The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-03

Steamer ssDefeat."
HrSrISsBuRG, Sept, cath. 1872
Al q meeting held in Cass township
on the Goth Of Sept. 1879, for the pur-I
pose Of electing school teacher. APP
plicafions were made and Of course n
candidates were defeated and compelled
to travel up Salt river on the same steam
er.
The steamer has for her captain and
James Brooner. an old and
Experienced officer who has been making
regular trips up this river for many
years, sometimes dozen year, so TAX
ing into account his unequaled expert
ence he is without doubt the ablest and
best captain that runs that line, and
there is nothing 10 hinder the voyage
from being pleasant one. for Mr..
Brooner il always in good spirits. hav-
ing long since brushed the picture Of a
hundred defeats from his brow There
is nothing to fear on the passage as the
captains many voyages up the stream
has enabled him to sound every rod Of
the channel from its source 10 its mouth
so that fonndering or getting wrecked
will be impossible. TIE trip is TO occu-
Ipy 8 months and Mt every port the cap
tain will haye the pilot. Thomas Will
iams. 10 land the vessel, and while the
vessel continues in port the captain ac-
Icompained by the pilot will go ashore
and seek for other passengers who are
almost ready for the journey. As the cap
tain aud pilot are men of extraordinary
Influence and wonderful sagacity IL j.
Thought by tie time the vessels arrives
al the last port that the crew will amount
Ito at least 20 sous. While the captain
land pilot are gathering lie defeated from
levery nook and corner. the rest Of the
crew will be engaged in carrying out the
Icaptain's orders 10 the letter, so that on
bis return every thing about the vessel
will lie in readiness for her onward pro
gress- Immediately on the return Of the
captain and pilot the vessel will be loos-
ed from her anchorage and begin to re-
plow the soaming waters. Next in or
der will be the repasi. The tables will
Ibe spread in the broad cabin and a
sumptuous meal placed thereon by the
crews cook Mary WagonerI who is un-
lquestionably the best along the line, hav-
ling been employed in that business fol
THE last 25 years.
4 After the repasf. and as the boat speeds
Il on ia her course the wash maid Mary
Enlow will proceed to wash the cloth.
fling and hang II out on the cabin railing
Ito dry. Indeed the captain made wise
|selection when he chose Miss Eniow fol
that rarpose as her strength will demon.
lstrafc. After this work the dishes musl
be washed and dried and the skiiiets
cleaned BY the cooks servant Lizzie
Harris for the next meal After this
1.-The wash maid assisted by the cook and
Iher servant will iron The clc'ling. while
1.-THE engineer ;ilis Kemp will keep tl's
lenginc repaired and steam ~, assisted bs
1.-THE .sfireman and rousiabont" li5illy Al
,llenl- These two gentlemen will give
1.-THE weasel force 10 overcome the current
Tor burst the boilers. In addition 10 al
l.his grand panorama. beautiful strains
of music from the lips Of the captain vii
lregale the crew. while the pilot prHyl
twice day for the prosperity Of the crew
land will preach every Sunday Inornini
lproviGing no one else boards the vesse
ior voyage up the stream who is NOR
: fitted to act as chaplain
Such crew waS scarcely ever witness
led before and il can be nothing short o
lecstafic delight TO the passengers for ev
lcry one is occupying post exactly snit
led to their nature. A FRIEsD.