Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-22
ON THE GRAND OLD OCEAN
a WILHIHGTOHIAS's NOTES OF a
YgYAGE.
NEW YORK TO QUEENSTOWN
FEN PHoToGEAPH OF DAILY LIFE
or shiPBO1RD.


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IFrom letter recently received fron1 Mr..
Thomas Green Of Wilmington, Just row en- /
Toying vacation abroad, the GAZETTE :
oas been privileged 70 mako the following
extracts. The letter opens with the writer's 4
departure from Now York;
We backed out from our dock at 8 |
o'clock, on Wednesday afternoon. and l |
assure you the sight WAS well worth ace
Ing; hundreds OF people crowded the ad- |
loiniDg piers to see friends of and to |
catch q last token OF recognition, given !
by waving of hats, handkerchiefs,
bouquets, umbrellas. hands, 60. II was |
grand sight; one that am utterly uu-
able to describe, AS we stood upoa the !
upper deck Of that mountain Of iron, |
Che City of Paris, floating on the waters
! like cork, and we looking down upon
Che uptuIned faces of hundreds. yes
thousands, who had gathered TO bid us
good-by. There were two steamships
getting of at about the same time, which
added to the crowdlng and straining.
We soon got her-the City of Paris I
mean-straightened out; say 1--WE" be.
cause you know there are two OF us,
he, w weights, and whenever we felt the
ship fitting on one side we would run
ACROSS to the other just to keep her
steady, until they got everything into
proper shape, which it did not take them
long to do, for long before this was writ
ten we were ont Of the narrows and we'll
out to sea. The sight Of course was
grand nne. The Brooklyn bridge and the
world. famed Statue of Liberty seemed
tine main objects of attraction. We passed
close to the statue; so my friend tells ma;
unfortunately l was on the other side
4 taking in something and missed it.
There seemed to be q very marked
absence OF craft of any description ON
our way out. Occasionally We passed
pleasure yacht or pilot boat. say
passed--that's the word, we pass every
thing we come across, and it wont be
long before we pass the steamship Britan-
nio, that started an hour or two before we
did. We can scaroaly see her, Dut We
can see the line of black smoke coming
fiom her stacks. 'Tis tea time now, you
must excuse me for short time
Yes--a very short time II is too. The
bell rang, we rushed down to the dining
room to find the table fuil, jam full, and
not a single seat vacant. The steward
says; Gentlemen, you'll have to wait
for the second sitting, this sitting is all
taken up" Eyes," says I, taken up
very quickly; taken up before the bell
rang to-" "Oh we'll, that's what you get
for being green" ''Never mind" saws
the steward. I'm FIX you; you and your
friend take these two seats at tho next
sitting; they will be kept for you and no
one else can get them at that time, and
that will be in about tbrae-quarteFs of an
hour" "Oh, dear! nothing to eat since
breakfast this morning, and now it is
about 6 p. m" We are crawling up on
the steamer that went out ahead of us;
i .s..t- I,all =.
Il Observation-Disclosures goes the
N tea bell.
y Well, We are fixed all right; had a good
cup of Hinglish tea; had two; eplendid
bread, butter, cold meats, sweets, &C.,
good enough for common folks aud
plenty Of it, and here is tee steamer right
opposite us. Good-by, old girl; you're
no company for us.
$ 1t is growing dusk now and I notice
more motion in the ship and considerable
change in the countenances OF good
many OF the passengers; they seem 10
M turn "kinder yaller." People are com
Gencing to desert the deck, for their
\ berths suppose; others are listening to
what the wild waves have 20 say to them.
1t seems to me o rather strange language
they use; don't know why this should he,
for with two or three exceptions all the
passengers are American, English and
irish, but it is NOT in the English tongue
t shat they are conVorsing with the wild
waves.
Thursday. Well, he:e we are again on
deck, and not the first ones either by q
{6 great many. notice great many faces
that looked bright and happy yesterday
are sad and cast down this morning.
Tingle Jingle. .diaR!e- dong; there goss the
bell; first sitting, and l notice quite a
number keep sitting-in their seats on
deck, instead Of going to the table and
getting through and giving us chance
They don't seem to get up worth cent.
H "Oome, Smythe, leta 80 and take their
seats, if they're not going" So down
# we 60 and lind their seats not half filed;
+ but the steward says: "Gsnts, batter not
sit down until next sitting, for we cannot
tell at what minute they may come down
and want to oconpy their seats" OF
course we have no desire to create scsne;
80 1es1bmitfor rabuutthrse.q quarters OF an
hour more. Well, time flies you know,
y even when you're hungry; tingle'dingle-
dong. No rush; plenty OF time plenty
OF room; plenty tO eat; plenty to
walt Oh you. We make a finish and knock
ourselves out in about 35 minutes and
then 70 on deck nsain TO put in the time
until noon. Clear SKY to-day and pretty
warm in the sun too nuoh so for COM
fort ; thought would try 1t awhile any
way and did so at the cost of blistered
nose. Oh, but ita getting rough; stiff
breeze blowing breeze bio wing stlifef !;
stiGer blows tine breeze; can hardly
promenade the deck any more; a great
desl of that singular talk going on over
the guards aeein sometimes three, -four
or more together; they will shake thei1
heads at one another, put theif hands up
to their temg lies, than take them away
suddenly and let their heade fall down,
then raise them up again, then let 70
again suddenly; you would think they
were trying to shake their hsAds off and
"A get rid OF them; then they make such
funny noigeH.
&, Well, the fun has commenced; the
breeze stiffSns more and more, and
there is trouble coming for some
body, perhaps for me. Sea-Bicknest
is the fashion on board of the CITY
OF Paris in good earnest now, AND
l . calculate that by night this will be
regular hospital. There is nothing oc
apsring on board 80 fer to-day OF any
speoial interest. We have sighted one
homeward bound steamer and that is all
There are OH board about 100 FIRST ant
eecond sAbin and l am told sbout 60t
steerage passengers, with about 400 G-h
cers, stewards, engineers, Grew, &C., max
Ing in ell about 1000 souls or bodies
whichever you please.
! hiH blowing now what is called IL