The Republican journal., 1911-01-05

1t, came well up under the ears, which
caused the wearer to hold up his head
and make the appearance more terrible.
Indeed, not only the officers of the navy
but all the elderly citizens wore this kind
of neck gear at that time. The writer
of this remembers that the first time he
saw Hannibal Hamlin, the occasion being
political speech delivered by him in
Belfast in the early ffties, he wore this
kind of a neck harness. All who wore
them must keep smoothly shaven. Some
wore them buckled tightly about their
necks, which kept their noses high in
air, while others wore them more loose
ly, so that they could shrug the chin
Gown inside the stock, and by tipping
back the head the stock would stand off
from the chin. This was the manner in
which Captain Gregory wore his stock.
and by reason of this he was enabled to
gam great victory over his opponents
at the dinner table, He found that by
considerable practice and dexterity of
movement he could grasp the glass in
his teeth at the off side and by tipping
back his head the contents Of the GLASS
would glide down his person inside the
stock and inside his shirt front, but out
side the throat. But not all Of it, mind
you. Capt. Gregory had a peculiar fond
ness for good liquors and the capacity to
hold and carry them safely. The captain
of the British ship had invited three of
his best drinkers to dine with him on that
occasion, with full instructions to drink
early and often and to toast Capt. Greg
DRY by turns. They were told to drink to
his health, to the U. S. navy, to his ship,
and to all things that they could think of
in connection with him, his officers and
crew, with full instructions to keep the
bottle moving at lively rate; and the
battle ragged furiously from the begin
ming, and the British captain fell early
IN the engagement. His steward was
called and he was put to bed But Capt.
Gregory kept up the fight for time and
it was not long before all three of the
Britishers were placed hors-de-combat
and slid from their chairs under the
table. In this situation Capt Gregory
left them and returned to his ship.
The next day when the British captain
got sober he started to investigate. Co.
ing to the lieutenant who had charge of
the deck when Capt. Gregory left the
ship, he said to him: ''Did you have
charge of the deck when Capt. Gregory
left the ship last night, sir?' eyes,
SIR ''Well. what was his condition,
sir; was he drunk?' ''No, sir, did not
perceive that he was intoxicated in the
least" "Well, how did he act and what
did he say?" "He came up from the
cabin and joined me on the quarterback
and we walked the deck for a half hour
or more, sir. We talked about the ship,
her spars, rigging, and about other ships
OF both the British and American navy.
He then had his boat called away and
left the ship" Getting no satisfaction
from the lieutenant the captain inter-
viewed his steward, and said to him:
when the American captain had US all
floored last night what did he do? How
did he act?" ''Well, SIR" the steward
replied, "the first thing he did was to
call for fresh bottle of brandy, and
taking strong drink he went on deck"
"But how did he walk; did he not stag
ger?'' 'Not in the least, sir. But, my
God, captain, never saw man sweat
as that man did. Why, sir, as he left the
cabin the sweat ran out from his shoes
onto the cabin foor!''
My next and last will be the Battle of
Mobile Bay. ]. O. JOHNSON.