Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-15
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On 0ne Of the Boats Of the ehickasaw Boat
Club "A Storm, and What Came Of II.

Club "A Storm, and what Came Of. IT,
The editorial corps of the APPEAL were
the invited guests of the Chickasaw Boat
| Clublast evening, and were comfortably
disposed of and well taken care OF. Besides
US, there wss Mr.. Ralph Keller, CORES
pondent of EVeTy Saturday, Mr.. A. X.
Waud, artist of EUeTy Saturday, and Mr..
| w, II. Copeland, of the New York Jour
ndEoT Commerce. The ''usn ofthe APPEAL
were Colonel +. A. A. Tyler, Colonel Gal
Ioway snd MIR. J. NJ Keatfng. Atthe foot
| OF Adams street we found the boat-house
of The club. Il Is not only admirably
adapted 10 the purposes of the club, but Il
is snug and arranged with q view TO the
convenience OF its members. Therein we
found three boats, one of them a regular
sight-oared racer, OF Spanish cedar; one q
ten-oared boat for guests, In which we
made the trip to b distant State of Ar
kansas in " thunder, lightning and in
rain" There was also a six-oared cutter,
OF beautiful model, built in Phil
adelphis. In a few minutes after
the arrival of the heavy load, which
the press imposed upOn the Chick
sssws, the oarsmen, transmogrifed from
plain citizens TO jolly tars, were at their
places. The signal given by ths cap
tain, we pulled out into the stream,
right in the teeth of q most p~ortentious
storm, mot g man dismayed." "YOu
know how 1t Is yourself" Captain K.
Ames Tyler was at the rudder, aud at the
oars were j. w. Allison, the President of
the club; VIM. Worsham, one of the most
relisble of boatmen; Sidney Cook, Fred.
Gutherz brother of "our artist" DR. JUS
tice, A. A. James, I. l.. Rush, Ed. oliver,
F. ". BrOdie, and JANIS Postal
About half way out in the stream
the squat struck us, whether on the star
board or the larboard We can't say, bat
we know we were wet all over on the ut
side. The wind howled, the lightning
flashed, thunder ratified and the waves
rolled and broke In foam. Presently the
rain descended, but on we sped, deter
mined that on pleasure bent" we should
60 through with the programme. Once
''out Of the deep" we very soon grounded
on a "bar"-there was neither sugar nor
lemons In it, in fact there was nothing
good to come of lit wasn't a dry bar, it
was very wet, but all Of one kind.
VIII Worsham didn't like 1t, and 80
out he went, SGns ~cereRsonle, clothes and
all. His example Was soon followed, and
after sue sxertiOn as the combined
strength Of ten Chickasaws was equal to,
we swung off and landed amid q drench-
ing rain. a Boston, q New York and a
Memphis ~jurnalist, one umbrella between
them, stOrmed the nights, Wand very
cOOlly sketching the effort. Presently the
seniors of the APPEAL hove in sight,
their silk hats under their arms to
save the outside from a rain that
threatened to fill them inside,
On they came, one of them in slippers.
-Surmounting all difficulties of bank and
rain, these gentlemen led the party to a
shelter, of which all aVsiled themselves, |
until recourse was had to the hotel of
Hopefeld. Here the ChickssaW's treated
us TO somewhat that was good u Waud
was forced to show his hand. He held
all the trumps, both bowers and the aces.
1--WE went for the hesthen Chinee." It
was in three bottles, without labels. the /
kind usually denominated ''comforters."
We were comforted-"and vet 1
am not happy" We discussed the
geographical formation of Arkansas, were
very soon lost, n "tertisriys," in ''pud-
din" and all That sort of thing; we heard
somewhat about tooth picks, the duels OF
Memphtans made famous t~hereby-in
fact. we discussed everything but politics
and hash. On the latter subject we were
as dlscreetly silent as the Arabs about
water in mid-deserJ and for the same
resson-there was one to hand. We
were very wet. We had water both ways
IRON ABOVE and beloW-that from the
latter quarter, like all things from
below, was hot. But the Arkansas
water neutrRlized by Arkansas oorn-juice
ives a EOOu Jose. II warmed US Qp. |
About this time Arkansas played out
We heard distinctly Sounds from
Home" They came Owe the water to
Charley, n all the rest of IS, and so we
put out. We went down the tertiary"
formation (knee deep and sticky,) that at
this season is called the bank on the Ar
side-it is now very low water
went down in good order, our seniors
In he van, one Of the party whistline,
tho from hoAnr ~ Wa annalpIf 4
see It.. We were literally water-logged,
We remembered the jsckdsw
that tried to initiate the duck in water
and only succeeded in n point, that OF
his eyes like the aquatic bird in
,hunder. Our feathers were rufisd and
till the boat crew were happy. And the
descended and the floods camel
We made the trip. We got back to the
ooat-house; but In such q plight. Hats
had resolved back into their con-
elements boots were soggy,
'lothes rather damp, and yet the crew
we're happy. Their jolity riled US They
tidn't care whether the school kept or
lot. We got under the shelter of the
.)Oat-house of the hospitable Chickssaws,
out of the boat, shook hands sill round,
sughed heartily over our misfortunes
md retired ITO HUMP On the whole
{ was a very pleasant occasion.
are proud of the Chickasaws and will
axe occasion to keep the readers of the s
posted as to the future OF one of I
he most ereditsble organizations in our !
ity. They handle the oars we'll, and yet &
onsider themselves only learners. They
re determined to improve to an extent ,
will enable them to compete in !
stroke" and ''time" with the best boat :
in the country. They have the :
TO do 1t. Time and practice are :
Il that is necessary. The personnel of
be club embraces the elite of the sterling Y
oung men OF our city, gentlemen of high $
and standing socially and com
-ercially, n worthy of all the good q
the press can say for them. The D
are a toast, ,
BASP OF HoPE, No: There will be