The Washington times., 1894-05-25
HE IS AT HOME AGAIN.
The President and Two Of HIS Secretaries
Return from a Fish and Hunt.

President Cleveland, Secretaries Gresham and
Carlisle, and Capt Robley D. Evans returned to
Washington yesterday from their shooting ami
fishing trip in North Carolina waters Private
Secretary Thurber met the party, who appar-
entity were in the best of health and spirits when
they disembarked from the little lighthouse
tender Violet, on which the trip was made.
President Cleveland showed the effects OF ex-
poeure TO the weather more than the remainder
OF the party. His face was much tanned, and ne
must have been in the open air most OF the time
he was away. All the members Of the party
were on the lower deck when the steamer ar
rived, and discarding the use OF the gangplank,
which had been lowered from the upper deck,
stepped over the gunwale on to the whnrf and
went onto their carriages, and were driven to
Captain Donnell, of the Violet, in speaking Of
the trip psaid the party had good time and were
better Tor the outing The President, he said,
was very comPanionable and sociabIe with the
men on board the vessel and those he met when
he went ashore He had taken advantage Of all
the opportunity for fishing and making the most
OF the trip Captain Donnel expects the Presi-
tdent will repeat the trip again in September.
faithful record Of the catch Of birds and fish
made by the party was kept In the vessels log,
and tho captain gave to the newspaper men
who came to see the President return the facts
they wanted from It. The log shows that nearly
all the shooting was done on the 10Th and 81 st
on Bodies Island In Pamlico Sound Ora the
18th 814 snipe were killed. OF these President
Cleveland and Capt. Evans shot ia Nearly all
varieties OF snipe were among tie lot including
brown backs, yellow shanks, robin breasted,
black breasted plovers. and little plovers
On the 21st instant tho President and Capt
Evans again had considerable luck, shooting
altogether eighty-seven birds. Capt Donnell
regards the President as q remarkably good
shot, and said that he saw him kill eight birds
ono after the other without single missL
On the 18th Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle
tried their hand at fishing in Oregon Inlet, near
Bodies Island, and when they finished had
twelve blUeish to their credit.
On the 18th instant the whole party went
ashore at Cape Hatteras lighthouse and took
lunch Later in the day they went outside and
took nine bluefsh and three drumfish. Thence
whore the Violet went to coal up. Aside from
these special days Of sport the members of the
party fshed whenever the steamer was at anv
one place long enough
Capt Donneil said that the regular work of the
vessel was in nowise interfered with by the fact
that a pleasure party was aboard The Violet
was on q cruise taking supplies to the lighthouse
stations, and in this work had distributed 10000
gallons of oil at places where needed.
1t was about lilo when the wagon bearing the
Presidents luggage drove UP to the White
House. Fishing rods, tackle case, a gun, and a
valise were handed out, and then a bunch of
enipe, perhaps two dozen in number. few
minutes later the President arrived with Mr
Thurber. Mr.. Cleveland stopped to shake hands
with the watchman who opened the door of his
carriage, and after exchanging q greeting with
the other employees who stood around, he re-
tired into the private part of the mansion. Ap-
pgrently he was ready for work Immediately, for
in few minutes he was in his office examining
several commissions which Mr.. Thurber had
brought TO him.
Mr.. Thurber says the party had a most enjoy
able trip, with good weather and excellent
shooting and fishing. All of them felt rested
eAd much benefited by their outing, especially
Secretary Carlisle. The Presidents appearance
indicated renewed and vigorous health