Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1893 — An Hereditary Trade. [ARTICLE]

An Hereditary Trade.

Almost the sole hereditary trade in the United States is that of the deep-water pilot. At most of the important seaports pilotage has been confined for generations to a few families. The Delaware pilots congregate at Lewes, where they have lived these many generations. Her Little Joke.— “ Why did you toss young Chapley overboard?” “Oh, I was tired of him; I wanted to renew my youth, don't you know.”— Life’s Calendar.