Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-26
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Tho National Republican Of Washington,
u. c., extracts from the Diary Of Lieut. Lock
wood, of the Groely Artic colony, describing
tho manner In which the starving purity spent
last Christmas ut Cape Sabine In the Artic
region. Lieut. Lockwood kept u diary in
shorthand, which has been transcribed by u
member OF his family, and he appears 10
have made full record OF everything OF
importance which happened IN the daily life
of the party.
The extracts relate how, as Christmas drew
near, officers and men joined in talk of home
and planned grand teasts for the time when
they should reach the civilized world /;
and how they made preparation for a feast
an the approaching Christmas, hy setting
apart small portions of their daily ration.
On December ~ Lockwood writes 'By
great effort was able Ia save one ounce Of
butter for Christmas. shall make yigor
Gus effort to abstain from II before then"
lie adds that he "put IL In charge of Birdcr-
beck ~ an additional safeguard
On December - he writes eve look for
ward 10 tomorrow and Christmas aud "l
offered To giNo any one n roast turkey, ON
reaching home. for single dog biscuit now
hut found no tnl<crs" He says on the next
day IL saved nearly all my hard bread for
Christmas, though needed II sorely," and
that to mako the Christmas dinner grTndcr"
he made tremendous effort and went with
mas" 20 add to the punch"
ON Christmas eve he added to his scantN
savings for the next days feast half of his
bread and his piece of lcnIon, aud lac wrote
In his book, ''To-night Is Christmas eve, and
my thoughts are turned toward home. God
preserve me to see this day next year and en-
joy II home with those love. Tomorrow IL
IN To bo pretty much u repetition of Thanks
giving. have saved up my rum and bread.
think of the children at home, the Christ
mas tree Tonight, and the toys, etc. But my
fingers are too cold 10 write more. T"
picture TO myself my dear father and mother,
sisters, Harry, my niece and brothers-in-law
all sitting around the table tomorrow. Tur-
keys and mince pics strewn on the table.
Many thoughts are turned toward me aud
whore am at this moment"
The entry for Christmas day Is as follows I:
December 25--Barometer, 2aNG thcrmum-
etor, 1854. Christmas We have all been
talking and waiting anSi1usly for the hour,
and now IL il here, and 6 T.. M. nearly gone.
Breakfast consisted Of thin soup of peas and
carrots, with u little buhber and some spoon
fuls of potatoes. This We had at six o'clock.
Cloudherries served uut (two cans to each
mess. y
.. Al y. III. Long lighted up for the event
of the day-dinner. Dinner consisted of u
fine rich stew Of seal meat with onions II
little blubbcr, potatoes and bread crumbs.
After this we had, In the course of an hour or
80, fine stew, with raisinS and little hlub-
ber and milk.
"Thesc were pretty much the same as
Thanksgiving, but the cooks made a great
deal on that day, and the meals seemed bet
ter. The cooks are now preparing some fine
chocolate, and that will hc followed hy
punch Of one gill of rum To each man.
AFTER dinner We had songs in all laIl-
Ynages, including French. German, Danish,
and Innuit. The punch was extremely fine.
Chocolate about o'clock, and hy this time
most of us were too full for uttcrmce, and the
conversation gradually slackcncd otf, aud
with the songs the day ended"
ON the day after Christmas lee writes:
sour talk this morning was Of our home and
our families. have extended "A general IN
yitation 10 all the members of the expedition
to visit my fathers house. ! spoke this
morning Of the reunions of my family, and
q how ENJOYABLE they are. NV remarks about
my father brought tcars--thc first time have
shed tears since I have hccu IN this cHnn-
try,"