. For a.
hundred years ago Philadelphia and
Boston We're the chief seaports of
america. and Nantucket was the third.
Then the ambition of every boy was
70 begin his career as sailor and soon
to put an. iron" into his first sperm
WhaAe, work his way to a captaincy
and, after two or three VOYAGES
around the Horn, to return home to his
family
A notable old whaling master was
Capt. Mtcajah Colesworthy, who died
IN this place some thirty odd years ago.
At his death there was in his garnet
a little old hair trunk, on the top of
which were brass nails driven to rep
resent the letters 80. g." the initials
Of Capt. Obed Gardner, who married
capt. Coiesworthy's sister. In it were
odds and ends Of age stained papers
one OF which was the will of Capt.
Gardner, executed in 1871 It was in
the words following:
Siasconset, May the 3Oth, 1884,
l, Obed Garner. master mariner now liy-
In at 'Sconset. write down this will
Item. have cruised with my wife, Huidy
Jane Jane. since 1911. We signed articles in town
before the preacher on Independence day, |
want her and my oldest boy lothian to be
captain and mate in bringin' to port what
ever eve Ill l. leave and to see that every one Of
the crew gets the lay as writ down on this
paper. 1 put mother in command I know
sheel be Captain any way, for six months
after we started on our life cruise 1 found
out that l was mate and she was master.
don't mean that she ever mutinied, but 1 nc
that whenever we didn't agree she always
m naan to windward. May be it is all
could and could manage the crew Of young
ones that she had as much to do with ship
PIN as l did. She always wanted me to do
the swearin when there was any trouble. 1
no that when she and lothian break bulk
the cargo will be got out as we'll as 1 could
do 1t myself.
Item. In 1888 Captain Ichabod Worth got
tired of the old Nancy Rotch and wanted to
get rid Of her so he got me to take a piece
Of her. When I last saw her she was lynn
at the wharf in Valparaiso, moren half full
q mean she was half full of ol.)
Mother never liked her. 1 want lothian to
have that piece as extra pay for what he
does in settling up my affairs for heel have
to steer things while mother is takin' OBJ
servations watchin' the weather and look.n'
over thingsubeow decks.
Item. l want mother to have the house
on Union Street until she goes aloft. Then
want it to go to the children in equal lays
and if any child dies I want the lay of the