Middletown transcript., 1892-08-18
Her contract price was 1925, 600.
Her main battery consists Of four 8
inch hrooob. loading rifiad cannons.

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mounted on pivots in the bow and
stern and six 6 inch cannons of the
same kind in her broadsides. In her
secondary battery there are eighreen
smaller cannons of different kinds.
| The vessel has besides 5 tubes for dis
charging torpedoes against an enemy.
A single sailor can with the greatest
ease depress, elevate and move on It's
pivot, the great eight-inch cannon.
| These monsters can throw shell or
shot weighing 250 Tbs more than 8
miles, and drive it through IA inches
of steel at 1000 yards. It would take
too much time to tell of the search
lights, the revolving cannon, the maze
Of machinery in the hold. the stear-
ing gear, and our glimpses Of TIE life
! of the officers and crew. The Balti-
more it will be remembered, was
| lying in the barbor of Valparaiso last
| October. It was part of her crew
that was set upon by the Chilian mob.
! We were told that while these ves-
sells we're lying at Portland, little
boy was born and the happy parents
called bim Charleston Baltimore" "
in honor of the new Navy. A day or
two after, the Portland Oregoniais
stated that handsome silver knife,
fork and spoon had been left at his
office, gift from the officers and
crews of the warsbips, a testimonial
of good wishes for the future of the
| little man who had been named in
honor Of their ships.
One of the most substantial proofs
of the kindness and liberality of the
people of Portland took the form Of .
splendid excursion up the Columbia
river on the Saturday following the
opening of the Assembly. The AS
sembly delegates and their friends
nearly filled two steamers. We left
Portland about s A. M. The Rev. Mr..
Davenport, we'll known in this COM
munity, was with the Westminster
delegates during the trip.
| The cliffs on both sides of the Col-
umbia, which are of Basaltic forma-
ton, are worn into various shapes by
the action of the rain, wind and cur
rent. Sometimes a monster rock
could be seen standing alone, tower
| ing many feet above the river which
swept by it on beth sides. One of the
most interesting features here was the
| little cascades which bound over the
| rock bluffs of the river, forming cata-
racts in miniature, We also had q
splendid view of genuine cataract.
The stream that formed it plunged
over the cliff near the river, and fell
such distance that it appeared to be
dissipated in mist by the time it
reached the earth. 1t was beautiful
sight, and we had an excellent view
of II from the deck of the steamer.
We arrived about 8 P. NJ. at Bonne-
vile, named in honor of the explorer,
\ Captain Bonville. While here we had
a chance to observe one of the western
methods of catching salmon. A raft
carrying the fishing wheel is placed at
A a point in the river where the salmon
are accustomed to ascend. The wheel
which is large, one, has four or five
enormous buckets" made Of wire
netting. As the wheel revolves by
the force of the current, these buckets
plusge into the water and scoop ul
the unfortunate fish that happens to
be in their path. As the bucket
passes up and around for another dip
the salmon falls toward the centre Of
the wheel into trough which carries
. it back into the raft, where it lies
squirmiDg and helpless. Several fine
, fellows came in during the few
, moments we stood watching the opera
. ton. There were certainly 30 or 6(
r already there and the fishermen told
us they had all been caught in a hal
| hour. Whether this was fish story
' or not, do not know. We were alst
. told that three hundred salmon were
f put together on string and an empty
cask or barrel was made fast to them
: They we're then thrown into the rive
and the current could carry them tt
: the Willamette from whence they ar
taken to Portland or they are allowet
: to drift on to Astoria where they ar
canned.
We found the return journey lnucl
!. shorter as the current favored us. w
! arrived in Portland about 7 Pm.
Il We were prevented from taking th
: splendid trip arranged for us to As
4 toria and the Pacific coast, because {
y the press of work in the Assembly
Delta Herald.
= Jack Ford-'Do you believe that
!. u fellow ever did make mistake an
kiss the wrong girl in the dark, 70
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