Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-30

his relatives in. Albany, and as they
will be of interest to the public we
give them below. Mr.. Cowles left
Seattle, Wash, May 18th, and his first
letter was written May 26th, and is as
follows: eve are now out 1900 miles
from Seattle. We left that city
Thursday evening with 100 passengers
on board. Friday night we were I'M
able to see land and have not seen it
since. Everett and [ both suffered at
first from sea sickness but we are
now feeling fine. We hope to get
into Deutch harbor sometime tomor-
row night, from there the trip will
take three or four days. We are hav-
ing lots of fun but I shall be glad to
get my feet on land again; during
three days the sea was very rough
and at times it seemed as if we should
go to the bottom but our boat is
strong one and we are apparently all
safe. We have passed several sailing
ships which were bound for Cape
Nome. One of them left San Fran
cisco April "a and we passed it May
23d. am not stuck on travelling by
water and believe I will walk home.
On this boat there are twenty one
ladies, one Of them being a doctor
and another nurse. The food on the
boat is very good and it will be hard
to come down to beans later. 1t is
expected that there will be at least
twenty five ships in Nome within
month. Sunday, May 26th.-We came
in sight of land this morning. 1t is
very cold and the mountains we can
see are covered with snow. May
27th.-We anchored last night out
side of the harbor as the captain did
not dare make the run in asthere was
a dense fog and the wind was blowing
hard and the mouth of the harbor is
narrow with high rocks on the sides.
A part of the time was spent in fish
ing. We shall land here this morn
ing.
The next letter was written June
1st from Deutch harbor, and is as fol-
lows: eve have been here since
Monday morning and leave tomor-
row. There are twelve, steamers IN
the harbor besides numerous sailing
craft. There are about 1000 people
here now some coming and others 60
ing every day. Mrs Nichols came
Wednesday and [ had a long visit
with her. This harbor is just a coal
ing station and is a tough place.
There is great amount Of drunken
ness to be seen here. There are but
a few houses, stores, etc. There is
not tree to be seen and the country
is mountainous. We are getting ex-
celIent food and the trip is one [
would not have missed for anything.
We pass away the time here playing
ball, fishing, etc." His next letter
was written June 18th from Psring
sea. In this he says: ''We are
anchored only twenty miles from
Nome waiting for the ice to break up. |
The voyage has been a very hard |
one; our food run out and we col
lided with cake of ice and smashed
a hole in the bow of the boat; the
tank SO that the water could not got
into the boat. Later: We are now
on our way into Nome. We were
obliged to go about forty miles north
and come back on account of the ice.
1t is just four weeks tonight since we
left Seattle; we saw no land for
twenty three days and were obliged
to take fresh water from an iceberg
twice; our boat was held in the ice at
one time for three days. The sun
from view last night at
10 80 and could be seen again this |
NJ orning at 215; we could see to read |
all night. Thursday arrived at |
Nome last night and expect to go |
ashore this morning. 1t is great |
sight to look at this city of tents.
There are $4,000 people here now and
they are only q drop in the bucket to
the number that will be here later. |
Steak sells at $3.50 per pound and |
everything else in that proportion.
To have your hair cut costs S1OO.