The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-08-27

well It's purity hot" answered
lake Captain, In one OF the ferry.
t dock saloons. yesterday; "but q
T isn't nothing to the summer OF 1886
We had It at least twenty degrees
, hotter than this right along FOR siS
, weeks. was running the Mary
Jane between Chicago and Buffalo
then, aud I've seen the Thermometer
stand at $50 degrees In the middle
Of Lake Huron"
That was awful" sighed oae OF
the sitters.
"Well It was fairish. but we didn't
call Il very hot until We got luto the
ST. Clair river and the mercury went
up 10 $50 degrees when hanging
against the Waterbutt. The bows
used up 72s palm.lsar fans on one
trip that year. On one OF our trlps
down We we're becalmed FOR three
days on Lake Huron. We got it
there, and no mistake"
"Purty hot, ehT'
"Well, I'm an old man and / don't
care to tell lie at this late day. but
I'll tell you a few solemn facts.
Every sail on that schooner smoked
and smoldered Lill they fell to pieces
on deck and left us under bare polesi
Yes sir, we hadn't a rag aloft as big
as your hand. That was just At sun.
rise In .he morning, and within an
hour we had to wet down decks 70
prevent them burning. went down
stairs to consult the thermometer.
aud 1t lay on the floor, all melted In.
TO chunk orglass aud tin. Then I
began to realize how hot II was aud
| got frightened !"
What could you ds?"
well, not much. We bad begun
TO rig lines over the lee side, so that
all could take to the water, when the
topsail yard came down and killed
the cook. The links 10 the chain
had melted right out Inever knew
case like It since but then the
weather has cooled or greatly since
1886"
"And aboa. the cookr
Nothing about hir. When We
picked the body up to heavo II over.
board it had spread out 10 mass
about four feet square aud we had
to use shovels before we got through.
He was a good young man and 3
perfect gentleman, aud his mother
never blamed me in the least for
scoop shoveling his remains over the
rail. We finally rugged our lines
and got overheard"
"And was it much coolerY'
"Ah young man, how little you
reporters know OF the great lakes
spread out before your gaze on the
maps Coolerl Why. the moment
we struck the water we began squirm.
ing like 80 many cells. The lake was
red hot. The water would have cook.
ed an egg In four minutes. was
blistered from head 20 heel Ia no
time. Some day will take of my
coat and vest and show you my
back. The flesh was actually cook.
ed to a depth Of two inches, aud for
over two years the dogs used 10 scent
cooked meat when walked out. and
follow me by dozens. Five surgeons
tainted away In a heap at the sight
OF my left shoulder. and the only
man l could get 70 dress my back
was a butcher under sentence OF
DEATH"
"It must have been terrible. Hew
did you come out Of the calml"
"Well, while I was squirmlng In
the water a white squall struck the
schooner, and down she went. It
was all over in a minute. and air and
water we're hotter than ever.
struck out for the Canada shore, over
enc hundred miles away, knowing
that IL was sink or swim, but In half
an hour / was safe"
Picked up7"
"well, no." replied the Captain.
as he scratched his leg. II struck an
iceberg and climbed up into q cave
near the top tell you Il was =
grateful change 70 me, and that's one
reason why can never see n hunk
or ice and q lemon without feeling
grateful to the man who invented
both-with q very little gin In mine,
If you please"
Wrestlers work when they wrost.
-TBoston Post.
Quail on toast Is worth two In the
brush.-[New York Mail.
Faber should have been a Pencil
vanian.-[Waterloo Observer.
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