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" I should be most happy to accommodate you, Mike," replied the 

 skipper, " but I never ' pay out? my cable when lying in port." 



Mike saw the joke, smiled, and walked off, and in a few days a 

 satisfactory settlement was made. 



A SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. During the spring of 1867, schooner 

 Live Yankee of this port, while on Georges, lost her bowsprit and 

 shroud. A year after, while the crew were busy with their lines, 

 one of them hooked on to something which came up mighty hard. 

 Finally, it was made fast until the tide turned, when it was hauled 

 up and found to be the identical shroud which had been lost twelve 

 months before. There is not the least doubt in regard to its iden- 

 tity, and it is remarkable, that after such a length of time the shroud 

 should be recovered by the same vessel, when there is such a large 

 fleet constantly fishing on the Banks. 



KEPT His NINEPENCE. Twenty -five years ago a fisherman at 

 Riverdale made a trip to the Grand Banks. He was absent three 

 weeks, and encountered a severe gale, which knocked the vessel 

 down and nearly swamped her. Finally, after great difficulty, he 

 succeeded in reaching port in safety ; when, upon settling up, he 

 received as balance due a silver ninepence, after deducting his store- 

 bill. He took it home, and, stringing it on a bit of ribbon, wore it 

 around his neck, making a solemn vow never again to go to winter 

 fishing, so long as he was not obliged to spend that ninepence. He 

 wore it for a long time, and finally hung it up alongside the kitchen 

 clock, where it may be seen to-day, and consequently he has nevei 

 ventured on another trip. 



A CENT FOUND IN A POLLOCK'S PAUNCH. Mr. William Thurs- 

 ton, of this town, while dressing a pollock in the spring of 1868, found 

 a nipkel cent bearing the date 1867. The question is, how came 

 it there ? 



"TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION." There formerly resided 

 ;here in town a widow woman who, in her younger days, resided in 

 Nova Scotia, where her father kept a lighthouse. One day, during a 

 violent gale, a vessel was driven on shore, and out of the entire crew 

 a young lad alone was saved. Her father took charge of and 

 adopted him as his son', and in due course of time he fell in love 



