The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-04-05
THE SKIPPER SOLD HIS LIME.
After Failure Elsewhere He Saw

After Failure Elsewhere He Saw
ssacksOn and Made a Deal.
Down in Rockland they have story
that they are always fond of telling
the stranger within their gates. 1t is
the story of Captain Simon Shibles,
late of Thomaston.
Captain Simon Shibles was one of
the brightest men that ever stood to
the helm off the coast of Maine, and
that is saying enough for any man.
There are dozens of stories of him, but
the one l am going to retell is the one
that concerns his commercial dealings
with President Andrew Jackson.
Captain Shibles went out Of Rock
land one day with cargo of lime that,
he wanted to dispose of at good rates.
He took his course down the coast and
in due time made Richmond. He found
the market dull, and he couldn't get an
offer that he thought would recon-
pense him sufficiently. so he weighed
anchor and went up to Alexandria.
Market was just the same there. All
the dealers had more lime than they
knew what to do with, and they
wouldn't make any kind of an offer for
the Rockland mans cargo. g. -:,-
He lay there for day or so, and
then he had brilliant idea. The next
morning, bright and early. he boarded
shad vessel that was going up the
river and landed in Washington before
the fashionable people had opened
their eyes.
The captain took a farewell sniff of
the river and then struck out Cor the
White House. 1t was still early when
he got there. He walked into the re-
ception room, and when the servant
came along to ask him what his bust
ness was he Strengthened back.
Tell your master that Captain Simon
Shibles of Thomaston. Me-, is here and
wants to see him." he said.
"Yo' card, sah," said the negro.
Gard! Cardv exclaimed the Maine
man. "Why. I'm Captain Simon Shi-
bles Of Thomaston, Me-, and l want to
see Andrew Jackson, the president OF
the United States. l amt never used
no cards in my life. l want to see your
master, and don't have to have any
cards.
Now, it happened that the door into
the next room was ajar, and President
Jackson, who was there, heard all that
passed.
AS the niger paused irresolutely,
not knowing whether to show in a
man without a card, he heard his mas
| ter's voice.
'Show in Captain Shibles." came the
presidential mandate.
The captain was ushered into the
presence of the chief executive, and he
found him clad in dressing gown and
slippers and smoking an old church
| warden clay.
"I'm Captain Simon Shibles from
Thomaston. Me-" said the Maine man,
introducing himself, land l have come
to Alexandria with cargo of lime. l
called at Richmond, and couldn't sell
it. / came on to Alexandria,, and l
couldn't sell it. And now l have come
up to see you. You're president of the
United States, and want you to buy
it."
| Then, with Yankee shrewdness, be-
fore giving his man a chance to refuse,
the captain shifted the topic Of CONVEX
sation and began to tell the president
all the good stories he had heard for
the last six months. Jackson Ii ed a
good story as well as the next man.
and the Thomaston man was a star
when it came to spinning yarns. His
first few words made the president
smile. and before he had finished his
first story he was playing to a most
enthusiastic audience. Then he told
another and yet another till President
Jackson was holding his sides.
| Shibles, seeing that the time was
lime.
Lime" said Jackson, 'lime-yes,
now that you speak Of it, recall that
we are badly in need of lime. You take
this down to the commodore in the riv-
er, and he will tell you where to un-
load your cargo and pay you for the
same--and, Captain Shibles, when you
come to Washington again be sure that
you come to the White House and tell
me some more of your stories"
With that he gave the captain pen
ciled order to the commodore COM
handing in the river, directing him to
take Captain Shibles' cargo of lime
and pay him good price.
When the captain got back to Thorn
aston, he told the story with a great
deal Of pleasure, and he said that so
long as Andrew Jackson was president
Of the United States he didn't care how
the market stood on lime.-Lewiston
| (Me.) Journal.
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| Although r. X. Munkittrick has an
enviable reputation as humorist, yet
| he is not the quickest man in the
world to see a joke when it is played
on himself. Mr.. Gibson, one Of the
editors of Puck and also a practical
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