The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-11-12

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hair were long and shaggy, and to use
homely smile, his eyes were like two
burnt holes in O blanket. A line was
thrown to him as he passed under the
schoonor's stern. It was with the great
est difficulty that he managed to crawl
| forward and take turn around cleat
with the line. Several OF the crew jumped
down into the boat and assisted the
man to climb aboard the schooner. As
soon as he reached the deck he tainted.
He was placed on the after hatch and a
few drops of rum were forced between
his lips. Under this potent influence he
rapidly revived.
'sNow, my lad, ;" said the skipper, 'don't
try to talk; drink some of this soup and
then take a rest; you will soon be man
again.
The poor fellow tried to mutter word
or two of gratitude. He gulped down a
few swallows of soup, and after telling
the captain that his name was Bernard
Gilboy, and that he sailed 1852 days be-
fore from San Francisco, CAL, he was
taken below and put into bunk, where
he soon fell asleep.
His boat was hoisted inboard in short
order, the islanders failing on to the
tackle falls and singing a joyous song.
She was strange looking craft. The
carpenter pulled his rule out of his pocket
and measured her. He dimensions were:
Is feet over ALL beam, feet; depth, 2
f. 6 in. She was decked over, and her
hull was divided into two compartments
by water-tight bulkhead about feet
from the stern. She had been rugged as
q schooner, but only the foremost was
standing.
The after compartment was 6 feet
long, with hatch in the centre and with
q locker on each side. She appeared to
have been fitted out with view to a
deep-water voyage, but looked much the
worse for wear. Her bottom was covered
with thick clusters of barnacles. Her
rigging was rather rotten, and her deck
was covered with slime.
The islanders hocked round the boat,
whose name was the Pacifc-painted in
small letters on her stern. They ex-
pressed a good deal of curiosity concern
ing her, as was evident from their excited
talk and gestures. The Pacific was
firmly dashed to ringbolts in the deck,
everything on board of her being taken
out There wasn't scrap of food
aboard; ten-gallon key contained four
and one-half inches of fresh water, and
there was about half gill of alcohol in
a druggists bottle That evening fine
breeze arose and the schooner headed for
her destination, dancing over the waves
galantly and clipper-like.
Next morning the steward woke up the
poor fellow so providentially rescued
from the rapacious jaws of death, whose
fangs were about closing on him when
, the schooner cited him. He was much
refreshed, and after taking a cup Of cof-
fee and slice of toast went on deck,
where the cook, who was bit of bar
Der, cut his hair and trimmed his beard.
Then he had good wash and was ready
for breakfast
While he was partaking of plentiful
meal, which he said tasted better than
any he had eaten since leaving San
Francisco he told his story, often hesita-
ting for word, and speaking in strange
tone that reminded one of ghosts.
!, His name, as before mentioned, was
Bernard Gilboy. His home was in Buff
, falo, N. Y From boyhood his hobby
was the sailing of small boats, and he
had gone to sea atan early age. 1t ap
pears that reading the account Of Capt.
Johnson crossing the Atlantic alone in a
boat Is feet keel, 5 feet 6 inches beam
and % inches depth, induced him to un-
dertake q voyage to Australia from San
l Francisco. Accordingly he contracted
with Burns & Kneass of that port to build
: him the boat picked up the day previous
of tho 1ipoonSiOnS Criv abnyvA Shn yUaC
launched on Friday, Aug. 3, 1882, and
} she sailed on Friday, Aug. Is. Is there
r any wonder that she came to grief? The
} only cause for establishment is that her
r owner didn't fetch up for full due in
5 Davy Joness locker, for as every sailor
l knows, Friday is most unlucky day.
On August he got his clearance from the
} Custom House. The craft had very little
. free board She was laden with IA ten
3 gallon casks of water, 165 pounds of hard
tack packed in ffteen-pound watertight
tin cans, two dozen cans Of roast beef in
5 two-and- a-half- pound cans, two dozen
} roast chickens in one pound cans, two doz
One-pOund cans of salmon, two dozen cans
1 of homeless pigs feet, two dozen cans Of
peaches, two dozen cans of condensed
t milk, twenty-five pounds of loaf sugar,
1 one gross of matches in six bottles, half a
+ gallon of alcohol in druggists glass jar,
t ten gallons of nut oil, five gallons of ker-
osene OIL three pounds of coffee, two
Q pounds of tea, one bar of CASTLE soap, two
4 pounds of lard, three pounds of nails, one
S wooden pump, twelve feet of half-inch
: hose, which he used as a syphon to ga5
S fresh water out of the kegs with, grains,
4 hammer and Ratchet, few copper tacks,
g kerosene oil stove, pocket alcohol stove,
3 two lamps, one pound of candles, two
e compasses, barometer, and sextant, pat
: ent tafrail log, double-barrel shotgun,
powder and shot, revolver and cartridges,
/. clock and watch, nine knives, anchor and
: sea drag, withabout forty fathoms of one
e and a half inch line, ball of spun-yarn
d anda marlinspike navigation books, sheet
e chart of the South Pacific, an American
d flag, clothing, one pair of twelve-foot
S oars, and an umbrella, which he found
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