Feb. 4, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



109 



THE SUPERINTENDENT SIGNED THE PROTEST. - 

 Chicago, III.— Editor Forest and Stream: la your issue of 

 Jan. 7 I note an article, or rather an editorial, commenting 

 on Mr. Hawkes' letter and challenge. Mr. Hawkes charges 

 me, as the judge of his dogs, of being one of the signers who 

 charged him with misconduct, etc., and lodged the com- 

 plaint with the A. K. C. In this Mr. Hawlces is mistaken. 

 I did not charge him with anything in my capacity as judge; 

 but as superintendent of the show I did sign the charges as 

 my duty and the officers of the club required me to do.— 

 Harry L. Goodman. 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Kennel Hotea are inserted without charge; and blanks 

 (riu oighed free) will toe sent to any address. 



BRED. 



%S&~ Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Black Meg TIL— Little Lad. J. E.Weston's (Utiea, N. Y.) cocker 

 Fpatuel bitch Black Meg J1I. (champion Black Pete—Black Meg 

 II ) to his Little .Lad (Nekton Abbot Beau— Dinah Bennett), Jan. 

 IK. 



Tnpsetj— Black Du«h. H. Williams's (New Hartford, N. Y.) 

 cocker spaniel bitch Topsey (Sir Charles— Flossie) to J. E. Wes- 

 tfrU'a Black Dash (Obmon-Susie), Dec 18. 



Trot-Little Lad. .T. E. Weston's (TJtica, N. Y.) cocker spmiel 

 bitnh Trot ( Bluck Duck— AUla) lo his Little Lad (Newton Abbot 

 Beau— Dinah Bennett), Dec. S. 



Flora -King Reacnt. W, Kberhart's (Philadelphia, Pa.) rough 

 Kt. Bernard bitch" Flora < Eiger— Flora) to Swiss Mountain Ken- 

 nt-ln' King Regent (Prince Regent— Duchess of Kent), Sept. 6. 



Lady Castlereagh - Kiwi Regent, Swiss Mountain Kennels' 

 iNei man town. Pa.) rough St. Bernard bitch Lady CasMereaglt 

 puritan— Ravine) to their King Regent (Prince Regent— Duchess 

 of Kent). S--pt. 33. 



' Hurt— Kino ■i>)dt Swiss Mountain Kennels' (Herraantown, 

 Pa.) roueb Sr. Bernard bitch Dart (Duke of Wellington— Tip Tool 

 i.. : heir King licgent (Piiucv Regent— Duchess of Kent), Oct. 8, 



Mountain Queen— King Regent. O. W. Voiger's (Buffalo, N. Y.) 

 rough St. Bernard biicb Mountain Queen (Burns— Ladv Valen- 

 tine) to S-viss Mouutain Kennels 1 Ktng Regent (Prince Regent— 

 Duchess of Kent), Sept. 2t>. 



La Bwiivarde-King Regent. FA. Mortimer's (Pottsville, Pa.) 

 rough St. Bernard bitch' La Bonivarde (Bonivard, Jr.— Madam 

 Barry) to Swiss Mountain Kennels' King Regent, Nov. 7. 



Donna Sulva— King Regent. Chestnut Hill Kennels' (Chestnut 

 Hill, Pa.) rough St. Bernard bitch Donna Silva (Duke ot Welling- 

 ton -Calvpsoi to Swiss Mountain Kennels's Kin a Regent, Nov. 21. 



BeUeu 'Bobbctt-Kiny Regent. D. McClinch's (Philadelphia, Pa.) 

 1'oiigh Bfc. Bernard Betsey Bobbett (Nero— Hecla) to Swiss Moun- 

 tain Kennels' King Regent, Nov. 38. 



Kunratj— King Regent. Swiss Mountain Kennels' (German town, 

 Pa.l i'uitgh &t. Bernard bitch Sunrayto their King Regent, Dec. 

 24. Z 



Loraine -Ben Ormonde. Swiss Mountain Kennels' {Oerman- 

 town. Pa.) rough St. Bernard bitch Loraine to their Ben Ormonde, 

 Nov. 11. 



Laety Buffet— Ben Ormonde. P. H. Jacobs's (Hammonton, N. J.) 

 rough Si. Bernard hitch Lady Buffet (Archduke— Madam Barry) 

 to Swiss Mountain Keunels' Ben Ormonde, Nov. 30. 



Lottie— Snowball. Swiss Mountain Kennels' (Germantown, Pa.) 

 SjuatiieJ Lit cli Lottie to their Snowball, Oct. 14. 



Re.eifi — King Regent. Swiss Mountain Kennels' (Germantown, 

 P».) rough St. Bernard bitch Hecla (Hector— N> 11) to I heir King 

 Itegent, Oct. 25. 



Lady Blanco— Lord Bute. Swiss Mountain Kennels" (German- 

 town, Pa. i rough St. Bernard bitch Lady Blanca to Menthon Ken- 

 nels' L ird Bute, Nov. 11. 



WHELPS. 



J3gf" Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Oypsey. T. II. Cackett's (New Hartford, N. Y.) cocker spaniel 

 biidu Gypsey (Sir Charles— Flossie), Dee. 8, six (three dogs), by J. 

 E. Weston's Black Dash lOberou— Susie). 



La Bnnivaedc. F. A. Mortimer's (Pottsville, Pa.) rough St. Ber- 

 nard bitch La Bonivarde (Bonivard, Jr.— Madam Barry), Jan. 3, 

 I tiirreen (seven doers), by Swiss Mount uln Kennels' King Regent, 



ffliip K'. Swiss Mountain Kennels' (Germantown, Pa.) cocker 

 spaniel bitch Chip K. (ObolL- Black Bess ID, Jan. 2, thr ee (one 

 dog), by J. P. WiJloy's champion Jersev (Oho 11 .—Darkle). 



Lady dag. Swiss Mountain Kennels' (Germantown, Pa.) cocker 

 spaniel bitch Lady Gay t "Bringaj — Mollie), Dec. 21, four (one dot,), 

 bj 0. G. Browning's Cherry B r >y (Ebony— Fanchon). 



Brownie S. Swiss Mountain Kennels' (Germantown, Pa.) cocker 

 spaniel bitch Brownie S. (Black Graff — Ohien), Oct. 6, tour (three 

 dugs), by Brant Kennels' Bran Hord- Red Jacket (champion Brant 

 -Woodstock Dinah). 



Hecla. Swiss Mountain Kennels' (Germantown, Pa.) rough St. 

 Bernard bitch Hecla (Hector— Nell), Dec. 31, one, by their King 

 Hegent. 



Dart. Swiss Mouutain Kennels' (Germantown, Pa.) rough St. 

 Bernard bitch Dart (Duke of Wellington-Tip Top), Dec. 9, seven 

 (four dogs), by their King Regent. 



Flora. W, Eberbarps (Philadelphia, Pa.) rough St. Bernard 

 hitch Flora (Eiger— Flora), Nov. 9, one, by Swiss Mountain Ken- 

 nels' King Regent. 



SALES. 



tW~ Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Little Leal— Daisy W. whelps. Black cocker spaniel dogs,whelped 

 Sept. ](3. 18al, by J. E. Weston, Utica, N. Y., one each to John S. 

 Davies, Utica, N. Y„ and C. B. Wilder, Richfield Springs, N. Y. 



Little Lad— Ned W. whelps. Cocker spaniels, whelped April 13, 

 J 891, by J. E. Weston, Utica, N. Y., a hlack and tan bitch to H. 

 Graystone and a chestnut, and tan bitch to F. D. Devine, both of 

 same place. 



Black Dash—Dollie W. whelps. Black cocker spaniels, whelped 

 July 15, 1891, by J. E, Weston, Utica, N. Y., a hitcU each to Prof. 

 G. C. Hodges and L. H. Jones, both of same place, and a dog to 

 Miss Kate A. Curt is, Newport, R. I. 



A rchduke— Blush whelps. Rough St. Bernards, whelped July 2, 

 I'SOi, by Swiss Mountain Kennels, Germantowu, Pa., an orange 

 and white dog to J. Pityman, St. Louis, Mo., and an orange tawny 

 bitch tolr. Kherhart, Philadelphia. Pa 



Archduke— Hecla wbelps. Rough St. Bernards, whelped July 7, 

 1891. by Swiss Mountain Kennels, Germantown, Pa., an orange, 

 correct, white marking?, bitch to P. J. Ford, Wilmington, Del., 

 and an orange, correctedly marked, bitch to Dr. Mattison, Am- 

 bler, Pa. 



Swiss Nero— T tea whelp. Orange and white rough St. Bernard 

 hitch, whelped Feb. 8, 1891, by Swiss Mouutain Kennels, German- 

 town, Pa., to J. H. Vose, Henderson, N. C. 



Archduke— Dart whelp. Orange and white rough St. Bernard 

 bitch, whelped April 5, 1891. bv Swiss Mountain Kennels, German- 

 town, Pa., to W. Ebeihttrt, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 • Snowball— Po rein's Queen whelp. Black cocker spaniel bitch, 

 whelped June 21, 1891, i>v Swiss Mountain Kennels, (ierniantown, 

 Pa., to E. B. ULrich, Salem, N. C. 



Cuneo? C<uum and how to Build 'Hum. By Parker B. Field. 

 Price so cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By IV. P. Stephen*. 

 Price #:m>. Canoe Handling. By C. B, Vaux. Price $1. Canoe 

 and Camera. By T. S. Steele. Price 1.60. Four Months in a Sneak- 

 box. By N. H. Bishop. Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp Cookery. 

 Bu "Seneca." Price $1. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Foresx <vnd 

 Strkam their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stub aw their addresses, with 

 lugs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all 

 items relatin bs to the sport. 



THE NEW YORK C. U. last week received a challenge for ils in- 

 ternational cup from W. Ford Jones, of Broekville, Canada. Mr. 

 Joues is building a new racer, and will be ready for a race in the 

 early part of the season instead of in October. 



SHUH-SHUH-GaH.— At the annual meeting of the Shuh-Sbuh-Gah 

 C. C , of Winchester, Mass., the following officers were elected: 

 Capt.. Raymond Apollouio; Lieut., Harold Mote-Smith: Purser, 

 Roland N. Cutter', See'y, A. V, A. Chamberlain; Member of Ex-Corn.. 

 J. Murray Marshall. 



DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI.— II. 



A Canoe Cruise in 1885. 



BY COMMOnoRE GEO. W. GARDNER AND WM, H. ECKMAN. 



[Continued from. Page 91.] 



CLOTHES may not make the man," says the log, but a butter- 

 uut suit of uncertain hi will obliterate" every vestige of respect- 

 ability possessed by the fiuest grained specimen of man that ever 

 wielded a paddle. Even the ."kipper, otherwise a mau of most excel- 

 lent parts and dignified bearing, became an ordinary guy, wbile the 

 scribe's appearance was a standing invitation to eveiw small boy who 

 caught, sight of hira to open up his battery of slang— "Ob, look at 

 urn," ''What is itiV ''Did it blow in?" ana "Ki-y. fellers, it's alive.'" 

 We attribute our immunity from molestatiou by river thugs and 

 thieves to our dress. However low he might be, no thief would ever 

 tackle a man in butternut duck in hope of realizing on the venture. 

 It is to be said, however, that, for the purpose, the suits were per- 

 fect. In addition to the butternuts, the following constituted 



The Cruising Equipment. 



Two full suits of clothing, 2 white flannel dress coats, 2 blue flannel 

 shirts, 3 white flannel shirts, 4 linen shirts with collars and cuffs, 4 

 suits of underclothing, 2 pairs shoes, 2 pahs simpers, 3 pairs high 

 rubber boots, 4 pairs long stockings. 2 pairs kniekerhocker pants, 3 

 pairs rubber gloves. 2 pairs woolen wristlets, 3 Tarn O' Shanter caps, 

 1 uniform club caps, 3 uniform club hats, 1 overcoat, 3 rubber coats. 

 1 rubber cap with havelock. 



Camp Equipment. 



One. canvas duck A tent, 3ft. high at the ridge and covering 6x8ft. 

 When set up with a complement of pins, canoe masts being used for 

 tent poles, this teut can accommodate three: 8 single wool blankets, 

 8 rubber blankets, 2 padded comfortables, 1 life preserver used for a 

 pillow, 1 air cushion, 1 rubber bag, 1 wash basin (paper). 4 towels. 1 

 box toilet soap, combs and brushes, headquarters Hag. 



Quartermaster's Stores. 

 Three lanterns, ! large bottlo of matches, selected woven cordage, 

 1 hatchet, 1 brad awl, 1 large clasp knife, 1 pike pole, t set lifting 

 belts, 1 wrench, 1 compass, 1 thermometer, 2 sponges, 2 sets lateen 

 sails, 3 sets colors, 2 canvas hatches, 2 trolling lines, 4 briarwood 

 pipes, 1 set Mississippi River charts, 2 bamboo cash cases and 3 ditto 

 chart eases, presented by Captain Ellard, of Cincinnati'; 1 pairs 

 paddles. 



The Cuisine. 



One 3-gallon copper kettle, with a pail and cover, inclosing the fol- 

 lowing made to fit snugly therein : 1 deep stew pan, 1 iron skillet 

 with folding handles, 4 quarter-round cases for sugar, coffee, tea and 

 salt, made to fit into the pan, and 1 half-pint cup; this very compact 

 apoarat-us was presented by the Cincinnati C. C.;' 1 tin plates, .3 sets 

 knives and forks, 1 large table knife. 2 tablespoons, ti tin cups, 1 

 pocket spirit stove used for cookiug on board and in the tent, 

 when stress of weather or other cause prevented the building of a 

 camp-fire. 



Subsistence and Other Stores. 

 Six and three-quarter pounds bacon, olbs. dour, 8!bs. hard-tack, 

 t£ peck potatoes, 8lbs. granulated sugar, Slbs. ground Java 

 coffee, lib. black tea, 3 pint cans of baked beans, 2 pint cans prepared 

 soup, 1 bottle pickles, 1 can condensed milk, Slbs. butter, 21bs. oat- 

 meal, y 2 doz. lemons. 1 box (21bs.) salt, loz black pepper, 1 box (500) 

 matches, lqt. alcohol, '-ggal. lamp oil, 4lbs. smoking tobacco. 



Medical Stores. 



Fifty 2gr. quiniue pills, 10 morphine powders. 4oz. paregoric, 1 pint 

 brandy, 1 bottle Jamaica ginger, 1 book court plaster. 



Miscellaneous. 



One canvas portfolio, containing writing paper, envelopes, postage 

 stamps, book of manifold paper, 1 memorandum book. 1 sketch book, 

 and the log. The portfolio was carefully wrapped in a waterproof 

 cloth held with rubber bands, 3 pack of playing cards, 3 distance 

 tables, 1 river guide, 1 pair field glasses. 



No article in the list was a superfluity, nor do I now recall an oc- 

 casion when anything was requisite which was not at hand. The 

 blankets were folded with great care to fit the floor of the cockpit . 

 and laced up in the rubber blankets to prevent w T etting, and thus 

 furnish a soft seat when naddliug, and an easy lounge when sailing. 

 The mast an 1 sails were folded around the long boom and lashed on 

 deck: the rubber garments, rough - weather hatches and caps, pipes, 

 matches, tobacco, pouches, spirit stove, tea, coffee, brandy, hard- 

 tack, charts, compass and field glass were stowed within easv reach, 

 the balance of the outttt being arranged in the water-tight apart- 

 ments. Slippers were worn on board, the rubber boots being close 

 at hand. The lamps were also kept within easy reach, and lighted at 

 sunset. No weapons of offense or defense of any kind were carried, 

 and no occasion for their use was met during the cruise. The 

 camp was never molested, but every vestige of the camp fire and 

 every light was carefully extinguished on retiring, in order that undue 

 attention should not be drawn to the locality. There is no guarantee 

 of immunity on the lower river, and every cruiser should judge for 

 himself in the matter of weapons; of one tiling he may be assured, if 

 the river pirate or thug essays an at tack it will mean business at once. 

 It is safer to go into camp some distance from the towns rather than 

 within sight, and the nearer proximity of isolated dwellings is not 

 desirable. Civility to all, familiarity to none, is a pretty good rule of 

 conduct when among strangers. 



To resume the cruise. After a short pull at the paddles a spanking 

 breeze caught us on the quarter; every rag was set and in less than 

 an hour the ten miles to Oloverport had been covered. Ten miDutes 

 later the mainmast of the City of Cleveland snapped under the pres- 

 sure and went by the board ; the craft was a helpless wreck, so far as 

 further sailing was concerned. The two canoes were lashed together 

 side by side, all available canvas was spread, and a fine run, but a wet 

 one, of eight miles was made. Turning a headland threw us out of 

 the wind and four hours of paddling finished the day. Before the 

 paddles were taken up, an extemporized table was made on deck with 

 the hatches, the spirit stove and mess chest was brought forth, and 

 a midday meal of hot bean soup, hard tack, pickles and hot coffee 

 was served in style, as we floated along broadside to. On a number 

 of occasions a like luxury was indulged in. 



Some remark has already been made as to the difficulty of securing 

 comfortable camping ground, and our ingenuity was frequently ex- 

 ercised to overcome this difficulty. How we did'it on one occasion is 

 told as follows: Long stretches of low sandy beach reaching far 

 inland on the one hand, and a bluff bank on the other, with a long, 

 narrow tow head (island of sand) in mid stream, off ered no suggestion 

 of a camping ground. After a careful survey it was agreed upon that 

 it was sand or nothing, and, calculating the strength of the wiud and 

 the unstable nature of a tent pin in loose drifting saud.it was further 

 agreed that the tent was not available— that the canoes must provide 

 a resting place. The cramped dimensions of the flag ship's cockpit 

 did not commend the City of Cleveland as a desirable place of rest, 

 and the rotund form of the Commodore quite precluded the idea of 

 his occupancy thereof, so for once an exchange was agreed upon. 

 Each became the guest of the other and the host in each instant slept 

 abroad, the better to accommodate his guest. No material being at 

 hand wherewith to build a camp-fire, the pocket stove was made to 

 serve. Pea soup, bacon, beans, hard tack and coffee, served seria- 

 tum, constituted the meal: the wind contributed to the hilarity of the 

 occasion and the relish of the feast by depositing a semi-occasional 

 handful of sand on the viands. The meal was one of quantity rather 

 than quality, amount rather than flavor. Haviug settled the canoes 

 firmly in trenches scooped out of the sand for the purpose, a shelter 

 was rigged over the cabins with sails and rubber blankets. 



A somewhat lugubrious discussion was entered into over a bowl of 

 hot and well-sanded punch and an accompanying pipe. Suppose 

 some monster of the deep should crawl upon the low shelf of saud, 

 some river pirate should Uoat down upon us, what then? Or what 

 seemed more possible, suppose that in the dead vast and middle of 

 the night the wind should cover us in a blanket of sand, burv m and 

 erect over us a mountain of sand; or suppose that this erratic flood 

 should rise and float us away all unconscious. These were contin- 

 gencies upon which the moon declined to throw a ray of light. Half 

 an hour after the final good-nights had been said the rain began to 

 patter down upon the improvised shelter. It may fairly be said that 

 the slumber was not over sweet or balmy, wind, rain and sand had 

 heen active during the night, there was not much of either, but what 

 there was was ample. Upon an inspection the following morning it 

 was found that small rivulets had crept in under the blankets and 

 soaked the canvas uniform in spots, while the sand had driven in at 

 every crevice; sand was everywhere— in hair, eyes, ears and noses. 

 On the garments, in the garments and under the garments, a univer- 

 sal blanket of sand covered and permeated everything. It would be 

 an easy matter to write, a chapter on sand, but I forbear. 



At 8 o'clock we got under way, sans breakfast, a lack of fuel and a 

 pronounced longing to leave the sand bank, being more potent than 

 appetite. The wind was in our teeth, and it was no gentle breez?. It 

 never was a gentle breeze. 



At Evansville we had our first experience with theubiqtutous news- 

 paper iunn; thereafter we met him at every turn, and I venture to 

 remark that the line -'Paddle your own canoe" never got such an 

 airiug as it did that winter. It may not be amiss to state, here that 

 the jjentlemen of the press everywhere on our route treated us with 

 uniform courtesy and consideration. Through the agency of the ir- 

 repressible reporters our coming was heralded in advance, and very 



seldom was a town passed where a contingent was not on hand to 

 give us a cheer as we went by or ready to render any assistance 

 called for. And on several occasions a delegate or delegates from 

 a solitary farmhouse would shout, '-Hello. Cleveland!" as we passed 

 hy. 



• This is Mount Vernon, the capital of Posey county, aud the wick- 

 edest town on the river," said the citizen as we paddled up at a land- 

 ing. Finding this inlormant alike intelligent and communicative; he 

 was asked upon what ground the town claimed so great a distinction. 

 Straightening himself up, and sending a miniature Niagara of liqui- 

 fied natural leaf into the middle of the street, ho answered, "No man 

 was ever hung in this yere town legally ; but since three years ago we 

 have taken twentv-seven from jail and lynched 'em: v'e've mobbed 

 and riddled with lead six niggers, and there is been four murders in 

 the last six weeks " The tale was fully corroborated. This little in- 

 cident calls to mind the fate of the town of INapoleon. which disap- 

 peared from off the face of the earth, largely bv reason of its ultra 

 wickedness; you've doubtless all read ''Mark Twain's" story of the 

 disappearance. Among Mississippi River towns the fate of Napoleon 

 is not exceptional. 



A number of towns, built, upon the banks and having a thriving 

 river business, have suddenly found themselves set far bland by an 

 unlocked for change in the river bed and channel. Some have been 

 left from live to six miles inland in a single day, no vestige of the 

 river being now in sigh', and the mould of disuse and decay having 

 gathered over their stores and dwellings. The former landing at the 

 city of Vicksburg is no longer accessible, and boats now land two 

 miles below the city. These changes in the channel are constantly 

 occurring, aud of course tremendous destruction of property results. 

 The Mississippi River Commission, which expends fne 'immense 

 annual national appropriation for the purpose, has clone much to im- 

 prove the navigation of the river and to keep it wirnin bounds, but 

 their efforts in the latter direction avail but little. The Mississippi 

 hiver has not its equal in the world iu its disregard for every barrier 

 imposed by man upon its turbulent force. 



Here's another extract from the log; The fog which hung thick 

 and heavy over the river soon lifted and the siin came forth vigor- 

 ously, so much so that all superfluous clothing was removed; the 

 very slight up-stream breeze died entirely away . and by 10 o'clock 

 the atmosphere was too warm for comfort. The river was unusual h 

 lonesome. The cornfields were solitudes, the wooded hill-ides were 

 silent, the "tow heads" were dreary wastes, the occasional farm 

 bouse gave out no sign, save the lazy ribbon of smoke ascending per- 

 pendicularly from the chimney: the towns and hamlets seemed de- 

 serted. The river itself, a yellow glare without a ripple, save wbeiv 

 an obstruction twisted and surged into fantastic, eddies. No craft of 

 any kind came into view until 3:30 in the afternoon. 



We had passed Bay City and entered upon an unusually wide ex- 

 panse of river- a miniature lake — when the side-wheeler Henry T. 

 Dexter entered at the other end. Tue heat had become oppressive, 

 and as a consequence tne paddles were being lazily wielded. Tiip 

 skipper was fully halt a miie in the lead, aud the Dexter that much 

 further down stream and hugging the opposite bank: but iu a few 

 moments she swung gracefully into the stream, heading directly for 

 the skipper. And then began a series of dodging. The steamboat 

 bent on running the canoe down, and the canoe auimated with a very 

 apparent disinclination lo be swamped in that way. The gu'ileleSS 

 scribe looked on, wondering by what freak of nature the channel had 

 been made so erratic, and what force was keeping the skipper 

 directly in that steamboat's patb. He found out, On came ihe 

 steamboat well to starboard, but now she heads directly for the 

 scribe. Laziness and meditation of nature's mysteries vanished and 

 the paddles were plied vigorously, In vaiu. The nose of that puffing 

 monster remained directly in front . a foreshortened leviathan. Thai 

 weary perspiring scribe "tumbled to the racket" only when that 

 steamboat was within a hundred feet of him, dropped his p nice and 

 shouted his benediction to the pilot, whose face broadened into- a 

 benevolent smile as he peered forth from his eyrie between the 

 smokestacks. That pilot's name is Bill Luty. and from the next camp 

 the scribe mailed him the following billet doux: 



"Padccah, Ky., December, 1883.— William : Your bowels of com 

 passion must be shrunken, even to the dimensions of a mustard 

 grain: in fact, if you have no more bowels thau you have compassion. 

 I wonder what stowage you can fiud for feed, yet you look very like 

 a party who feeds-well, but my friend, do you not stand in fear of a 

 possible ghost — the spook of an unhappy eanoer— that may come to 

 you in the dead watches of the night, to confront you with your in- 

 human chase of two innocent and guileless strangers, over the broad 

 expanse of waste water near Bay City to-day. How could you do n. 

 We enjoyed it when we -'got on to your racket," but it was hot for a 



days later contained the following: 



"Readors of the Journal will remember a paragraph a. few Sun- 

 days ago, descriptive of two canoes making the trip with their twu 

 pauts to New Orleans, from Cleveland and Cincinnati, The bov;» 

 started from here Sunday morning, paddled to Bay City, where, they 

 met the Dexter. Bill Luty was at the wheel and in a spirit of fun 

 headed the Dexter for one of the canoes. The boys had been padd- 

 ling about the upper lakes where small craft are in the habit of get- 

 ting out of the way of steamers instead of steamers getting out ot 

 the way of small craft. When the occupant of the canoe saw Dexter 

 heading for him he was floating leisurely in the sunlight, but get-ting 

 panicky, grabbed his paddle and paddled for dear life to get out of the 

 way. It pleased Bill to see him work, and having plenty of river he 

 headed her for the other canoe, whose occupant also took a big 

 scare and paddled frantically out of the way. Bill kept it up Until 

 the boys took in the situation and realized that he was having some 

 fun at their expense, put up their paddles. and went to mopouig the 

 sweat from their brows with their bandanas. On arrival at Paducab, 

 going down, somebody handed Bill a letter with the card of the 

 Richmond House on it, and directed to him. Bill had a ginl: v con 

 science and is naturally, as Mooney expresses it, -a suspicious char- 

 acter,' and was afraid to open it. After a trip or two he got over his 

 scare, and by the constant importunities of Capt, Damron. King 

 Cobbs, and the other boys on the boat, took courage, opened the 

 letter, and here it is, a little late, it is true, but none the worse for 

 age." 



On the morning of Dee. 15 the cruisers were sent out of the Ohio 

 and into the Mississippi wiih every inch of canvas drawing and colors 

 at every peak. Mainsails and mizens were set , and a spanking breeze 

 on the quarter sent us booming into the tumbling surge caused by 

 the meeting of the two great streams. For three hours the breeze 

 held favorable, and had it not been for the frosty leaven in the wind 

 the run would have been most enjoyable. At the end of that time a 

 twist in the waterway and another in the wind gave us such work as 

 fully counteracted the cold. The wind increased and set in dead 

 ahead, a nasty, wet, choppy sea resulting. After the noon hour the 

 mercury had fallen several degrees, the spray froze as it fell upnu 

 deck and paddling became labor. 



Tbe night was passed at Hickman under the roof of a hotel, that is 

 to say it's called a hotel. The mercury stood at 33° when we turneu 

 in. At 8 o'clock the next morning, with the mercury still at the 

 freezing point, the cruisers paddled out into a very strong head 

 wind, expecting to reach the Everett farm, 27 miles' below, where 

 Dr. Neide had been storm bound for three days the year before. 

 Fate had. however, decreed otherwise. The wind became a gale, 

 tumohng the water iu a way to remind us of many a mad dash nn 

 Lake Erie. As the wave crests broke into spray and tumbled on 

 board the drops froze at once, covering decks arid clothing with a 

 coat of ice. Little headway could be made, as, notwithstanding the 

 windings aud turnings of the. river, no lee could be found, the wind 

 was blowing up stream, directly in our teeth. A shute behind 

 Island No. 8 seemed to offer a possible escape, but it proved a delu- 

 sion and a snare. Grievously we mourned our unwisdom, as the 

 breeze (which had toyed with us in the broad open channel), was a 

 gentle zephyr compared with the Uowling fury that met us iu that 

 shute. In an hour and a half we bad covered a short mile, half a 

 mile further on lay the main river and we hungered to get into that 

 open water as a starving man hungers for rations, but we had yet 

 auotner foe to meet and conquer. The water grew shallow as we 

 proceeded, the paddles turned up the mud of the bottom, the keels 

 touched and we were aground. The water in the shute, ordinarily of 

 much less depth than in tbe main channel, had been blown out by 

 the heavy wind, thus leaving scarcely enough to float a chip, but un- 

 covering a wide stretch of its muddy bottom on each shore, an im- 

 passable barrier. To laud and go into camp was thus made impossi- 

 ble; to go ahead, picking out a channel as we proceeded, involved 

 drudgery and a fair chance of being defeated in the end; to retrace 

 our steps, go back over that water we had struggled so to master: 

 the situation was interesting. 



Tue storm of wind continued with unabated fury, rendering pro- 

 gress slow and paddling wearisome. Finally a high headland, jut 

 ting w r ell out into the stream, indicating a sharp bend in the river, 

 loomed up ahead. Below that bluff lay Everett farm and the end of 

 our day's toil. The spruce blades were plied with renewed vigor and 

 the headland gained. A tangled mass of driftwood had lodged cn 

 the narrow shelf of mud and sand at the upper base of the bluff. 

 This had from time t j time been added to as logs and trees which 

 had been uprooted aud brought down by tbe floods were caught on 

 their way and held by the entangled mass, through which the current 

 lushed with au angry his; that warned us against too near an ap- 

 proach. Beyond this barrier, swaying aud twisting and groaning 

 under the lash of wmd aud current, was the opeu river. Catching 

 our breath under the lee of the headland and adjusting seats, pad - 

 dies and belongings for the impeuding struggle, we pulled straight 



