Show all ott MAGI i of sea lite BY A CITIZEN A strange farewell scene A baroness on board concerts correspondence 1 on the morning 01 june jtb there congregated nere at the Haca burg piers in hoboken a larga concourse ot people micaline mic gline tears bavins handkerchiefs and wishing bon voyage to the noble express steamer augustu victoria and her numerous passengers upper deck and looking down upon a tea of of iea colors each passenger seemed to have some friend of high or low estate humble or haughty great or small to and add his mite to the great demonstration A degree of sadness pervaded my heart as the thought presented itself that I 1 was leaving he land of my nativity and unwept bior often in the most trying perplexing moment are we equal to the emergency when the avenue of escape seemingly is no larger than the eye of hn needle suddenly an opening un expectedly presents itself as carpe es all oui doors in my individual case at the moment of crisis a bright beautiful thought presented itself which was immediately acted upon with delightful results at this season of the year little girls and boye ere selling bunches of beautiful rosea for one two and three cents asch now I 1 had j ut twenty saven cents in american money upon my person and as it still lacked fifteen minutes cf starting cimei descended to the invested seven cents in roses I 1 then approached two little bootblack who seemed somewhat depressed and broken up in business that morning and stipulated with them that for the balance of money which wai ten cents each they were to take the roses and at a given signal throw them at me iii dule in such demonstrations of sad barting as might suggest them my inherent modesty prevented any dictation in the matter I 1 aaen ascended the upper deck and awaited a time with patience ten I 1 cents assumes gigantic and colossal proportion to a new york bootblack boot black early in the morning and calla forth considerable action consequently I 1 was hardly prepared for the result which followed our bargain when the opportune moment arrived pressed the button y presto change great what frightful ear piercing war whoops cm from the throats ol 01 those street nights of the blacking brush the attention of all od board and shore for two blocks back were attracted to their immediate vicinity they wildly threw the rosea at me binding one of tha punches sailing over the funnel and falling into the water on the other side one boy m his excitement threw hia box into the air and it descended upon the hat of a tall cadaverous looking man from fl arlem the boy that committed the depredation escaped but the injured party seized upon the ic offending lad and the i last I 1 saw of couple the man was forcibly trying to reason with the boy while the boy wai d n singly attempt 1 lue to explain his position the effect upon me waa magical and of vital importance in the twinkle of an eye my star ascended out of darkness and obscurity ity to the zenith of popularity and fame 1 was the hero of the hour to ba the recipient of such wild weird fantastic manifestations one must be a person ol 01 importance wealth and ence I 1 sincerely trust the boy assap ed whole the mornine was all that could be desired bright and beautiful we gleamed down tha north river into the upper bay by island through the narrows passing the statue of liberty which an unnatural iza eon of germany mistook for a new york beer and the torch for a oner of thence we sailed into the lower bay through the channel by sandy hook into the open ocean the statue light houses etc grew smaller anore indistinct proportionately tiona tely tha waves grew larger darker and more formidable Our liean voyage for a verity had commence dIn the ex one pays but little attention to bis or observes but little concerning bis immediate surroundings in a few hours baurs your circulation is calmer and you begin to study your surroundings and take bour bearings bea rines the first day or BO your observations are but careless and casual later however as the novelty wears of fand water water is seen everywhere time begins to be somewhat monotonous you commence to analyze shore had hardly faded from view when I 1 noticed thai in the vicinity of the promenade deck something unusual was we often feel pro ivea of undercurrent suppressed excitement I 1 approached cloder great heavens I 1 kind readers what do you suppose ve lad on board less than a benl genuine living brea thine representative of european roy ally and aristocracy in the person of ibe Bir oneas izabella von der bruggen where from I 1 esver learned as the whole chip deemed when in her gaeni presence she could not possibly ba used as the basis or founds tion of a romance as she had single blessedness for thirty ight lone dreary winters she was ail and angular with a low eloping 11 indicating but little city lor the gray matter of tho cerebrum to accumulate where it is wont 0 be in fact she was so frightfully homely that we all felt perfectly safe few davs later during a terrific thunder boim knowing that the cements loulu not bother us hile in her vicinity americana to be proud inde oen dent deaf to the f foreign title but I 1 believe they are tha boom on earth ann contact and close communion with it but to descend from our lofty perch of we aleo had with us a bap list minister from vermont a dappen milin little asan about two inches djin rev and you al but unlike RM jaffre tte curatio cura eio con r wt en to do s i by many he att IL be or orare cre of the baroness then era three newly m arid couples pw love a and aea term a dreadfully incompatible corn pound and as both in marked degree the steamship c in biad all be could do to save their lives oa our craft were also a thea neat of lilliputian who hava been doing the large american Am ericon tit es tho past year they added much to the pleasure of our voyage afternoon and concerts by a fine military band were the third day at sea many had a new grand and sublime though rather an il arming experience in a violent ef wind thunder and lightening when the storm was at ita height below in the saloon were the lilliputians Lilliput ians attempting to drive fear away by hinging finally a friend from denier asked them to sing annie rooney they had finished the second and eairly commenced the third verse when me captain came tearing down into the saloon swearing a combination of three languages the purport of which was mem goit in ai folks do you want to sink the ship little annie rooney was cut right off short and nothing more was heard of her luring the remainder of which a thankful and appreciative peo plo passed resolutions of gratitude an 1 thanks and presented the tame to the captain iam happy to eay that I 1 wa not afflicted in the least with sickness ahe hotel riberta Riber tp L holbrook Pro thad during my last ten hs residence in provo trained my stomach to better mannera and lorti tied my all such aliments I 1 never missed a meal and mv appetite was vaia cious abe chief stewart looked troubled every lime I 1 entered the aa loori from careful I 1 calculated he lost sage three boata were passed one sailing ahia and two steamers created almost as much excitement and disturbance as a band of music would in goshen the last night before reaching the english channel a grand concert was prepared with a voluntary collection attachment at the close for the benefit of the sailors and it BS very aice and pleasing A male quartette aane last hope beautifully indeed but their renditions were not to be compared with our only own pyne and boshard bros one of ana lilliputian girls recited in geiman I 1 understood a little but not quite enough to keep out of trouble wishing to appear as appreciative as any one present I 1 commenced applaud curing a death acene which nearly precipitated a den termination of the concert the baloon was tastefully decorated for tha occasion over the piano huna the geiman flag in graceful folds over and in nooks and corners were the flags of various german states funny it how tle absence of old familiar eights and scenes will temporally cause the heart to ache and the tear to glisten in tha eye in looking around that large brilliantly illuminated room there were ten or twelve festooned festoon ed flags but tho flag of my native land the drapl inspiring stars and striped pea were only by its absence I 1 looked in gaiu wistfully sully longingly ad I 1 no nestly be hieye if any one present had possessed the temerity to unfed and float for one brief moment tha american nag I 1 should have jumped out of my seat and shouted as they do in an old fashioned methodist revival hallelujah 1 in the morning tho spicily islands were sighted glorious vision of land I 1 then tue eddystone Eddy stona light housa and lizard of the english channel isle of weight and a short stop anda few gais and much mail were landed I 1 am cappy to say the baroness did not de cert us but staid right to the end of the voyage we proceeded on our journey through the baver into the north aea the next morning we were at the mouth of the beautiful elbe river at Cux hearn we were transferred to a river boat most beautiful beati ful and grand is ahe country along tha river lor sixty miles to hamburg thrifty timbered farms fine old country houses delightful little sot the nyer banks about noon we were landed at the hamburg jocks and proceeded to the custom house the baroness was first permitted to step the lait view I 1 had of her beautiful form she waa attempting the difficult leat of talking to a custom house officer at a distance of ten feet her dignity contact at the same time she was wildly glaring through an eye glass attached to a two foot ivory handle may she live long and prosper for thare is no hope of her ever becoming a thing of joy and beauty in my next communication I 1 will writs you about hamburg berlin and other points of fteres berlin juna |