The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-10-05
Tus DIARY or UNCLE JONAH WITH
PERSONAL REcoLtecTions o.
TuE WHALE.


PERSONAL aEcoLtgcTiohs OF
the WHALE.
Aug. lo.--Peel that have . call TO 70
to Nineyeh and preach. Pa says I've got
the wires crossed--ssys n's - call to 20 to
work. Just Ike pathways throwing cold
water on everything.
Aug. u.--Cali still strong. Expect 10
pack up and start as soon IS my other shirt
eets home from the wash.
Aug. ls.-Spent the day mapping out
line OF sermons for Nineveh. Decided 10
give 'em few doses Of orthodox sheol.
Too many Of the modern school OF theologs
going around, anyhow, preaching about .
mental punishment 10 the hereafter, what
Nlneveh needs, as figure 1t out, is . few
realistic pictures Of the old-time institu'
,ion--the real kind, with furnsc heat and
kerosene lamps and sinners fried on both
pides--the kind where deputy devil comes
IN At breakfast time, dressed up like
waiter. ard leans over the head devils
chair and says
"Good mawnin', bose, how'll you have
vo' lost souls this mawnin'W
Aug l6.-Have about decided to sidesteI
this Nireveh proposition. Understand
there's considerable hostility to indepen'
dent evangelists. Mobbed two Mormon
elders there last week, hear. Think may
be IN run over TO Tarsus and see II there
are any openings In the gents furnishing
good line.
Aug. ao-Od to Tarsus. Old man OBJ
jected, as usual.
Aug. A.-Hit Joppa to-day. Couldn'
learn to care for Joppa. One OF thos'
poky suburbs to seaport-reminds you o.
Weehawken. Engaged passage for Tarsul
under name Of walker; several bill collec
tors back home want to lose II possible
Sail tonight.
Aug. 20 Two days out; also $s,75. Go
.tupR last night 10 little round OF jack
pots. Crew know more about draw ths'
gave 'em credit for. Wind freshening.
Aug. 27.-weather fierce. Everybod.
sick. This probably the reason why cap
tain treats me 30 sort Of stand.ofish.
Aug. 2s.-Most unsociable bunch on thi
boat, all Of sudden, lever saw. Act lik
thew wanted to blame me for the bloomin
storm, Must think I'm the weather bur
eau travelling incog.
Same date, 2 p. A.-Crew Just decide
to shake poker dice to see who 10 reapona
bile for unreasonable weather. Everybod
in the deal bv special invitation. Aske
the boatswain II he believed In such dan
superstitions. and he said "Sure. We
lad the Jonah oil right"--iust like tha
he d,d't know my name, but It sounde
kind Of personal and significant and slni
ter and everything. Something tell me II
going to be the goat.
| Ditto, ditto, $50 p. M.--Cheerful pro-
| pect for your Uncle J. Got stuck couldn
| do better than two pair. Have my susp
cIops OF those dice Memo. Wonder viii
happens to the man that gets stuck In to
gamer
Aug. 30.--No time to write yesterday
too busy. Busiest man in the world for
while. About 10 O'Clock found out VIII
happens when you get stuck. Discussir
Predestination with that hide-bound Pre-
lbyterisp OF mate when three husky bant
prabbtd me snd overheard ! went. The
they rapg to eo.ahesd bell and went
and left me msroon.d on . wave. Toe
seyersl large pitee out the Ccesn before
caught my gait. just beginning to tre'
water coed when something unpleasa'
happened. Found myself aiding dow
what took TO be coal chute, past
of white tombstones, and then ] came TO
what appea. ed to be large coi'apsio
rubber bsthtub in the act Of collapslp
oaite 1 while before II dawned on me th
ia been swallowed BY . whsle. wou
write more but light 10 bad. Find lightiI
J srrsn Rements In whale very bun.
Sept. l.--Tbis thing Of travelling in Z
steeraae Of total stranger has ~ dra'
hacks. Good deal like living In . Hsrls
asr without sn sirshaft handy. No Iarit
service, no dau,b~siter, poor ven'ilats
and sc,ustic. the ~ors, ever saw. Al
too much open plumbing 10 sight TO ~
me Saw what took for . pash butt
and plsyed solo oa IL about tslf An hot
tryine to get pitcher Of ice wafer. To
whale yelled down and told me to gait j
binx bis solar plsIu,, stb II gave him
crsmp. Other drawbacks too mum ero
; 10 mention. No decent place to set do'
and every time Climb up on = short
and re, halfway e"ufJriable whale ~
I lows sboot elsysu billion ereaay-looki
u n,,puows AID spend the mex, nfteen
twenty minutes combing mustard srdir
an, Of nv features. The going prsi
'' rough ton. From iOising would Judge u
.h.,. hlis q seacov on the track every
lie ~hle. Have accident policy In gr
bu, dou,, think II covers travelling 4
persosally conducted whale.
SEPT. a-Gs.her from remarks let
,,.,A. hv TIE whale that don't Agrse VI