All was bustle at the dock when I got
there. The boat was taking on its
freight, andabo tthttg 3zgag r
sad one very exicted avf lrfi
white man were dgig`te bufes.
That white man- wa asm dy, A *wms
the mate of t h es. and t at he
didn't know about esetl be
hold on the point of a -blae by a
' nortons man. 'The tinb t sat1Md
all they coullkwellatntea tai. apke
with his new oaths and r el the
casks. Without any 0 oy
bobbed from the boat to te 't.
saaEo tthe shore ba k tehMe Veat,
anda all the th theai iMdedpt theE
cutionist danced arNu.4 sad swore.
When I got on the boat I sat down on
my baggage and watched that wtan.
Being a resident of New Englad, I
thought I knew something of wiseld
ness, but I was mistaken. The .e.
groes were uniformly driseip in pItae,
shirts and hat. Some of the bats weiw
ornamente&d with dtifferent deleted
ribbons; others again contaioee buta
simple brass plate-the trade mark of
a retired fruit can. Beauty unadorned {
is adorned the most. They woee
driven like sheep, first to the shore,
then back to the boat. The leat bIe
itation, the alightest nlstep, was hot
ed by the orator and promptly inacer
porated into his discourse. e eoulda't
hawv been more familiar were they
his own fathers, which it is not likely
they were.
After getting through at the dock
the boat moved up to the co yard.
The coal was brought on In boxes
with handles at each end. Eadh box
contained two and one-half bushels
and was carried by two men. Six
hundred bushels wdre thus taken on.
