Connecticut western news., 1874-07-31
AN EDITOR ADRIFT.
His ssLittle Sail Down The Bay.''

Somehow or other it seems about as nat ural for an editor to tear himself away from the editorial treadmin once year and spend few days or weeks in regions more or less remote from scissors and pastepot, as it is s>for-for-(we'll give you the com parison when we find it.) Acting under this inspiration" we seized our travelling bag containing two or three paper collars, pair of shoe strings and toothpick. [Show us an editor with more elaborate display of wearing apparel than what we have enumerated, over and above what adorns his person on all occasions, from four-horse wedding to an Irish ''shindy," and we'll show you-to be a fit subject for lunatic asylum.l But we are digressing: AS we said above; we seized our travelling bag Tuesday forenoon, June 2srd, rushed to the depot and plunged on to Conductor Eggleston's train, determined to go somewhere or die in the attempt. The ride over Norfolk hills, served only to in crease our already intolerable thirst for travel, and when we reached Hartford, we rushed frantically onto the fast train on the New York, Hartford 6 Springfield road and pushed on to New York with the speed of fabricated electricity. On our arrival at the Grand Central depot we found num- Der of friends waiting for us, whose hospi- tality seemed unbounded. Each proffered us his hand of fellowship, generous in size and harness backing, and urged us to ac- cept a seat in his carriage. These men are eloquent in language and are noted for lungs of unusual strength, and in the course of their remarks took occasion frequently to allude to some of the hotels; the Astor House, St. Nicholas, Grand Central, &c., &c., all of which interested us very much. As we could not accept the hospitality of all of them at one and the same time, it is quite proper to say here, we didn't. The next day after our arrival we accepted an invitation from that prince of gentlemen, Captain Braes, to sail down the harbor in his new and elegant steamship ''State of Pennsylvania" At precisely three o'clock In the afternoon of Wednesday the 24th of June. this monster of ship moved out from her wharf at Pier 36, North River, and as she proceeded down the harbor, past the myriads of shipping always to be seen there the forts and islands, the editor in chief of THE CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS paced her decks like any other ''thing of life and joy forever" and-looked at things.
 The captain, being one of that sort of men who cannot endure the idea ot doing things by halves, is giving us somewhat extended Strip down the bay," as we find by reference to the calendar that it now only lacks about two hours of being exact ly five days since we left the wharf in New York city, it being as we now write, about ten minutes past o'clock P. M., Monday, June 29th, and we also find that although our watch marks the above mentioned time, and which is the same that New York eats, drinks and sleeps, by the captains clock in the cabin, which he regulates by the sun every noon,is about two hours fast CT. The bulletin in the companion way which was put up three hours ago, informs us we are in latitude 44.10 and longitude 46.36, which means about $50 miles south east of New Foundland and about 1900 miles from New York city, and still the screw at the stern continues to splash us on to the eastward, while the ship heaveG and plunges beautifully. The trip thus fal is said by the captain to be remarkable fol fine weather; we having encountered moth ing more than good spanking breeze" a the worst that has come upon us.
 We find on board quite large numbe of ladies and gentlemen, who are also en- toying this ''little trip down the bay, among whom being Captain Hamilton Brown of Scotland, Capt. c. c. Park ant brother (his mate) of Maine and Capt Horn of New Orleans; the first two goin. to Europe to take charge of ships, and tn other, Captain Horn, being somewha young in years, although old in sea expert ence, is, better still; going to Hamburg t take charge of his young and beautiful bride (to be when he gets there.) Our pal ty altogether is very pleasant one; wha ever dignity and sweet scented aristocrac was brought on board, W as soon abandone after we had settled down to sea life.
 There goes vessel, and as the Britis flag is being hoisted as signal, genis but ardent Britisher strengthened to his flu helght and exclaimed. ''Up goes the em blem of law, order, religion and power, after which we felt very much afraid.
 We alluded above to the continued plea ant weather, but now find it convenient change our tune and have something say about
 STORM IN MID OCEAN.
 Mans imagination cannot picture to mind the awful grandeur of storm in m ocean nor can the pen be made to convt more than faint idea. It never can be I alized till seen. A very heavy sea greet, the early risers this CTuesdaY) mornil June 30th. The winds, which seem to pu
 the world of waters into huge mountain covering the vast expanse everywhere wi these numberless eminences, increases
 violence and is giving the yoyagers tas
 of another phase of sea life little expect
 by them, or even by the captain himself,
 he said he had not expected storm of su
 violence at this season of the year. T
 waves, mountains in size and whitened
 the top by the boiling of the waters the
 into snowy foam, chase each other
 rapid succession now raising this lmmer
 vessel to their highest summits; tn
 plungiDg it down deep into the troug
 beneath, handling it as the mad waters
 the Wachocastinook on recent occasi
 would toss chip; now raising themsel,