The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-06-09
STEAMBOAT NAMES.
A Vt.ttsr 70 New Isrk DSs6 In
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A Nisso1rian va in New York the
other DAY for the hrsi time he Is
retired business uAh be never AN
An oesan liner until his dsft here He
xNs interested and asked many ques-
tio1A The names OF some Of the hg
boats pleased him. sAys the New ferk
sun
7 an glad TO see he atd that
there Is some sentiment in the bEz-
hesA an not dreamer, but so1<
times think the eye Is too commercial
We even name u ehltren for some
body who Il expected to do soneihing
for the honor. II hAs come 70 thai in
my state As vel Is IN Other states
We have . few steamboats, Eo~ o. the
Missouri river. but those few are named
for Individuals who presented . bell
or . plano. or q Gag. or something in
ecnsideration Of his name having eeea
painted on the wheelho1ses Of the
boat But IL was not AlwAys0- There
was q time when We named y boats
from sentiment; the sane thing see
has governed the naming Of some OF
these big steamers-fnen I believe
you call then. and ons | saw WA
pointed out 70 ma - an ocean grey
hound
One OF the 1rst steamboats, / ever
NV On the Missouri Vas named High
LEnd Mary. That was IS years ago.
But / know the owner called his boat
that Just because the name struck his
fancy. dOn't suppose he ever heard
Of Bobby Burns Polar Star was the
name Of = fayortte packet and her
ouner and captain was = farmer named
Tom Brieriy. He had . farm IN Bu
ehAnan county, 20 mile back from the
river, and he lived there in winter
he ran the Polar Star until she gSt
too old 70 be safe and then be buit
another and = sner boat and called II
the Morning Star. But somehow that
one was not Is successful a. the PoisI
Star. and II nearly broke Brierly's
heart and be quit the river and retired
20 his farm
zone Of the fastest boats on the
river was the MlnnehAhA She took
the horns for making the quickest time
between st. LOuis and ST. Joe. Il was
some time. though. before the people
Of the river towns knew how 10 pro-
1Ounee her name. OF eourse after the
popularity Of this boat somebody built
the HiaWuthA, but she wss not the
fATorite the Minnehaha Was, and was
soon transferred 10 the Mississippi
trade. The Peerless was what her
name indicated and she beat the Min
nehAha's time and took the horns. We
had the Twilight, Cataract, War Eagle,
Reindeer. White Cloud and Silver
HseiA
FINALLY a company Of 81. Louis men
built the James II. Laeas. The man
for whom that boat VA named was q
millionaire In St. Louis. and as the
Lucas Was the fastest boat Of her time,
Mr.. Lucas presented her With q piano
and q lot OF TlVerware. That was the
beginning Of the breaking up Of ssnti-
meni IN steamboat nomenclature on
the Missouri Moneyed menint the river
towns invested in steamboat building,
and the richest man In the town Was
usually selected TO bes,ow his name
on the boat, ard ! never knew one re-
fused. Then they got 10 naming some
Of the boats for a i0va, and the e~iti1ens
in that case bought the presents and
they would patroniEe no other boat
II they could help it,
Once in awhile some sentimental
incident would govern the naming OF
the craft. As for example: There
wa = young WOMAN in Glasgow who
was . universal f~aVorits, and her hand
was sought by many. new boat was
, building which was 10 be eSpsSined
BY . young nan who was infatuated
with the young M He WOE her
and that was Why the boat vsz named
Kate Howard.
; There was another instance wher,
sentiment named a popular boat Tbs
= captain of an old steamer was takeE
sick In one Of the towns and vas nurset
9 by . widow who had . daughter. Th,
captain recovered and built = new boat
b He was 6 married man; but he nAneS
his boat Martha Jewett. for the wid
. ow's daughter. and because axe ussS
10 bring him flowers when ne VA
dek. That sort Of sentiment didn'
bring in any plano, but It made tn
hat mfrhfV uruul.rn
Weather signals from shswbIrd-
The shewbird mountain. four mile
e south Of town, is 20 rs the strsnges
thing In this whole mountain eous
Try. ays the H~synesVille IN. c. Cour
Ter. he mourfalr b full Of larrr