Most alluring was the pastry table, with cakes and pies, tarts, cookies and eclairs, a caloryful array of goodies that ruined serveral diets.

The lamp, or candle, which lights the binnacle, is placed in the cabin, of course the expence of one light is saved, and all the inconveniences of blowing out in a squally night, and likewise the trouble of trimming the lamp, are avoided.

[…] and so they leave carnivalising to the jeunesse; and the jeunesse of to-day will probably hand over the same principles and practice to their sons, thinking their fredaines as harmless matters of course, and on the score of morality quite easy […]

I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts.