The record-union., 1892-11-15

was black, would bring her nourishme4
10 our ro m, and when my wife had I'M
proved considerably and was able 10 sit
up a part OF the time, the 5.eWardess
would bring her nice dishes from the
ships galley in liberal quantities.
There were a couple of young men in
the steerage named NJ. B. Tilden and
Luman Hawley, neighbors of ours at
nome, and who were journeying with US
to California. The latter was elected
Mayor OF his native city tGarretts-
VlIIe) on his return to Ohio, some years
later. They had the run of the ship
and spent their time in the cabin. When
my wife had eaten what little she desired,
these young men would slip into our
room and dispose of what remained.
The stewardess was heard one day to re-
mark that Dat lady in stateroom thirty
sebben eats more dan any sick pusson
dat ebber seede in all my born days"
My wife made it all right with the
Stewardess when she was able to leave
her room.
FOOD FOR FISHES.
There was lady on board named Mrs.
Howe, who was coming to Sacramento to
join her husband. She died of cholera
one night, in great agony, shortly after
leaving Acapulco. There were also a
number of cases on board which were
extremely hard and distressing, where
whole families of little children died and
their bodies were cast into the sea, thus
depriving their grief-Stricken parents, or
perhaps a lone father or mother, of the
satisfaction Of placing flowers upon the
graves of their loved ones. The deaths
increased daily, and finally l was taken
down with the fever about the I'd of
January. [ knew little of what trans
pired after that.
HEA ARTRENDING SCENES,
We arrived at San Francisco January
7, 1883, after most terrible trip of nearly
three weeks from Panama. The ship had
no sooner reached the dock when the
cabins were filled with anxious and ex-
cited men from all parts Of the State who
had been waiting the arrival of the ship,
in full expectation of meeting their wives
and families or friends. But alas There
were but few of them left to meet. Our
stateroom was in the afterpart of the
cabin, and as | was borne to the forward
gangway, through the length of the main
saloon, what a sight | beheld There
was
ROW OF DEAD BODIES
OF passengers lying upon chairs on either
side, who | was told had died since the
ship had sighted the Golden Gate What
terrible disappointment for those loving
husbands, fathers and friends! How
many bitter, scalding tears l witnessed
that day! 1t was sight never to be for
gotten and impossible to describe.
We took passage the same night on
board a river steamer for Sacramento.
where We arrived the next morning
january Sth). l found the city had been
nearly destroyed by fire in my absence,
while the water was from five to ten feet
deep in the streets, with the inhabitants
living in the upper stories of their build
1ngS. We were carried from the steamer,
on Front street, in a skiff through X
street to Suffers Fort (then just inside
the city limits, where we landed, and
were taken thence by team to our home
in Brighton, five miles distant, which we
found surrounded by water
have written sketches of my journey
across the plains and to the States and
back by water, in order partly to show
the difference between our present cheap,
rapid and luxurious mode of travel and
the delays, expense, hardships, privations
and death dealing agencies to which the
early-day Immigrants We're subjected. Ii
have succeeded | am content.
CHARLES PETIT.