John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, Page 15

[John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, page 15. Many thanks to William Myers, Mary Davy, Sally Young and Sue Davis for their ongoing research collaboration; specifically to William for providing scans of the original document, and in turn many thanks to Peter Johnston Binckley and Patricia D'Arcy "Trish" Binckley (1951-2007), at the source. This is my rough transcription.]

wandering sailor a thought of sister Mary, of Mamma, or of sweet Ellen, whose hand pressure serves to soften his indented palm now, while a quicker pulse shakes on his brawny cheek the tear that a thought of his Mother had hung there.

Poor Allen! How often that has been his experience! Then he would go off to his trunk, and get out that prayer book and that little trinket given him by Maggie Swigert[?], and once more he would resolve, when in port, "Home I'll Go." But the rising signall [signal] calls "all hands aloft" and the hoarse bawl of a master drops on his feelings like the heel of a savage on the flower of the prairie. 

I see there now a home. A dark mass against the sky, of broken and picturesque culture, shows dimly in its midst a farmer's dwelling. Only a single light gleams subly [subtly] through the window, for grandmother has just lit the lamp & sat down to her knitting. Supper is smoking out in the back building, and "Papa" . . . [to be continued.] 

[John Milton Binckley (1831-1878).
Sister Mary = probably Mariah Mains Binckley (1825-?), Maria Jackson Binckley/Binkley (1833-1913) or Maria Binckley (1834-1836).
Mamma = Charlotte Stocker Binckley (1788-1877). 
Sweet Ellen = Not sure who this is yet.  
Poor Allen = Allen Otho Binckley/Binkley (1826-1876).
Maggie Swigert = Not sure who this is yet.]