, 1879-07-19

~ tHE It4lE246t CHO Vi GOHkN aEtf !WSNW
the btcaawater, was rapid and pleaeant ID tho
cool morning afr, and tic party were Informally
received md
WELCOMED nr GAIT. 81. rsrsns
nn,' hfa rerr good crew ot ablc-hodlcd. lffo-rre-
servers. DAcmbarkn6. ,'ther wers shown tho
life-hoat the li'e.cnr, The varfous cables In uso.
sent sn hcso,-ani the other apparatus III
y + the caotaia and h's men Il
firing Tho line" from mortar
ut Illustrating what would be Tic actual prac-
tcc, Wns considered to rcnrcserls vcsscl in dis
tfcss. thc Inns nsed Was vrry small, tightly
roren atfafr, which was thrown BY tic cxplo-
ou oo1 boa. 70 o1 e sas e III o eu
shore, wns attached |afgcr cable. md tho men
IN The boat begun pulling on tlse smoter line at
their end nntt! they ha!l gotten hold OF tho big
ropc.. \ pulley and taeklc arrangement wns
passed osor the tntl'oy. The llfc.car. attached
TO nnc ot,tl OF Tho cable Was thcn launched and
pulled ont to Tic boat by the ta'ell on shore and
hY n,cnna of the pulley and s1ckle roterrrd to.
at sea would iusnp Into this car. the lid wonld
bo put on, 80 to speak, tt'id they would b
pulled ashore and rcsc1ltl frntn WAttrY grave.
Bnt there wnrcn't any shtpwrecaei pcoplo on
this OCCASION, ntfd for the fnn u the th'g soy,
era! Of 'he party rot into The car, weto sealed
tip IN tts interior BY fastening down tho top
plate, c,--though they could ret air from the air.
holes ufcrced through tho top atltl ssdcs,-and
wrse hanInti nlk to t,e dlstant boat, returning
nttcr hrsef sthy. Then ,tern was An e1hthi.
t!on on shore OF tie way In which a man would
be sent out--susrcnded In q sart Of hatid'bas-
Knt attached 10 largo cablc-to ship at sea.
When the cable was attached nj one end to The
,uas!,-0n shore, of COURSE. In this asc,-and
fnstcnctl at the of1lcr en1 to II stationary pulley
farther 10 shore. nun clilnbed tho mast, tlrop.
posl nto tltc basket (which suddenly Developed
wonderful similarity to = tluGe. pair Of pants,
the sides nj tflc basket holding h!nl nrouni tito
chcst}, nntl. by ncnns OF tho rnpes and pulleys.
VAS drawn along thr tA,ht.ropc until he reached
t!M inner htretGh Of ground, which IN this case
represented terra iirua fn contradistEnct!on to
tue mast, which vas supposed to ls out ut sen.
watch the gentleman from the Shortft's st'tec,
who, In iii ungliardcd moment, was pursuadcd
into DcllIg hauled nlunE Dy this basket nll
ttght-r0pe combination to the mast
IL n ,se* S%ek apv 'e ws, fops a .hs Ms' peufa III
slacrlty III pulling It further down md thus in.
crcnsltsg tho slnrk, WIS illu means OF bringing
bin Into somewhat uncomfortable contest With
the Garth nver which ho 'Vas rapidly drawn:
The two exhibitions were perfect s,icccssca MD
the party Expressed TO Cnrt. ct. Peters md hto
trew the wntttcr aud delight caused by this
illustration Of thefr proficiency.
THE GOVERNMENT LI01IT-HousR
was next Visited and there, too, the party found
much to admire. The next thing In order w:s
the look at
TIE nuMnoATs.
4 tozcn or so Of The visitors accepted Capt. st.
Peters, invitation to make The trip in tho lift-
toat, tt,a delightful enr It VIVA. The rest
kupt 10 the tug. The numboats were OF
course very tnnoeent-looklng affairs tna
M t!,cir foinvIns: having that 'i "lccn.out. all al.
night" lnok whtcl, follows dissipation. The
party vent aboard ''Blac|s ack's u floating he'll,
aud were received with something bordering on
wholesome respect, not to saF ouscq1,luna At
tcntlo1t. There wns not much ia sec, ct eourse,
tn tho day-ttnlc, hut what was seen left nm
abundance Of room for Imagining what might
bc Econ ut night, when thu place is throlgcd
With tl.c lowest ind the yilcst OF botll scxcs,
and the opportunities for slaslsng 4 mum n,ti
then llsposlng OF him With nuatTcss s,,d dis
rateh by dumping him into the hole leading to
iliv bathing department aro simply lrst-class;
Or, rs the advertisements might put It, "scl-
dom eqilalcd and never rxce1lett."
Having viewed thu bunhoass the party got
abourd the tug bade good-tY 10 Capt. st. Pc
tcra and his nen, and, renewing their attack
lunch, woFc sooM at Clark street bridge. BE-
fore going on sllort, tho, visiting Officials aul
tt,rir friends were called to order bY Mr.. Far.
well; and Mr. john c. Durn offered O resolu-
tlon thanking Collector smith and the Captain
OF the bret llarte for the delightful and tnttruc-
tive trip which their efforts Ind brought abottt
II Is needless to say that The resolution WAS
unanimously adopted, after Hhtrh tho partY
.isenoarkctl and went their several ways,
highly pleased with The manner In WHICH tho
three hours inu been 10 DELIGHTFULLY."- ef1lployed