The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-22

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some few clouds, or rather it i
foggy. We have had a smooth
sea SO far but today it is ever
smoother and there are no whit,
capped waves at all. Their,
seems TO be a dead calm, bu
YOU had better believe we arr
making time. Our ship is cut
ting the water at nearly til,
rate of twenty miles an hour, ,day
and night, and burns about two
HUNDRED AND FIFTY (250) tom
Of coal per day. Foggy and th'
fog horn sounds all day and al
night. Ships run 443 miles.
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SUNDAY, May 29.-Mornin 9
bright and beautiful. The
fog has gone. There comes
a swell of the sea now and then
that causes the ship to rise and
fall with a sickening feeling al
ones stomach. 1t bothers one
trying to 90 to sleep. Mrs b.
N. d., sends for steamer DR.. to
help settle her stomach and he
orders her to go on deck; just my
adYice all the time. 1t is sell
dom we see a sea gull this far
from land, but we saw three
pass over yesterday and one to-
day. Three were going to Eu-
rope and one returning. We
Judge that the returning gull
would make the trip in one day;
could leave England at early
breakfast and land in New
York for supper, for they travel
in a hurry. While we see COM
paratively little stomach sick
ness on deck, yet there are at
least one half the places at the
dinning table vacant. OF my
own family little Willie stays
In bed over two-thirds of the
time. Buchanan Lyon has
stood it as well as any one on
board the ship. He is as gay as
a lark and lively as a cricket.
Angler and Mary Duke both
stand it well. Angler some
times leaves the dinning table
three times at one meal, but he
soon comes back and tries it
again. He is apt to be in at the
finish for the ice cream. ]
would not know it was sunday
if the calendar did not say so,
you must not look in q steam
boat for pious people. 420miles.
MONDAY, May 3O.-Roughest
morning we have yet had.
The decks are swept with spray
at every lurch of the boat and
these lurches are pretty fre.
quent now. The decks are
perfectly wet with spray and !
asked one of the deck hands if
there was not rain during the
night and he said no. There
was a heavy fight between sun
and clouds this morning, but
at last old Sol conquered. l am
now on the upper deck and the
windows are very often DOUGH
edwith spray. Net the Amerl-
can Consul to Hamburg. Lis
name is johnson and he is from
Cincinnati. He is fat, pleasant
and chatty. The worst day we
have had yet. Two-thirds OF
the passengers are down,
Willie Carr says he is never
coming to Europe no MORE
There were but two out of our
party of Is that were at lunch
They are not sea sick at all-ohi
not a bit Of il, but they feel bet.
ter laying in dishabille in theil
state rooms. Ii does make 6
fellow feel queer about the giz-
zard, but you must fight if yoI
would conquer here. 42l miles
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TUESDAY, May 31.-To-da,
opens bright and milder. AT.
ter a quarrel with my wife ant
boys | pursuaded them to go OF
deck and sit in steamer chairs
They 20 at lastand the sea is no
sorough, and soon they are en-
ioying il, and stay on deck al
day. As the day grows the sea be
comes much smoother and mos
Of the passengers enjoy thei
visit on the decks. We passet
a steamer about 6 p. IN. Ii cam,
very near to ours and was oi
the North German Lloyd line
making her way to Boston
Our steamer was much larger
and soon she sinks below th,
horizon of waters. Many o
our passengers will get Off a
Southampton. They feed u
highly on these steamers. w
have hard frozen ice cream
made by Horten of New York
venison, prarie chickens, ric,
birds, veal, chickens, turkey
fruits of all kinds, includin,
fresh tomatoes, and most any
thing else the palate can wisl
for. 1 think | have gained d
least 10 pounds since coming OF
the boat, and my pants are un
comfortably tight to button
4I5 miles.
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