Middletown transcript., 1872-08-10
sowN COUNTY DELAWARE MORNING.

sung, tneu the lefuer peRou uu eAVottu-
ton, at the end Of which, VIC went quietly
out. and soon heard tho shrill summons
calling Us again on board. A kind gen.
tlemnn gave US some lovely flowers from
his garden, Che had n beautiful place aud
6ne Conservatory which We placed In
water in the saloon. charming the senses
Of all by their beauty and fragrance. all
but one rose, which was presented to our
Captain and which he wore oil day. Here
We obtained some very pretty specimens
Of copper ore. having to pay for them TO
the Infinite disgust Of little friend, who
thought we should be allowed to carry
or such things at pleasure.
We reached Lance, a small settlement
at the head Of Rewecnsw Bay, nt2P. NJ;
here are Roman Catholic. aud Mctho-
dist Mission House and church surround
ed by Indian tribes aud villages. l think
the whole settlement. men, women aud
children, dressed 10 their best, mast have
aocked on board. They took complete
possession Of the saloon, stretching them
selves on the sofas and lolling in the easy
chairs, while we looked snilingly on from
our stand on the decf, till one miserable
tobacco cherer spnt upon our pretty car.
pet. Then, l think II we ladies had not
been rather afraid Of 50 rough looking n
set. we should have turned them all out
unceremoniously. One girl. perhaps the
village bell, seated herself at the piano,
which she played upon to the greatest de-
light Of her companions il not to ours.
One-devo,cd-requcsted her to sing,
" sing something funny, deviiish," where
upon she made face at him. l haven't
an idea whether she gtatifcd him. it all
seemed funny" to me. Soon the whistle
sounded and they scampered of, we
counted fifty Of them as they emerged
from the gangway below US, nclud ing the
dogs
The rest of the afternoon was passed in
Sabbath stiffness till the genous of mis-
chief in the smallest Of our party suggest.
cd catching gull We had been feed
ing the beautiful creatures, watching them
swoop. barely touching the water. their
sharp quick sight showing them every
crumb Master Fred. procuring a ball Of
twinc, tied piece Of bread 10 the end of
it very scientifically and threw il over
board, at the same time scattering crumbs
BY way OF dcceiving them. by this time
good many found out what was going
on and collected aft to witness the sport
Our motion was so rapid that he could
not pay out his line quick enough and
the bread at the end bobbcd and skipped
along us il it too was enjoying the sport
The sagacious birds, however, were not
to be deceived or coaxed into swallowing
a string. and kept shyly at distance
After supper the fun again began, our
genius aud some small companions having
filled their pockets with beefstcak The
guls, however, were not to be gullcd and
Fred gave it up finally, having afforded
US much amusement, by his efforts to OBJ
tain one Of the shining ones.
All the afternoon the mir had been
warm. but once more in Lake Superior We
found it very cold
About nine o'clock VIC were called into
the Cabin for service. Rev DR.. Wheeler,
Of Meadyille. Pa, gave us. he said, mot
sermon. but n little religious talk y
We had chapter from the Bible, and
prayer, sang " Come thou fount Of every
blessing" listened to the Drs. good SER
mon, and then separated after singing the
Doxology.
Soon We went agaia on deck, expecting
to find il very cold, the wind blow from
the land aud cur nstonishment at its
warmth was ludicrous This wind was
singular, it seemed to be in strata, now
warm, now cool, but never cold. The
next morning, the 18th, | was up before
five, and going on deck found that we had
a new passcngcr--a pretty brown squlr-
rel. 4 man had been put ashore at On
tonagon. in tie yawl, bunny me, the boat
as it ncared the shore. climbed up the
side and refused to 60 of when they land
ed SO he was brought back aud was then
ON the upper deck
We were soon to touch at Bayfield,
and to pass the Apostle Islands The
hurricane deck was forbidden to ladies,
Our polite Captain did not say nay it is
true, but the arrangements were such
that We couldn't get there Longing
looks had hitherto been of no avail, but
this rainy morning fate and Capt wilkins
had good in store for us. Some low.toncd
orders, very little hustle, and down
came the awning o. the post side, up
went set Of steps at respectable angle.
Captain W took his station at the top.
lifting us over the taffrail on, by one, as
VIC mounted his impromptu staircase. and
very soon the top Of the whcclhouse was
covered with ladies. probably in the mos,
elevated station women had ever attained
aboard the India. One pretty little girl
crert up behind the figure head, q fero.
cious looking Indian. aud putting her
arms around his neck, stood there to ou'
great delight could not but hope ,ha,
her mother was not near. ! don't know
that she has yet heard Of il. and would
not care to b. the one to tell her.
Suddenly shower came up and We
were obliged to retreat. The whcelsmnu
kindly opened bis door and let us in, de.
claring there was plenty Of room. though
VIC could scarcely keep out Of the way o
his wheel. He seemed rather pleased e