The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-10
ON BOARD THE NANTUCKET.
Matters of Interest and Humorous Jot
tings from Off Ship.

From private correspondence we
CLEAN the following about our sailors
boys aboard the Nantucket:
Dear JIM
The crew is better satisfied now
than ever, the eating arrangement
having been changed ana our food is
not only served in a more comfortable
place, but the quality and quantity is
better than it was formerly. The boys
are also becoming more used to ships
life and naturally are better satisfied.
We are anchored in mid-stream, where
there are good breezes day and night,
SO we don't suffer any inconvenience
from heat
Yesterday afternoon the ships sur
geon, DR.. Ward, assisted by Apothecary
Taylor and Bayman Newbury, vacci-
mated the ships crew.
Three charming n accomplished
young ladies, Misses Blue Eyes Beach,
Alliburd Beach and Pearl H. Sullivan,
called aboard to visit the old Nantuck-
ct and cheered the boys by their pres
ence for a few hours. The two former
young ladies are daughters of the pop
ular Captain Beach of the excursion
steamer Clifton, of Savannah. His
c~leverness and geniality reminds me
Il A1o1l III Jul dpld1 IldI DtI,
of the Wilmington.
To see the boys each afternoon from
6 until 9 o'clock is worth the price of
a first-class minstrel. The fun usual
ly starts by the w character imper-
senators, Sinclair and Lumley, imitat-
ing Wilmington's freaks familiar to
the boys. Their the Big Six" compos-
ed Of Plat, Hancock, Holton, Ber-
nard, Lane and Marshall, are drilled
and mustered by Captain Moore's lit
tie son, Master Carl Moore, who takes
a great interest in his division of fun
makers. The Volunteer Guards, or
Captain Dave Spicer's Company"
composed of Tom Piver, H. B. Will
liams, Geo. Lewis and John Maunder,
do the fantastic drills, with broom's,
scrub brushes, etc, to the queens
taste. Uncle POmpey Robinson and
Fred. Burr have had their heads shaw
ed and are now termed by the crew as
Yellow Kids. You can hardly discover
which is the other. A combination
known as Our Side" is very popular
is nc work. They put the crowd to
laughing when they begin playing
"Sallie WATERS "Picking Cherries"
Telling Forfeits," Fruit Basket etc.
"Our Side" could give the girls les
sons in playing innocent games.
The boys are receiving boxes. Among
them vas one from Savannah, from
eight ladies to eight of the crew. Mr..
H. N. Latham received and divided it
for the boys, he having been appoint
ed by the ladies for this work. Holton
was given a box and Marshall a pack
age of edibles from ladies on the Cliff
ton Friday evening. Every mail from
the south now brings mail for the boys
from Savannah girls. About half Of
the crew went to Port Royal and Beau
fort to Sunday school last Sunday, and
the remainder of the crew will go to-
day. Boxes from Wilmington have
come to the following boys: Furlong,
Clements, Corbett, Wiley, Bernard,
DeVaney, Penny, Pierce, Sorsby. Pay
master Jones furnished shoes for the
boys. They are the fiat toe, thick soles,
low quarters and give a sailor pea
ance to the wearers. I have often
dered whether or not our folks will
know us when we return. A unb
of the boys have gained from ten to
fifteen pounds.
I understand there is no truth in
the report that Captain c. B. T. Moore
will be transferred from the Nam
tucket.
The Louisiana boys On the Passaic
will leave in the morning. We will
be moved farther down the river in a
few DAYS.