St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12
To Asia Minor.
EXTRACTS from Missionary's Journal.l
STEAMER, Getty OF BERLIN"
AnH zth 1870

Aug. 9TH, 1879.
This is the fifth day that we have
enjoyed "the pleasures of the Deep" /
began to experience ''qualms" soon af-
tel leaving Sandy Hook. Our steamer
is a very excellent one it is said to be
the largest one afloat except the ''Great
EASTERN" and Mr.. Inman, the proprie-
tor of this line of steamers, is one of the
passengers, and good specimen of an
Englishman. He had quite an ovation
of flowers on leaving New York. The
designs were very elaborate; one a
basket from to feet long by II feet
wide, composed of smilax, tube and tea
roses, and another representing ship
with masts, smoke stacks, etc. The
ladies cabin was Oppressively sweet
with the fragrance.
DR.. Bush is going on his first visit to
Europe for few months vacation. He
has engaged passage for nearly 20 mis-
sionaries during the last three years.
He has found this line very Obliging
and moderate one in its prices. We
have had little rain, considerable fog,
and some head winds thus far, but not
real heavy nor rough sea, but still
enough "Scotch mists" to test our ca
pacity as sailors.
When more than half across the
ocean, gentleman remarked jokingly
at table, "You will never do for mis-
siOnary, if not more faithful at the post
of duty, 1.-THE table, than you have been
here; you should come if you do not
feel like it." We replied, "that some
persons can be half seas oUer and not
mind it, but we cannot"
The 100 passengers comprise rather
remarkable and curious company (:
representatives of different nationalities
and places from all parts of the globe
thrown prOmiscuOusly together for a
short time, and in measure dependent
upon one another. You find an Irish
man, who has been a missionary to
India, returning home for rest via Cal
ifornia: An American lady, who has
been missionary ten years in NingpO,
China The Secretary of the China
Ambassador in London, dressed in full
costume: Two English cotton planters
from the Feejee Islands: A French wine
merchant and family: A London artist
in Turkish fez: persons from Australia,
West Indies and the Isle of Nassau, etc
Monday, Aug. 18th. We did not stop
at Queenstown yesterday, on account
of the fog, but all felt so much better
when land was in sight. We shall
probably reach Liverpool at $50 P. M,
then gOOd-by to Prof. and Mrs. M,
and 5 hours ride by rail to London.
Paris, Aug. 18th. We left London
in company with DR.. Herrick and fam
lily of MarsOvan !; Mr.. and Mrs. Bartlett
of Cesarea are going into Switzerland
and then sail from Trieste a week later
en- route for ConstantinOple. We were
obliged to anchor in the English chan
mel over night on account of the dense
fog. and when we reached the port Oh
the other side, signalled in vain for
small boats to take us in; although a
fishing port, and has two or three hun
dred boats, not one came for an hour,
9'iieu IouHu SO we de-
layed until the tide rose Tor r1Ie steamer
to take us in: as it rises from 81 To Ok
feet here, we started, would go a rod
then sound, fog-bells would ring; but
the high piers were well lighted and
crowds stood on the wharf to see us as
we came in, for it seemed quite excit-
ing. After spending the night in the
quaint old town of Boulogne we had an
eight hours ride by rail to Paris re-
membered many places in London and
In Paris, but time forbids speaking of
them now, for we are so constantly on
the wing. The tourists whom we have
met complain bitterly of the drenching
rains they have had in staging it through
the TrOssachs of Scotland and by the
English lakes. Ithas been very rainy
season. We feel thankful that we have
been so fortunate in having pleasant
weather lately. At Marseilles we ex-
pect Miss Farley and Miss Hamlin,-a
niece of DR.. Hamlin,-will join us and
we shall probably be six days or week
on the Mediterranean. l.. B. G..