The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-25
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once Nos. 70 aud " Fourteenth Street.
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"TOMLlNS0N, OF WHEELING, ". vA.n
Ills Strange Dcmcanor During N Tcmpcst,,
Gus Voyage and How Ho Accounted 70
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by the way, when crossed In tn
City Of Chicago there was among tn
passengers ono tall, ilnc.lookiny, placid
eyed man who puzzled all the rest OF II
bv tho strangeneas Of his demeanor.
dill not meet him until VIC had been OH
four days. lle was seatcd in tho dinin,
saloon eating tripe and onions when III,
steward carried me In for the first tim,
to get mo acclimated 10 tho odor OF nut
ton broth and machinery grease, Mucl
rs l then marveed ut tho audacity d
the stranger who partook of tripe ant
onions with as much sang froid as II tbt
detestable compound had been anve
food. | mnrveled still more when
learned from the steward afterward tina,
The man had eaten four meals per diem
eyer Since tho ship left the Jersey CITY
pier.
Subsequently l learned from the tall
llne.looking, placld-eyed gentleman him
self that his name was Ezra Tomlinsor
and that he lived at Wheeling, W, Va,
lilo was en- route to Paris to do the closo
OF tho exposition, and gathered from
desultory remarks that he was a man al
abundant wealth and one largely inter.
ested in railroad securities. Much to
my amazement he told me that this was
the iirst voyage he ever had made; the
ease and the dignity with which he
resisted seasickness had led mo to sup.
pose that he was n veteran seaman, lie
confessed to me that he had expected to
DO most seriously afflicted witt, NAL d,
mcr, Tor no had heard all his life OF the
horrors Of ocean travel. "Howoyer." Le
added, cheerfully, II have 30 far done so
well that have hope OF reaching Liver.
pool without even 30 much rs sugges.
ton Of nausea"
The sixth and seventh days of the
voyage were exceedingly tempestuous;
tho ship rolled frightfully; out of fifty.
two cabin passengers iifty.one remained
in bed all that hideous time. In order
to save myself from total dissolution /
had tue surgeon and purser nail me 10
my birth. Heaven DO praised!" cried,
oven In my torment; Heaven be
praised that ut last We have a sQuall thut
will settle that man from Whcelingw
"Oh, no; not Mt all, SIR" said DR.. Nc.
Swinny, "he's been walking the deck
all day and wondering whether we shall
have continuation OF fair weater
Tomorrow"
Then the purser told me that Tomlin.
son had eaten bacon and eggs for break
fast aud had expressed desire for A
dinner ut 6 o'clock! Oh, how l learned
to hate that man Tomlinson from Wheel.
ing.
During the whole voyage he was as
clipper and hearty rs you please; his
appetite was so brutally vigorous 40 to
shock NIL the rest OF US. We were
heartily glad when we parted company
with him at Liverpool. iii ever again.
We said, disregardiul Of the Irishmun
If ever again wo make voyage with a
Wheeling man We'll stay at home"
But six weeks later, on board a
wretched transport from Calais TO Dover,
who should turn up but that self.same
Ezra Tomlinson Of Wheeling, W. Va!
lie had done the exposition and was
going home; he was rs calm, as placid.
as self.possessed rs ever. The channel
was unusually rough that night; all the
officers and crew were eick, and even the
donkey.engino turned pale with emo
ton; as for the passengers, they were all
so very wretched that they prayed for
death to relieve them-all but Tomlin.
son, and he seemed to wonder at il. as If
he could not by any means understand
why everybody else took on so, The
ship tloundered like porpoise, standing
first on one end and then on tho other
sometimes lurcLing heavily to the right
and then swinging with a mighty groan |
the other way-oh, it was simply awful :!
Five hours OF this indescribable
misery, and We were landed at Dover.
When Tomlinson sauntered leisurely
into tho custom house he found mo
upon a baggage truck.
"Sir," said I, feebly, will you kindly
grant the last request Of one who feels
that he ia an articulo mortis2 Is it DOS.
sible-tell mo truly-is it possible that
you are wholly insensible to the tor.
lures OF ocean travel? You seem to
have borne without the slightest qualm
tho storms Of the Atlantic and the tenn.
pests Of the channel; l do not under
stand it; before 80 to my eternal re-
ward elucidate this mystery, I beg"
Indeed, air." he answered, "it is
quite rs mysterious to me to hear YOU
speak Of storms and tempests, and l !
have wondered to sec so many Of nv
tellow.passengers succumb around me.
AS for myself, l have never before en-.
joyed quieter travel than that which
you call tempestuous." a'lIr0I
"Sir," l shrieked in frenzy OF exas.
peration, "who arc you-in what NEGRO
mantle or diabolical art are you skilled
that you thus calmly defy the malignant
boisterousness OF wind and wave ?" 80
Since you require me'to DO explicit"
answered Mr.. Tomlinson, quietly, II
will tell you that am and for twelve
years have been a director in the Balti.
more 4 Ohio Railroad"