The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-03
G.tRY'S VIVID SHIP.


SIDNEY, Neb., Nov. 20. - Brainerd of the
T,ltgfrph and were standing upon the depot
platform when cspied a red nlg flying over "a
residence near by. "Small-pDx IN town" | in
CURED, As lerei,d a niger toward the bunting
Branerl glanced In the de enatsd direction,
and with d sn.ilrrrplic :, "cun.l-pox. Why, bless
your unsophistic .ted hsar,, no. IhatY Why,
don't YOU know what that l,y Haven't you
seen the greatest marvel of the niuete, nth cen
tur}g Haven't you seen Cars wind ship? That
4 tg's at hcr masthead. Gary h IS riseol up II
affair tha;. with good st d breeze fun tern,
can scui oyerthe prairie lessn mile a minute.
Coz GeeWhl.akcr, gof No, she don't 20, she
huns
"Now. his Is candid fac, I'm going 70 tell
you. and If YOU don't believe me-. ask Gary. lie
and weighed anchor one afternoon. and pl c.
~ the nd thing before stif weai wind stltted
down the prairie. Julesburg II forty-iour miles
lion here, aud IA nity seven and nan minutes
packed and adv for shipment home on the
.julesburg platform. We went - fast that II was
like IL ,ainE aeI IS the str ct here " "a" sid
neY. nd thprc Jgles tur-.'
or course, took It all in. and accented
Brainerds invitation to look at the curiosity.
sure euOugu, there stood an arrangement on
wheels, with ils, rigging, and sp =. and the
red "A q n INC from the mast. The running year
consists OF four llgnt carriage wheels, the aXies
belu- connected by tina aplnE uo.rds, upon
vni' the plsscueefs -i'' dangling their legs over
original length and turned over back, thus re-
seutius steering apparatus sOme"hst similar
t. that of the tricycle.. Foremost about ten
feet high supports square sail that can he
easily reefed or shaped Tor IL tack. The main
sail, however, Is the most wonderful part uI tAe
craft and the CTudest-cousi-tng OF n three
leaicl arrangement similar to "A house screen,
placed sideways. and can be trimmed To eaten
thu wind from aus quarter.
Pr ntly Gary came cut, and after an intro
durtion the ship" was towed To the man street.
aud while man at oacn wheel held the clipper
at anchor, Gary huisted The foresail ana two
reefs Of the mainsail. The wind blew in gusts,
and therefore uufavOrably from the north.
Gary took "a seat upon one side, ana / upon tue
other; the word was given 10 let CO. and aw ~
We went. SLOWLY at first. but with speed increas-
ing. until we cleared the town, when, the wind
blowing free upon our port, the vehicle made "A
plunge forward that nearly unseated US The
trall was h I'd; winding and partly beating
against the wind, we could not make our tune
como up TO the best record, but IL exceeded
The wheels seemed spokeless, and revoived with
hum that could De heard u long distance. Oc-
casiOnallY a strong pun would raise GaTy's side
clear uf the ground. and we would move over
several yards uDon two wheels. We ran up to
the Black lills trail, and then, IA the wind had
veerod TO the east, We alighted, aud pulled tue
wonder back by hand
MIR. Gary IL the village gunsmith, and con
structed his nameless Invention just for the fun
won a wager that he could run five miles In five
minutes. The capacity Of the craft Is remal h
able. Not long ago Gary was engaged 10 take
two men and 800 pounds OF baggage to Potter, Is
miles distant lilo made the trip In twenty lone
minutes.