Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-14
sc6O6lmastef Of the district. From him I
learned the use oftte word scvlinders and

schO0luastef Of the District. QFrom him /
learned the use ofthe word 'cylinder and
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"There was one startling Circumstance
which went great way In enforcing these
observations, and rendering me anxious to
turn them to account, and this was, that at
every revolution we passed something like
a barrel, or else the yard or the mast of a
vessel; while many of those things which
had been on ourlevel when | first opened my
eyes upon the wonders of the whirlpool,
were now high above ius, and seemed to
have moved but little from their. original
| II no longer hesitatedt what to do. / rea
solved to lash myself securely to the water
cask upon which now held, to cut it loose
from the counter, and throw myself with
itinto the water. Il attracted my brothers
attention by signs, pointed to the floating
| barrels that came neaf5us, and did every
thing in my power to make him understand
what l was about to do. l Thought at length
that he comprehended my design; but,
whether this was the case or not, he shook
his head despairingly, and refused to move
from his station by the ring bolt, 1t was
impossible to reach him; the emergency
admitted of no delay; and SO, with bitter
struggle, ], resigned him to his fate, fasten-
ed myself to the cask by means Of the lash
| ings which secured it to the counter, and
precipitated9 myself with it into the sea,
without another, moments hesitation.
The result was precisely what / hoped
it might be. As it is myself who now tells
you this tale-as you see that 1'tlids dsescape-|
and as you are already in possession of the
mode in which this escape was effected, and
must therefore anticipate all that / have
further to say---I will bring my storyquick-
ly to a conclusion. It might have been an
hour, or thereabouts, after my quitting the
smack, when, having descended to vast
distance beneath me, it made three or four
wild gyFations in rapid succession, and,
bearing my loved brother with it, plunged
headlOng. at once and for ever, into the
chaos of foam below. The barrel to which
i was attached had sank very little further
than half the distance between the bottom
of the gull and the spot at which / leaped
overheard, before great change took place
in the character OF the whirlpool. The
slope of the sides of the vast funnel became
every moment less and less steep. The
lgyrations of the whirl grew gradually less
and less Violent Dyf degrees, the froth
and the rainbow disappeared, and the
bottom OF the gulf seemed slowly to uprise.
The sky was clear, the winds had gone
down, and the full moon was setting radi-
antly in the west, when found myself on
the surface of the ocean, in the full view of
the shores of Lofoden, and above the spot
where the pool of MoskOe-stromha had been.
1t was the hour of the slack; but the sea
still heaved in mountainous waves from the
effects of the hurricane. was borne vio-
lently into the channel of the Strom, and
in a few minutes was hurried down the
coast into the grounds of the fishermen. A
boat picked me up exhausted from fatigue,
and (noW that the danger was removed)
speechless from the memory of its horror.
Those who drew me on board were my old
mates and daily companions; but they
knew me no more than they would have
known traveller from the spirit-land. My
hair, which had been raven black the day
before, was as white as you see it now"