The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-09-13
Rates of Advertising.
A Modern Danish Navigator.

erpool August II, after a voyage across
the Atlantic. She was sailed bv a man
named Alfred johnson, a Dane. and
left Gloucester, Mass, on June ~l8.
Johnson is in good health, but suffers
from want of sleep, and his legs arc
SIN and weak, ewing to the confine.
ment OF the voyage. He is a smart
intelligent man of about thirty-ive
On arriving at New Brighton he was
oheered BY the passengers on a ferry
boat. He did not land at the landing
stage, whore number of people had
assembled to meet him, but asailed up
the river and was ultimately met by
the proprietor Of the Rock Ferry Ho.
tel, with Whom he arranged to exhibit
his boat in the grounds. The Centen.
NAL was accordingly taken up, and
will be shown to the public to-day.
The Centennial is boat of the kind
known in America as q dory. She il
twenty feet long, partially Aat.bot.
toned, and has centre board. She
is decked over, is built in three water.
tight compartments, and was supplied
with provisions for ninety days. She
was built expressly for the trip, and is
Of pine, extra timbered with oak. She
carries one mast, and can set q main.
sail, two jibs, and a square-sail.
johnson left Gloucester on the 18th
of June, the people cheering him hear.
tily as be sailed away. The weather
was fine at Grst, but afterwards chang.
ed to fog and head winds, which lasted
until the 22d, when he put into Shake
Harbor, his compass being affected by
his iron ballast. he started again on
the 10th, and had fine passage and
fair winds until the 9TH of July. when
in latitude 410 50 north, longitude sac
west, heavy gale from the southwest
sprang up, during which the boat ship
ped a heavy sea, which started the
combing of the hatchway, and the wa.
ter got in and spoiled some of his pro.
visions. At this time he spoke a bark
bound from Mexico to Liverpool. and
the Captain invited johnson to 90 on
board, saying be would drop him off
Cape Clear, and not mention anything
about it; but johnson declined.
The gale passed away, and he had
fine weather until the 18th of July.
when strong breeze came from the
southwest. and he made a good run
until the I'd of August, on which day,
being then about 300 miles FROM Cape
Clear, he spoke the brig Maggie Gan.
der, from New York to Swansea. AT.
ter running a couple of hours with the
brig, which shortened sail to keep com.
pany, johnson hove his boat to in
order to ride out the gale, which had
greatly increased. He unshipped the
mast for this purpose. About half an
hour after being hove to, the boat got
broadside on to heavy sea, and cap.
sized, but johnson got on the bottom
and remained there about twenty min.
utes, when another sea struck her, and
he succeeded in righting her. This
was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
just after getting into the boat again
he saw shark alongside, and its fms
struck against the bottom of the boat.
He fastened a knife to an oar and cut
at it, and il then went away. The boat
was half full of water, but he pumped
it out and weathered the gale, which
lasted till next day. Everything was
wetted, and he lost his kerosene stove
and his square sail by the upset. Tie
weather continued rainy and foggy for
four days, during which time he could
not dry anything.
On Monday, August z, about 100
miles off Cape Clear, he spoke the brig
Alfredon, from Liverpool to Baltimore,
and got some bread and water, bis own
bread having been damaged by salt
water. Next day he got soundings to
the south of Cape Clear, but it was fog
gy and he could not see land. On the
9th he spoke the ship Prince LQmbar-
do, which gave him the bearings Of
Wexford Head as '5S miles east by
north. 0n'the 10th he sighted Mil
ford, but the wind became contrary
and he put into Abercastle. He sailed
again on the 18th aud reached Holy
head last Friday, and Liverpool yes
terday morning. johnson estimates
that his average run during the voyage
was seventy miles a day. He was pro-
vided with medicines before starting,
When asked yesterday if he would care
to repeat the voyage, johnson replied
that he Thought he had had about
enough Of it.-LORd0R News.
-S~<