Smyrna times., 1903-07-15
RETURN OF CAMBRIDGE"
FROM THREE-DAYS CRUISE
JULY PARTY OF SMYRNA STAGS ENJOY
TRIP TO DELAWARE BREAKwATHR
Funny Side of the Delightful Sailing Party as
IOld BY PetergeOrgeOvich, WhO Was on
Tue Constant Watch Night and Day.

Tue Constant Watch Night and Day.
We'll, well, we'll, the fishing trip to
the Delaware Breakwater on the auxil.
lary schooner cambridge" July 9th.
'tn and Sth, was marine "peach, - a
carnival of fun, frolic and fishing.
WIN continuous performance, day
ana night, of the three ring varietv.
Nobody got left ashore at the start.
out Garter, Jones and Wrinkle. got
little Jar that was not on the bill of
rare, when the tail board of the agon
Droke. Carter was the ''Billv
bounce of this bunch. Van didn't
bounce little bit, but rather busted
himself as it were. Ten o'clock was
the appointed sailing hour and Prices
wharf presented an interesting picture
at that time. The wives, sweethearts
and friends of those who were to be
shlpmates and brave the perils of the
deep for three days, were on hand to
Dlu bon voyage to their dear ones, and
also to assist In raising the tide with
ther tears, so we might cross the bar
safely at the mouth of the creek. Saw.
girls, it was alright we had plenty of
water In fact, we didn't have a dry
time IN any respect.
First Stop was Made at Woodland Beach
The first stop was at Woodland
Beach to get bait, as intlmated above.
Jim VanWinkle having lost his in the
spill on Commerce street. The sea
air had by this time performed the
grlndstone act on the appetites of the
party, and the manner In which the
beefsteak was 'assassinat ed" would
cause a cannibal to blush. The
bunch that went ashore after bait got
left as regards both bait and beef.
and declared that Geo. Turner's
steaks are tough anyway. One of
them, however. ''chawed beef the next
morning trying to unite hard knots in
his pant legs, WHICH were put there by
some kind friend while the innocent
victim was peacefully sleeping.
After diSh-WaShing was over we. cast
off lines and headed for the front
stakes off Kits Hammock. At the
latter place bait was procured and fish
ing and other pastimes were indulged |
In until supper was announced. It
was at stake, No. 66, so Andrew Cole |
declared, that Doc Massey caught a
muskrat by the tail on his lower
trout hook. The man who slept next
door ''state-room" from Doc, corrobo-
rates this by asserting he heard the
''rat" squeal several times under
Docs bunk that night. But say, trout
eating is fun, especially when you
have them out of the water into the
frying pan. The cook will vouch for
it that it took seventy-fve trout to
stop the leak in the appetites for sup
per the first night out.
Driven By Mosquitoes From Bowers Beach.
We ate supper on the high seas
while heading for Bowers Beach. 1t
was at this place we were billed to
give our first circus, but the mos
quitos got there first, and there was
not even standing room left when we
arrived. DR.. R. H. Clifton got sew
eral fashlight life size pictures of
these pests and added to this the
heGrtrendjng pleadjngs of our gal
liant Captain to leave the place, we
sailed out in the bay and came to an
chor about two miles off shore and at
1890 o'clock p. m. a concert began
that lasted until dawn. Rev. V. S.
Collins and Hon. W. o. Hoffecker
slept in frog pond and gave frequent
and prolonged limitations of bull frog y
dnetts with boss fiddle accompani- {
ment by W. A. Fleming and j. E.
Kirk. Doc Massey braced his bare !
foot against the centre board we'll, and I
asked Eddie FARES if he knew the
lines of that beautiful hymn ''It is g
Well with My Soul" Eddie replied c
yes and that he had also heard of the ]
"Old Oaken Bucket that Hung in the s
Well" At this point there was an in G
Iuiry if Ned Hofecker had gone to f
sleep. Ned's reply was that his feet
were asleep. s
Doc Massey and His "FunnYgraph.
Doc Massey had his "Funnygraph"
along and delighted his audience with
several Edison records, but unfortu- t
nately two of the choicest records were L
cracked from the loud snoring from Il
he frog pond section amidship. There /
we're also several vocal selections rem .
Tered by the ships quartette composed p
'f i. M. Price, W. T. Massey, W. o. n
HofGecker and j. E. Hoffecker. The 4
selections were old popular NJ ,Iodies. l.
W. I. Massey accompanied he quar- p
ette on his guitar. It was now near Il