New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09

a stranger at a country inn, but it comes pretty
near to 1t. You may be chum'd with some
utterly dsagreeable person, without a grain or
the do-untO- others-as-y Ou-wOuld -haVe-them-
dO-unto-yOu in his natural or acquired make
up-fretful, selfish, unreasonable, with pos
tive genius for grumblIng: Ihere was man
on our ship who regularly, during the con-
sumption of the morning cigar, In the smoking
room, cOnfded to me the total depraVlty' the
vulgarity, the irratiOnallty OF his room mate
l bore his misfortune with great equanlmlty;
especially as was quartered with two excellent
fellows, both cleTgyInen, and both gentlemen,
who when they were not studying their BAG
dekers and getting ready 10 see all creation II, III
six weeks were quite wiling 10 talk anu 10 DC
talked to. For man who has never made any
prctension to piey, whether early OF late,
have a singular liking for cleTgymen, Ihey
may have their faults. but as rule, they are
not fools. In most cases they are Do0Klsh' ana,
other things being equal, the b0Oklsh man iOi
me My reverend friend had passion Tor
fresh air, and believe looked at the AtlahJc
Ocean all night through round hole, without
any intervening glass but, on the other hanh'
if ] was chilly | could wrap myself IN the
draperv of my couch and wh,n was waketul,
look ut him, lying in winding sheet, ana APP
bearing exactly like some OF the IecumD'nt
figures on sepuchres Which l. saw soon aIter,,
ward AS a Iule, all our people were socGli anu
Oblgng. and there was vastly less OF Clique
and clanishneSs than | had expected 20 lneet
with. Seated in your cane bott0mcd CHAIR,
wrapped Ill your rug with your 1Cct stretcheo oU'
of the sea, occurring as the vessel dips ana iOlS,
with the bluest Of skies over you, with tine
invlgOrating gale bringing to you every mo-
ment new supplies of heath and Strength
and with any quantity OF human MAJ uIc ABOUT
you to tickle your sense Of humOl, to utlllale
mild and amlable cynlClsm TO strengthen Yonf
self-cstecm, and to SIT g@st nc end OF callca-
tu1e, do not know Il frcshrr place Tor mack
nCyed man Than the deck OF steamer III ma
ocean. Nothing could be more fruitful OF IN
ward laughs unless one be like the 'lutf
Weller, and so in danger OF strangulatl0h or
apOpexy from the indulgence. The single
sight of the bold captain, III full uniform, win
n beautiful woman on either ann, prOmcnadlng
I'D and down, iii Il Kind OF gloly OF Edllanlly,
is in itself Il liberal education at least Ill tit
matter of maine manners. When IL was not
the captain II was llls hist Hill' er' als0 III Dun
tons | don't know exactly the secret OF II, tut
whenever either OF these pelsOnages was re-
Iieved from his lookout, he invariably came
down and walked the deck with woman, as IL
the safety Of the, ship, passengers anu CARO-
depended upon the execution OF that agree
able promenade. We land>mcn in our yeiy
eldest clothes, which everybody assured us
were the only proper wear, ttlJ ourselves 10
1t may have been feminine confidence Ill the
sea-legs of these ancient mariners. III may
have been Il dread awe of these commanding
peTsOnages and notion IN the tlmld IL maze
bosom that Il refusal to walk might result III
sbipwIeck But the fact remains. we DuU-
tOnless passengers we're as nobody.
So we Law there blanketed, in kind of dolce
far niPRfe dream with the unopened DOCKS
upon our laps, and watched WIN e!ts ha'l
closed the prOmcnaderS the games which were
going Oh, the poor sailors pulllE" at the ropes,
while hourly the note of The ships bell tGld
us that both the unWelcOme dinner anu the
welcome land we've nearer. VI ilad asGorf Oh cA-
Incidents to kill the time i'll our Ship OF lnd0lence,
When we could do nothing else We looked
down the skyliehts and Snelt the coming meal
and saw tic cooks absorbed III Their abOmn-
able devices and decOctlOns We played cards.
We played dominOes. We bet upon tic
davis rum and upon the length OF the passage.
Every afternoon we called for the ships Feiy
bad len and very bad ink, and wrote long
letters on the dmner-taOie III rea clotl 10
friends at hOnlr. We listened to the tinkle,
tinkle and to the thrum, thrum OF the piano,
forte in the saloon, as young lady OF llmle9
musical culture gave us SILVER Lake NauzcS
OF The Grand March IN Norma" we smQEed
like chimneys. We drank ginger ale, which
two or three servitOrs were continually carrying
to all parts of the ship for greatly provocative
of thirst is the salt, salt sea. Some adVentu-
rOus spirits planned an excursion INTO the
lowest bowels Of the ship, to examine the shaft.
Some found that sleep was nd' Ell bless
ing, and You came unexpectedly upon lht IN
sumbering SWeetly III the most Improbable
places Once, on Saturday afternoon, the Cap
tain gIaclOuslY permitted the trunks to be sent
up, that we might appear dectntIy at divine
service ON the next day anu everybody VINO
had trunk below awaited himself OF the eX-
citing privilege, whether lie needcu ahythllE
or not that G might refresh llls eyes WIN
sight once more OF his precious personal pos
sessions, OF at least nave something 10 40.
We all went TO sermon which WAS
preached by IL reverend passenger, and was
NANNY upon the advantages OF tlHyclhng-aI
cillOIesCent discourse winch cdliicd us all,
while We Republicans heard the G0lu captain
in his iresht st uuiiO!m, and al extremely cicah
Shirt, and with brighter buttons man ever
pray gruiily for the Queen and all her humer-
GUS progeny. This reminded us that we were
already under royal rule, legally speaking, ana
us much i'll England as if we were Ill the middle
of Yorkshire, OF plc lnG our way through Inc
dirty streets around the Tower
As the meals were our prhcipal events, anu
especially as there were four OF them with
which we had daily 10 Wrtstc, 1t Was uniOl-
tunate that the cHiSiae of thC boat did not APP
lroach Il somewhat higher ideal. ac-
! knowledge that the carte was admirable, but
| the appetite which Neptune gives one IS not
| to hc uppeIsej by the pcrusa oven OF the most
elaborate and promising bllls OF tale: THESE
documents were u perpetual disappointment
! The cock was Of an imaginative turn o. mlhd,
| and chris .cned more than one dletetlc ab0mlna-
| ton 10y some tOJthSome or romantic name. DuI
| Won soon learned to diStIust his FlOrcntlne
buildings, and his entrees, ia tins or that
| made their exits altogether undlsSected. Our
| tastes became simpler and simpler; Ihe cheese,
! which was excellent, we regald+d as luXuIS'
| Not since the little cOntTejempS III the Garuch
of Eden, have apples tasted so good; The
| supply was not prOfuse, and the unbluslnng
way i'll which men otherwise well pred maze
rlshts for that fruit and took more than their
share of it, reminded me Of the monkey i'll
the menagerie OF my early days, who always
when the animals were fed, helped himself TO
two potatoes, and sometimes to three OF four.
Ard SO chatting, laughing, eating, drinking,
sleeping, reading and betting OH the run, We
went over what ought to have been, the wild
waste of waters, but which was really almost
as smooth as a mil pond. The days grew
longer and longer and the nights correspond,
| ingly shorter and shorter. Twilight lasted
| until almost midnight,h land the sun started AGAIN
| the next morning soon that lie did not seem to