The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-05-28
THE VOYAGE
Over the Ocean by Charles W.
Stayner.
SALT LAKE CITY, May p, 1882.

after two years absence in Eu
rope, [ buckle. on the literary har
4 ness long enough to acquaint your
S readers with a few items C concerning
orr homeward journey.
President Darlington. who has
charge of the European mission and
the emigration of the Latter-day
Saints, has arranged with the Guion
Company, through their general
agent, Mr.. George Ramsden, for the
emigrants to make the ocean vOy-
age this season on board the NeUQdG.
AS this vessel is likely to bring sew
eral companies across this year,
| will describe her somewhat. She
stands next to the Alaska and Arj-
IONA in the list of the quickest
line Of steamers, having been
recently relitted with excellent
engines, provided with late i'm
proYements for speed and safety,
including the patent automatic
governor, designed to stop the revo-
luton of the propeller when lifted
out Of the water by the pitching of
the vessel. She has been re-uDhoI-
stored in an elegant style, and the
CompaniGn-Way so changed as to
provide space for ladies' deck
cabin, which has been built and fur
nished in good style. The interme-
date cabin is also well furnished |
and provided. But this vessel is
especially adapted for our emf
grants. owing to her spacious and
comfortable steerage quarters. In
this she probably excels any vessel
atloat, not excepting the Alaska
and arizona, which excel her in
speed and first class accommOda-
tiOns and beauteOus adornments,
but are not nearly as well suited
for Steerage passengers. In this
vessel we set sail for New York, i
with the first company of this sea-
sons emigration, and in company II
with other returning Elders en-
joyed first cabin fare. Enjoyed :
did [ say? Well, that may be the
right name for it, but for six days
and nights I was pretty Thoroughly J
confined to my staterOom which
luckily for me was centrally To- !
Gated. The weather being very g
stormy and the sea rough, the
company's bill was freely dispensed {
and committed to the merciless =.
waves by the most civil and kindly !
disIo ;ed stewards who ever waited !
On a SeaSick passenger. So severe o
was the weather that some of our
strongest men wore i'll nearly all the
way across, and in looking into their f
T was reminded of the g
,ouplet-
Steward hasten bring the basin! u
And if 'Iis handy.-s httle-brandym 3
Though 1 believe we were all "
men-at least, on land. !
will here remark however that it
s quite a mistaken notion that a 3
person must drink stimulantS in 3
order to prevent or cure sea-sick- 2
less. Warm water to allay the c:
ginger ale, soda water, a
ce-cold lemonade, oranges, grapes, ]
'aiSins, and pickles are the articles o.
Usually craved by an ordinary ap- 4
petite. In some cases little cham v
)agne mixed with Soda-Water is a
commended and taken with good .
esnlts, but all StimulantS tend to lie
excite the brain which is already o
.ffected by the motion of the vessel, =
nd thus headache is added to the RI
ther distressing effects of the sea- r.
ickneSs. We had an exciting time ~
Yhen we had been out week. We
aW floating icebergs in almost =
very direction. Twelve were seen
n one day, and the next morning W
We were found to be approaching a
II immense field Of solid ice. The y
-essel had to be put upon direct
outherIy course, and we ran along
he face of that ice bank for about :
hirty-fve miles before we got 81
ound it. Then fog set in and con- ct
lnued all day. But fortunately it
dispersed before dark, so that we
we're not surrounded at night with Z
What the purSer called our brass i
and the steam fog whistle. ]
Owing to the severe weather we at
we're unable to spend much time on B.
eek, so we availed ourselves Of the @
heller found in the cOmpaniOn-Way p
aloons, stateroom and steerage Y
inging hymns and songs, playing q
n the piano and listening to the p
ales of adventure and travel re- go
ated by the officers and passengers. H
AMONG our singers was Mr.. Revstt, n
nephew of Mrs. NJ. NJ. Barratt Of 3,
his city, who came through with "a
S on visit to his aunt; and among 81
on the piano was Miss =
Illen Weber, sister of Mr.. T. g. /
Yebber, secretary OfIthe 2. 9. M. l., +
Thom we escorted to New York, =
We had two Welsh Methodist min ,
sters on board, one whom officiated re
n the cabin on the second Sunday II
ut. AS they had musical talent as Of
veil as oratorical ability they went tw
" the names of Moody and Sankey ca
mong the more irreVeTent Of the
aloon passengers.
At last, after sailing twelve days ee
nd nights with the wind right IN do
ur teeth nearly all the way; and to.
icing pitched about on the crested ps
,illoWS till our stomachs were as "
lean and innocent of bile as apoor-
louse patient, we landed on fair
inviting soil, in COM
ANY with President James ID, pa
Tart, the church emigration agent
It New York, who had come on =
,oard and greeted the new arrivals =
= T-rOrCIc Of TUnl0OTna