Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-09-06
Rrros, England. Aus. 2e'h lsIl.
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RrroS, England. Aug. 26th 1871.
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In accordance with ny promise TO you
and other friends before leaving Vermont
1 give a short account Of ny sea-voyage.
took massage on the Malta, 4 hrst-class
screw steam ship Of the Cuuard Lime run
ming from Boston to Liverpool. Her SIZE
i abou, 800 feet long aud % feet breadth
Of beam. drawing - feet Of water. W
left the hsrbor IL East Boston at 1910
A. NJ. escorted out Of the haT5Or by the
Elsie amid the firing Of cannon and the
hurzars Of the people who had c0ngrega'
ted on the shore 10 see usot. Al one
o'clock we we're out Of sight Of land. at
which time the speed Of the Malta was
,lackened and the Elsie steamed around
US, cannon being fred from the Malta
The pilot returned by the Elsie and we
were left alone. The remainder Of the day
was devoted to getting the ship in sailing
order. the second day was very togy and
we made but about s miles an hour, the
fog having settled down Tery thick, the
whistle was blown every minute. Next
day was clear and all was animatlon,-
met five inward bongi sbiIs. We had
about two hundred passengers on board
from many nations judging from the lan-
guages spoken. We lived 6rst-rate--hav-
ing plenty aud more than one could eat.
All the game and fruits Of the season,
fresh beef, pork, mutton, geese, turkeys
chickens, partridge, rabbit, &c, which are
kent in ice. Sunday the beautiful SER
vice Ct the Episcopal church was held in
the cabin, the Captain officiating 1t was
very impressive to see old sailors that had
roughed the sea all their lives bow down
before the God of the universe in humble
ness of heart, seeking forgivucss for sins,
Mass is held every night before going to
bed. Sunday ended with SYMPTOMS Of a
storm. Next morning before daylight the
shin began to roll, several lost their hats
overheard women could not stand. and Il
great many were sea.sick
On the eighth day in the afternoon We saw
d whale about 200 yards off, | thought it
might be about % feet long, great lazy
looking amount Of animal life | inspect
ed the engines, fires and coal buuGors, and
will try to describe them. The fre-room
is probably 20 feet by II, with SIX fires
on each side Of the room which occupies
the time Of six men constantly to shovel
in the coal. These twelve fires consume in
n hours, 80 tous of the best English coal
or between six and seven hundred tons
for the round trip to America and back.
The fre-room is the hottest place that |
ever was ill., aud if that place we read
about, is as hot, | hope | may so live as
to be able to escape it. | believe | was
the only farmer on board, the most Of the
passengers being mechanics and weavers,
who had become homesick and were going
home to curse the country, having been
no further than Boston. They expected
work at big wages, On the eleventh saw
land on the coast of ireland, met an En-
glish steamer sigsaled by rockets. in the
evening lay off Queenstown, ireland, sig
nailed to the shore in the dark by rockets
and cancon, and it was not long before
signals began to fly on the shore and at
half past one in the morning the Cunard
Line tender steamboat came out Of port
to take the Queenstown passengers off OF
our ship, rockets being sent up at short
intervals to enable them to sail direct to
us, The passengers and baggage having
been put off we kept on our course to Liv-
erpool, Ireland laying off to the west and
is quite mountainous in the western part,
but mostly level as we travel east, left
the sight of land again, but made Holy
Head on the coast of Wales about four in
the afternoon, and from that time till dark
nothing could be more lovely with the
sea laying as calm as a sheet Of glass, and
scores of ships going this way and that
loaded with merchandise and treasure to
different parts of the world, the wild
heights of the rocks on shore combined
together made it one of the most delight
ful sights that it has ever been my good
fortune to witness. We passed several
light houses, some being stationary and
others revolving, getting into Liverpool
at about one O'Clock in the morning, on
Sunday, was up early TO get the first
glimpse of my own native land. | could
scarcely believe my own eyes when |
realized that was the place had left 2S
years before, At eight in the morning
we were taken off on a small steamer and
landed on shore once more TO be inspect
ed by the seutom house officers. Monday
morning, last took the ears for home in
the city Of Ripon, after having been two
weeks travelling among the din and clatter
incident to sea voyage.