The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-07-28

brightly and our ship was ploughing no
bly, through the waves. How beautifully
the music sounded over the waters that
evening. | was greatly pleased to notice
that those who did not enter, in some
way. heartily into the divine services on
, the Sabbath. were comparatively few. And
rarely do we see so large a number of pro-
nounced Christian people together on the
, land. Mr.. Nelson, who read the Collects
at the morning service, prayed for the
President of the United States, and for
Her Majesty. the Queen.
Monday morning, July A. came Eng
lish and American flags were displayed or
all sides. About clock some children
began to celebrate by blowing tin horns,
ing to the wind sprnging up freshly from
the SOUTH AS the dashing waves blew
| higher | thought of the flowing verse of
of Homer:
''Terrihle the clang of the loud-sounding sea.
At our noon lunch think fully POO seats
were vacant. Those of us, who could take
our ''square meals, had the full attention
OF the walters, and expressed sympathy for
our friends who We're unable to enjoy the
appetizing food spread before us in such
abundance, variety and excellence. At 3
O. clock the rain descended and the winds
blew and beat upon our house, but it fell
not. although it was not founded upon a
rock; and l was glad there were no rocks
to be founded upon. They were two miles
from us. that is at the bottom. This was
the first little storm had ever seen at sea
and it was worth going to sea to see. Two
OF three of us went as far forward as we
could get, $50 feet from the stern, and
held firmly to the ropes to watch the
piling up of the waters | could now ap-
preciate Louginus on the Sublime, while
being rocked in the cradle of the deep.
This cradle, | should guess, is about $50
| feet Is inches longer than the first one in
which | was rocked. and the motions of
both virtually the same l. e. from side to
Side. and not from end to end. You may
| suggest to some Belfast inventor the adj
visibility Of taking out a patent-for the
benefit of the mothers-of cradle rock
ed by the wind. 1t would he a good labor
saving machine Have the factory in Bel
fast. and the new interest might prove to
be as beneficial to humanity as Dana $
Sarsaparilla.
But | wonder if the afternoon of the
| fourth was windy and stormy in Belfast
A dense fog followed the rain But in a
| few hours the sky became clear. the sun
dipped into the ocean, the moon appeared
and the stars twinkled all night There
was a concert in the evening. Some very
nice music and few recitations by Young
ladies. Tuesday morning. July }, found
all passengers on deck What wind there
was was favorable, and the ship S sails
We're spread to the breeze. At 10 o clock
we began to pass among the icebergs,
southeast OF Newfoundland. They tower
ed hundreds of feet above water and the
sun $ rays falling upon the crystal pyra-
mids added greatly to their beauty Many
of the passengers had strong glasses and
they cheerfully accommodated 1hose who
had none Those who carried kodaks
were busy taking pictures of the floating
mountains. The temperature lowered
considerably, and we donned our thickest
wraps While among the icebergs we met
two sailing vessels headed for some west
ern port. | noticed several young ladies
busy with their brushes, putting those
gorgeous columns of floating ice upon the
canvas. | had supposed that an Atlantic
voyage was monotonol>. but | was AGREE
ably disappointed. The ever changing sea
gave us an endless variety: and the sea is
/ as changeahle as the tactics Of a politician
Just before election day. The four OF five
hundred cabin passengers We're really a
family Of kindred spirits. each seeking to
add to the others pleasure and profit
Some are travelling for pleasure, some for
health. and some to pursue further studies
abroad.
A Baptist minister. of Richmond Va,
introduced me to a family with whom he
/ and his wife are travelling, composed of a
/ mother and her three daughters Some
! six years ago she spent two years with
, these girls in Europe, chiefly in Italy and
France. They then came home, and the
three graduated at female college at Ell
mira, n. Y. Now they are going abroad
again for further study. The eldest will
spend some time in archaeological re-
search in the British Museum. A pro-
fessor in Baptist college, whose three
daughters have graduated at Wellesley, is
now taking them to the Continent for
special work. A superintendent of schools
in a Massachusetts city near Boston, is
taking his wife and two girls to spend
year in the study of art, chiefly in Venice
and Paris. and he will go over for them
during his next summer vacation. Quite
a number of young teachers and profess
sors in colleges are leaving their positions
for time in order to do some special
work on the historic ground of the old
world. With large number of these,
and MANY otbarC 7 bava haoop,a yuat1 "a