The Republican journal., 1898-10-20

That Il Sses at the harhor mouth,
And madly danced our hearts with Joy,
AS fast We tleeted to the South.
Tenngson.
viii you come with US and enjoy a
short sea voyage to Washington, and re
new old associations?" This was how it
began.
Wha- should l say? The temptations
were many what were the possible OBJ
lections?
Equinoctial gale? 1t would be one of six
n my experience and had no terrors.
Age and general ntirmitieso Well the
former is growing to be a solemn fact,
but infiGmities ! have none: so an eager
acc eptance was sent and bright Septem-
ber morning found me Ell route for the
lAennebtc. to join friends Oh board the
four masted schooner John $ Ames. in
point of relation a grandchild Of the Gov.
Ames.
The vessel is nine hundred tons, carries
ten men, and we have cargo of fifteen
hundred tons OF ice. Like all vessels of
her cla,s she is fitted with steam and cleo
tric bells and it was with the utmost sat
isfaction that ! saw all kinds of laborious
work necessary in the management of the
vessel pelfol med by the steam: so differ
eent from the seafaring days of eighteen
years ago. l am now hoping for an en-
gine that will wash dishes and sweep
5foors- and we will then obey scripture and
permit our servants to depart in peace. -
We towed to sea from Batb-the birth
place OF our vessel, and soon to be the
birthplace of three five masted schooners
on Sunday morning.
Ibere was nothing in sea or sky to pre-
vent absorption of the thorough rest. free
dom and independence of the next ten
days spread SO invitingly before us, and
onr sermon, preached to us by the winds
and waves, was along those lines.
The cat and dog Immediately got sea
sick and the writer would willingly have
changed places with them and offered a
tribute to Neptune for the sake of the
physical advantage to be gained, but past
experience still kept its potency against
sseasckness and so one of the good things
of life was lost
The question is often asked 'What do
women do at sea?i Barring seasickness
the following is what two women did. and
is typical of longer voyages. For the
writer the water has fascination that
cannot be explained, and she will there
fore wlite from standpoint of thorough
appreciation.
Life on deck, then, furnishes never.
ending panorama for the eye and soul of
the appreciative observer; but life on dec <
rs not always practicable and during the
first days out the necessary stitches were
given to the neglected wardrobes.
Embroidery and even patchwork follow
ed, enlivened by instrumental music and
singing in the early evening
Unanswered letters were attended tc
and accounts squared with correspond
ents, and when the weather grew rougl
and reading and writing grew tiresome
there was always that haven of rest;
good bed, where crooked in the cradle O
the Deep we could enjoy 'tNature'
sweet restorer''
On the fifth day out we passed a bottl
containing papers, but it was too rougl
to lower boat for any unnecessary thing
so we shall never know whether it record
ed case Of extremity or the pastime o
idle passengers like ourselves
Nothing of greater Importance thai
gaining the health and rest we sought oc
CURED on the passage, and on the evenin