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with the daughter. A lover*g quarrel occurred, as they oftentimes 

 will during courtships, and he, feeling considerably vexed, went 

 away to sea. The family moved to Gloucester, and the daughter 

 married one of the fishermen who was lost on Georges. Two years 

 after this event, who should arrive in town but the first lover, whom 

 she had not heard of since he went away. He learned she was in 

 town, and after renewing the acquaintance they were married. Being 

 tired of going to sea, he followed fishing, and last season was lost 

 among those who lost their lives on these treacherous fishing- 

 grounds. 



A Plucky Fisherman. — During the extreme cold and boisterous 

 weather of March, 1872, the vessels on Georges had a rough time of 

 it, and the men were glad to take refuge below, where they could keep 

 comfortable. On board the Frederick Gerring, Jr., there was a 

 plucky fellow named Alexander Anderson, who had not caught quite 

 his share, and he was determined to make up the number. Donning 

 an extra suit, over which he put on his rubber clothes, and tying his 

 sou'wester firmly on his head, he lashed himself secureh', and there 

 he stood, with the spray flying over him and freezing as it struck. 

 He, however, stuck to his lines and caught fiftj'-three fish, the num- 

 ber required, and then, being satisfied, left the deck for more comfort- 

 able quarters. 



Life for One, Death for the Other. — Just before the ill- 

 fated schooner Messenger left port, Mr. George A. Babcock, one of 

 the crew, was induced to leave the vessel, at the solicitation of Capt. 

 Hopkins, of schooner Caleb Eaton, and go as mate on a herring 

 voyage. Capt. Osier afterwards shipped Mr. Thomas W. Gray, for- 

 mer master of schooner Wm. V. Hutchings, and the vessel left port 

 never m.ore to return. It proved a fortunate change for Mr. Bab- 

 cock, as he had not the slightest idea of leaving the vessel until a few 

 hours before he consented to the change. Mr. Gray intended to 

 have shipped in another schooner, but, at the solicitation of Capt. 

 Osier, who was ready to sail and anxious to make his complement 

 of men, concluded to go with him. The chances of life and death 

 are indeed very narrow at times, and every one is more or less exposed 

 thereto. But we never fully realize it until instances like the above oc- 

 cur, and then we are impressed with the fact, that oftentimes a slight 

 incident may result in an entire change of our material prospects, 

 and perhaps, as in this case, remove us from the shores of time into 

 the land of the hereafter. 



