The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-26
OBJECTS ON TIE Ice
Seals, Ducks, and other Sights OF nm Fa.y
River Trip In MidwInter.

River "Trip In MIdwInter.
"Took alive now. iunv, aboor d." .bou,o.,
n dock hand on tho steomer Minnch,,oo,, -
tho foot of Twentv-sixth strect and tb r,,,,,,.
ran about INV vnrda and ,up,nod 10 -.
within thirty mInutos NJ belnc ton lo,c
Tho Minnehnnock bolonps IN tl,e ne,.or,r,o.,
nj c,hori,,es and Correc,ion Cha ia c,,r.n,ans.,
bv Cant Irwin and goes several time. n w.
To Uart's Island. seventeon miles from tho 49,.
OF Twenty.sIxth street. whore tho furthret ot,l,,
ci,v,s institutions aro eitunted
Commissioner brennan introduced ,bo -
norter IN tho Can,oin. whose foco ,vns ne s,,,,,-
beaten as that of mn arctic explorer nud v,h,.,.
feet encased I'm porfectlv- hitting boo,s cro.,,
ANAL enough 10 have attracted envious at,,nS
ton in n ball room.
30 far as could be gathered on tho nnwor,t
trim. the Captain wns not a brilliant c,nvoreo-
tionalist. He smoke thrice His first rcmo,,>
waa, lin. cas, of tho how line nnd hold,
TO tho stern line.n His second WINS c,rnr,set
in tho single word seaI and roferr,,I 10 ,,,,,
of the most interesting incidents Of tho tin.
Uia third ahowed thar the loo which noat. H.,
such nrofuaton ON ,he Fat pivnr nm ~, a.,
Sound ia nil North nivar Ica corricd .ro,,r.l
the Battery with the ebb. md nm toward Ions,
Island Sound with the Incoming lid,
M, ,, Az, .
hiS teucehce' inc reporter subsequently
learned. was unusual. and due to tho presoncB
of three ladies. membera Of tho stnte "A ard ~
,,,..,.t ,r, -. =, -" -
Ohafltlcs' Ihey entered tho spacious pilot
house after Commissioner Brennan had landed,
and one Of them snid. lyon did not ns. us in
u.s.. % 49,, y. - - ~ ~ 90" VIZ i"'
put hs inc view IL 40 huch Detter nero IMAM
anywhere else on board we thought wa Womb
coma uninvitedn Tho mariner grIr,ty anti,
, 10 ~ ,u''' 'ni'',N
MS acdulcscence tho had made MS nrst OBJ
servation n few minutes before starting from
Tvontv.aix,h s,roon and tho ,hroo l.. iioa -,
-, 80 -, 1917 .t"s.hiS -
uo"h' anu Welo pulcAV aoeoIpou III u ueuato
"o ,I, 81 rosoln,Ionsn 'A''' anu u'u
rr, " 80,
The remark that ono oil them had made as 10
the beauty OF tho Wow was amply justified. IL
,,oa No, aasurodi,, ,ha ,horn,t,,, r,,,or ,or.-
was not assureuy' INC charmihR river scenery
mat gree's the eye OF tho traveller upon the
Hudson In summer; but as the steamer passed.
Do'"oen Nno A"iu plo'ner is'ahus "hu ep-
preached tho Sound. tho grandeur OF utier
dosolation surrounded her, Tho river was a
,,oss ., dr,,,ino, loo anJ ,honaonda -, -.
mass Vi u.iiunk ioe' "uu 'iousunus o' cro"s
and sea birds were standing upon tho larger
nieces md floating down townrd tho sea 'Tho
Con,ain had Iof, Tho niIot honso ami sno,h.-
N"p'"h hau iolt wv piioV uouso' anu Nho'heE
man had taken his place at the wheel. To this
steersman one OF the ladies' addressed herself.
What do the crows lind to eat upon the leo p
she asked; and lucidly the sailor replied.
Eond mum, and tho likaa thav nicka M,
Thc iaJv ,yas n,turaiiv intsrsstad ''
"WbSre does tho food come from ~ sbe In
auired. From the river or from the land y
lHal ~ tod liz Ns.fNE ~
ornitholooicai Enn,yi~dge anil no adn,itteI H.,
n downe9st wey. that he really didn't Enow In
was probnbIv On account Of ms ignorapn" IN a
he was moi asked what Two other artirins M
soon nlterwnri driiieI mai nnon "A sh.st Of i,,,
and n cigar hoy and To- saw how thev rnn,. To- 10
vnvn,,inf, down h" tho oceon In tbn3 NV ,v,ni1
have puzzled the Captain himself withSat
auestioning his subordi nate.
'Rsfnra iSnp tbe nnstrr ~ Tho craft enterc,I
| the pilot honse' anil shortly after the staaIner
| had nassed Fort Schuyier' with its curious mo-
| Ice "Tornadnss dont,t lSnd be made hia
| second re,nart "O'' ''"N' A' ''"N' "'O
Seal" he said and pointed out Of The for,
| mon a niece OF iee about n hundred wards dis>
tnnt as 9apk sbninn crautnre ,bysi pnhndv
Attic regions could mistake Tor "A moment I'ha
| ,nained whare Il Was for sixtv sena nds lanesr
| n wonid assnredIy have been RIM over n
| was reserycd however Tor n better fate mud its
| Its rre"t wistful ewes imniorinaiv nj tho an
nrosehinp boat as though tnduiglnq in the vain
its ro,rsa and aiioyv il 10 nnish 10 aI,rhars il.
psace' and then scrambled disconsolateiy N
tu Ia ,eo anu uis"ppo"iou WIN piunso i"'" "'
Hat,veen tho nlaco WHARF IL want down snd
| Harris Island. tho Captain explained the penI-
| iiarity OF the lee drifting from the North River
nm the Fast River and into the Sonnd The Ias-
ter bodies Of water. he said except In very mar
That the FrostKing occasionally binds them,
n HeS fsspd a ns ~ ca Inndd
| nearly across the channel 10 CITY island arI
| Tie preceding dny Il had besn entirely irosrn.
40 ~, ~ rsndsr mnv,atinn imnosaihIe
~ 80 mara drearv ,inca than Ia1' Tsland ipss
Ha Ne can sbe nara w. sp rs "no los
| INV @bniidines for tho reeention ehieny of ths
| sirk and I,natio render ~ eyen more dismal
| The ladies' from the State Board Of CHARITIES
| quickly found tho most comfortable place upon
| the isiand-the workhonse kitchenIand tSsts,i
| SCUM and examined culinary apparntus for
| about an hour but though boilers ranges
and caldrons were in admirable order and de.
serving OF attention by far the most interesting