A Cheese Story.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 891, 23 March 1877, Page 3

A Cheese Story.

The greatest ammunition that we have heard of lately was used by the celebrated Commodore Coe* of the Monte Yidian navy, who, in an engagement with Admiral Brown of the Buenos Ayrea service, fired every shot from his locker. 11 What shall we do, sir ?" a ß ked the first lieutenant, " we've not a single shot aboard — round, grape, canister, and double-headed all gone." " Powder gone, eh ?" askpd Coe. " No, sir ; got lots of that." " We had confounded hard cheese — a round Dutch one, for dessert at dinner to-day ; don't you remember it V* said Coe. "I ought to — I broke the carving knife in trying to cut it, sir." " Are there any on board V* " About two dozen — took 'em from a drover." *' "VVill they go into the eighteen pounder*?"

"By thunder, Commodore, that's the idea ; I'll try 'em," cried the first luff. And in a few minutes the fire of the old Santa Maria (Coe's ship), which had ceased entirely, was re-opened, and Admiral Brown found more shot flying over his head. Directly one of them struck his mainmast, and as it did so it scattered and flew iv every direction. ** What the deuce is that the enemy are firing ?" asked Brown — but nobody could tell. Directly another came through a porthole killing two women who stood near him ; then striking the bulwarks, burst into splinters. "By jove, this is too much ; this is some new Pazhan or other — I don't like 'em at all !" cried Brown ; and then, as four or five more of them came slap through their sails, he gave the order to fill away, and. actually backed out of the fight, receiving a parting broadside of Dutch cheese. This js an actual fact, our informant