“ Like a good friend who helps you in trouble, it holds the ship steady in a storm. Its flukes sink deep into [3] the bottom of the sea, or cling to the rocks, and nothing but a great storm can separate it from the cable which is fastened to the vessel. Anchors are of solid iron and very heavy ”
Quotes from The Medley (Anonymous)
“ Hope is called the anchor of the soul, because, as the ship is held by the [4] anchor which lies in the sea, so the soul is supported by Hope which is cast in Heaven. WIND-MILL.The Wind-Mill has sails fixed to very long poles, and when the wind [5] blows strong, round go the wings. As the wings blow round, they carry round a large stone inside the house; this stone rubs on top of another mill-stone, and corn is put between them, which is thus broken and ground into meal. We cannot eat corn till it is ground; but horses can. ”
“ CANNON.When the cannon is fired only for the purpose of noise, no ball is put in; nothing but powder and the wad. On Washington's birth-day, on the fourth day of July, and on some training days, cannon are used to make a noise, and the louder it is so much the better. Never be afraid [12] of the cannon noise when there is no ball to hurt you. ”
