Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-26
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bs4nA "A correspondent who has just terossed the
Atlantic gives the following humorous ac-
count of life on steamer: 20
For the early days of the voyage the ro-
ss bust people have enough to do to study the
sea-sick, as they suceessively fall away from
% meals and are heard gasping in the last in
version of an enptied stomach, in the Sc
clusion of their state rooms. The desire to
-5gfalI sea- sickness by any other name, that it
may smell as sweet is a ludicrons manifes-
. tationsfof poor human nature. Miss Ra-.
eiphaeHe declares that she had a sick headache
when she came on board, and knew that
the pickled olives at dinner were bad for
her temperament. In the midst of herex-
7oplanatiOn1up comes her dinner, and her
anxious papa carries her down the COM
spahionway. Edmnnds, the young attorney,
t declares that the sea makes him giddy, not
sick; and the perseyering disgust with
which he strives to worry down plate of
-nclimax when his mouth is pumped full by
his stomach, and he totters away pale and
; loverfiowing, like bursted sausage. Then
there is the old gentleman, Blossom, who
goes to bed before you get out of Sandy
Hook, and orders pint bottles of cham
pagne, in the ingenious hope that bOozine ness
and sea- sickness are incompatible. He
emernes ON the nth day, horribly hollow
eyed, to stand sober trial on the merits of
the sea alones and the spectacle of ill-hu-
NOR he presente Is kmoarnful in the ex-
treme.
"You are little dyspeptic, Mr.. Blossom
says young Nibbs, who is very sympatizing
and mischievous.
0fNo, Sir" said Mr. Blossom, 81 Eam not
dyspeptic. II am nothing of the sort, sir.
II Am seatsick seassickness, pure and sim
pie. That's what's the matter with me, as
my old business partner, Flanagan Living
stone, used to osay-OghulI-l-l"
Here, to every body,s relief, Mr.. Blossom
throws up his story, there being nothing
else left Of him, and dives to the saloon and
misery again.
There are several ladies who keep their
state rooms from the beginning, eating
nothing, holding nothing, crying to the
captain to Estop the ship and put them
ashore, and asking piteously whether the
next wave will be as big as the last one
These are all hauled up on the fourth day,
and have sensation OF: being bounced into |
the air and left hanging there. But none
are so utterly miserable as the ships bride,
who came on board with her groom, in a
new travelling dress of silver-colored pop
lin, with tear on her white veil as she bade |
her mother good-by, dropped upon her
groom's arm and thought of love, protec-
tion, Paris and presents. In two hours she
:. has aseusation. as she stands ON the hurri-
cane deck, of having eaten too much fruit
cake. This Increases as the ocean draws
nearer, and finally resolves itself into a
great ache both in the head and the stOm-
aeh PROUD as Sioux brave stands her
: hisband. Pale as captive squaw is
she, wondering whether such pains are
immediately consequent upon the marriage
state, and wishing she were single again, or
had taken the other man. AT last she fades
below like the specter of mermaid, and
sObs her pilIOw-case full. Poor deari She
thinks that John will be Disguised; while
cJohns Ike q born surgeon, is ranning for
.hartshOFn,a salts, Congress. water and
brandy, all of which are thrown at him out
OF the depths of her distress, and she lives
tDsbelieEer that the first week of MARRIAGES.
: the Weariest of life. After a time the cap
tain gets out a few half-dozen small canvas
bags filled with beans, which are thrownf to
and fro on deck, and caught by men and
4 women while with pushing-sticks and
circular blocks of hard wood. the gentle
men play game of deck Billiards, made by
!, chalking series OF spaces on the smooth
deck. These games are played only on the
American steamers, and greatly assist to
brighten up the passage. When there is a
dsaii bearing close up. she COMMONLY signals
aud hoists her ensign, and this brings eve
nfybodY above stairs. Then there are stated
drills Of crew for emergencies of fire |
and wreck; and well aft, where the ship
pitches most, stands the smoking room,
Where the men tell their least delicate |
stories. and bet on the run of the vessel.
The stake is commonly a bottle of cham |
payne, to be drank at dinner; but on the
last day of the voyage the bet is a general |
.0ne UPON the exact time when we shall |
cross the first lighthouse, and everybody |
loses save him who has bet the nearest.