The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-09-29
Ed Patch Tells the interesting Story
of Ship Life.


CONTINUED from last week.)
Thursday. have not made
very good time for the past twenty
four hours, have been waiting on the
Ohio and Indiana, both of which
seem to have good deal of trouble
of one kind and another. Last night
we ran slow nearly all night to keep
in sight of them and this indrning
something happened aboard one OF
them, l don't know which, Thcy
stopped, lowered the boats and were
rowing around when we went on, but
they are coming along now. 1t
makes the officers Of the Morgan city
mad to have TO wait on the other
boats for this was called the slowest
boat in the fleet, and is, as long as
the others keep in order, but though
slow, the Morgan City seems to be
sure. We have been looking for s
storm lately, the barometer is falling
and tile Captain said lie thought Ne
were going to have some rough weattf-
er, but we are all anxious to be dis
appointed by not having it. We are
liable to meet mail boat any day
now and If we do we will no doubt
be able to send our letters and also
get some news.
Friday. The trouble on the 1ndi-
ana yesterday was the illness of one
of the soldiers The doctor wished
to consult with the doctors from the
Valencia and the Ohio which was why
they lowered the boats, but their skill
was of no avail and the man died In
!. the evening He died Of constipa-
ton, very prevalent complaint with
us, though we have had no very seri-
:. Gus cases on the Morgan City. l
think il would be better to allow us
more fruit and laxative food and less
physic. The other boats are away
y ahead to day, only the smokestacks
ID of three of them visible and the 9th
~ er one is half hull down am on
0 guard duty TO day will get of at in
ID - the morning then the next morning
n. Sunday will be on kitchen duty
nj al and that will let me off duty for about
d. week
I'd I'd Saturday. We are still in the rear
m but there is one consolation, as long
r.. as we remain behind we don't have To-
wait on the others. The sailors have
"a rugged a "crows nest" up on the
mast, 80 they arg going to have a
lookout | reckon. We should be in
Us, sight of the Laarone Islands soon
es' unless it is the intention of the
elv s.Powers that be" to avoid them. II
Is is hard to learn from the officers any
Tor thing about our course, don't sup
pose they know much more about i
than we do and they are very char,
10 about telling what they do know, 81
J. it only remains for US to wait. An
.ne other week with no bad luck shoult
um see lis near our journeys end. w
Acn en- have something new to look at thi
sRn evening, real live volcano. W.
!, L. l. first sighted it about four O. clock p
Der, m and it is now dark so we will no
get as good view as we would ha'
;. we seen it earlier in the day. Ac
.,.. cording to map have we are tw
,ous hundred miles north of the regula
's''' route, 80 will not sight the Ladrone
, o. aud therefore eyade possible compli
cations with the Don's at that poini
but am thinking that if we are fou
or five hundred miles north of Mani
t of n;eor,
cure Ia ny the 'iine VIC See 'iieie d ui'i'
pre- such rs one of the boys describe
tn this evening might be about righ
Jity. He said that one of the officers tol
kind him that the service uniform at Mar
for ;,,. o,,id o,,na;st of on ah1omin.
0 do III" "o"'" o'n'''
used bandage and an indentification badg'
UNI whereat the boys were much pleased
dyed we WIZ nave ''sn' o'o'n'ns 'e'a9e'
,ine, us before we land
rice, ~. ,a Il ,,>t
sight this morning. 1t looked FL
their last night after dark. We passt
300 a within three miles of it. The reEe'
,cose ton of the fire on the clouds OF bin
rt Il.
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