Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
ACROSS THE SEA.
,pv SYDNEY s. BOOTH WRITES
OF TRIP.
..,rpNTFuL VOYAGE BUT EvENTFUL
OCCASION ON THE OTHER SIDE
rgrpurE TO IRVING osGooD.


rprRfyrE TO IRVING osGooD.
Tbe Journey from Ellsworth to st. John
usroh was not humorous at all, but
aarsd TO extract some humor, of sorts,
- left in rainstorm and arrived
.rotsis in snowstorm. / drove over to
., stephen and, thanks to having an
ahviously honest face, my baggage was
~, Examined on The. bridge by the
a"s,oms man, don't blame him, for It
rasa most uncomfortable sort OF day. 1t
sos necessary to bow ones head to feel
che discomfort trickle down ones neck.
~ ueatber and face saved me so much
.,o,hIe. still, had nothing dutiabie, for
,r.s not carrying Goals to Newcastle"
Al II. Stephen wanted to 90 ON by the
e., trsiu. but was dissuaded from doing
"a because on that particular line the
trains apparently do not seem to realize
tbat tracks were made for running on.
eoI mad some dinner, and then packed
,nvself into wet mass OF humanity aud
..a "The Last Days OF Pompeii" in six
reels. Il was all right, only the operator
evidently got mixed ON his chronology,
tor he gave us the fifth reel before he dis
covered that we had not seen the fourth.
uoweyer. he was a forgiving sort of fellow,
not to say accommodating, for he went back
and gave us the fourth reel and then the
Attn again. At least we got plenty for our
money.
The story is not supposed to be funny
at ali. but what Is one to think when you
aee lady start on hurried flight to the
rescue of her lover in one dress and end
mn few hundred yards away wearing
another, to say nothing of seeing her
CARRYING the limb OF tree for support,
said limb having been lost at an earlier
psrt,oi the Journey
Having managed to sort out the time to
the satisfaction Of myself and the railway
company There being conflict OF one
hour between railway and town time)
successfully made connections with a train
which carried me to McAdam junction.
But at this place, instead OF leaving in
half an hour, as the timetable led me to
expect, did not leave until three hours
later.
Igot to st John only to find that had
been done out OF one hours sleep. Ac-
cOrding to railway time, IT was O'Clock
in the morning, but according to city
time it was 2 o'clock. At the hotel Il sup
press its name) was done out OF another
hours sleep because some excited gentle
men in the next room were playing poker,
and there was only door between the
two rooms. In the morning 1 thought |
was very virtuous because / got up at s
o'clock only to find, when / arrived in the
dining room, that il l had been ten
minutes later should have gone break
fastless as far as the hotel cared. | had
forgotten to alter my alarm clock an hour,
that's ALL
The "Virginian" sailed from West ST.
John, which is about five minutes from
St. John by ferry. But the shipping
people had most thoughtfully provided a
special train. ! took 1t, and arrived in
West st. John in the record time of two
and one half hours. That's going somei
/ have come to the opinion, after thought
ful meditation, that it really would have
been quicker to have gone by the ferry.
The journey across the Atlantic was
absolutely the most uninteresting one l
ever made. 1t was not very rough, and i
vas only sick for few hours; but I'M
fortunately some OF those few hours hap
pened TO fall on my birthday. Such is
lfel On Sunday morning "church" was
conducted by an Anglican clergyman, but
1 was not there. You are altogether
wrong in your surmise, for 1 am very fond
of the Anglican service. The reason was
1t would not have been safe. preferred
to stay where I was and hold my head and
groan and wish the ship would stop
practicing the tango.
On Wednesday we crossed what is
known as 1.-THE DEVILS Hole, and it was
beautiful day. The ships log described
it as moderately rough sea- strong west
erly wind". That is very good for a
sailor, but would describe it as half a
gale with pouring rain and high seas,
which slapped the ships beam with re-
sounding smack every few seconds. was
glad it was not head on; / should have felt
peeved.
The same night we were all anxiously
looking for Ireland. We did not see it.
The best we could do was light on Brow
Head. But we were glad to see it, for it
marked the beginning of the end of most
monotonous voyage. Twenty-four hours
later we arrived at Liverpool, after a