Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-10-19

break coffee and white bread;
dinner, soup, boiled unpealed pota-
toes, and boiled French cavalry
| horse; supper, tea and black bread.
| In order to obtain our share OF
each meal, we had to pass through
the kitchen single file, dish in hand,
and take what was given us; then
find as convenient q place as we
could to eat it. learned years ago
to do without table, SO that perhaps
| did not feel the inconvenience 80
much as did many of my fellow
passengers, particularly the ladies,
who appeared to feel the oddity and
! awk wardness of the situation, while
standing with a chunk of bread in
one hand, and piece Of horse In
the other.
On the third day out we had
strong west wind, and the sea ran
high. But it was not rough, for the
waves were far apart, and the ship
rode them grandly.
On the eighth day we passed an
| iceberg, some distance south OF us.
1t appeared to be several miles long,
and was covered with sharp peaks OF
immense height. If it be true, as
stated by those vino pretendto know,
that only about one-eighth of an ice
berg is above water, there must have
been some ice in that besg!
Early on the morning of the elev-
enth day we could see land far to the
north of us. suppose it was Lands
End, England. About noon we sig
nailed a pilot, and it was not long till
we had one Of Johnny Bulls beef
eaters on board. We ran in between
the Isle of Wight and the coast OF
England, and stopped at Southamp-
ton to leave passengers and mail. L
did not have chance to set my foot
on English soil, but had pretty fair
view Of it from the ship, and thought
the country beautiful.
Our stayat southampton was short.
A small steamer met us in the river,
and took what we had to leave; inn
mediately after which we hoisted
anchor, and put out for the North Sea-
Soon night came, depriving me OF a
view Of the coast of France. Just
before dawn arose Il strong, cold
north wind, which continued most
of the day, during which | remained
below, excepting that occasionally l
went on deck to get breath of fresh
air. The sea appeared to be covered
with all kinds Of small sailing YES
sells, that looked as though they could
hardly live in such storm.
| About shutdown we could see the
coast Of Holland, or some small is
lands near the coast; but the curtain
of night soon yelled the scene, and
left us to conjecture what daylight
would bring, as we neared our jour
ney's end. At two O'Clock awoke,
and found that if / didn't get up l
would be rolled out Of my bunk any
how; so / got up and went on deck
to see what was the matter. 1t was
raining, and the sea was rolling at
such fearful rate that / could hard
ly stand up without something to
hold to-. Everything loose was roll
: ing about in all directions. So it
: continued till about O'Clock, when
the fog rose, and we could see the
. coast on both sides of US. Then be-
gan the hustle Of preparation for
landing. Baggage must be hoisted
on deck, apparel changed, and such
other arrangements made as were
deemed necessary, in anticipation OF
meeting our friends in "Vaderland. ;"
at 10 o'clock we cast anchor at
Bremerhaven, where we were met
by two small steamers, and landed
on shore, much to our satisfaction,
having been two weeks on water.
A short distance from the landing
is large hotel, or beer hall, where
all passengers stop, going and COM
ing. The apartments in this estab-
lishment are all numbered, and each
appropriated to different class Of
passengers. Second-class passengers
are not permitted to mix with first
class, and SO on through the different
grades. ii. DoNNEL.
To be continHed.)