The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04


Iair cousins TO make a trip from New
YORK TO his home at Clermont IN a new
boat. Miss Smith says.
The new boat" OF the letter was the
no" celebrated Clermont. the steam
BOAT OF Robert Fulton. which In Au-
gust. 1907, made the first successful
steam voyage up the astonished iiud-
son and demonstrated 20 the world
mat new force had been discovered
by which Old methods 10 nearly all
lines we're 10 be rcyoluilonlzed.
Very likely. with an their loving con-
hdcnce In the wisdom % the chaneel-
lor the sisters embarked with some
disirusi Of his new boats making good
It's promise 20 got them home In less
than three days. even n both wind and
TIDE should prove uniayorable. but they
we're not afraid Of anything worse than
delay, though mos, OF their friends
feared for them During the nine years
That had passed since Robert u. Lly-
ingston and Robert Fulton had FIRST
secured the concession 90 navigate the
waters IN New York state for twenty
years. providing they should build a
boat OF not less than twenty tons. that
would ngo no less than four miles an
hour hginsi wind and tide" the sub
Jet had been 20 often talked over 10
their presence that the sisters we're
already quito intelligent upon % aud
laughed az the fears OF their umorous
frlonda
The emharkatlon was from dock
near the state prison" (which was On
Greenwich village" on the North
rlverl and o. was witnessed by q crowd
Of mot less than 800 persons" Many
were tricnda ~ the passengers. who bid
them farewell with as much sollcltude
a. " they were going 90 Madagascar
especially trembling with apprehension
az the terrible risk run by sailing IN
a boat full OF fire."
The adventurous yoyagers. who we're
The guests of Robert Fulton and
Chancellor Livingston. we're abou,
forty 10 number including but few
ladies' Among the latter. besides our
two young sisters and their aunt. Mrs.
Thomas Morris ldaughter-ln-law OF /
hoher, Morris. the hnancier OF the rev. |
olutionl. were al leas, one Of the chan
cellor's two daughters. four OF the |
many daughters Of bis brothers. John |
X and Col Harry and a young lady |
who was more Interested IN the result /
OF this memorable experiment than any /
one save the inventor himself In al |
the biographies OF Fulton Miss Harriet /
Livingston is called the chancellors |
niece. but she vas really bis cousin. /
She was a beautiful. graceful and &C.
eomplishcd woman and bad long given /
Der heart 10 Robert Fulton. The fair
Harriet vas 40 this time about % and /
deeply "a love with her handsome /
gifted lover as any girl well could be-"
There were many distinguished and
hne-looklng men on board the Cler-
moat, bui my grandmother always de-
scrIbci Robert Fulton as surprising
an Of them. That son % a Ponnsyl.
yanla farmer" she was wont % say.
was really a prince among men. lie
was az modest as be vas great and as
handsome a. he vas modest. His eyes
Nero glorious with love and genius"
- little before reaching Clormont.
when the success Of the voyage was
well assured. the betrothal was an.
nounced by the chancellor IN a graceful
speech. In ia, course OF which he
that the name % the In
yenior would descend 20 posierlty a.
that Of a beniacior 20 the world. and
thar q was not impossible that before
the close o. the present century vessels
might even be able TO make the voyage
10 Europe without other motive power
than steam"
This hardy prediction was received
with but moderate approval By any.
while smiles Of lncreduliiy we're ex-
changed between those who we're 90
placed that they could not be seen by
The specchmakcr or the inventor. John
r. was heard to say In an aside 10 his
cousin, John Swift Livingston. that
BOB had many bee In his bonnet
fforo now, but this steam folly would
prove the worst one yet" hut the
'haneollor's brothers lived 10 see the
lcoan regularly trayersed by steam
gossels, but the prophet himself and
he Inventor passed away before the
realization OF their droamA