Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1884-07-12
THE YACHTING SEASON.

Some one said it was nice weather
for yachting, and a gentlemen who
was standing near, listening to the con
versation, leaned over the coil of steam
pipe, his head pointed towards nicke
plated cuspidore, and he looked at The
receptacle of cigar stubs with wilC
eyes, and wore an expression of ex
pectancy, as though he was going tc
be sea sick, but finally concluded the
worst was over and Strengthened up
said "bah," wiped his mouth on hi:
handkerchief and added, Don't evel
talk yacht to me-" One of the gentle.
men asked him if he had been out
yachting this season, and he looked
around Indignantly and said:
"Yes, l have been out. And | am
not going out again. You hear me
The other day some fellows came
along in hurry, and | knew they
were going out in that new yacht, and
began to tell about an engagement !
had. They caught hold of me and
said / had to 60. | looked at the
weather, and there did not seem to be
breath of air stirring, and so | con-
cluded to go and have it over. So we
went down to the dock and got into
the yacht, and she was a beauty. I
was down in the cabin until she got out
of the mouth of the river, and | felt
her strike gallcp aud | went up. on
deck. / swow, the wind was blowing
great guns, and she was right up on
the SIDE How in the world there can
be gale blowing on the lake and a
perfect calm in town, beats me. Well,
I didn't want to appear afraid or green,
SO / stood up by the cabin, until the
clothes pole that the sail is OIL hit me
ON the roof of my head, and then |
laid down, though | always like to be
hit by boom. / found out that was
the name for it. | saw man with a
blue shirt on, turning wheel, and l
said, You needn't put on the brakes
on my account, because | don't care
how fast you rum They laughed at
me and said that was the steering
apparatus. | used to brake on a
freight train and | thought it was a
brake. The yacht pointed right out
into the lake and laid right over on
the side, and the water came over the
top, and we had to crawl on to the
other side like cats on fence, and
hang on by our claws, and my pants
got wet the whole length from wave
that tapped over. | wanted to go
ashore. I went around to where the
boss was, and told him / would give
him ten dollar note if he would head
her for the shore, but he said he could
not without the owners order. The
owner was a friend of mine, and | felt
as though he wanted to drown me, but
/ would have died before | would have
asked him to turn around. Pretty soon
| got sea sick and | laid down beside
the rail. 0 | ,uds sick. Cholera
morbus is a common picnic compared
to sea sickness. | felt as though
wished the craft would sink and never
come up. ] felt as though the nice
cool water would feel good, but Just
then a wave came over the side and
wet every thread of my new suit of
clothes, and then l didn't want any
more water. [ wouldn't at that mo-
ment have given ten cents for the finest
yacht in the world. | made up my
mind if my feet ever struck soil again,
and was alive, that | would never
encourage water again, even by drink
ing it, and | wouldn't even recognize
wind again even by buying soda water
or using a fan. The owner came
around, and | quietly told him | had
my opinion of any man that would sail
yacht. / told him that it was an out
rage on mans life to invite him out
falling, and make him sick, and scare
the life out of him. He laughed at
me and l couldn't get any comfort out
of him, and | sat down and leaned up
against the cabin to die, when another
wave that was not acquainted with
struck me amidship. / think they
called it amidship, but it seemed to
me it was amid-pants, because it ran
down my trousers and filled my boots
full. Water may be all right in its
place, but | would rather, carry it in a
pail than in my pants or boots. We
got back into the river after awhile
where the water was smooth, and the
sailor wanted ten dollars for turning
around. That was another put up job
on me. If he had turned around when
Ispoke about it should have paid him,
but after he got me sick | didn't care
whether he turned around or NOT. Be
sides he said he couldn't turn around
because there was no turn table.
Yachting is all right enough in a
buggy on the road, but when you
come to yacht on the water, where the
wind tips the boat up sideways so the
sail dips in the water, and the water
overfows, and vets your pants, that is
different thing. The next time go
yachting | shall walk, and the man
got sea sick and went out into the open
air.
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