Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-15
EUROPEAN LETTER.
doing Ado ard Ahip-Leaving the Land Get
ting misunderstanding Down Fishing Smack
In the Fog--The Fog Whistie--Amusements
The Giants CausewAy--B Bonnie Scotland
The Clyde to Glasgow.

From the Grant County Herald Correspondent
The departure of an ocean steamer Is al
ways an event of considerable importance.
For several hours before the time Of sailing
the dock is crowded with baggage, people
hurrying down in carriages, men and women
rushing along on foot, passengers and their
friends crowding on board the vessel the
whole making perfect pandemonium of noise
and confusion. On the morning of our de-
parture, in addition to all this, nature was
weeping most abundantly and constantly, evi,
IDENTITY sympathizing with the friends Of the
travellers " |4t3 feufei
The half hour bell sounds and the crowd on
the steamer begins to lessen and that on the
wharf to increase. The ten minute bell only
adds to the confusion and at the last moment
the shore people on board the steamer rush
frantically of, the bridge is drawn, the haw-
sers cast from the pier, the engine begins to
move, there is great splashing of water at
the stern Of the vessel, gradually the vast
steamer seems to have the breath of life in
fused into her, and slowly she leaves the
wharf amid the farewell calls of friends, the
waving of handkerchiefs, the shouting of the
crowd, and the friendly whistle of passing
steam vessels
The waving of handkerchiefs continues I'M
still later by those whose jealous friends fol-
low them down the harbor in tugs Our
steamer being new one and this her first de-
parture from New York she was escorted
down the harbor by several tugs and passen-
ger vessels These at length turn back and
leave us with a final salute of cannon and
steam whistles, and we are soon opposite the
light ship at Sandy Hook.
On the way down the bay the passengers
walk the upper deck admiring the beautiful
fields of Long Island, the green hills of Staten
Island, and the low-lying Jersey shore in the
distance. Many OF the passengers write LETT
ters or postal cards which can be sent back
by the pilot and will be the last friends can
hear from them until VIC are in sight OF the
Irish coast. 1a .8 .aHs sHa4
Just outside the light ship we begin to feel
the ocean swell and the great steamer rises
and falls in way that makes many look with
doubt into the future Soon some Of the
passengers quietly and without remark 20
down 20 their staterooms while others sit
upon the upper deck. in a .haughtful, J. medi-
tative way, until gradually a paleness steals
over their faces, and after an hour or SO they
quietly disappear below. Others Of a resolute
nature, who have determined that rs for them
they will not be seasick, walk rapidly up and
uoWu tue uSCh u6utiib III VAIL Tie grim m0n-
ster who is literally cutching their .yitas.
Experienced sailors and those who are not at
all affected by the sea, lounge leisurely about
and enjoy the fresh breeze and the discomfort
of their unfortunate fellow passengers. BY
the time the steamer has been out two hours
and the land has disappeared from sight the
dividing line between those who are to be
sick and those who are to stand the voyage,
is fairly drawn. If the weather is at all rough,
halt the passengers will not be at the table
the FIRST meal and some will not be seen ut all
during the passage. For scasickness there is
no permanent or sure cure. What relieves
one does another no good, but forced contri-
buttons to the Atlantic are a general relief to
all who are affected. 13 ~ ei38
Our voyage was a very monotonous one.
having fog and quiet weather nearly all the
way. Once, on the banks of Newfoundland,
the monotony was broken by running down
fishing smack from Beverly, Mass, which was
anchored directly across our course | can
never forget how wildly the fishermen ran to
the stern of their vessel as the black hull Of
the steamer suddenly appeared to rush out of
the dense fog, bearing down on them directly
amidship and scarcely two hundred yards
away. Almost instant death threstens them,
for in less than half a minute they expect to
be run down by the steamer. But they are
seen from our vessel and the steamer is in
stanty turned from her course, so that only
the bowsprit Of the fishing smack is cut Of: