The Ordway new era., 1909-05-07
PROVES A GOOD SAILOR
OrdWay Boy Visits The Fishing
VILLAGE Of Gloucester

In letter to his parents, Harold
Roberts writes Interestingly OF his
trip as follows:
Cambridge, Mass, Apr %, 1909
II have been having one OF the finest
OF vacations since last | wrote to you
l left WOonsocket Tuesday night and
came up here to Cambridge and then
Wednesday noon McCreery and l took
the boat for Gloucester. 1t was a
funny little coast freighter that we
took and our adventures soon started.
You know we put clear out into the
open sea In going to Gloucester. and
on this particular afternoon the sea
was none too smooth. Our little boat
went up and down on those big waves
just about the same way that chip
OF wood would have done. We got
all the roll there was to be gotten and
for part OF that three hours | was
not quite sure whether should enjoy
my trip or not. But pulled through
without getting sick. / stayed on
deck and was never worse than slight
ly dizzy. McCreery got a little more
than he wanted, for he had to go to
the rail and look to see IL the moon
was coming up, at least suppose that
must have been the reason for his
visits to the rail.
We pulled into Gloucester late in
the afternoon and found it the quaint
aSt NJ Hsh &i In
many ways ! think we saw it at its
best at this time OF year for we saw
things 10 their normal state and not
when the whole place is overrun with
tourists. There were five OF the law
school men OF us who all got together
at the same place and we surely had
the time OF our lives. We stayed at n
half boarding house and half hotel,
the "Hartor View" they call the
place. nodes little white frame
building In East Gloucester. We were
well taken care OF at Il cost of two
dollars apiece per man, and when |
consider our sea-sbore appetites, l be-
lieve II was fully worth II.
1t was the first time | had ever
gotten really acquainted with the
ocean. We walked down around the
rocks and baskcd in the sun with not
thing we had to do or lecture TO
think OF. We walked around the
town and saw the trim sailing vessels
fish. I never heard OF many OF the
varieties before, pollock and haike
and haddock, beside the usual cod and
herring and mackcrel 1t was all new
, and IL was fine to see it all and ask
the old fishermen around the docks
about how they fish for the different
r kinds of fish.
Then on the shores we found crabs
i. and shrimps and clans. not to men
tion all kinds and sorts of snails. My,
in the sea! / tried some pictures OF
the surf, too, and these l shall send
you when have time to fix them up.
But the crowning pleasure of our
trip was the sailing. We went out
twice, both times with an old tar Of
, the harbor called Captain Bickford.
He Is a most picturesque old fellow
and he has thirty foot boat that is
about the finest thing ever rode in.
, Our first sail was not great success,
for the rain came and soaked us all
through, but the next time we had a
fine breeze and fair weather so that
we went skimming around In fine
. shape. We sailed clear out OF the
harbOr and as far down as Marble
i, Head, then we went out to sea, right
toward Spain our Captain informed
us, and watched some fishing vessels
tending to their travis, and when we
got back into Gloucester we had COW
, cred something like twenty miles.
, learned some little about sailing on
the trip, too, in fact, the Captain let
, me take full charge OF the boat for
almost an hour. and in that time we
changed our course several times and
learned how to come about and To
I ease her of into the wind when the
3 breeze was too stiff and lots of things
I never knew before. The waves
, seemed awfully large compared to our
little boat and we stood on end and
on edge and In every other position
but the boat seemed used to it and
carried us through all o. x. And
with all this shaking and rolling !
have not been seasick yet, which !
think is not doing so badly for a land
lubber In his first acquaintance with
the ocean. l can see now bow II
Is that some people just go crazy
about sailing for it surely Is one OF
the greatest Of sports to 70 skimming
| n .nnnd nvar the water Ynu feel ike