Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-22
CHERUB HAS ARRIVED
AT THE WINDY CITY.
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our winter overcoats when we went
out Oh deck to fasten to the dock.
Wednesday, June 15-We did not
turn out until $3.50 when we found n
strong west wind blowing throu gh
the straights of Mack inaw and quite u
sea running so we consented to take n
day off at Mackinaw, hunted up a
coal yard and bought one and n half
tons of coal and cleaned up the boat
and spent the rest of the day seeing
the town.
Mnckinaw is charmingly located OH
a point of land that runs out in the
stralghts of Mackinaw and is one of
the first places where the old French
yoyagers and fur traders settled to
trade with the Indians. From the
dock where we lay we could see the
famous island of Mackinac with it's
immense hotel and summer cottages
that are built on the hills of the
island. The Michigan Central Rail
road has q Car ferry running from
Mackinaw to St. Ignase and their
steamer st. Marie carries about twenty
cars across the straight at n trip. Size
is a very powerful boat and is said to
be able to break her way through four
feet of solid ice. We were much
Dl eased with the little town as it
gave US the impressions OF its being
a place of rest. There did not seem
to be any business being done in the
place and while there were no fine
buildings there and the sidewalks,
| where there were any, were of wood.
there were many very pretty little
| cottages with their little gardens and
wood piles neal the houses looked
| very homelike and comfortable. We
were told that there were many city
people who visited here in the
summer, attracted by its great beauty.
! We bought a fine white fish and had it
for our supper and all hands pro-
nounced it fine. We saw many white
fish, and some lake front brought in
| by the fishing boats were over three
feet long. After supper the wind
/ went down and we enjoyed the twi-
light until $3.50 p. m, when We
turned in for the night.
Thursday, Juno live were on
our way again by & a. m. and had a
fine run from Mackinaw to Poverty
Island, nearly 100 miles from Mack
inaw. Poverty Island it at the north
end of Lake Michigan and is at the
upper end of Green Bay and has a
light house on it to guide through the
enteranoe to Green Bay. We anchored
for the night to the eastward of the
island which is about ~ mile long
and half mile W lido, and after supper
we lowered our boat and rowed
ashore. Going to the light house we
found the lightkeepers, three in num-
Der, were the only persons on the Is
land. They rarely see strangers ana
were much pleased with our visit.
They said there was lots of wild game
on tho island, including several deer.
We saw u number of large rabbits
that were quite tame. The Keepers
of the island said that when they
wanted any they generally killed it
rock and a member of the party fired
at it with a revolver -four times with
out hitting it before the rabbit ran
away. We gave thl l%ightkeepers n
lot of old papers and magazines that
they asked for and then rowod out to
our floating home at anchor. 1t was
8 80 p. m when we turned in for the
night, but still light enough for Us to
SEQ to read.
Friday, June 1--WE were awakened
bv the rolling of the yacht, caused by
n strong southwest wind at 2 p. M.
and the anchor commencing to drag
over the rocks. Steam was raised and
Mt 1870 a.. IN. we started in the dark
ness and the waves across the en-
trance to Green bay southwark on
our way, guided solely by our com
pass and the friendly beam of light
from the light house on Rock
Second on the southside of the ell
trance to Green bay. 1t was rather
rough work crossing the entrance to
Green bay about ten miles, and it
was better when we got under the
shelter of the land and Gained down
quite some by 9 a. m, but at 10
O'Clock the wind shifted from the
southwest to the south and as it was
coming from the full length Of the
lake it began to raise a sharp sea that