Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-29
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Clear, Ireland, thus gives his impress
sions Of crossing the ocean:
We had the usual quantity Of sea-
sickness; the same repeated setting of
tables, with plates and Yictuals upon it,
but with few eaters: the Same set of
men, who eternally drink; again a set,
who are ever gambling; another, for
ever reading; another, who never move
out of their births; and another, who
seem never to go to bed. We had
men always pleased, and again those
that were never pleased; we had those
who had seen all countries-for in
stance, Bayard Taylor; and again,
those who were for the first time abroad;
we had, in short, a motley group of all
.sionalities, with varied religions,
politics, morals, ages, sentiments, feel
ings, country language, and condition.
You read in the papers of ''the
splendid tables they set on ocean
steamers" Do not believe it, kind
reader. The tables and the fastenings
are well enough, so are the plates, but
the cooking is of the grossest charac-
ter-rich in grease and spices, but
poor, very poor eating to stomach
just recovering from seasickness, The
fresh meats and poultry-though why
call them fresh l know not-are packed
tightly in ice, and thereby downright
deadened in all that makes them fit for
life. After the steamer is out week
they are tainted, and hams are the only
reliable resource, and a very good re-
source they are. Folks wonder at
being sicker on steamers than on
packet ships. Pass the meat-house
and your nose viii explain the cause.
Packets used to carry live stock, and
their fresh meats were fresh--their
poultry and pigs were good.
Another illusion is ''the comforta-
bic state-rooms and cabins" What
is there comfortable about them? They
are narrow, not over clean, and one Of
the two occupants must always rise
late and descend early at the risk Of
life and limb.
'An experienced surgeon alacGys on
board. SO reads the advertisement,
and so believed an elderly Copnecti-
cut lady. The had looked for him, and
mistaken several doctor-like gentlemen
for him. The, at last, to make per
fectly sure, applied to that "useful
gentleman" always present on steam
ers, by land and sea, who knows every
thing, who has been along before, who
talks with the officers on navigation
and whom every body intuitiYely con-
suits for information, and he pointed
out to her, as the doctor, a young gen
tleman, just from college, whom she
had long observed as a most expert
Switchboard player, and whom she had
marked out as nice specimen of a
''rniddy," but whose surgical and med
ical experience was happily not need
ed, seasickness excepted, and for thai
nobody takes doctor. She eyed the
doctor well, and came to the eonclu-
sion that Seidlitz Powders, Congress
and Soda Water, we're the physicians
whose experience were the best
's4HentiUe eCaiters. We'll, they are
ca ;uc+ now. for in a few houts they
expect the passengers hand to ap-
proach theirs, and Il gold piece to sliF
from one to the other. But at the
commencement Of the voyage, unles;
you fee like prince, they do not at
tend to you. | saw one attentive
waiter, however, for heregularly attend
ed to slipping nice bits from the ktcher
to certain quarters, whence they wen
into general consumption, saving only
the passengers. l watched the fellow
and forgot my seasickness over hi
pilfering abilities, forI was glad t
have found the solution Of question
asked by a fellow passenger: "Wha
becomes OF Vlctuals prepared and no
eaten by the passengers? He wa
much pleased to learn ''that they wer,
not spoiled
/ The Union Sdving Conmi8ee.-I d,
not mean to say that we had actually
members of that committte on board
but it is fact that we had some mel
who were afraid the Union would no
last till they got back. I endeayore,
to reason it out of them, but failed
and they were determined to fill ever,
Englishman and other foreigner OF
board with food for running down tn
Union. Now this is decidedly ba,
] policy. Such fears make seasicknes
worse, and prolong it, for they add t
that swimming sensation of the hea
which makes men and women afrai
to 90 on deck and look about them
In fact, Union saving is a sort of sea
sickness, which those get who are no
used to the motion of the vessel Q
state as it is moved by the free wind
upon the pillows Of a. free popula
movement. An old gentleman re
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