The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-30


Col. Fulier Thanks Of His wife Ate,
Being Adrift nc Sea for Three Days.
NEwPoRr, r. l., Aug. 29.--Col. Charles W.
Fuller, member of the NJ T. State Board Of
Education, came here to visit some friends
some ten days ago. The gentleman whom
the Colonel was visiting owns what the
ladies would call q sslovely yacht. Last
Thursday week it was proposed that the
Colonel and his gentleman friend and the
latter's little son should go yachting. The
yacht is always beautifully supplied with
81 least one days provisions, SO the trio
started in high glee, the captain of the
4 yacht assuring them that they would have
q grand sail. The yacht, with her sails
| spread to strong northeast wind, pre-
sented very pretty picture to those on
eaore, little thought, if any, being Civ
1 IN to the experience those on board
| would go through before they again saw all
that was near and dear to them. Every
thing went on smoothly for several hours
@Sd the yachting party were far from the
Newport harbor, when the wind suddenly
commenced to increase in violence till It
s1entually assumed the magnitude of
cyclone. No land was in sight, and there
was nothing aboard to tell the points of the
compass. The party did not become seri-
ously anxious until far into the night, when
ali on board realized that they were on the
dreaded deep with no prospects of land
ahead, and nothing to guide them, and only
enough rations for a day. Colonel Fuller
was the most anxious of the party, but as
long as the ratiens lasted he could manage
to get along. Friday came. and still the
yacht was far out at sea. On Friday night
the fun commonwealth the party, by this
time, beginning to think that they were
red castaways. The captain pointed the
North Star out to the Colonel, and told him
to keep his eye on tit was the only way
to spy land. The Colonel. however, had
become thoroughly alarmed and, although
lie patiently watched the North Star all
through the night, no land appeared. Once
during Friday night the party got together
to talk over matters. Colonel Fuller was
melancholy, and after brooding for some
moments over the prospect of being lost at
see, he turned to his companion, and burst
ing into tears, exclaimed
My God my God ! I never shall see
nly dear wife again
Well, suggested the Colonel's friend,
in all earnestness Colonel Fuller's friend
is pious MANI write a message to your
wife and children put it in bottle and
east it on the broad sea. They will proba-
big receive it some day."
After a while the Colonel's friend told
him to keep his eye on Arcturus.
sArctorius /" exclaimed the anxious Col
onel, g Where in h is Arctorius?"
On Sunday the party sighted land, and
the Colonel, Frightening up, exclaimed
Oh, glorious, glorious There's the
Massachusetts, coast
It's safe to assume, Colonel, returned
his friend, "that that is the Massachusetts
shore, but how in thunder do you know
whether it is the Massachusetts or Iowa
coast?
At any rate, they reached land Sunday
night. away up on the coast of Maine, and
Istnrned to Newport early Monday morn
ing much to the delight of their anxious
4tiTes and friends. The Colonel, how.
ever, is quite cured Of going yachting.