The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-03-24
A Disastrous Canoe Voyage.


The following good story a the
aquatic achievements IL Philadelphia
newspaper man Is told BY the BEllsnH
Of that city.
A Journalist ~ this city, an associate
editor uIsDn one Of the morning news
papers, undertook "a make a canoe Wv
age down the >usquehanna River la;
summer lie took his c4noe up d
Milkesbarre on the cars and launched
Il upon the bosom If the stream az that
point The only obstacles a. complete
enjoyment on the part II yOyagers upon
the >usguehanna are the many dams
which ObstuIct the stream. II j. Gus
tomary 70 carry the canoes around these.
and 10 enter the stream below them
The first one encountered by the editor
was the dam 10 Sanficoke. This has
in the middle Of il an enormous
..chuie," through which the wafer
PUSHES upon an inclined plane. 80 - 10
permit the RATS which descend the
stream 70 Goat down. Just before
reaching the dam the editor padded
in 10 the shore and interviewed 4 native
respecting the condition Of the chute
what do you think II the chances
Of my shooting the dam in this canoe
DO yOu believe that / could DO iisr-
. 1 should think YOU could. ofc0ur-e,"
said the man.
"Will there b. no trouble about gel
ting throughs~
"No; guess not never heard Of
any body having any"
"Nhy' Did any one ever - down
in canoefm
"Yes, indeed, There Wa fellow
here about week ago who went thrcugh
a-whizzing
What dif be say about its''
"Wsll. he didn't make any particular
remark took il quietly
didn't seem frightened s-'
20 no, After he gos through be
was just a. calm and Unrufiied a.
baby
The Journalist resolved that he would
try H. He padded out 10 the channei
and headed his fraii bark for the chute.
Pretty soon BE- cot into the current and
the canoe began "a acqaine fri-htful
velocity. Then De thought MAYBE he
hai better give up the venture and haul
the canoe around on dry land. buf the
current was too strong for him. and the
only thing be could % was 70 keep the .
boat bows on and LEI Il 20. ~ The time
head II the chute was reached the boat
was making about To- mile. an hour.
and the next mOr-ent il siid down a..
watery hill ike . fash u lightning.
When il struck the river hel0w u shot
beneath the surface. carving the crew
with il, and for = second OF two b., e-lu.A
feel himself proceeding under warrr AZ
= painfully high rate II speed. Then BE-
became unconscious
When he revived he found that sam.
person had hold ~ bis
egs and was rolling him on q barrel.
= nile close ~ hand lay his canoe. wiih
4 hole stove In the bottom. and hi.
rousers with the point u 8 boat-heok
irmly fastened in them. Then they
al him up. and a. soon a. he seemed
comfortable the native who had given
ke information about the dam ap-
preached and said
TWO dollars. please;"
"Two-two-Ehy, what-two dollars
Tor what"
"For snatchiDg You from q watery
-AAsE ~ AAt - III AAA-4A -.
"Why. you told me that / could
shoot the dam
"Well, you did shoot j. didn't vous-
and yOu said thar the other man
asi week did il SAFELY
40 no, What | said was that b. was
-alm after he went through And 80 h.
ya-. lie vas awful calm. beeHu-s BIZ
pants were 40 tender that they w0u'dn'f
hold the beat-hook. and when We
Eetchei him he was dead
"Why didn't you tel me Il was 20
dangerous, you infamous scoundrels''
~lDung man, don't use hard words
WHY didn't ] Il yOus did give sou
By the information you asked for, and.
besides. make my living fishing feliers
tut; and really. n0w. look az the thing
lair and you'll admit that cart be
aking the bread ou; u my mouth Us
leg-ing at such navirafors a. yuu %
yet ont and walk. now. can p
Thea the editor broke in fhe rim. &c
biz canoe with the end II his paddle.
md v0yaged home in the ears. When
be canoes again De viii hunt up q river
hat has never been damned.