The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-09


boating excursion. To come, down to
the solid truth It was about as unpleasant
a day for such q party as YOU could have,
even if,you telegraphed thecleEk Of The
weather in advance and had day made
toOrder. But our thee young friends who
Fe will call Bill, Pete and Dick concluded
That they would take little excursion TO
Bellaire on that day and not to be deter
red by few drops Of rain or fall Of an
inch or SO in the thermometer they started
having borrowed a skitf for the occasion
and each ,arrayiDg himself in his best store
clothes. l'' az. &. - ...'.
Rowing down TO Bellaire was fun, huge
fun; it just took exercise enough TO keep
them warm, and all three concluded that
rowing was their best grip, and boating
one OF the royal pleasures. Arriving at
Bellsire, theytled up their boat and start.
cd for aView, Of the town. Now, It 90
happened that none Of them had ever
been to the city before, and they were
greatly taken with 1t; thought 1t II real
nice town, altogether too good to belong
to'apy State but West Virginia. So get
ting into conversation with Harry Kitch'
en- ut whose hotel they 'wercdining on
ground nuts and rcd herring, they tried
to, buy out the town, but finally split when
II come to the water works-HArry would
reserve them under all circumstances.
So being unable 10 buy the town, they
bought a skif, for which they contracted
to pay Tie magnificentsum Of elk dollars
and agreed to call for it next Saturday.
Evening was coming on, and as they had
"donc the town." they concluded it was
about time 10 start, as they wished to get
home Tor tea, sure.
Bidding Gdieu to the town, they got in
the skill ,andpushed proudly oil, heading
for home, singing
"Wer'eout on the ocean sailing"
Now all oil our readers know that row
lag up stream is different work from row
ing down stream; neither Bill, Pete, nor
Dick knew this before, but they soon
found it out, They pulled slowly at first
then faster aud faster; the boat was leak
ing badly, and they concluded 1t ought to
be bailed out, SO Pete fell at 1t, using
Dicks silk hat for q bucket But 1t was
no use, they couldn't make any Roadway.
They pulled Of their over coats, then their
coats and vests, took of their neckties
and collars, and worked away; their
hands got warm, then hot, and then the
skin pulled of by the square foot, but that
boat wouldn't move faster than at the rate
Of about two miles In four days. What
could they do but each take turn at Cuss.
ing and pull ashoreH So they did so, and
landed Just eight feet higher up the river
than when they started. Now what to
do they didn't know. Pete thought the
best thing was to carry the boat,
so they tried 1t, but It wouldn't
work. Dick was willing to leave
her where she was and come on home,
land let her go to thunder slgnilying
his Willingness to pay hisnext years sal
airy to remunerate the owner. After a
tull consultation they concluded that II
they only had her up to the upper end OF
Bogg's Island, they could get along, SO
theYgsve 3 man dollar to row her up
that far, ". 10 they walked along on the
bank and watched him. When there,
they discharged the boatman with o
grand air and took fresh start, but she
wouldn't 60 up-in TACT the old tub would
insist on going down stream. About this
time boat came along, and our friends
unfortunately got in her wake, and then
the boys got scared. Pete got down in
the bottom of the skiG in about eight
inches OF water and in loss time than you
can tell it, he pulled all Of his clothes of
to DO ready for a swim. Dick and Bill
each took drink and ewept on each
others breasts, after which they emptlcd
the bottle, and hastily writing their
names on slip Of paper, enclosed 1t in
the bottle and corking It, threw 1t over
board. But they wasn't wrecked. Es-
Gaping this danger, they concluded to pull
ashore once more, and they did it; and
while two OF them sat down and held the
skifF, one went in search of q man that
could pull her up 10 town. They
finally found q man that would
do the job for Just two dollars and nary q
cent less. So they took up collection
and found that their joint pile exceeded
that sum by sixteen cents; and then they
were happy. They trudged along the
river bank, watching the man row the
skil, through mud about foot deep, until
they came TO West Wheeling, where the
boatman struck across and they went on
up to Bridgeport and crossed over, having,
fortunately, enough money to pay toll
They had engaged TO meet the man al
the Stamm House, and found him true to
his word, for he had been there some time
when they arrived. OF course they were
wet TO the skin and muddy from head to
foot, SO they sat down near The stove to
dry out Their conversation was not
cheerful, in fact they did not enter into
conversation at all, but sat there each
communing with his own thoughts for
three long hours. At last, near midnight,
they arose with one accord and approach,
cd table, and one Of them producing a
pencil and scrap Of paper they took turns
in noting something down omit In few
minutes that paper contained memo
randum something like this:
ExPEEBE ACCOUNT.
Cash outlay for prov sIOns. $3 Is
Wet groceries. Observation-Disclosures. ~
For IoWinr AkiH. ....,. W
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