Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-30
Mr.. AndersOn's Column.
The Round Trip.
NUMBER THREE.

vance. In this dilemma | booked my name
for Berth No. 67 in the gentlemen's cabin
This entitled me TO shefo which was mat
trass, and before which were two heavy cur
tans, as though there was any air TO be shut
outl
went out on the bows, and sat down on an
anchor, leaning againsta fiuke, and determined
to see and hear all could A stout gentle
man stood by with a slim little wife. Pom
pously he said,
"Now, Susan, expect you will be seasck,
perhaps vomite, but il will do you good ,-ev.
cry one says so. Now shall not be sick.-nev-
er am-never-but we will arrange for you; no
doubt you'll be ILL.,"
II expect | shall, of course" she said, hum
bly, and obediently.
1t did me good. half an hour AFTER TO see
that man casting his bread on the waters, while
his wife wasn't sick during the voyage. l don't
suppose he will ever forgive her for il and
she looked quite pentent over it,
Below Dru's Island we began to feel the long
swell of the sea, and faces lost their COLOR
(where it was NATURALLY while people lost their
suppers.
|
son. She had been quite talkative and l was
interested in her celtic garrulity. All at once
she clapped her hands upon her diaphragm.
and exclaimed
"Och, Michael honey, its sick / am. What's
the matter / dunno Oh it's goin' 10 die
am l--Howly Mother o'God the pit o'me stom-
ich Michael, amvourveen be the powers
I'll die ~
"Divil die" growled Michael. ats only
saa-sick We arep
The old woman moved back and forth like
a sick elephant for a while, and all at once she
cried,
"IIowly Mary, ever mother Och me bow
lis! Michael, darlnt, hould me head Huec
Och ! the blisscd saints. Huec Mich Huecr r'
Hereupon the old lady leaned reverently
over the side of the boat and piously fed the
fishes.
A young lady, inspired by her example
rushed to the side of the boat, and fed the fish
es, too. Then an impressible young man who
had been watching the young lady with pale
anxious face, did so too
So the thing went on. People in their gcncr.
osty robbed themselves of their snppers FOL
the benefit the fish of Massachusetts Bay. One
old fellow who stood it till we had doubled
Cape Ann, finally followed suit, and then he
growled,-
"Devilsh pity! Here l just paid seventy
five cents for supper in the cabin, and have
just been and hove it all up. I'm goin' to gi
a drink"
AT about half past two in the morning W,
reached the mouth OF the Merrimac and sine,
somebody had got Berth No 81, (and would'n
disturb him since he was sick, and l wasn't,
and as No. 27 to which l was assigned wal
just forward of the wheel house, l went on 'decl
and saw the entrance.
While was looking through The moonlight
at the grand old frowning forts, a splcndiC
meteor started across the heavens leaving
long trail of fire, and going out in a blaze o
magnificent balls of light. 1t was the grand
ost thing of the kind ever saw.
The Merrimac is broad deep river, and on
sail up it was all one could ask for beauty, a
the moonlight was fading into the matin twi
light, which grew bright in the sunrise. How
the birds sang! We were almost sorry t.
reach Bath. But we did at about o'clock il
the morning, and went to the Sagadahot
House.
Now you will say that that name is enougl
to condemn the house if one is obliged to speal
it. But that is not the worst Of it. There wer
J some sixty persons who went there from til
boat. We waited there till seven o'clock, i
f the promise of breakfast at that hours ant
finally had to take the stages at half after scy
en-, minus breakfast I'VE felt that we coult
sack-a-dog and cook him,-we were so hung
ry. And then think of the poor wretche5 VIII
| had been spending the night in preparing t
5 contain large breakfast
: sat on the top of the stage with Mr.. Han
D NETT, a large dealer in school furniture, fror
Boston, and while we waited for the ferry, (w
| always have to at Bath,) he dove into gre
: Gerry and brought out some crackers and chees
: (the former Boston, and the latter Western r.
serveO and we discussed them, while some
: the passengers did the same, without the "dis
o for the Sagadahoc House of Bath. If you e.
: er have occasion to go there, give that Hotel
:, wide berth, and get breakfast at the Depot
l. There were four stages and some eleven wal
q ons and carriages started out from the Sacl
\, a-dag, and the stages were fuller than were IL
e passengers but we had jolly ride for the tC
l. miles that lay between Bath and Wiscassett.
5. There left the stage, and dear sister soc
" made all right-a cup of coffee and MI
l. breakfast doing away with the i'll effects
d Sagadahoc, q bath taking off the dust of Bat
o sin'ilia Siaaili6us, dc and nap acting as
is antidotc to G7 VS.. 81 on the boat
" In the afternoon we went fishing on Il
is bridge, and caught twenty tom cod, sev'
!, founders, and a lot of sculpns which we nc
d ther counted nor kept.--A quiet Sunday al
Monday made all ready for return (his tin
i by rail } on Tuesday to Boston.
IS Wednesday the wife and daughter, who hs
I finished up the Commencement at Amhers
J put me in as escort for Nahant, to see the gre
d ocean,-which they had not beheld
h The sea was rough, and we had more of SC
h sickness but the rocks and beach of til
9 beautiful retreat soon put all to rights.
Ie 1t is a nice thing for Boston that there q
,e these summer sails,-and so cheap. The ia
is only 35 cents, and one can take lunch al
', make day of it without feeling that he mu
n. pinch for month to make it up.
About all these places / don't say muc
TO since don't want to supercede the necessi