The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-30
RgV RoasRIsQN TALKS
With his Morris Fnends. Their trip scfoss
The Atlantic.
,Edinburg, July 3lst, 1888.

(, rGth his Morris FRIENDS. Their trip acfoss
The Atlantic.
Edinburg, July 3lst, 1888.
ED. Sun.
remember your request that
use space in your paper to cemmu.
nicate with friends of Morris and
vicinity. gladly comply. Our trip
from Morris to Glasgow was unevent-
fal Tut by no means me notonous.
We had intended to take passage on
the Ethiopia, of the Anchor line, but
by chain of unexpected cfrcum.
stances we finally found ourselves
comfortably established on board
the good ship Pennsylvania, of the
State Line. On this ship there is no
sparing of pains to make the passen-
gers comfortable. The crew is, Of
course, made up almost entirely OF
Scotchmen. The Captain, however.
l e.ieve, boasts English birth.
Captain Mann has been the COM
manding. officer of this ship for about
four and one-half years. He is q
sailor Of long experience and one of
the most popular captains on the
line. Mrs. Robertson and I will
remember with special pleasure the
last evening on board. After the
bell had rung for extinguishing the
lights in the saloon the Captain
treated us most courtiously. Under
his guidance we were priviledged to
ascend to the forecastle and watch the
ship so intelligently seek her invisible
yet well known, path ,plowing her way
majestically through the jealous sea
whose waves rendered sheeny by the
midnight twilight, appeared in the
perspective like Il continuous oppos.
ing sway of silver shields. Then as
we turned our eyes upward to the
sails, filled as it were with the breath
of life, one could readily feel the
sense of the Captains pleasant rebuke
when, hearing us refer to the ship as
cit" he replied, you must say "she."
A sailor is very jealous in this
particular, and considers his vessel a
living creature, not an inanimate
thing"
We were also taken up to the
bridge, used exclusively by the officer
in charge, and shown the means of
communicating the commanders
orders to the engineers and wheel
men. The Captains private apart
ments were also visited, when, in
reply to few questions the captain
informed us that by statistics ocean
travelling is proven to be safer than
travelling on railways. He considered
a storm utterly incapable of destroy.
ing his vessel if properly managed
and stated that only by collisions
could serious accidents occur, and
therefore dense fogs are more to be
dreaded q than storms. One night
during the journey. just after pass
ing through a field of ice, we re-
manned almost stationary for some
hours for fear of encountering an
iceberg under cover of the fog these
cold pilgrims gather about them.
Leading the field of ice above men
toned was a remarkably large ice
berg which with its attendant swas
on it's way to take bath in the Gulf
stream. After voyage of ten days
we arrived at Greenock Sunday P. NJ.
and it being ebb tide, we were landed
there and forwarded by train to
Glasgow where we pleasantly and, /
trust profitably, spent two weeks.
The remainder of the time has been
spent in Edinburg with occasional
short trips into adjacent parts. I
will not now attempt recital of
experiences hoping rather to be able
to do SO at some future time, untram.
melled by the pen. We hope soon
to visit places to the north, and after
Il trip through Ireland and England
turn our faces homeward about Sept.
1st.
We all enjoy good health and have
every kindness shown us by the
people of this land and city whose
hearts are large and VAIN. We
jointly send our kindest regards to
our Morris friends for whom we wish
prosperity in all things that increase
the value of life without the addition
Of pain. Yours Truly,
E. P. ROBERTSON.