Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-11-28

by wlnd, some by oar. carrying passengers
and parties IN excursion to various parts Of
the lake-such as the distant bridges which
cross Il, To the kensingion Gardens, the
Queens Charity Hospital, Sc.
but what is that object moorcd yonder in
the ccnter of the akc' II is veriiable ship
"A man of war-or rather. as We should say
a boy.ofwar. She NAV he abodi twenty tons
N siIe--lus, large enough for the commission
of the young mIdshipmsn Who commands her
She j, indeed named Tor him" The Pone,
Of Wdi,s" - the Queens cldcs, son, Eng
lands future King that - To he. now ten years
old lie is already midshipman in the Navy
and designs To follow a nautical lie, as drl
his grralunclc, the late King William ".
In lhi, miniature iura,c he hcglus his profcs.
slonal cducaurn. The ship - three decker
clcl, dcrk II mounirl with brass cannon cor
responding In calihr 10 the siIc II the hoy.
oCwar She is Glly rugged and equipped,
and her sides shine Ike polished cbony. -
Frum tho mir,rn rcak stream, the royal cn.
rn II the Brush cmvn, apd her white
siils are bent ready lor ga. She is fully
manned hy sailors and mn'nrs no uniform
all of the Young Primers own age and sic
and lrr deck. seem alive With hlu- coats. rcd
vests. yellow cpiul,lirs lud black plume,
Hot harLi Hear you the bollswaIn's vhis.
ilc : and now the sound of those huglc., auj
the roll of the drum And chat means that
gun lus, discharged from the weather how OF
the ship' There isa commo,lon even amonp
the people 90 shnrc, and thousand, appear To-
b. hurrylnr Ia ll,c borlrrs 81 the lake 1t
a., GET rood position by this canoPlcd wharf,
and scc ~ha, is coming.
4 beautiful llule barge Or yaeh,, = let down
FROM the ship, The seats src III cushioned
With rcd .ilk velvet, and white sa,ln cano.
py, With the cnat of arm, painted urun It,
cc,crs lhc stern oC the buat Twelve young
aud nlmblr olrmcn, clad IN uniform, slI on q
SIDE, take Hclr rc-l,ro At the lholr' \
miniature oaccr ,t, a, ihr helm and gl,r,
command, and The silver mounted mar, dip,hc
Hl,cry -urlicc of the lake. kcrpur time Nilh
wonderful eNacinc,s. The barge - making
di,,v, lor the ruyal wharf, ncar sh,ch 49, have
taken our .cai Nuv turn and lOuk behind
yru, ,nsafd the Glass Palace. Ready Po-
llcrrrrn have cleared a WIDE passng,
inld'l the thrl.lni, Il people that par, OF
the Park The private d"ur on ihr Palace
side opens, and a nulhcr and her llulc SON,
holdlss each r,hsr b, ihc hand. are ad,auc.
,rr toward the h,tr- Il u Quc,n Victoria
and her hoy. ilrc pnncc IT walcs. They both
how 10 the people - they pas, ard by the
time ,hcy have reached the catp",rj wharf,
aud halted under the caDopy that shades O,
from the suns r.y-. the lrt,le lack Iars on
buaid m, Yacht have brought the pretty crlit
along .'dr the marble steps. They uncover
their heads, and the Young mIddy, nsug
the haNd IT hl, rc,hcr conducts her 10 the
stern, Whcr, boIh are seated ingclhcr under
the satin canopy ot The barge. Al hclue
ready, the rN.mmipd riNco, and the Young
olrsncn together dlp the crystal waters of the
mlrurlIke suriac, of ihc lake the Thousand,
and iens of thousands that line the shore,
shout Gll toned Engl,h AssroI Lc Queen
boVs and slplcs, the Young Prince wave. hls
hand. and ths barge proceeds With stately
,hunr', ,os,rd, lhe ship. Meanwhile her
yards arr manned, trd the hlgs cf all nl,lnp'
arc strung up,n the rrrriog, 4 second can.
non from the ships prov announce. the arr-
val of Tier Ma'-iy, ard the band on board
strike ur the National Anihrn, "God ave
the Queen p" Ncl,c, steps With gildcd rail.
lngs arr let down The sides IT the ship ic The
barge, on which the Queen aud her sun, who
owns the ship, and warsgrs II as his nautical
toy, ascend to the upper deck, on reaching
which the msoncd wards send forth their 10.
Ncnlle hurrahs'" that echo over The lake.
AID now you hear the boalsVain', whistle
AGAIN, and the "yo' heaye a." VI the young
sailor', \, they ,prIng at the ehps,an and weigh
anchor The boys IN the ripr,uV, too, are
uniurlng The sails. Ia few minutes every
rag of canvass Is spread, aud the ship j, put
under way, beating against the wind, first
making a tack towards the wharf where We
~, and then standing Of uwards the oppo-
site shurc. The band plays the sweetest mu.
SIC all III, whle. and the young midshlPman
sails his ship the rest Of the altenooH IN =
manner To tr.P'ay the bes, nautical kill Of
which he Is capable.
The SIGHT Is very pleasant one, and the
Queen and her Princely hoy ENJOY as much in
being seen as the spectators do IN seeing
Gopei Ba-H~.