The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-04
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BY SEU1LAS MACMANUS.

hinged lid and a lock, and in it were
packed everything eatable that ne
should need-0at bread. potatoes,
bacon. hard boiled eggs and butter.
The provisions needed were all, or more
than all, provided as tokens from his
neiEhbors and friends The very poor
est-aud i'm those days the poorest were
poor indeed-gave from their sCanty
store or borrowed from a more FORUM
ate neighbor that they might give, for
they could not bear that one day the
departing COnal might reflect. Every
soul Of my neighbOrs minded me, unless
Shan NOr's people" At my native
place the passenger schooner rode in
the centre of a group of islands in the
bay-D0negal Bay-awaiting its con
signmeDt. A certain day was named
for the passengers to be aboard, after
which, as soon as the weather would
permit, all sail would be set for
America We believe in drowning
grief by merTimenL so for several
nights and days before the emigrant
crossed his fathers threshold for the
last time his friends and the neighbor-
ing fddleTs and pipsrs came in and
held high revelry by day and by night.
This revelry did not jar upon the
breaking hearted mother nor the down
cast father. but instead, prevented
their brOOding too much, as they other
wise would, upon their coming s0TOw.
Boarding the Boat.
on the morning on which he must
board the boat the passenger, his father
and mother and all his household. his
relatives. his friends. his TsoighbOsT-
every one OF whom was in duty bound
20 be there-started for the shore 4
piper and a fiddler led the procession.
half a dozen Of his friends carried Jugs
Of whisky and glasses to treat every
one whom they met and 20 treat the
company as they went. and some other
friends brought Up the rear carrying
between them ME little luggage. All
who could net come to the convoy ap-
pcared at the waysiCe TO say a last
word TO CODal and pray q last prayer
on him. and when the convoy swept
past they looked after II with tear
dimmed eyes. When the shore was
reached other conveys had already
come and still more We're coming. and
I'D matter what the hurry Of the skip
pei might Though generally he
EreW no hurry-hOurs were spent in
merrymaking and carOUsiug here. Fin
ally, after a deal Of swearing and
threatening and bUlldoZing by the skip
per, the emigrants, attended by boat
loads Of their friends. rOwed off 10
climb aboard the schooner
When all were aboard. the skipper.
waiting uDOn wind OF weather. or CT
ten upon something Of far less import
anCe, delayed q day a week. three
weeks Ur even actually a month before
he lifted anchor. During this period
of delay, the emigraut's friends rOwed
of daily TO see him and to carouse with
him The boats officers could not think
OF interfering with this, and as there
were from 100 TO zoo passengers aboard,
all receiving their friends. the state Of
things upon that ships deck, fiddlhss
dancing, crying and c9rousing, may re
conceived Finally. when the command
was given TO weigh anchor all the
emigrants' friends were ordered off the
ship. They got into their boats, fss-
tened them TO the ship and We're tOwed
after &c down the bay. che fiddlers fid-
ding FOR all they were worth and all
OF the remainder who were not crying.
shouting Cheerily 10 their departing