Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-31
CHERUB IN CANAL,
HOMEWARDBOUND.
81 Greocen and party Will Soon be in Perth Amboy-Eventfui Trip
for the Inst few Days Before Reaching Buaaio-- Quick
Changes IN the Weather on the Lakes.


move in from Detroit, Mich, at 8
o'clock o. IN. AMI as the day was clear
and warm we enjoyed very much the
sail down the Detroit river, SOME
twenty-five miles to AmhearstburR. |
Canada. where We were to lay mp for
the night to make an early start the
next morning on Lake Erie. As this
place4is where the Detroit river flows
into the lake, it would not be safe
for ms to start over the next days run
unless the lake was quiet.
Ambearstburg, is but a small town
that docs not seem to have much life
to it and there was nothing worth see
ing sshore so we staid aboard the
Cherub and watched the endless pre-
cession of steamboats, that is constant
ly moving up or oown the Detroit
river.
The governments of the United
States and Canada have been, for
years, engaged in the slow work of
improving the channel here and have
a number of drill soows and drodges
ut work day and night. The work of
d illing and blasting out the rocks goes
on and the noise makes it rather IN
pleasant to he near.
Aug. l3:-We left Amhearstburg
and started on our first run ON Lake
Erie at 8 a. m There was quite a
little breeze blowing from the south
west as we started down the river
and when we had reached the light
house some ten miles out in the lake
there vas sea enough on the lake to
let us know that it was we'll for small
boats to keep near the shore, so We
ran near enough to the west sh ore of
the lake to be out of the worst of the
seq until we reached a place where
we could get some shelter from the
south shore and then ran towards the
islands in the lake to the eastward OF
us and passed between South Bass Is
land and tho main land to the south,
heading for Sandusky, Ohio. or
further on. The weather was not
looking at all settled as we reached a
point near S~andusky, but as the port
of Huron was only ten miles farther
on we headed for 1t. About five miles
from Huron the barometer commenced
to fall quite rapidly and we had no
more than gotten well into a snug
hlrbor in q creek at the little town of
Huron when tho rain fell in torrents
and the wind blew in fierce squalls
from the lake and the lightning and
thunder made us feel very thankful
for our good luck ia OF being out on
the lake in it. After supper it cleared
off so that we were able to take a
little run ashore, but by he'd time it.
came OH to rain again and We turned
in for the night +
Sunday, Aug 14:-The wind blew
strong from then northwest and made
such a sea that we did not venture
ont of our snug harbor. 8
Monday, Aug. 15;-We were out OH
the lake again at 5 o. m and found the
lake very quiet with q light south
west off shore wind blowing. We
were able TO make the city of Cleve-
land, Ohio. by $50 q. m. and anchor
in tho harbor for the rest of the day
and. night. Tho rest of the day was
agreeably spent in trolley rides
through the city Of Cleveland and
seeing the sights of this beautiful.
place.
Aug 16;-We were out on the lake
again at 500 n. M, thinking to make
a good days homeward iun OF 1T, but
how uncertain are the best laid plans,
for after two hours running we we're
startled by signs of a heavy squall
from tie lake to the north of us and
full speed, with all the steam we.
could carry, We ran fer FaiIport Har-
Dor and reached it at 8 a. m. just as a
few DROPS of rain commenced to fall
on us. Raining up into the harbor
we made fast to some abandoned boats
that lay SINK along shore, to await
the coming of the squall, but the
few drops of rain was all of it that
reached us, ms the squall went up the
lake so far off in the lake that we
escaped it all but the scare. The
weather looked SO stormy during. the
balance of the day that we did not
feel like v%enturinR out again, so we
had a quiet day of it on the yacht and
turned in early in order to be in good
shape for an early start and a good
day s run tomorrow, .e..
Aug. II I'VE we're ont on the lake
at $50 a, NJ. driving along eastward
at our hest pace with a light off shore
wind and but little sea on. Alto q.
m. we ran into the harbor of Coune-
ant, Ohio. to get some coal as we
were getting nearly ont Of that i'm