The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-12-13

must have one, especially as it would
| be serviceable in country where
game was plenty. The chest in which
this was packed | guarded with the
utmost care. We lost one trunk in
which were my fathers seamanshlp
certificate and charts, which he very
much regretted, but what interested
me more, my cross-bow gun chest
was. safe.
The Final Hour Of Departure.
on the 18th day of July, 1S4S, the
final hour of leaving our old home
/ had arrived The neighbors and
friends were on hand to say last
| farewell: tears flowed in profusion
In those days any one leaving for
America was considered as about to
pass into eternity, never to meet
again on this earth. Our parting was
not of such pathetic nature, because
we left no near kindred behind, but
in many cases where an only son, or
all the children left their aged par
ents, a parting scene was sad ana
| heart-rending In our young hearts
we even could not understand why
tears should flow, and gloried in the
thought and expectation of other
worlds to conquer.
The hack drove up and we entered;
/ that is, our parents, two sisters ana
! two younger brothers, my older
/ brother and | sat on the seat with
/ the driver, and with a last farewell
we drove to Bremen, reaching it in
/ two hours, and from there by steamer
I 10 Bremen Haven, which took an
other six hours.
on arrival at this seaport we saw
I for the first time what we had so
often longcd to see, ships of all ma
tions. in all colors, with symbolic
fgurchcads, lofty, majestic spars-
Oh, how different from our inland
town, These ships were the first we
had seen, lying quietly under forest
of statclj spars, what a grand ana
enchanting picture
Here we also saw a curious sight,
Bremen Haven was just building It's
second harbor or basin. 1t was dug
out BY men with shovels, and carted
away in wheelbarrows, or network
of plankways; the whole looked like
spider web, and the thousands OF
men like bees coming and going
Aboard Ship.
After a few days we boarded the
American bark Adele, hailing from
Philadelphia, Mr. Fountain captain
The ship was but small, about 300
tons burden-some of our lake YES
sells will carry forty times that. The
whole number Of passengers was only
siXty-seyen souls. We sailed on an
American ship because the German
fleet was blockaded by Denmark. The
passengers were all below deck, but
my father had arranged special quar-
tcrs for our family.
We were piloted out of the harbor
into the North sea; how exciting TO
us boys, especially as we were not
tOrmCnted by sea sickness, as others
were. While | was watching the van
ishing shore lines of my fatherland
the sea had made a little, so that the
waves rushed into the open anchor
holes and down the deck | raced
before them and down the matches,
and in great excitement told father
that there was big hole in the ship
through which the water rushed He
soon quoted my fears by saying this
was nothing, and they would soon be
closed.
our progress was slow, as we had
head winds, which seldom left us on
our journey. We were nearly ten
days on the North sea before we got
into the English channel. Going
through this channel, on one side the
English. on the other the French
shore line, with its pure white banks,
meeting many ships of all kinds and
sizes, coming and going, life and
hustle everywhere, and ever chang
ing, was to us the most interesting
scenes on our trip.
While going through this channel |
must relate how | was the first time
baptized a smoker. The lifeboat was
our ships stable; it harbored live
sheep, poultry, etc, of which, as far
as meals are concerned, we had only
a smell The boat was covered with
a canvas roof My sister and |
crawlcd in | in some way got hold
of a pipe. As smoking is second ma
ture to English, | thought | could
perfect my English by learning to
smoke, which | enjoyed with greater
pleasure than taking lessons of Mr..
AIbrcCht. After triumphantly ending
my first smoke we crawled out on
deck, and soon after heard the alarm
Of fire. We looked at each other in
terror. but no one said a word, but
instinctivcly fastened down below
and into our hunks. The little blaze
was soon extinguished, and after the
excitement had subsidized We whis-