The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
YARNS OF OLD OCEAN.
The Frog That Went to Sea on a
Heavy Cloud.


From the New York Mail and Express.
Go tell that to the marines" the skip
per was saying to the new mate as the
shipping master with the red nose came
aboard you don't think I'm lubberly
enough to swallow that?" The chief Off
Ger, without the formality of being pre-
scented, turned to the sailors friend" and
nodding, said:
Il was telling Capt Singlewhip true
yarn about a frog and he seems to doubt
it, though it's as true as the story about
the lass who ran away with the soldier.
I was in the Iroquois at the time and we
arrived off the Golden Gate March l, 1897,
after passage of 1877 days from this port.
Examine the shipping papers of that date
and see if am not correct Capt Taylor
was our master and we had mischief OF
a hard trip. l remember the date exactly.
1t was on Jan. "a, just after We rounded
the Horn, that some of the men VINO went
aloft found an immense frog clinging TO
the lanyard of the mizzen-topmast oacK-
STAY. 1t was pretty well done up and We
had no trouble catching it. You will find
an entry of the fact In the log book OF
The Troouois. We puzzled our brains
good deal to account for how that frog
cot there but all that we could arrive
at was that it had been scoped on a c!ouu
bv the mast. That's what Capt single
whip won't believe. On that same trip we
CAPTURED in midocean two strange nsh'
one weighing 1870 pounds and the other
1922. We preserved the fish and gave them
to the Academy of Science OF CahiolIild;
Even those experts were unable to tell
us what kind of fish they We're. As for
fine frog, it is the ordinary mud variety
that | used to catch in the creeks up IN
Maine. except 1t was of great size ana
enormous weight l feel sure that
The story Confirmed.
Here the mate was interrupted by the
arrival of Cant. Spanker of the Morning
light who came aboard TO pay his part
ing RESPECTS to the master mariner OIL the
Sea Witch. Capt. Singlewhip Appealed 10
him. and when the mate repeated the
story the newcomer said:
Il know that yarn to be apsolutely uue'
because was in Frisco Wheh Iay'or' a. -
rived, and l saw the fish, the deau lisn
ana The frog. which. of course, was also
dood know a stranger thing than that
tbo,,oh Every bit as true, too. tlVeoIl'
10 shin chandler, q friend of mine, is on
40 dock and will bear me witness. IL
,at rim aboard. Now, then, FiVeoH' you
. - when I was in the Samaritan
-+ilI turning ont money on the SHY
Fonrtbso rye called you aboard tlVeoli'
20 cau me hard names if l do not speak
Nv, the hoard. To your personal KNOW J.,
aSge mind YOU! Keep tally. In the IAN
80 tSo} was taking the Samaritan 10
SHANGHAI in ballast. You were my Hlale.
We were on the Horn when the gun went
ar Remember that storm? we move I"
ana drifted altogether about so mics
ono HACK night when the seas were ,
hraalsinq over us, l was on the "ea'IlVi
aida If the poop deck, when that pls
Srede came aft. knife in hand' hedulils
5esd for me. You happend 10 be there al
80 Tine rocollect and | drew my reNol-
,,ay. for 7 had had a taste OF mutIny III
tba Ariel He threw his hands IN inc an %
and could hear his teeth chatter'
uonster on the samaritan
..,vhen he could. he told the that a
fr,gbtfuI object was floundeIlns ao '''i
- ,5nbins ond that the watch mad tuHh-
iia5 below in fright. They can say as nc
III about NV being afraid to ole, put
~ afraid of nothing this SIDE oil DdNy
Ianos, locker: so l hurried TO the "a9'e
10 see what was the matter 80, .ht,g
..,rbere was no mistakfng the t IIis.
v,,arv lime a wave took us aDeanl, Wiz
80 unite often. an immense pIaCA pO"s ,
",oy,ine in the phosphorescent olaze ~
q -, +re,tce could be seen houhuellI 3
eho,,t On deck. 1t made such pecu,'d =.
aa,,rd that I soon made up my ll'i I.-. ~
80 ltfeless You remember haVlns 49, 49,
To,y, from the quarterback ABOUT 'le - ~,
10 7 discovered the object to De an 90, "a
nense cask covered with barnac'es'