The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-16
OVER THE SEA.
An Interesting Story of Ship
board Life.
A MISSIoNARY'S BRIEF NOTES.
How the BIonotony of Sea Voyage
May be Broken-The Landing
of Eight Hundred Emil
grants.
STEAMSHIP WYOMING,
September 8th, 1884.

september otn, 1oot
E9.tors Herald:
At o'clock this morning we were all
very much delighted to hail our New
York pilot and receive him on board
with late New York news. We passed
over the great bank of Newfoundland
yesterday, and expect to arrive in New
York tomorrow night; having left Liv-
erpool Saturday, Both ult., at $40 pm,
at high tide, encountering head winds
almost universally, with considerable
rain and rather rough sea, consequently
n large percentage of seasickness, only a
very few escaping the luxury, if it may
be so termed. There are 807 souls on
board, all told; this includes officers and
crew. OF these, there are 497 Latter-day
Saints, including 81 elders or returning
missionaries.
No deaths, births, or serious sickness,
except one very aged person, who came
on board with a great desire to live, if
only TO once more gaze upon living
relative in Zion.
The monotonouS sea voyage was
occasionally broken by the sight of a
sail, shark or two, few porpoises, or
a steamship, until we came upon the
banks OF Newfoundland, where we found
fishing smacks, and very pretty little
bird that took refuge as an additional
passenger and was captured by one of
the passengers and Gagged as pet.
GAMES on sHIPBoARD.
The dinner bell called the saloon pas
sengers around two tables the full
length Of the saloon, with the captain at
the head and ship doctor ut the foot of
one of the tables, and one of our prom
inent elders at the head with the purser
q; the foot of the other. No vacant seats
to-day; this game being over and con-
sidered by all i decided success, it being
served at p. III. with two changes and
called lunch, dinner is served ut p. M
with five changes consisting: LIST soups;
2nd fish ;3rd joints, including vegetables !;
4th pastry in grand variety with jellies,
often covering cases of steam ships.
flowers, etc, only to be broken and
served by the head of the tables; 9TH
course, dessert, oranges, pine apples,
melons. apples, plums, grapes, prunes,
figs, ralSius, with Il variety OF nuts.
Several games are enjoyed upon the
deck to while away the passing hours.
: One, the captain informs me, is called
shuttle board diagram L herewith
enclose, and which think is a good ex-
ercise. and would be enjoyed by our
young people:
The tIocks Of the shuttle board are
circular and six inches in diameter by
one inch in thickness and distinguished
by four OF them having star painted
on one side, while the other four have n
cross, and slide on to the diagram with
paddles 1--WE or six feet in length from a
distance OF about twenty to twenty-five
feet; played sinely or with partners; the
game is counted by the relative figure
on which the blocks rest on the dia-
gram, must be clear of the lines and at
the conclusion of the last player as ii is
the object to slide his opponent out OF
any favorable position, always avoiding
the first ten rs, this counts ten off The
game runs from fifty 10 one hundred /;
each aiming to get the victory on num-
Der, agreed upon first.
An accident occurred on the % inst,
which delayed us 81 hours. Some of
the machinery got out of order through
a breakage, but was soon repaired. We
drifted somewhat while the machinery
was at standstill.
This is the 122d trip that the Hyon,-
THg has successfully made across the
Z Atlantic, and is considered substantial
as well as its twin sister, the Wisconsin
but of rather slower time, requiring ten
TO eleven days for each trip. There are
more modern styles and speedy ships in
the line, some having made the trip in
six days and eighteen hours.
MISSIONARY.
p S.-Arrived at New York II O'Clock
on the 9th, leave for Salt Lake ) pm. on
the 10th.