New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
THE RECORD OF FIFTY YEARS
"REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNALIST,
BY CHARLES I. CoNaDoN'
xxi.
A SUMMER VOYAGE.

PAN1oNs-DREAMING on DECK-KiILING TIME
THE EyENTFUL MATCHMAKING Queenstown
SAILING UP ST. GEORGES CHANNEL.
perhaps it is time to relieve little the mo-
nOtOny of these chapters. hoping 10 oo 80,
/ naturally turn to that which ch2ngeu Ior u
few weeks the current Of my life. III hau DteiI
setting so long in the same direction, ana, u
NAV saw so, gurglng the same tune tnat II
seemed harmless enough TO give IL q mtJo
twist. Brain and hand ached Tor lullough.
Thousands of people geN Were o g g0 So f BOUGHT
fhe largest yalise which could hnd IN rover
Broadway, and III that part OF 1t whicI, every
Spring breaks INTO an eruption Oh eaIhcIn
c0nyrniences and steamer chairs. went GoWn
among the mOney-changers anu turned my
naner cash into sOVereigns, u transmOgrlncatlOn
which so reduced the bulk OF my hnanclai pos
sessions that gaze1 upon the diml9lSne9 store
with some mlsgivings. Although DOuGhC
many other things, / particularly remember
the lemons. did this Ill accordance WIN lhe
most unanimous recommendation Whlch re-
ceiyed during the whole affair. A Jew auVIseu
seltzer water a small minority favored apples
Int the majority, including many friends VINO
had made the voyage, win fIoicssoI o1
Natural History WHO had not maze IT. uniteu
MON lemons as a sovereign plOphylactlc aSaih>1
sra-sicknrss As one may not he SICK ;lt All, ana
az lemons are of a bulgy nature ana occupy. a
great deal of SPACE i'll the bag my ADVICE Is 10
relv upon the steward Tor a supply vi tIlaG
fruit should it be needed. The money VII
necessarily be ,pald to that lulclomna,y f"n
something; and 1t might just as wen be Ior
lemons also purchased two very large hOte1
books i'll which to ret Ord.my first ana secohu
and all subsequent impressions. Inc pages
were beautifully blank when started anu II
IL rather q singular circum stance That they were
of edual virgin whitentSs-tdbuM r0Sa' as ne
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. say-whcn l came back As
they Only serve to remind me OF ~ JUIihs"h
remark about good "mtentlons, VIII say 10
more of that Inflated diary, except that You can
not exvect man who luns away from Wrtngto
write much while he Is running L ueen Hoi
add that bought BaeJeker Guide. that heipiiuul
companion of the embarrassed li,@lLnl, Mi.h
twelve other itineraries, which, IKE the iih-
Ops. were of very filling natlleaS Respected. he
y0lise. | managed to lose them all soon aItPT
my arrival Oh the other SIDE, ana from tldI lnIc
forth was perfectly happy. For only thcl1 coIiu
with a safe conscience, wander alm'cssiy aO0uI
and come lIpOn the incest things unexpectedly
PerhapS the most remarkable day for tray
ellcr is the day before he sails. fOuith Oh July;
(1S77) came just about tiiat time, anu ugaoe t'
II with perfect contempt, needless or the deel,
monthcd gun and impcrtInent cracker. Dul az
that ,lv before, wandered about III Klhd OF
maze, occasionally looking at the NaiiSe' whiGn
was already strapped and locked ana llhIIe Iy
corInIlcut Friends were kind ana made me
presents; but l iancied saw upon their races
n svmpathetic expression, as If were alre3dy
food Tor the grim sea-mOnsteIs: G0ul9n
help taking last looks at eVeiythng L oIu an
afffctionate farewell to the dirt OF the streets,
TO the shoe blacks at the corners, TO tle llghG
and elegant Post Office, to my own we'll beloved
and iairy-hke applc-wOman; ana Wheh !
awOke upon the eventful morning, aIu
was hustled into car and driven rapidly
to the pier, where lot OF g0Od icil0Ws
were waiting to see nle of, said: My dear
boy, this is all nonsense; thus must De some
other person; 1T certainly Ism VOW you Mno are
taking Il valediciOry glance at Trinity Splre;
there Is some mistake; perhaps you hau p 1li
ask the captain to put you ashore" Wnat
would have happened If had Nenturcd 10
prefer such request 90 mar lllIlstifPuS ir
have granted it. He had but one IDEA Ill his
head, believe-that OF getting to Liverpool as
soon as possible. He started with 1t, ana so
far as | could observe, he was 1aitIlui 10 IT.
through all ATTITUDES and i'll every wlAd, ana par
ticularly in the absence of wind, until our great
anchor went splashing down into the mud OF the
Mersey. $1,000.
/ had counted good deal upon the ocean,
about which, during my lite, l mad read much
D,nsp and more pOptry. Over and over again.
tlpOn that day before, of which haye made
mention, | had thought OF HOIaceS me, cfdS
iRgenS tterGJim~ @Qq0r; ara my lrieh0s VIII
bear me witness thai quoted It so frequently
and sonOlOusly that was mildly requeStedt to
quote it 10 more. But whatever wrecks ana
Wretchctne>s Teucer, son OF lebanon, may
have sulcrcd, our ship went over a CLASSY sur
face lnun an even keel. do not wish TO write
disIenijeCttully of the Atlantic Ocean. hayc
reason TO believe that if 1t pleascS 1t can be
most intentionally ObStripclGus. But speak
i
our voyage of eleven days, 1t was AS
meek as Il Quaker and mild to miiklhGSs' we
lad neither hurricanes, tOrpaiOeS, gales mon
soons or squalls, White, black on Oh any GthGf
color All day long the Sclew went thld, thud
all night long when | awOkc heard ITS IRON
pulsatiOn, with the sailors singing oV' rheal
that one tune which seems like eternity ana
has neither beginning nor end; up came INTO
cOudleSs sky the sun, which sent his long
Shafts of red light streaming across the CLASSY
silver still the tirclesS paddle Kept up It's mon
OtOue and on we went, not as III lalI tiaNcl,
into fresh fields and pastures new, nut always
ON and into the ncvCr-le"stmhg distance WINCH i
was like all around us, with nothing TO mark
our progress and as if we might have gone OF
forever reaching no friendly shore, but sui
steering toward goal which dld not cNls5 ana
q coast never delncaied upon amy ciart' we
had 10 roar of tie waves, bat sometimes terc
WAS breeze enough To turn our cOTdage INTO
great harp-strings; and wlthal there was il
sens. of reStlcssnesS, and constant 1tcllhG
that though our ship was stout ami large, we
had 40 terra krma under the feet winch paced
perpetually from stem TO stern. Inc haidCSt
Thing to make real was the immensely OF the
sea. The eye, trained to land looking, would
cheat us by suggesting coast Ill the horz9n
anil island, III the clouds. The Mother CdrCy's
chickens which followed us day alter day Te-
minded us of the taT-away rocks OF Labrador
where it is supposed their nests are made.
Now and then the white sans OF some zone
yOyaeer lessened the homeless feeling, or we
caughtsth fine sight OLA flr-awaY steamer, Its
dense cloud of black smoke giving TO the gray
scene biz of color winch was quite welcome.
What was hest was an impression, which never
left us that we were getting on. Our highway
had no hating-places we were dependent upon
no stations, stopped rot for wood or water, ana
from the moment at which we left the New
York pier until our good ship went calamity
into Port, We were still only twice--once to
dismiss our American pilot, and once at Queens,
town, to leave our Irish passengers. cOu!d
think of nothing but GOethe's Chne hast Ohne
rast, for quickly as we were moving, there was
to us no sense of movement. Nor did find
that tcdium which others have experienced;