The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-25
Trenton Items.

night anu WIS ASpS0tSN oAi
Saturday night. The aggregate sum
arising as the proceeds for the two
nights, is Sill. 9o1oo dollars. From
our standpoint we are forced to desist
from any laudatory remarks other
than, we believe, that it was we'll re-
ceived by the public. We must GER
tainly return our thanks to the kind
presence of Il goodfy number OF ladies
and gentlemen from Monroe, and. for
the music furnished by Il portion of
the Monroe String Band under the
leadership of Mr.. u. NJ. Sholars.
The Rev. Mr.. Whites sermon on last
Sabbath was strong and impression
able. He maintained with much zeal
and force the necessity of the early and
successful ssowing of good secd' in
the soil Of our spiritual natures, and
enunciated with all the carnestness of
truth that divine aphorism, "what-
ever a man sowcth that will he also
reap
Ir company with Capt. Cryer, who
IS slS rSsSAI VI NA'N Ns'No
derwriters, we visited the spot where
the Inflated steamboat, the Fair Play,
plunged With its fire-charred debris to
rest upon the bottom of the Ouachlta.
Our object was to witness the perfor-
mances OF the diver who had been
sent by the insurance companies to re-
cover the cotton that was hidden away
in the hull Of the vessel. Shortly after
our arrival the diver made ready to
put on his odd-looking vestmcnts of
india-rubber.and to unwrap himself in
tho habiIimcnts Of those whose daring
lead them to gaze upon scenes-Welrd
and Observation-Disclosures and danger
Gus and only to be seen by those VINO
mako such an occupation their profess
sion.
The first object that attracted us was
the man himself, and we scanned him
closely to note that with the require
ments of his undertaking he was fami-
liar, and that the lincaments OF his
face betokened the nerve that gave
him composurc while undergoing it.
OF course the feat Of diving for the
relics of the Fair Play was naught to
the experience he had just gone
through, while seeking for the treasures
of the steam ship Josephine in her
watery grave in the Gulf of Mexico,
| over los feet deep. The next object
over the head something in the shape
of an ancient betruct. On three sides
front, right and left this betruct has
openings protected by glass and the
glass in turn, protected by copper
frame work which is well perforated
the little windows aforementioned.
He can easily turn his head within the
bell and peer through these windows.
Upon the back part of this helmet
shapeneds covering is tube, made of
the same material anu two inches in
length. To :his is attacked the air.
hose which is made Of sufficient length
according to the depth desired to be
reached and is attached to the air
pump which propels the necessary
amount of air to be brcathcd by the
diver. Near this tube is another
which sits out about two inches and is
perforated with minute holes. These
holes allow the air which is passing
through his rubber suit and which he
brcathcs, to pass out and escape through
the water. If the propulsion Of air
was stopped or the least suction allow
ed these pcrforations would become a
source of danger by allowing the water
to penetrate his diving suit. The next
object was the suit itself which consists
of complete invC stiturc of the body,
avinS, legs and all as high up as the
shoulders. TO this the copper bell is
| tightly attached by screws filed TO in
tcrvcninG copper plates. Clad tn us,
no possibility Of water entering can be
entertained, nor docs it, for when the
diver is Invested, after his performance
he is perfectly dry. The diver wears
weights upon his breast and his back,
while his shoes have thick so!cs Of lead
seemingly to us, wcigl,inG,at least five