The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
Ocean Voyage.
OFF NEWFOUNDLAND,
August Is. 1856.

Special CORRESPONDENCE PALAIKA NEWS.
60 %, give IN" We sheet snS iinvtng sen,
And IA wind that follows fast"
We have it, but the sheet is IL little too
wet, and the wind follows a little too
fast, and the temperature reminds one of
Labrador. Our desire 10 see IA storm at
sea is gratiiied. We have safety.
Twenty -tive-foot waves, our good vessel,
the City of Chicago, of q, 0La tons hurth.n
" hen they do not ride over her. drench-
ing those who have bIaved "A seat on the
upper deck to better behold the majesty
of ocean, quickened into fury by the twin
giant. Gentlemen's linen and ladies
hats and dresses get their first acquaiut-
ance with sat water, the aforesaid | 900
tons Is rocked in the Grade of the deep,
as were our fathers and mothers in the
old oaken cradle in the days of "auld
lang syne. Apartments are fenced III
in our tables to secure the dishes, and
yet our laps become the recipients OF tea
and coffee, and the floor of knives and
forks and spoons, and the destruction If
crockeTy Is n caution. We have net
learned the art of til" lily in walking on
the wall, which would seem essential N
walking ON floor, alternating To the
right and left at an angle of - degrees.
One devout passenger Is praying To- tc
delivered from the dangers of the SET
another wishes she WIS in New York
while still another * Oh,-Ing for a place
to land. The children are tumbling from
their berlhs, If not boarded in, las we'll
as some of the older passengers.
passing ship with scant sails makes
her obeisance until her masts touch the
water, and then shows us her heel.
our good Captain Watkins walks the
bridge serencly, and by has a. m bearing
scsms to say 10 anxious passengers,
Why, this is an everyday occurrence.
My good ship has ribs OF steel and sides
of iron: every timber and stanchion and
rod and bolt and I.ng lis tried and made
tn stand ten times the strain she now en-
dures. NV men are tried and true.
This zephyr is favorable and adds ~
miles "A day to the ships log.
Few of the passengers are at the table
to-day. They are not sick, but have IA
" violent headache" The merry Joke,
the conundIJm, readings from Mark
Twain, Nasty in E. le," or - Old ST."
keep up the spirits of the little co;erie
assembled in the saloon, while fu''
quar- tetta, with glees add to tn. enter
tainment. Rarnums Chinese giant IS
among our passengers, and exhibits eight
IL It of seasickness. ltIequired the par
titions removed from four staterC pms TO
enable him to stretch himself IN. The
men who prefer their heels higher tina I
their heads. have no difficulty in enjoy
ing that attitude half of the tine.
y storm at sea Is a grand sight, a nice
thing to talk about when safely on land
again. One experience generally satisfies
one who is without much physical cour-
0ge. lie naturally thinks that there -
but one foot of wood or iron between
him ana two miles depth of water. y
collision with an icel .rg or pc sin.
steamer, or other mishaI-whO can tel !
the consequence: But the loss of life /.
10y sean travel in the modern :. am ShIp !
being hardly one in a million, gives con- I
fdence, and al ocean tip Is ha-C'y more ,
thought of than a a''-oad jou ney from /
New York to Chicago. Ii is nothing /
W hen you get used TO II.
August GOTH Our ship has made an I
ave-age of 325 miles a day. Sunshine |
has succeeded the So n, caim followed !
the wind. ana we are rapidly approach /
ing land.
Our passenger list l. made up of the .
grave and gay, the socia' and reticent,
the abst 'ners and the free drinkers.
Numerous acquain9anCes are made and
fire ndshipS are formed. The sick have
the sympathy of the well, and minister
ing angels find their way 10 the sick
room With beef tea or strengthening cor