Show t OVER THE SEA t SttrorlIlip C j An Interesting Story oPShip I board Life J f A MI8SIOXARY1S BRiE NOTES h I How fhe Monotony of a Sea Voyage ti May be Broken The Lauding a cf Eight Hundred Emigrant Emi-grant 1i t f i STEAMSHIP WTOMIXO 1 September 8tli ISl i i Jldtors Hffctld 1 At 8 oclock this morning we were all < t i J very much delighted to hail our New I r York pilot and receive him on board 111 t n with late New York news We passed is f over the great bank of Newfoundland yesterday and expect to arrive in New York tomorrow night having left Liverpool e i Liv-erpool Saturday 30th ult at 340 pm z t 1 at high tide encountering head winds amost universally with considerable I rain and rather rough sea consequently I f a large percentage of seasickness only avery t i a-very few escaping the luxury if it may I be to termed There are 807 souls ont on-t 1 board all told this includes officers and I + crew Of these there are407Latterday I a < Saints including 31 elders or returning missionaries No deaths births or serious sickness t except one very aged person who came t on board with a great desire to live if li only to once more gaze upon a living relative in Zion The monotonous sea voyage was occasionally broken by the sight of a sail a shark or two a few porpoises or y i a steamship until we came upon the banks Newfoundland where we found t 4 fishing smacks and a very pretty little bird that took refuge as air additional t passenger and was captured by one of I t the passengers and caged as a pet I GAiIIS OX SHIPBOARD j i The dinner bell called the saloon pas j engers around two LIllie the full < length of the saloon with the captain at I the head and ship doctor at the foot of tone j t-one of the tables and one of our prom j inept elders at the head with the purser at the foot of the other No vacant seats n today this game being over and con1 1 G Pa 5dered by all a decided success it being served at 1 p m with two changes and I called lunch dinner is served at 0 p m I tf with five changes consisting 1st soups f t K 2ndfisll 3rd joint including vegetables I 4th pastry in grand variety with jellies often covering cases of steam ships + flowers rte only to be broken and I 1 b served by the head of the tables 5th i i f course dessert oranges pine apples I I melons apples plums grapes prunes j i II l ligs i raisins with variety of nuts I I several games are enjoyed upon the 1 i It deck to while away the passing hours I t i One the captain informs me is called shuffle board diagram herewith j j i enclose and which I think is a good ex j I I 1 reiso and would be enjoyed by our j r s young people The block of the shuffle board are I circular and six inches in diameter by p one inch in thickness and distinguished il I l > y four of them having a star painted I i on 0110 side while the other four have across a-cross and slide on to the diagram with ° paddles five or six feet in length from a distance of about twenty to twentyfive feet played Kingly l or with partners the game is counted oy the relative figure i otl I II 1 1 on which the blocks l rest on the diagram l f dia-gram must be clear of the lines and at I If a I the conclusion of the last player as it i i i the object to slide his opponent out ot any favorable position always avoiding I the first t ten asthis counts ten oil The i game runs from fifty to one hundred k 1 > i each aiming to get the victory on number I I num-ber agreed upon first An accident occurred on the 2d inst II t which delayed us 54 hours Some of the machinery got out of order through I r I i breakage but was soon repaired We j drifted somewhat while the machinery was at a standstill I i This is the 122d trip that the ITyoiu t iiw has successfully made across the H Atlantic and is considered substantial II f as well ns its twinsister the Wisconsin t lit y but of rather slower time requiring tenS ten-S I to eleven days for each trip There are more modern styles and speedy ships ins in-s I i i the line some having made the trip in j six days and eighteen hours f hoursMISSIONARY > j MISSIONARY P 8 = Arrived at New York 11 oclock I f 011 the 9th leave for Suit Lake 5 pm on ii f ibe 10th |