The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-06-13
A TALE OF THE SEA.
The Logan Outing Party Located
at the Licking Reservoir-The
Subject Of an Obituary Notice.

f at the Licking Reservoir-Th
e Subject Of an Obituary Notice.
tcn Beard the Ship Queen City, June 13
Agreeable to instruction. started
in search OF the Logan outing party
Friday morning and arrived at the
Licking reservoir Saturday morn
ing, after travelling all day and all
night, and found the good ship an
chored off the best hash house and
liquoring up establishment on the
sea coast. There Is a market handy
where fresh fish can be bought at
all hours and at reasonable rates.
Capt. Dave Miller's instructions
to me were to stick to the tow path
and l would get there. Dave was
right. If you get the right lead of
the tow path you are bound to get
to the reservoir. 1t Is not often
that Republican statesman gives
such accurate information and for
that reason desire to return thanks.
| The crop of grass In the Ohio
canal this year, it is estimated, vii,
exceed that of any year since the
public works were established. If
the crop keeps on increasing in this
way 1t will not be long until navi-
cation on the canals will not open
up until after hay harvest.
This region was visited bv a ter
rife storm Saturday. 1t might have
been Sunday, but thy impression
now is that it was Saturday. 1t
It was majestic sight to watch the
tempest dance across the bosom of
the waters. White caps we're play
ing around every old stump As far
as the eye could reach. As the
gale freshened it brought to us the
condensed stencil from all the old
swamp lands for miles around. 1t
was invigorating. Tim Moriarity
who had been sent ashore, anchored
his horse to an old stump. stood
on the bridge with Capt. Stofer,
and as he saw the taercury in Geo.
CIine's beer glass drop two inches
at a breath, he said, 1--WE will have
an awful blow by and BY" "Don't
want any Jonahs aboard this craft,
said Red Naile. as he heaved an
empty beer keg out of the co ook's
galley. He.had heard the captains
remarks. As the darkness deepened
in the west. the wind went down
and only the waves that washed
the rip raped coast broke the si-
lence. As the captain desired more
sea room, he or6ercd the anchor
shipped, and when wo drlfted away
towards that white wall of mis-,
bearing down upon US so rapidly,
sang that old refrain "Good by.
my lovers, good by" 1t mado us al
home sick.
Frank Kanode Vas lashod to the
wheel and just at that moment a
heavy roaring sound came over the
eea and the waters were lashed into
snowy foam by the coming storm.
Capt. Stofer, as he stood on the
bridge, had an empty tomato can
in his hand which he used as his
speaking trumpet. "Down with the
jlb and mainsail," shouted Stofer.-|
"Stand BY the mainsail halyards
Man the iib halyards and down
haul I" said first mate Carl Buer-
hans. LET 60 the mainsall hal
yards Down with it, liveIyl'|
shrieked second mate Cooney
Webb. "Let 60 the jib halyards
Haul down! Lay out and stow the
iibl" shouted third mate George
Cline. mind your eyeI The squall
is upon us :" came the warning cry
from the bridge.
The rqualll now come down upon
us like small hod full Of brick and
the Queen City staggered under the
blow. When the storm had at
tanned force enough for the vessel
to gain Storage way. the captain
roared out: "Down with the helm!"
and chief cook and bottle washer
Kanode, assisted by steward squire
Bowen and second cook Red Nails,
brought her head to the gale
Keep your helm hard down, Ka
node.' shouted Capt. Stofer. "She
don't mind, SIR" he answered back.
''She's falling off, MIR. Buerhaus,"
said Stofer. II see she is, sir, we
must keep her hoad up to it, or our
decks will be washed. Hard down,
Kanode!" ''She won't mind it,
SIR" came back tho answer. "Set
tho close reefed foressil, Mr.. Bner.
hans," said the captain, "we must
keep her head to the sea-" "Man
the foresail overhaul roared that
old salt, Buerhaus, as he adjusted
bis eye glasses. "Double the hands
on the out t-haul! Stand by the
braiIs! Stand by tho fore sheets!