Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-10-09
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
Victoria Hotel" Liverpool, |
Sept. 81, 1867. !
Mr.. EDITOR {:

Mr.. EDITOR -
Supposing that many of the
readers Of the Nevsdealer may be interes'
ted to hear from us, as we are making
progress eastward, will send you few
notes of our voyage and our plans. The
morning of Wednesday, the llth, found
us on board the noble steamship "Clba'
of the Cunnard Line, at East Boston. A
large number Of the friends of missions
and Others had assembled to give us words
of sympathy and an affectionate farewell,
and to bid us God speed in our voyage
upon the deep.
At $40 am, we loosed from the wharf
and steamed out into the harbor,--the
farewell guns we're fired, and we were off
A few unfortunates who were too late for
the ship, were brought out to US in tug
boat, and after hasty transfer, we were
left to pursue our way, cut off from all
further connection with our native land
We watched the friends and the city We
had left, for q time, until that inevitable
companion of the voyage-sea sickness
began to give ominou1 warnings. We
were tery reluctant to yield, but yield we
must, and wisely fed to our berths |
will not attempt to describe what cannot
we'll be described. but will leave the rest
to the fertile Imagination Of your readers;
suffice it to say that for myself, | never
felt SO utterly worthless, so entirely unfit
either to please or be pleased ; 80 incapa-
bic of any rational thought or feeling, as
during the few days of our voyage from
Boston to Liverpool The Farnsworth's
suffered but little, while the rest of our
party all had our full share Of this sad
experience.
We have had what seamen call very
smooth voyage, and have made good time
arriving at this port in less than ten
days from Boston The incidents of the
voyage have been very few, yet the monot-
ony has been relieved by the occasional
spouting Of whale, which is sure to call
the attention of every passenger On one
occasion, this monarch Of the sea appeared
quite near, and as special favor, rolled
up his massive form so as to give us q
fine view of his proportions On another
,ccasion, an immense school of porpoises,
probably numbering several thousand,
amused us for long time with their gam.
ools and plungcs near the ship. At night
he phospheoresencc in the foam made on
'ithcr side and in our wake was exceed
ngly beautiful, marking our track for a
ong distance in the rear to appear like
he milky-way in the heavens.
As we approached the coast of Ireland
We we're favored with some very fine see.
lery, but especially that from HoIyhead
round the Isle of Augesly, is exceeding
y picturesque; presenting here massive
lifts of barren rock, rising abruptly from
he sea, surmounted by beautiful light
buses, and there, broad and fertile farms
tretchiDg back from the coast, dotted all
YER with white farm houses with here
nd there an old windmill, with its huge
an wbirliDg in the breeze.
But must close my letter just here,
Or the American mail. will only add ,
hat we are well, having recovered entire. )
= from our sickness, and have already ,
ngagcd passage for Constsntinople 10 the '
teamer Marathon" of the Cunnard line, -,
nd are to sail on Saturday the 28th, at t
@ a. IN. s
In your next, will try to tell you :
'mething of this old English city, which a
} an American just from home presents b
ANY things of deep interest. Our .
Ieavenly Father has been very gracious A
} us thus far, showing US great favor in b
ar undertaking, for which VIC are CRATE \
i, and by which we are encouraged to a,
ust him for the future.
Very truly, .a ,
L. BARTLETT.